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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-16

WATCH YOUR WATCHI When 1t stops bring it to us. We guarantee satisfaction. Henry c. Reid & Son, Room 210, Conn. Nat. Bank Bldg, 1924 Main St. H2Oalls
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-16
UPHOISTERERS

WE WILL COVER and furnish all material for piece parlor suit
 guarantee all workmanship as first class. ten patterns to select from. for SIP to s16- Scally Bros, 40l State St. P6stf
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-16

PHOTOGRAPHS end portraits of all leading styles: prices reasonable;
 work guaranteed. Pearlen Pkoto Shop, z8 Arcade. 51Lh
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-16

BATHS-Turkish and Russian baths and shower baths 35c. Ladies' day Friday Special hair cutting. Up- to-date shop, 6s6 Lafayette St.
 A FINE ASSORTMENT of Christmas Cards can be found at Southwortb'A 10 Arcade. asok
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-16
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.

LET US exchange something you want for something you don't want. Mil ford Really Co.,, Room POT Conn. National Bank Building. Phone Barnum 1oS6, H25%tf
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-16

STOVE REPAIRS and repairers for any make stovs or range. Bring name, number and makers name. Daniel Keane, auctioneer 1885 Main St. Bar. 4952-2. TIP asp
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-16

GREAT SALE of Automobile tires, U. s. Miller, Columbia, Ajax, Goodyear 80xs, Ss; S0xs, S11.50; SQxS h, S14; S1x4. s22; s2x4, S20.50; S2x4 s24.50; 24x4 $50. 1192 State St. BlaIl~
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-16

Try an Advertisement in The Times
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-16

FOR SATISFACTION in watch and
 clock repairing go to Henry c. Reid
 and Son, watchmakers. Room 210 Conn. National Bank Bldg, 1924 Main St. H2Ostf
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-16
AUTO TRUCKS
AUTO BODIES.
AUTO ACCESSORIES

TIRES - S2x4 straight side, good shape SEQ; 4 in. Stromberg carbu- retor, splitdorf magneto, S5. Gun ger, 32O Connecticut Ave. R2srtf
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-02-28
Ninety Dollars Per Year to Privates,
Saws Colonel Bellows.

Colonel HI. A. Bellows. commanding
officer of the Fourth Infantry. Mime
sofa National Guard, which is con-
Quoting limited campaign for re-
cruits, called attention, to the faci
that. under the national defense act
OF June, 1916, members of the newly
organized national guard will be paid
25 per cent of the amounts received
by officers and men of the regular
army, says The Minneapolis Journal.
Congress has just voted to maintain
the, pay of a private soldier in peace
times at the war rate of $50 month.
Therefore the. private soldier in the
national guard will receive $3.50 a
month, or 500 year. If called into
active service his pay would be that
OF soldier in the regular army. and
this will be true, also. of the fifteen
Gay encampment period, specified as
part of the national guards annual
program of instruction.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-02-28
death OF R. T.ROB[RTS
KNOWN RESIDENT OF
MANKAT0 DIED TODAY
Was Prominently Identified With
Welsh CaIvinisiic Methodist
Denomination

r. T. Roberts died this morning at
2:10 o'clock at his home, Ill Marshall
street, his illness developing from
fractured hip and other injuries
which he received, when he accident
ally fell in the yard at his home last
Wednesday afternoon He was born
March 25, 1886, on the Goetre farm
near Llanelltyd, North Wales, the
son of Evan C. and Elizabeth Roberts,
being the second son of family of
five boys. There were no daughters.
The family came to America in 1851
and settled in Caledonia, Wis. The
elder Roberts the same year moved to
La Crosse valley and took up Sec
ton of land in the neighborhood of
Bethel. He travelled with a friend in
Q canoe from Bethel. down the Wis
consin river to Prairie du Chen.
From there he travelled by boat to La
Crosse on the Mississippi river. They
were among the first white settlers
in that section In the spring of
1852 the family moved to La Crosse
valley. A Sunday school was organ
lied in their home and in 1853 the
Bethel Welsh church was organized.
In 1863 r. T. Roberts was selected
deacon of the church. and served as
deacon in the Welsh church ever
since. He came to Minnesota in 1857
and settled in South Bend In the
spring of 1858 he was married to Miss
AT,y 0,.1c dor oh rf
and Mrs. Hugh Edwards of Judson.
and they lived in South Bend for five
years. In 1862 they went to La
Crosse Valley. This was during the
time of the Indian troubles. Mrs.
Roberts died IN 1884, and Mr.. Roberts
was married in the fall of 1887 to
Mrs Dorothy Roberts of Ottawa,
MINI. The Roberts family lived in
Bangor for ten years. Seven children,
three sons ard four daughters, were
born there n 1896 the family came
to Mankato.
Prominent in Religious Work.
Mr.. Roberts was prominent in re-
ligious work. He served as secretary
of the La Crosse Presbytery for thir-
ty- four years, and as secretary of the
executive board of the Wisconsin
synod for eighteen wears. He served
in the same capacity in the Mime
sota synod for ten years. He never
missed but one synod meeting in all
those years, and that was while he
was visiting in Wales in 1885, He
was deacon of the Welsh Calvin
istic Methodist church in this city.
He was q highly respected citizen,
man of high ideals and devoted
friend and companion.
The surviving relatives are the
wife and children, Mrs. Thomas r..
Owen Lake CrystsI, Mrs. c. d. Snow,
Mankato; Hugh Roberts, st. Peter;
Edward Roberts, ST. Paul. Funeral
services will be held at. three o'cock
Tuesday afternoo nfrom the Calvin
istic Methodist church on State
street. Interment at Bangor on We'd
nesday morning. e,fa1liiy. No flow
erS
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-02-28
JOHN K, PENHALE DIES
Old Resident of Minnesota Passed
Away Yesterday eaorninq

