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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-01-03
Melon For Aggie Shows Cut;
Society Here Had Largest
Premium List

State aid of 100000 to county
fairs from the sums appropriated
by the 1917 legislature, is avail
able, State Auditor ]. A. o. Preus
announced late Saturday, and
awaits filing of reports on which to
base the distribution. Delay of filings
by fair officials was blamed to the
influenza epidemic.
To date, ninety-siX organizations
have qualified to share in the fund
for 1918, which is to be apportiOned
according to premiums paid. The
Mankato Fair and Blue Earth Agri-
cultural society heads the present list
with a report of $l,040.35 of prem
iums paid ard is in lire for the larg-
est slice of the melon. The Meeker
county fair at Dassel is second, with
credit of $3,094 of premiums paid.
The Hennepin county fair paid ST.
$3.50, the Ramsey county fair ST.
Bills and the st. Louis county fair
S1,200.50 and each viii share &C
cordingly in the distribution.
Upon an advance showing that ex-
penditures IT. 1918 premiums are
smaller than those of the previous
year, Deputy Auditor r. P. Chase
predicted the pro rata will be larger.
No fairs were conducted this year
in Douglas county or at Browns VAL
ley, Breckenridge or Rothsay. Other
societies, with two exceptions, have
filed reports and the distribution will
follow receipts Of those returns, prob
ably this week
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-01-03
Some of Those in England are 400
Years Old

London, December 14.-[By Mail. ]
Government housing was an issue
in England centuries ago as it is
now. =m.2 ..
Cottages built more than 400 years
ago by the municipality at Theydon
Garden. Essex, still. stand. but are
unoccupied. The cottages were
built with bricks left over from the
construction of a road.
Many buildings in London now
used as apartment houses are at
least 400 years old.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-01-03
This Former Publishers Soon Will
Find Himself At Fort
0gIethorpe

Paul F. Dehnel, formerly publisher
of The st. Paul and Minneapolis
American, weekly, was taken to
Fort Oglethorp, Ga, by two deputy
United States marshals. They de.
parted Sunday night.
Dehnel has been in the Hennepin
county Jail ever since a jury dis
agreed at his trial under the espion-
age act last October.
During the trial it was discovered
that Dehnel was an alien enemy and
orders for his internment for the dur
alton OF the war We're issued. Dehnel
on Saturday tried to convince the
authorities that he was sick, but q
physician said that his trouble was
lonesome"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-01-03
LOOKING UP PLACES ON THE
FARMS FOR SOLDIERS
Splendid Cooperation Between
Several of the National
Organizations

At the request of the Public Safe
-ty commission, the Farm Bureau is
making survey by townships of the
entire county to ascertain how many
of the returning soldiers can be used
on the farms, here. This will in
cludes boys returning .toethe places
they have left as we'll as new men
wanted. fge s1frft :
There is not as yet surplus of
labor locally. especially so far as the
farms are concerned. The different
industries have been absorbing men
as fast as they came out of service.
1t is thought that with the more
rapid rehabilitation now taking
place, more men will soon be avail
able
All Organizations Interested.
Practically all national organiza-
parJment of labo., the United States
department of agriculture, the Amer
lean Red Cross, and many others are
co operating in the work of placing
returned men. Every person in each
community is urged to make it a
personal interest to see that every
boy who comes back, and wants
work has chance to work.
County Agent NJ, R. Benedict is
also working in conjunction with the
local National Safety league in plac-
ing men. Every organization is
urged to consider itself a committee
of the whole for the purpose of To-
eating positions for returning sol
,diers. A clearing house for furnish
ing the information thus secured to
the returning soldiers will be estab-
lished in the immediate future, prob
ably in connection with the local Of
fee of the federal department of la
kOr
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-01-03
Colonel Swain Is Paid Tribute II
England: How Done.

