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The Mankato free press., 1920-12-24
IMAP. Ping OF MINNESOTA, COAL PLENTY It IS SAID
Dealers Declare That the Fine
Weather Has Been Real
Godsend

Coal conditions in Mankato are
generally speaking, better than they
have been for over two years past
according to the statements OF local
coal dealers to The Free Press to-
day. The impression that Mankato
was about to face. hard coal FAM
inc is wrong. Dealers say that while
the supply of hard coal is not very
large there is plenty ON hand for the
time being, and orders of the same
are en- route to Mankato now. The
hard coal is now selling at $3.50
per ton, or about twenty five cents
lower on the average than it was
some two months ago.
Can Thank the Weather.
One coal dealer said that the hard
coal situation in Mankato is al
right, and people can thank the long
continued fine weather for 1t. This
was a Godsend to 10th the consumer
and the dealer in coal. The former
was enabled to spare on coal. while
the dealer was given time to catch
up with his orders, until now the
situation is satisfactory. In making
this statement, however, the dealer
did not mince words in scoring the
coal jobbers for cornering Che prod
uct and holding people up for 1t
This gentleman faVors national leg
islation to Ak the maximum price OF
coal.
There was a report circulated yes
terday that a shortage of hard coal
was likely in Mankato in the near fu-
ture. 1t was said that some Of the
dealers stocks were running low
and 1t was problamatical whether
they could be reimi ursed before
spring. 1t is said that one dealer
had remarked that hard coal coming
by rail from the east might necessi-
tate raise in the price here some
thing like 81.
The Mankato free press., 1920-12-24
COUNTY FAIR PROSPECTS
Will Be Discussed At Meeting of
State Federation of the
County Shows

st. Paul, December 30 Standard
zation of county fairs will be the
principal subject OF discussion at th1
annual meeting of the Minnesota
Federation of County Fairs in Min.
neapolis. January II. It is expected
that more than 500 delegates will
discuss the various phases OF county
fair work, CO operation and standard
ization. There will be eighty six
county fair associations represented
at the meeting, according to plans
now undercompletion
The days meeting will be followed
by q banquet and a Get together
hour, at which time the delegates will
be entertained with music and brief
talks by various members. The days
program Is as follows:
Address OF welcome, Governor
elect ]. A. o. Preus; (tentative) re-
spcnse by President o. c. NeumaL,
Wheaton; appointment Of committees;
reading Of reports. and consideration
Of other routine business. Mime
sofa the Leader will be the subject
Of an address by Hugh ]. Hughes,
marketing director, Minnesota agri-
cultural commission; DIR. Wood OF
Mankato will address the convention
on Livestock Sale at County Fair
and R. B. Seaton will speak on
Policing the Grounds"
Other speakers scheduled to ad-
dress the delegates are: H. A. Malm-
berg, Fergus Falls: r. L. Griffin,
Hibbing; P. A. Johnson, Fairmont; /;
Miss Bess M. Rowe, editor, The
Farmers Wife; and G. G. Selvig,
Crookston. ...... .... .
The officers Of the federation are:
o. G. Neuman, Wheaton, president;
J. A. Stoneberg, Cambridge, vice
president; R. r. Hall, st. Paul, sec
retary, and Charles f. Seine, Mora,
treasurer
The Mankato free press., 1920-12-24