Away Yesterday Morning.
John X. Penhale died at his home
yesterday morning at ten minutes to
eight o'clock, death being caused by
kidney trouble and a general breaking
down of health, having been confined
Ito his bed during the past three
months. He was born at st. Thomas,
Canada, on November II, 1S43
| Wher twenty five years of age he
went to Missouri ard settled at Brook
field where he was united in, marriage
to Miss Katherine Mckenzie forty
lseven years ago last November. The
family moved to Faribault about thir-
ty- three years ago, and lived on q
farm near Ballaton for some time.
Fifteen years ago they retired from
the farm and moved to Mankato. At
ore time Mr.. Penhale was superin-
tendent of Sibley park.
The surviving relatives are the wi
dow, five sons and daughter, as
follows, John, Sioux Falls, S. Oak;
William, Ballaton Horace, Calgary,
Alberta, Gem; Howard, st. Paul;
Thomas, Seattle, Wash; and Mrs.
Molchan, wife of Dr. H. H. Molchan
of st. Paul Funeral services will be
held at the hcnlc, 1872 South Second
street tomorrow afternoon at two
O'Clock, Rev. T. Ross Paden officiat-
ing
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-02-28
, SALES OF REAL ESTATE
Several Deals in Farm Lands In
voIve Large Sum of Money.

Several Deals in Farm Lands In
voIve Large Sum of Money.
The prospects for prosperity in all
lines of industry look bright for this
year. One evidence of this is shown
by the large sales of farm lands by
the Merchant Land company. in the
short period since January 30: These
sales are as follows: vi
c. F. Beery, farm. owned by w. j.
Merchant, in Nicollet County. zoo
acres, to George S. Hansen of Hum
boldt, iowa. s27 900. s57iis
Frank Skrivaneck. fifteen acres on
the Good Thunder road to A, H. Nay
loT. $4,000. th ~1Gi \
John T. Davis. ninety two acres,
10 r. l.. Roberts of Mankato. $4,000.
L. l.. Champlin and A. C. Grav.
eighty acres in Vernon township, to
Emil Baurnann, s1d.SO0.
]. B. Croswell 120 acres in oshas
wa township to q. Shaw Of Humboldt
county. Iowa, $4,000.
Six hundred forty acres in Chey-
enne county. Colorado. belonging to
j. c.. Keltgen. Minneapolis, to the
Inter State Land and Loan company
of Lincoln, S11,3e0.
George Sugden lot on Third street,
SSx157 feet, to A. Atkinson. $500.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-02-28
Prohibition Of Their Movement to the
United States; Hearing.