Southampton, Eng, December 12.-
by Mail. ]-Plans are being made to
bestow the freedom of the borough
on Colonel A. w. Swain, American
consul here since 1903.
Bestowal of it's freedom is one OF
the highest honors an English city
may accord. Few Americans have
received the honor. Both Colonel
and Mrs. Swain. VINO was Miss Pau
line Given of Des Moines, Ia. are
popular with southampton residents
They have engaged in many civic
movements.
Colonel Swain, formerly at Mon
tevldeo. Uruguay. was born in Wo-
meisdorf, Pa, in 1916. He served in
the Civil war and afterwards was
wen known as an Iowa newspaper
publisher.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-01-03

Mrs. r. d. Hubbard is in st. Cloud
having been summoned there by the
serious illness of her daughter, Mrs.
n. c. Erwin. Jr. 1t is reported that
Mrs. Erwin is in a critical condition
and her recovery doubtful.
Louis Schwartz of Twin Falls, Ida
no, was in the city visiting his sis
ter, Mrs. Dave Terwilliger. This aft
ernoon he went 10 Albert Lea where
he will visit another sister, Mrs.
Whitcomb. He expects to return
home about the first of February.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-01-03
ROBBED OF HIS DUCATS
THAT is STORY TOLD BY VIM.
G. CUNNINGHAM
Gold Watch Also Among the
Loot, So He Claims; Was
Dep0rted

William G. Cunningham. an old man
claiming to hail from parts in Iowa
was deported from the city Saturday
night and sent TO LIE Mars, Ia,
where he is reported to have friends
Cunningham had been around the po-
lice station for some time and was
considerably addicted to booze. Po-
lice officers stated that he had just
been released from a local hospital
after suffering from the effects OF
hard drinking.
Story Told BY Cunningham.
1t apears, from the story Cunning
ham tells, that he came to the city
about December 10. On Deem
Der II the man asserted, he rent
cd room in a rooming house in
this city and remained there over
night. In the morning a new $22
gold watch and $50 in cash were
stolen from his clothes, according to
his story, and he says he reported the
case to the police department on the
morning of December II. Nothing
was done in the matter, Cunningham
claims, and last week he brought the
matter to the attention of the sher-
ifs office. Cunningham was posi-
tive in his claims that both the
watch and the cash were stolen while
he slept. II the case was reported to
the police department nothing was
ever given out about the robbery.
1t was in this same rooming house
that Charles Larson claimed he was
robbed and later thrown down the
front stairs on Christmas night. Po-.
lice officers found him lying at the
bottom of the stairs. He claimed
that only a part of his money was
taken and he had S24 when taken to
the station. Larson had deep cut
on one side of his face and numer-
Gus other bruises about the head and
face.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-01-03
SAILED WITH PRESIDENT
kILUS SWENSEN RELATES
STORY OF THE TRIP
Interesting Incidents That Oc.
CURED On Board George
Washington

Mr.. and Mrs. s. Swensen have re-
ceived an interesting letter from their
son, Nilus Swensen, who is men,
Der of the crew on the U. S. S.
George Washington, which just re-
turned from Brest, France, having
taken the presidential party over
seas. Following are some excerpts
from the letter:
1--WE left Hoboken on December 4,
Just one year from the day on which
we made our first trip. / suppose
you have already read about the
president and party going over with
us, / will send you a set of our own
newspaper, The Hatchet,' which will
tell of our trip over and back.
I'VE pulled out about 10 a. M, and
the President and Mrs. Wilson were
on the bridge. The president waved
his hat and bowed until we were out
into the bay. All the piers, tug
boats, and buildings were covered
with people, waving and cheering.
Aviators kept flying around us until
We were out at sea. There the Pen
sylvania and ten destroyers met us
and we started across. Admiral
Mayo commanded the dreadnaught
Pennsylvania.
Passed the Azores.
1--WE passed the Azores on the 10th.
They sure are beautiful group of
islands. As the George Washington
and convoy got within full sight of
shore "a Portuguese boat running out
to meet us fired salute, which was
followed by a presidential salute of
twenty-one guns from the George
Washington. No stop was made be-
cause the George Washington was
too heavy ship to put in there.
"The next day the American fleet
of nine battleships and about forty
fiye destroyers met US, and then came
French squadron. There were no
English ships of any description that
came to meet us. The air seemed
full of aeroplanes and dirigibles.
That's the way we arrived in Brest.
Admiral Sims, Admiral Mayo,
General Pershing, and lot of French
generals and admirals, including
General Foch, came on board Just
after We anchored. A little later they
all went on board a small French
ship and started for shore. That
was the last we saw of the president,
but We are TO bring him back this
trip. We had about 1000 men on
board coming back, and we sure got
some reception when we came into
New York
We sail again on January 9.
The Newspaper "Hatchet.n
The Ratchet" is daily paper
printed CT the high seas en- the way
to France. 1t contains all the cur.
rent topics of the day, and has
movie" ads, the same as regular
daily papers.
UT the way over the presidential
party were entertained at a musicale
given in the "Old Salt" theatre. The
Countess Cellere of ITALY was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson at the
performance. .-.sa / -
"One Sunday evening the president
attended the crew l"sing." Joining
heartily in the singing with the bows,
When that was over he held an i'm.
promptu reception, shaking hands
with all the men present, and at
the end the men gave him three
cneers and a tiger which resounded
all over the ship. AS he was leav.
ing the hall the quartet sang the
princeton ~" song, old Nassau {,
which delighted the president"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-01-03