brood SOW sale some time in Febru.
ary. He has forty gifts which he ex-
poets to offer art that time. Mr.
Ashley was not gutter and give
up. He came to town and wired
around until he found the kind he
wanted and hired himself over to- G.
w. Wheeler at Kasson and secured
a fine one, and had him home the
next day. Although he regrets very
much to lose such valuable hog he
feels very fortunate in securing such
a good one to take his place. Mr.
Wheeler was keeping this hog to
show at the state fair next year, but
finally consented to sell him to Mr.
Ashley at a good price. We surely
wish him good luck with this one
Franklin Wilson is down from
Grove Lake, Mimi, to spend the holi-
days and possibly the month of
January with his sisters, Mrs. Lulu
Gates and and Liza Wilson in Gar
den City and Mrs. Lief1e Warren and
family at this place.
Miss Margaret Dennison and Era
Griffith, Carleton college students,
are at home for the holidays as are
also Melvin Griffith and Dorothea
Brown of Parker and Velma Frances
from Mankato Normal
Mrs. George Lassack has returned
from a short visit in Madelia also
in the twin cities. Her mother, who
lives in Madelia, accompanied her
to the cities.
Saturday afternoon, Mrs. Giles
Gray with her baby girl started for
town, driving single horse hitched
to carriage. When about a half
mile from home the horse suddenly
fn
riage over, throwing Mrs. Gray and
baby out into the ditch beside the
road. The horse was caught near
the George Mertesdorf place. Mrs.
Gray and baby were picked up and
taken to their home. The doctor
was summoned from Amboy, who
found the baby o. X. but Mrs. Gray
badly bruised. No bones were brok-
en- but it was feared she was hurt in
ternally. Today Mrs. Gray is re-
ported to be resting well and the at
tending physician thinks everything
looks favorable for speedy re
covery with no bad effects. 1t
might easily have been very seri-
GUS accident, and it is almost mir
acle that they escaped as well as
they did.
The village school closed Friday
ton. Thursday evening the grammar
room gave a Christmas program aft
er which Miss Watts and her pupils
served sandwiches. Cocoa coffee,
balls and home made can
dies, realizing over $11 from the
sales. which will be used to purchase
a health bond for their room. Fri
day afternoon the intermediate and
primary rooms united and gave a
very nice program which was much
enjoyed by large number of visit
ors. A beautiful tree delighted the
little people and after the program
they received their gifts and treats.
Mr.. Selby, principal, will spend
his vacation with his family here ana
fhe grade teachers, Misses Watts,
Malcomson and Miller left on the
afternoon train Friday for their re-
spective homes at st. Charles, Man
kato and Minneapolis.
The Mankato free press., 1920-12-24
ONLY NINE PER CENT OF
STATE MARKED
Appropriation Of S75, 900 Needed
To Make the Work
Complete
[Associated Press Dispatch


St Paul, December 19.-Minnesota
has but nine percent Of her area
mapped geographically. which is less
/, than any other state in the union
with the exception OF Florida and
mississippi. according to reports just
completed in the Office of Z. V. Will
ard, state drainage and water com
missioner An appropriation of $75,.
600 should be made available at once,
Mr.. Willard said, to carry on the
work during the coming year, and
$4,000 should be appropriated an
1nally there after, until the work is
completed.
Congress annually appropriates a
large amount Of money to be expended
on topographic surveys within states,
which allot money OF their own. with
which to cooperate in this work, Mr..
Willard continued. The states which
90 not CO. operate help to pay this
item in governmental expense and
assist the CO. operating states in the
work, while their own areas remain
unmapped. Minnesota belongs to this
class, the commissioner said.
What Report Says.
up to and including 1915, appru-
priations were made by the Minnesota
legislature, for the use Or the drain.
age commission with which to CO.
operate with tho federal government
IN the work Of mapping the area Of
Minnesota" the report states. But
the legislature of 1917-1919 failed to
provide appropriations, and the con-
tracts then in effect between the
fat anA h. F@IA ant fflr
cooperative work lapsed."
The value of typographical maps
is in avoiding duplication Of numer-
Gus Independent Investigations, eacn
made for one particular purpose, the
results of which are not available to
further work The cost of topographic
work survey of the state mas been
paid for many times in these sep
arate investigations" the report con-
tinued.
Some Of Practical Use
Some of the more practical uses
made Of topographic maps. as given
by Mr.. Willard, follow: The plan
ming extensive drainage projects where
the area of catchments basins, slops,
route of bitches, etc. are basic prob
lems. Improvements Of streams for
outlets to receive and discharge ex
cess run on waters TO prevent floods
where the meanderfng of the course
of the stream shops, reservoir sites,
effect on municipal water supply, are
vital matters. Laying out highways,
railroads. acqueducts, tunnels, sewer
and water supply systems. Improving
rivers for navigation purposes and the
studying of canaliZation possibilities.
Determining and classifying water
resources; town and county bound
aries and In connection with legisla-
ton involving the granting OF charter
rights. etc"
Standard topographic maps are
available in Aitkin, Anoka, Hennepin,
Otter Tail, st. Louis, Clay and Cass
counties
The Mankato free press., 1920-12-24
TRAIL or AN AUTO THIEF
IT rs BEING FOLLOWED BY
ONE SHERIFF
Official In lie Sueur County
Tells Story That Reads
Like Fiction