Prohibition or restriction of
movements OF wheat, rye. barley,
oats, and rice to Continental United
States from Australia, Japan, India,
Italy. France, Germany, Belgium,
Great Britain, Ireland. GE1 Brazil is
believed by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture to be necessary
on account of the prevalence in those
countries of the flag smut and take
all diseases. The former affects
wheat alone, ard the latter wheat,
rye, barley. oats. and rice. A hearing,
to determine whether or not quar-
antine is necessary, wiz be held at
ten O'Clock. March 25. in the offices of
the federal horticultural board Wash
ington, at which persons interested
in the. proposed quarantine may be
heard, either in person or by attor-
uey.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-02-28
PAID TO THE STATE
inheritance Taxes From Blue Earth
County Reported BY Auditor.

inheritance Taxes From Blue Earth
! County Reported BY Auditor.
I According to the annual report Of
State Auditor Preus. the following in
heritance tax payments were made
l into the treasury during the year end
ing July 81, 1917. from Blue. Earth
county: George E. Brett, $146.O7;
Eliza F. Butterfield, $12190; Wilhelm
Holmuth. s41535; Henry J. Makeland,
$31.45; l. A. Pelton, s1,786.42; Julia
A. Presley. s324.S2; Joseph A. Pres
ley, $21692.
Payments into the treasury during
the year ending July 81, 1919: VIII
liam C. Bierbauer. $44710; Carrie R.
Fowler s3,66S53; Carl Kraemer.
S2S0.13; Frederick Kron, $4,398.08
Phillip H. Mulligan, $3.50; Stewart
B. Martin, $7917S; Carl E. Rogers,
$223.25; George w. Scherer, $15O.30
Frank Thurston, $944. O3; Lucas
Troendle, s271.17; Anna M. Willard,
$3,34S. ~
Amounts paid into the state treas
ury for the fiscal year ending July 81,
1917: Mankato normal school,. $4,-
1926; receipts for the year, ending
July 81. 1918; Mankato normal school,
$5,63199. -
Statement of appraisal and sale OF
agricultural college lands: Blue Earth
county, acres appraised and sold, g.
S77.63: total number of acres in coun-
ty. 2,S7763.
Report of telephone companies do
ing business in the state, showing
gross earnings of every kind, for the
year ending December 81, 1916, and
December /, 1917 Beauford Tele-
phone company No. 2, Mankato, gross
earnings 1917, $3.50; tax at 2 per
cent, STA. Sterling Amboy Tele-
phone company. Mapleton, gross earn
ings 1916. $3.S26.27; tax at 3 per
cent, $99,79; 1917. $3,33O.14; tax,
500. 80. ST. Clair Telephone company,
ST. Clair, 1916, $1.094 IS; tax, $37.10;
1917, $1,031 80; tax, f$3C. "a.
Mankato Citizens Telephone COM
pany, Mankato, earnings 1916, $685.
925.79; tax, $2,O97.77; 1917, $75,OS2.32;
tax, S2,252 AT. Mankato -Decoria' Tel
ephone company, Good Thunder, 1916,
S166.36; tax, s4.99; 1917, $751;. 90;
tax, S5.61. Rapidan- Mankato Tele-
phone company, Good Thunder, 1916,
S265.32; tax, $7.96; 1917, $308. 26;
tax, 1926
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-02-28
STEINBAcH PAID FINE
Winona Man No Longer Defied TIL,
Federal Authorities

DIR. John Steinbach served thirty
Gays in the Winona COUNTY jail he
might have spent at liberty if he paid
a $3.50 fine over month ago instead of
yesterday.
Steinbach completed servr~o co.,
tence of thirty days for violation of the
espionage act when he declined to pay
a fine also imposed. He served thirty
additional days and then petitioned
the court~for release, signing a state
ment that he had no funds.
Federal inquiry. however, revealed
assets and the petition was denied at
ST. Paul AThursday. The federal au :
thcrities Aave him the choice to pay
ing the fine or serving indefinitely.
He declared at st. Paul that he pre-
ferred to remain in Jail than pay but
when he Was brought back to Winona
yesterday he changed his mind, paid
up and was released.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-02-28
WEDDING THIS EVENING.