George Harkee, son of John Har-
kee of Thompson's Rayine Road. ar
rived home Saturday from England,
where he had been with a construc-
tion crew of the American e. f.
since last July, his regiment being
held in reserve. but the war ending
before it saw actual service. He en-
tered the service last February.
M. l.. Van Slyke went to st. Peter
today to attend to business matters,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-01-03

vember, 1870, he was married at Gar
den City to Miss Mary E. Wood, and
they purchased the property at 1876
Clark street in 1872, and made their
home there. Mrs. Barney died at the
family home in June, 1912, and the
place is now occupied by Mr.. Barney,
his son, Dr. Paul Barney, and his wife
and their little daughter.
Mr.. Barney has three children, Mrs.
Blanche b. Carleton, st. Louis Park,
Mimi; DR.. Paul Barney, dentist, Man
kato; and Attorney Harry c. Barney,
Anacortes, Wash. His two brothers,
who took up claims in Minnesota in
the .early days, have both passed
away, but he has sister, Mrs. H. d.
Poole at Benton Harbor, Mich
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-01-03

Professor A. w. Rankin of the uni
versity. was in the city Saturday visit
Ing friends.
Earl Osten, son Of sheriff and Mrs.
0sten returned to the state university
g Madison, Wis. yesterday afternoon
AFTER having spent the holidays here
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-01-03

Ole X. Olson, county commissioner
of Sterling. has gone to Minneapolis,
to visit his brother, Evan Olson, who
is seriously ill.
Miss Belle, Davis, who teaches
school at Medelia, spent Sunday as a
guest at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
L w Apdrist.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-01-03
Professor Ryan Goes to Armenia.

Principal Ryan of the Fairmont
high school has call for duty in
Armenia, for himself and wife. He
has rendered his resignation to the
school board, subject to the ability of
the board to procure suitable sue
cessor.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-01-03

Miss Marie Award of Vernon Gen.
ter was in the city yesterday. visiting
friends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-20

at $3.Q8

Ander son's Scotch
Bingham and Amoskeag
American Bingham. The
worlds best-are made
up with French chic, and
charming summer girl
dresses result.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-20

High quality summer-weight underwear
ual saving Kayser make ribbed Isle vests
plain or fancy yokes; shoulder strap and
mink All sizes snecial at 50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-20
WOnen's
Underwear
And Silk Stockings
Five Specials
On Sale Tomorrow
Morning

SOC Vests at 30c
Bodice Style Knit Vests, in
flesh pink; all sizes at 39c.
ST Union Suits, o9c
Swiss ribbed. low neck. no
sleeves. loose at knees Regu-
lar and extra sizes; seconds Of
Sl.00 Suits at Sc.
Isle Suits at 79c
Wemen's Ideal Hot Weather
Union Suits. made with sleeves i;
prettily lace trimmed
Extra Size Vests, zoc
The Ribbed. Vests large
women will duly appreciate.
Sizes so and 50 are here at
only 29c.
ST Silk Hose, o9c
Well shaped and reinforced.
Seconds of women's superior
$500 White Silk Hose; sizes 9
and 9k.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-20
Dainty Street Dresses
these-with collars,
cuffs ard belts to give
them character.