lie Sueur Center, December 16--
To be in this country only about
four years, and in that time become
and laws and clever enough to pro-
cure forged and changed registration
papers for number of automobiles
he had stolen, seems to be quite a
record indeed for one man from a
foreign country who came to the
United States to reside. And then,
in addition, when he found he was
being closely pursued by the officers.
to enlist in the United States army
for immediate shipment for army SER
vice back in the country whence he
came, in order to make his get away,
affords the second chapter, says The
Leader Democrat.
Reads like a bit of fiction, but
that seems to be he~record OF man
wanted by the LeSueur county au
thorities and who is charged with
stealing at least four cars.
The LeSueur county attorney and
sheriff have followed their man that
far, and the end is not yet. The
name OF the man is not ready to an
nounce, but it may be later.
1t appears that the man In ques-
tion came to America from Germany
about lour years ago and to this sec
tion some time later. Last summer
some automobiles disappeared at diff
ferent times and suspicion, and later
facts developed, indicating this man,
who had been working on a LeSueur
county farm and who, in the mean
time, had disappeared. In recovering
one of the cars, the LeSueur county
sheriff found that this man had
made false affidavit in Hennep1n
county to procure car registration
papers, and then had changed the
papers to apply to another car. The
sheriff was close on the trail of his
man then, but was unable to put his
hands on him. In the meantime he
had been batting" him in various
ways, but he did not quite fall into
the trap laid Then the sheriff dis
covered that his man had enlisted
in the army at Minneapolis for i'm
mediate service in Germany and was
forthwith sent to New York for
overseas duty, and was well on the
way over by the time the LeSueur
county authorities had followed the
trail that far IL is probable that the
man might have taken this means Of
getting back to his native land, in
tending to later desert. and it is also
proba BILE that the army authorities
will be fully advised to watch him
and return hire - this side in due
time to explain some things, or
learn a different idea about matters
in general in America.
The Mankato free press., 1920-12-24
MAYOR OF LUvERNE RESIGNS
c. o. Wright 10 To Quit Position Of
Executive There

Luverne, Mimi, December I'll
Mayor G. o. Wright has rendered his
resignation and the city council has
refused to accept 1t and has asked
that the Mayor reconsider his action.
II Il said that the mayors resignation
oaxne Immediately after he had been
notified that the council had by a
unanimous vote refused to approve
of the appointment OF a traffic po-
Iiceman who had been named by the
mayor. +
DR.. A. N. Rice has been named as
q member OF the board Of education
to I'LL the vacancy caused by the
death of DR.. A. z. Spalding.
Hans Greve, farmer, is dead as
the result of an attack of heart trou
BILE which he suffered while In this
city on business.
James Bjerk of Beaver Creek as
been notified that he has won the
thirteenth prize on his corn exhib-
tied at the International Show at
Chicago.
The Mankato free press., 1920-12-24
RECORD WAS VERY BAD.
War Department Does Not Refer Very
Highly to koob.

Window, December 16.-Sheriff Pet
erson has received from the war de-
partment a record of Charles Bernard
Koob, who is wanted by the authori-
ties in connection with the Mountain
Lake clothing store robbery, anu yho
gained his liberty through habeas
corpus proceedings. The war depart
ment reports that the records show
Koob enlisted in the military service
on July 27, 1915, deserted from Troop
H, Twelfth United States Cavalry at
Columbus, N M, on or about Decem-
Der 8, 1915, surrendered to military
control on May %, 1918, A. e. F., and
was .dishonorably discharged on Au-
gust 81, 1918, with character rated as
bad His residence at time of enlist
ment and separation from the mill
tary service is shown as 1881 Carol
avenue, st. Paul.
The Mankato free press., 1920-12-24
CORN THEFT Is CHARGED.
George HutzIer Has Been Placed Un
der Arrest at Mountain Lake.

George HutzIer Has Been Placed Un-
der Arrest at Mountain Lake.
Mountain Lake, Mimi, December 81.
George Hutzler, a farmer living
south of Mountain Lake, has been
placed under arrest and confined at
the county jail, on charge OF having
stolen load Of corn OF Mr.. George
Buhler, farmer living near town.
On Friday morning Mr.. Buhler no
ticed that some corn was missing from
his bin and it being year old corn he
Immediately notified the local eleva-
tors to be on the lookout for any old
corn coming In.
On Saturday he was notified that a
load of old corn had been received at
one or the elevators and that the man
was being held. Upon investigation
1t proved to be the stolen corn, al
though Mr.. Hutzler claimed it was
his own. Search was made at his
place, but failing to find any corn on
the mans place he was turned over to
the authorities. Nobody willing to go
bond Mr.. Hutzler was confined in jail
and is now awaiting hearing.
The Mankato free press., 1920-12-24