w IOSsNS EIsS EVENING".
One of the prettiest home weddings
of the season will be solemnized this
evening at eight o'clock at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. M Clements. APT
Warren street, when their daughter.
Miss Gertrude Darling Clements. will
become the bride of Mr.. Fisk Clinton
.barks, prominent young farmer of
Lynd. MINI. Rev. G.. A, CShoon
pastor of the Centenary Methodist
Episcopal church, will perform the
ceremony, and a company of relatives
ard intimate friends will be in at
tendance The rooms of the home
have been beautifully decorated with
cut flowers and yfoliage, pink and
White snapdragons, sweet peas, and
smilax being used ir the hall and
pVlns room. and yellow daffodils
furnishing the color scheme in the
d1nirg room, Preceding the ceremony
Miss Mildred Sawyer will sing cat
Dawning," ard Miss Marion DALEY
viii play Lohengrins bridal chorus as
the procesSional as tho bride enters
lon the arm Of her father and meets
the groom ard his attendants in the
living room, where the ceremony
viii DE performed
Miss Eva BeTgeland of Tracy will
be bridesmaid. and MIR. John Banks,
a brother OF the groom, who recentlA
returned from France where he was
in service with the marines, will be
best man. The bride will be attired
ir dainty wedding gown of white
georeette, and will carry bouquet
of white roses. The maid will wear
q pretty Gown Of yellow crepe de
chene, ard will carry pale yellow
roses. Following the ceremony a re
ception will be held and refreshments
VIII be served. Those who will as
sist in serving are Misses Grace
Parke. Ruby Thomas, Marjorie. DALEY
and Katherine Jcnes. The bride and
groom will leave on a wedding trim
10 SIOUX City. Ia, after which they
viii make their home on the groom's
farm at Lynd.
The bride is q charming and ac
complished Young woman, who taught
school at Tracy. ard who resigned
her position last winter to prepare
for Ter approachirr marriage. The
groom is an enterprising young farm
or md the best wishes of n host of
friends are extended to the happy
counle. Out of towr. guests present
for the wedding are Mrs. Fred OIigher
ard Pluiner Oligher of Winnebago:
Mr.. ara Mrs. William Banks of Lvnd,
parents of the groom; Mrs Paul
Nlckelson. Lynd; ard Mrs. Sarali
Barks Of Marshall.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-02-28

Inc iOilOWluS 10lter was semi tC
Louis Kraft, written by his son, Wal
ter. with the A. E. f.
January 1, 1919.-Dearest Emily
Pa, and Ma: Well / received your
most welcome letter the other day
and l was very, very glad to get il
We spent Christmas here at Daun and
I'm spending New Years at the same
place, writing Yes I'm sure having
swell time. One thing that seemed
natural was four inches of snow
Christmas eve. It's all gone again
now and has been raining every day
and right.
/ guess / will tell you the route we
took coming over here We left
New York on the goth day of June
and arrived at Liverpool on the Isl
/, of July. We spent the fourth parad-
| ing the streets of Liverpool and had a
, lunch at four o'slock. You remember
i sent you the menu of what we had
Well we left Liverpool again on the
/ 9TH, arriving at Southampton the
same day. Left Southampton the
i 7th crossing the English channel and
/ settiog foot at Havre, France, the
morning of the Sth. Left Havre again
the 18th arriving at ST. Broingt the
,, 18th. Here we drilled until the 18th
iot the following month, August
This is the place where i had the
, mumps.
Well the 18th we left for the
trenches, going under shell fire for
the first time ;bout the 23rd On the
18th Wendell Lorentz got killed. son
of that LoreEtz or fifth street. They
run that store on the corner where
we used to turn going to Seltenreichs.
Went lover the top on the 18th OF
September or the st. Mihiel front
holding different sectors until the 9th
of October Then we moved to the
Argonne Forest north of Verdun
Here is, where the heaviest fighting
was going on. We began advancing
on the End of November driving the
Germans back until We, reached the
! Meuse river Here they crossed the
river and blew up the bridges All
night of the 9th we moved up the
river to cross and came back down
stream again to the place just opposite
our former positions reaching there
at five O'Clock a. m. the 10th and went
over the top, taking the town of STEM
ay, France, which was the largest
place taken by us. We finished
cleaning up the town of stray G ermans
on the morning of the armistice, 18th.
since then it's been more handy to
live. We stayed at Stenay, until the
gath during which time / met Bill
Rosenau. Walter Strobel and Carl
Fresholtz. i spent several evenings
with Carl. but we were soon moved.
We had fifteen days of hiking from
Stenay and it was enough. We came
through Luxembourg, crossed the
Moselle river at Wasserbillig and in
to Germany. We came through Trie r
and Wittlich. \ Maybe ma knows
where that is. The past place / had
home schemeer case. They gave me a
post card. will put it in the letter.
1T has rained more in this country
then any other l ever heard of.
The grass is green and it looks
pretty nice. Burner left me a couple
of months ago, don't know if he is
still at the hospital or not The rest
of the boys that came from Mankato
with me have left me too Some are
in the hospital. Bauer got killed.
Joe Bauer up on sixth or seventh
street
From, your uncle and son Walter.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-02-28
Total Of American De,ths

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.] y
Washington, February 24.-The
deaths during the war among the
American expeditionary forces all
causes totaled 107,444
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-02-28
Darwin Hall Dies.