There is the new
version of the Billie
Burke and other typically
American fadS-and there
are new and effective
yoke dresses with box
pleated front and back.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-20
$3.75 White Kid
Gloves at So
Excellent Wearing Grade

Excellent Wearing Urade
Excellent weight Gloves for
summer wear. Made of white
washable French glace kid. Full
line of sizes from which to
select. Unusual value at So.
MiIanese Silk Gloves, in gray,
mode, pongee. tan, also white and
black. 81 % and q Sn
Pair,
Silk Gloves, 2 clasps, in gray,
pongee, tan, black and 81
white,
Milanese Silk Gloves, with en-
broidered back. in self and contrast.
Colors are mode, gray, pongee 81
and white.
Long Silk Gloves, Il and 10 button
length, all sizes in tan, mode. white
and and black $3.50, $1.75, 81
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-07-10
'dfEA]RNk
S]['0NQK.
DO NOT NEGLECT HERD BOAR
Management Is Important part in
Raising Strong, Healthy Pigs
Deserves Best Care.


OrepareG by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture
Inc management OF the hoar Is
VT! "hp"Tt"Ht part III 'He r"lsihs Va
s'rohR' he"'''E pisS' anu one "lii.h =
s"in' 'lules h'Ele'''u re Sh'u'u ne
'i'e H'p>' S-'uhp'e nh'i'''' VI INC "i'oie
h'ru' uhu "S sucil ueserNes tne peSt VI
"l''h'i"i' me ""ar Nhoulu ne rui
eiiaseu Ir"In preeleI =" puIe-"r'u
hotS Nheh bct"eth eIII' months anu
one year OF age Many 'reeneEs' no"
ever purchase a ooar "hen "euh'
IhE pig put 10 be successiu' III 'il-
ch"lee requires q "lde experience 'hH
souhd judgment. AGED poars "h'ch
nave proved thelr worm can Some
times De purchased AT rea'ohhp"
price. IL Is much saier Tor an mex
perienced breeder to huy an old' ac-
tive boar Than young dhtrled boar'
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-07-10
Champion Duroe-Jersey Boar.

animal. As rule. pig s to 10
months old will be in proper breed
ing condition when received unless he
has been very heavily overfed. In
purchasing an older boar, particularly
one which has been in the show cir
cult. II Is often necessary to reduce
his condition before attempting to
breed. With some animals the breed
ing power is permanently impaired
by too high condition at some time In
their life. The boar should be well
fed but not fat, as a too high condi-
ton makes him inactive, a slow breed
err, and rather uncertain sire.
After the breeding season the boar
should not be fed SO heavily, aud
should have n wider ration, that Is,
one containing less of the protein
concentrates and relatively more corn.
The ration at this time is practically
the same as that fed the brood sow
when she Is not producing litter of
pigs. He should have the run of
pasture a quarter Of an acre in area
in connection with his paddock. Here
he can exercise and obtain much Of
his feed from the forage, or in the
winter when the forage Is consumed
he may be fed on alfalfa or clover Lay
in connection with the grain ration.
Keep the boar healthy, give him eN-
erclse. plenty of rough feeds, and
keep him in condition by varying his
supply of grain. Under such condl-
tions little trouble will be expert
enced In getting a normal boar to pro-
duce large filters of strong. healthy
pigs.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-07-10

We say ~ . ID; ui.r- ''rJ iho "rer'
spective' is -nud-meaniug thai we
car see far ahead beyond the apPar-
ent hactrroaud to imagined beauties
still further u ,Ea distance. Many peo-
pie have rui th's perspective: they
see only tire rt.hhieS aud shallow wa
ter in Tie .J.tGruand and stopping 10
dahble their feet IN The first pleasant
llVliatiun 20 ease and coolncs'. they
lose the 'ail und .H.' OF the deep
pools and forests farther ~. content
To stay ~ 10. hl,-wHy house even
forgetting ll.ar hey once held amt
vision OF castles of accomplishment.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-07-10

The old Britons gave the nickname
"Fihyke" 10 February. not because II
l. particularly wet month the aver
az rainfall being The least OF any
month in the year, but because the
melting snow on the hills causes the
rivers and dykes To- overflow. When
ihr"e Is a surcrahrudauce OF snow and
raln IN February there Is too much NJ
whai would he good thing in modera
ton md foods where they are least
Nc,ca.U,.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-07-10
PIG CLUB MEMBERS PROSPER
Enough to Have Porkers for
Sale and Make Money.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
Pig club members In Florida are
working up an industry among them
selves. Some of the members who
have been In club work long enough
10 have some pigs for sale are dispos-
Ing Of their stock to other club mem
bers. One club boy has sold 500
worth of pigs to club members this
year. Another, who Joined the pig
club two years ago. is now furnishing
pigs to other members, and says he
is glad he went into the club work,
and believes that every boy and girl
who can do so should join.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-07-10
An. peyei-pr,ent.