Meeting of Lumber DeaI-r. Mo-
than two thousand retail lumbar daoIo
ers from Minnesota, Iowa. North Da
kota and South Dakota, are exnectad
TO attend the thirty first annual con :
veniton OF the Northwestern I,,mber.
mems association. which will he
held tn Minneapolis, January IL 10
and 20. The Officers of the assocsa !.
ton are: r. ]. Ward, Clinton. Iowa.
president; /. R. Goodridge. Mime
apolis, vice president; C. e. ENGLISH.
Mimi nneapolis, treasurer; and Adolnh
Pfund, MINNEAPOLIS, secretary. Ad.
vance reservations at the. principal
hotels indicate the largest attend :
arce at the convention In the his-
tory Of the association. 80 8
The Mankato free press., 1920-12-24
CLOSE ON SUNDAY EVE
Brett Store Is To lnaugurate New
Custom This Year.

At a business meeting yesterday
officers and employees of the George
E. Brett store decided to change the
custom of years standing, and close
the store on Christmas eve, there
by giving the clerks a chance to en-
Joy Christmas eve at their homes.
This action gladdened the hearts
of many, and will promote kindly
feeling among customers, for Christ
mas shopping can very easily De done
by six O'Clock on Friday, especially
in lieu of the fact that the stores of
the city will be open evenings next
week.
Families usually unite in spending
Christmas eve together, and lots OF
them have their Christmas trees on
that evening. 1t should indeed be the
privilege of all to spend Christmas
eve at home, and it is. hoped that
custom will be adopted throughout
the city.
The Mankato free press., 1920-12-24
PLANT HAS SHUT DOWN.
concern At Pipestone, Minn.. Will
E Be ReoDened In Iann,.,

n,ISPec1aI to The Free Pressl
~. Plpestone, Mimi, December 16.-
pany has temporarily closed its ~.
manufacturing plant here. The mars
ufactured stock on hand it is beIievad
VIII be sufficient to fill orders mill
operation again. - oesin
theodore Nisbet, a pioneer res;dent
OF Plpestone county, died suddeniv
from iron . heart failure at Venice, Cal
i Just nve , DAYS after the, death of his
stone. who had gone to Venice pe, :.
spend the winter. ~
The Mankato free press., 1920-12-24
Waived OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Elia

Waived Examination.-Mrs. Eliza
beth Mines of this city was arraign-
ed before Judge Hiram S. Goff yes
terday afternoon on the charge Of
forgery in the second degree, as pre-
ferred by Nick Mangelsen. Of Vernon
Center. The defendant waived ex-
animation and was bound over to
await the action of the grand jury at
the February term of the district
court. In default of bond, which
will have to be fixed by the district
court, the defendact has been re-
manded to the custody Of the sheriff.
The Mankato free press., 1920-12-24
YOUNG BOY MAY GET $1,000.
Joseph Satka OF Winona Was Suspicion,
the RaInes NonthS

Joseph Satka OF Winona Was Suspicious
of the BaImes Youths.
Winona, December 1s.--Joseph Satka
seventeen-year-old Winona boy resid.
ing with. his grandmother Mrs. Henry
Busdicker, 418 East King street. accord
ing to information received from Min
neapolis, may receive the $1,000 reward
offered by Mayor ]. e. Meyers of Minne-
apolis for information that led to the
arrest of three young men for the muir
der of an aged grocer there December 1.
Satka was a resident OF Minnea polls at
the time and came to Winona yesterday.
Uncertain About Reward.
II never gave the police, tS my knowl-
edge, any information about the Borte
case," Satka said this morning when told
that he might receive the reward. 81
know Percy Balrnes quite well and he
was In my room several times between
the time the crime was committed and
his arrest 7 also know Donald Balnes.
was suspicious Of them and Raoul Carl
son. the Western Union messenger boy.
/ discussed the case quite freely about
the Western Union Office and detectives
may have overheard me-"
The Mankato free press., 1920-12-24
BLUE EARTH CALL.