Darwin S. Hall, former national
representative and one of the best
known pioneers of Minnesota, died
yesterday at his home in Olivia, &C.
cording to word received hereoa He
was seventy four years old. Tsa
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-02-28
Williams Us RECOMMENDED.
limited P~o-- Disratch.'

Washington. February 24.TThe
senate bank and currency committee
TODAY recommended John Shelton
Williams for the position of comptrol-
Ter of currency Four republicans
opposed his denomination 3
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-02-28
Road Builders MEETING,

The nirth American Good Roads
congress and the sixteenth annual
convention of the American Road
builders association will be held in
the McAlpin hotel, New York city,
February Is to %.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-02-28

by Mrs. Mary A. Cornish from hes
daughter May, who was expected
home from France soon. explains her
change of plans:
! Paris, January 2S.-Here ! am
again in the great metropolis and
the visions of home have gone glim-
nlering for the present. Our Yase
No. 26, was entirely evacuated OF
patients the first week in January
and we found everyone packing wher
we returned from Nice.t We Were
all anxiously awaiting orders to pro
coed to some port when last Wed
nesday message from the Surgeon
General in Washington came asking
for ten volunteers TO make up an
other unit al. Commercys Base No. 81
II is up on the .Argonne front near
Tcuh ! never wanted to be home
and see you all more in all NV lite
for since work hastceased there's
been more time for home longings-
but | couldn't bear to let the oppor-
tunity go of seeing the place where
our boys have fought and bled and
died. So this morning we went to
Red Cross headquarters for. more
equipment, trench coats and wool
jersey dresses. And in two days we
will be on our way. Base No. 81 is
a new unit recently sent over with
70 nurses and those needed are be-
ing picked up from the several units
stationed throughout France waiting
for something to do. Thirty were to
be. supplied from Base No. %, our
next door neighbors at Allerey.
Many CT those girls were in Camp
TAYLOR with me.
Copmercy is q distributing center
and we may go on to Germany to
follow the Army of Occupation-or
We may be sent in small groups with
the troopships back to the states:
and we may stay right there and
nurse ah Base No. 81. The waiting
and wondering is quite thrilling.
The hardest part of all is that /
hive to part with my chum, Mary
Brockway. Since she had been for
.tunate enough to see real service in
Belgium before the Armistice she
was not allowed to sign for this call
of ten. Those left in Allerey are ex-
pecting orders to go elsewhere. so
we can hardly hope to all return
together as we came. 1t seems too
bad, when we've been together so
long and formed such close friend
ships-but such is life in the army.
1t would do no good to say when
! might start for home-but rest as
sured I'm feeling prime and hope to
see YOU all before many moons. /
was so happy to get mail from nearly
all OF the. family Sunday morning
one letter written New Tears dav
reached me the Goth, the quickest
I've ever gotten mail from over
there Keep on addressing me at
Base No. 26 for we may not stay long
at Commercy. Am afraid the in
tervals will be woefully long between
letters now, but I'm so relieved that
you're all well. Please keep that way.
Sawl some of the famous statuary
at theN Louvre this afternoon. The
Daintinsi are not returned vet, may
De in two weeks. We go to Versailles
tomorrow. Will stop at Chateau
Thierry made so famous by our bows
Thursday then on to Commercy. Don't
worry about me, I'm feeling fine and
will write you every week. May.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-02-28
FEDERAL AGENCY BUSINESS
What Was Done At Employment Of
flee During MORT, CT January.

What Was Done At Employment Of
! flee During MORT, CT January.
The Teson why the government
Should maintain fee employment
bureaus for the use of employers and
employees. One of the quietest months
in the year is January. The, for5wing
report which was submitted by this
office in Mankato to the federal di-
rector OF the state shows that ESQ
males ard eighty eight females were
interviewed, It's males registered for
work, 40 females. Help wanted by
employers male 157 female "a, refer
red to positions, 115 male Is females
and reported placed male 113 female
8, transferred to other cities for po-
sitions males, and females, which
makes total Of 1874 males and female
who secured positions through this
department, free of charge. A con-
Servative estimate OF what this would
have cost employer and employees
through the paid agencies is placed at
al cut $500 which was saved to en-
pluyers and employees.
This department, conducted by the
government, has what they call a
clearance department, so that any
one consulting the man in charge of
an office can find cut what is open in
state in the Unio-.> Every employer
and employee should get in touch
with this department so that they
may become familiar with it's work.