Ants have developed nothing re-
motely r->rlAbliug Industrial or-anlza-
tion. Many unnecessary conclusions
have been drawn from compari,s neu-
ter tuudeycloped female) ant workers
with the unmarried women OF modern
industry. \ comparison with child
labor would be trIer. For ant work
ere are always hanger" forms
stunted creatures who have no eco
monte opportunity to grow up-who
are forced by family NECESSITY to ven
ture out for food before they reach fall
growth
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-07-10

pnw,noes for the blind are rather
inr. blows Recognizing the need OF
s,'..th.ac Tat w0rid unt rrs lE l' d.,
placed ~, The fingers o. Tie n.'nd
passed ,Gck and forth readint the
ni..Ghers on the face Of the dOM'nnes.
rl'r inventor has given ms a set Of In
trrincklng pieces. Tie mortise joint
mv'cs them hold together no matter
hos much they are brushed around.
The number on each piece is indicated
by the raised heads of brass tack"
easily read by the touch.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-07-10
Napkins.

Table napkins were in use long he
fore some Of the other accessories
which we consider indispensable to-
day Before forks came 10 he tnown.
men had tu ne ttrrr fHgcrS IN pre-
pairing their fuu,.: hence the ancient
common habit ~ frequently passing
The l1~'n of water and It's accompany
iug nHpkin for wip!ng the hands. 1t
uu; ,y..iu.4.s lntil the seventeenth
century.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-07-10

Endurance. not fleetness, wins the
race. Never give up. Keep pcgeing
away even though everything looks
hopeless. Many a man has failed to
achieve both fortune aud fame be-
cause he lost courgg &c just as he was
within reach Of them. What you de-
sire may be only one step ahead
Keep going.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-07-10

No, only this but by vote Of the
Assembly letter of introduction.
containing a copy Of the resolutions,
was given J. X. Blackwood and O. G..
SANFORD. state organizers, appointed
by Federal Director WILSON Of st.
LOUIS. for presentation to the indivi-
dual unions.
The organizers are this week per-
fecting working organizations in each
union. and the interest in the move
ment is widespread. Not only are
the members OF the union responding,
but the members Of their families are
filling Gu. pledge cards and pract.c
ing the doctrine 81 Thrift.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-07-10

Labor in Hannibal. Mo, is solidly
behind the War Savings Campaign,
The Trades and Labor Assembly,
which is made up Of the delegates
from each labor union IN Hannibal
and Marion County. last week were
on formal record ms endorsing the
movemen, by the adoption Of resolu-
tons.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-07-10

NfssiT W. -
Sood conp.nN and -'ol d's,'
Ire me very s.ncw> ~ virtue. ,s.Is
Walton
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-07-10
ATTENTION TO BROOD S0Ws
After WEAVING Her Pigs She Should
Bs Kept on Pasture and Fed
Gaining Grain Ration.

The sow having weaned her pigs.
should be kept on pasture and fed a
gaining grain ration to build up her
system and flesh for re-breeding, and
provide nourishment for the oncoming
fall litter.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-07-10

When n man thinks he has 'eft his
yatch at home and tnl1cs it out Of his
.rcket to see II he has time 10 20 back
for u. should call that man absent.
minded"
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-07-10
Rrunorl snr -. -

"Ah aim pussu'- nus n'ed wiz
dis var cooiir. re-. .,a, 1t $hinhone.
but All reckon he % ''' -''" mo- dan
n sartin onmCrt'ou i'' w.v er
military trainin' i"r''' IranScript.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-07-10

Write to the miu' nd LEI
he ear CLEAN nf',i an
Railev.