Especial to The Free Press.1
Jasper, Mimi, December 16.-Rev.
J. d. Swalestuen who came to Jasper
in 1903 from Grattinge%, Iowa, to be.
come pastor Of the Norwegian Luth l.
eran church, has resigned, and will
accept a call to become pastor of the
church al Blue Earth City, MINI.
The Mankato free press., 1920-12-24
Service On Great Western.-Th

SeTVICe Ou CTSdC WSSteTH,-II IIt
passenger train performance of the
Chicago Great Western Railorad con
tinues at the same high standard
which prevailed during the eight
weeks ending November 26. 1920.
For the week November 81 to De-
cemter 3 included an even better
performance was recorded-out of
302 trains, 293 or $40 were on time
at terminals. Since the first Of Oc-
out Of grand total OF 2,S26 trains,
2.6S5 or $50 per cent were on time.
The Mankato free press., 1920-12-24
Fire Insurance Money.

Mankato paid $99,717.37 in prem.
iums and $52,292.19 was paid into the
city for fire losses. during 1913.
Premiums receivcS from this city by
insurance companies amounted to
81, 1,440, ,731.61, and losses paid by the
companies into the city amounted to
S7S5.655.s9.
The Mankato free press., 1920-12-24
SHOT LODGED IN ARM
Joseph Puchner Had An Unpleasant
Experience While Hunting.


Experience While Hunting.
While Joseph and William Puch-
ner and Alois Eibner Of New Ulm
were out hunting Sunday, Joseph
Puchner experienced an accident that
nearly caused his death. He was
walking behind his brother and as is
the custom William Puchner had This
gun over his shoulder. In some un-
accountable way the gun was dis
charged, part of the charge lodging
in Joseph's forearm while the balance
of the shot struck his watch which
he carried in the lower left hand
pocket of his vest The timepiece
was so badly demolished that it was
rendered practically useless. A round
noarR about the size of the watch was
plainly visible on the young mans
body at the point where the time
piece had reposed in his vest pocket.
The Mankato free press., 1920-12-24
VIII GET aefund.

Rice county stands an excellent show
from the state OF Minnesota on it's road
program, according TO county officials.
When Amendment No. l was passed 1t
was included in the bill that the state
was 10 refund all ,noi:ey that had been
spent by counties 1n state roads.
The Mankato free press., 1920-12-24

Bailey Wilson, student at the
lome on Thursday for the holidays.
The Mankato free press., 1920-12-24
Marriage License Issued.

Marriage License Issued.
Clerk of Court Krost this morning
issued marriage license to Ralph
B. Wendelken of Brookings, s. D.,
and Miss Anna Quarmberg of Belle
Fourcha. s. d.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-28
ADVISES WATCHING
FRUIT JUICE LABELS
Only Way to Secure Natural Bev'
erage, Says Health Officer
Fowler.

Health Oficer Fowler today advised
the people of Washington to watch
the labels on fruit juice soft drinks
If they want to be sure they are get
ting the natural fruit beverage and
not one that is artifcially colored.
DR.. Fowler made the suggestion In
di scussing the warning issued yester-
day by the public health service to
the effect that artificial fruit bever-
ages have flooded the soft-drink mar
ket since the advent of prohibition.
The District health officer SAID that
several months ago he obtained sam
pies Of a number of soft drinks to
determine if they contained the nat
ural fruit juices. He said that. while
his chemists found that some OF them
were not made of the natural Juice.
the labels clearly stated that the bev-
erage was artifcial1y prepared.
Since the beverages were correctly
labeled, there was no violation of law.
"The only way people can guard
against substitutes when they want
a natural fruit juice beverage Is to
watch the label" said the health
officer.
The warning Of the public health
service called particular attention to
a number of orange beverages which
do not contain the juice of the orange
but the oil from the orange peel, ar
tificially colored.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-28
CHANGES ON HERALD.
John E. Rice Made President and
General Manager.

At meeting Of the board of direc-
tors Of the Washington Herald Com
pany held Monday John E. Rice was
elected president, succeeding Walter
s. Rogers. who remains a director of
the Herald company, and who is de-
voting his entire tire to the Inter-
national Communications Congress.
Of which he is one Of the Americas
delegates.
T Mr.. Rice was also appointed gen.
eral manager of the Herald. to sue
coed Herman Suter, who helped ne
gotiate the purchase of the Herald
last December for it's present con-
trolling ownership and who has been
in active charge of the paper pending
the appointment of permanent gem
eral manager.
Mr.. Rice is former Washineto-
MAN. VINO for the last few years has
been engaged in newspaper publica-
ton in the midwest.