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through nlisrepre entat ton as ~
their whefe6b These yoGng
ladies should be conveyed qtietlg
back to town BIZ officers In plain
clothes it found along lonely roads
In stationary automobiles! Wen:
we'll keep the cars goin then,
smokers the young man who Is
sewing his Wild oats. You can't
stop this thlng-ever since tao
world began it's been tried!" In
reply say: Are we going TO Sit
still and permit the sort OF thing
which is nightly occurring? An
officer with a good spotlight hur-
rying tireleSsly back and forth, re
lfeYed at regular intervals by an
other consClent Gus patrolman viii
be quite sufficient. Until young
people reach mature age they
must be protected. Don't you
know It! Isn't il just a. import
ant as eleetLoneering or getting "a
new President? Just as worth
while as bringing in the lemon e&-
tract drunks? Just as sensible as
l-guIlg days and days over petty
JGenses OF various kinds? Aren't
pure young girls worth keeping?
Think 1t over.
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TTcKETS WITHOUT SUPPORT.

II IS rather significant fact that in this state the
Democrats a:e not making any attempt TO make
.snpaign in favor Of their state ticket and in this
:ounty they are equally silent about their county ticket
Democratic State Chairman Dunlap, it is true, issues
geey statement regarding the gertrude of Koontz 5
iecton, but no one takes Dunlap any more seriously
4ssn Tie public lakes the immature Koontz, so that
ietyity does not count The Democratic state ticket
rs made SO little Of an impression that it may, be
loubted that the average Democratic newspaper editor
ord tell off hand he name Of the candidate for any
3giyeri Office besides that Of governor.
IN the county the ticket is not suffering because the
sosses Of the party do not what becomes of it, but
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because thcy realize thst with he record The Demo.
the stronger the appeal for the head Of the ticket the
better ii will be for he men who are behind The Court
House Ring.
a ticket the public cannot work up the slightest en-
thusiam for or ticket that cannot be defended is moi
safe ticket to elect as every voter who will stop to
anayze the matter will realize This year the voter
who wants to make his vote deliver the highest possible
value will vote for the Republican state and county
candidates.
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BANKING BUSINESS.

MOT so very long ago il was held that bank 5
bu.iness was 10 receive money from dcPoslors
and to loan it out again.
Then little by little. banks began widening the scope
Of their activities The banking business became some
thing NOR. than the mere passing Of money over the
counter AID because the bank ha: broadened its use
fulness ii today is the heart Of the business world
Indeed one New York bank accepted this heart
Of business theory so literally that it bought guam
y Of radium which it keeps to be loaned to hospitals
IN treating particular cases. 1t is loaned without cost
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RUFF STUFF

Charles e. Mauley, who lives out
.seii Run "a the summer time and
"a the city in the winter time,
kinks the immediate world Is in a
sfjge6t mess, Between RirshIpS
SanRinR around In Bell Run and
banging around in the
ttky, Mr.. Marley is having a bunch
e sleep get away from him.
z 80 sayS automobiles stick around
he city 'aB late as after nine o'clock
Il night. This Is q terrible late
9IDuf, but we don't know anything
Int can. be done unless that mas
faFfpfl SctrfeW law engineered by
is City Dads, setting II o'clock
dead line for pedestrians,
~ he moved up two hours and
ID le ITO Include automobiles.
As snon as the general election
n aFer the government ought to
Rlaa few pRtrolmen for this city.
Ia afaen are getting so scarce
Il J5htstwe won't be able to see
NJ unless some bird starts
lime m1seum, war tax included.
53 ~.
d opIe say the election will
4 ga the league OF nations. 1t
b the league has been right
turned md on nov
"a felows are thinking ot
Fbnt porch campaigns
next spring, so they
s5ntt hR,Ve TO 'cut grass all summer.
rhe grape crop was good this
"a n. which ought to keep the
sISie Ihsp ector In good spirits all
iatss Y elected 7! be wont have
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mcnts which follow without a
thought? Isn't it tho duty OF some.
one 10 interfere and this mighty
soon"
Think It over Carefully
And now for a ward from the
Chat writer. We all know young
people are headstrOng. impulsive
and u BIZ wild ut certain stages in
their lives. This doesn't argue they
are iucorrlglble or utterly wick
ed. They don't understand, that
is all, and are ruled largely by a.
love for what seems romantic. Adj
ventures a bit risQue appeal TO
them strongly.
Ii is the duty of every mother
to forbid automobile riding with
out proper chaperonage. How about
the girls who defy authority and
to disappear without permission or
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Baseball, we learn through dispatch from Chi
cago, has been reorganlzed The public will wait.
however until IL sees how it works before 1t wiz
do any cheering over this. The suspicion is grow
ing that there is ruch more crookedness IN oaseoa
~ hos a. far been disclosed and there will have
~ be q ouIte general elimination of suspected hg-
ures from the ranks OF both managers and players
before confidence is fully restored.
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According to dispatch printed in The Times this
morning Samuel B. Montgomery. who spoke at a
Cox and Montgomery meeting at Blueheld, was IN
troduced by ex-Congressman Cooper. Cox and
Montgomery! AS the campaign nears its END 'he
Guidance accumulates that the Non-Partisan move
mant is nothing but a scheme to throw the state
to Cox. But this is the hrst intmation that Ed
Cooper has gone over TO that crowd
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There remains but few hours in which to make
sure that your is the list OF voters. II you
are not absolutely sure attend to this at once LOT
~, cannot vote next month II your name is not
on the list.
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anything to do but go around and
tell people when their grape" Is
fittIngly picked.
Notice in a campaign story to-
day that q crowd acted just as u
crowd flushed with victory might
perform. FLUSHED with victory"
Is not as significant as It was once,
since they cut out the flushers.
This has been one OF the dry.
est" campaigns in history, oven
down to the weather.
Even co1's sluSh fund charge
evaporated.
A Mexican bull fighter was dis
gusted with the Carpentier.LeVin.
in 1t. A bull fighter would natural.
ly be better satisfied with the bat
tie between the rival press agents
before the encounter.
Secretary Daniels 10 eager to get
back to his private business in
North Carolina. He wont be de-
tanned much longer.
When It is all over John W,
Davis Is going TO think:
am so glad they didn't tag me
at Frisco.
Despite the tears II brought to
the eyes OF Vox Popult.
Notice there is an advertisement
IN, the Oanara for an eXDeTience0
waiter at q local restaurant,
Most any Of the patrons ought TO
be able to fill the bill.
The number OF languages and
dI5lorts in India are recorded as
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A Canadian agriculturalist has
invented u system by which queen
bees are developed in cages 10 in.
sure that they shall not get away
from the control OF the grower.
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4 FOR GonBress.-6en ftOsenpAOou' VI "HeSA4A6'
STATE
For Governor-Ephrian r. Morgan, of Fairmont.
FOR Secretary OF State-Houston G. Young. Of
Charleston.
g,or state Superintendent Of SchooiS-George NJ
Ford, Of Dunbar
sor7 state Treasurer-W. S. Johnson, of Mt Hope.
FOR state Auditor-John c. Bond OF Charleston.
FOR Attorney General-E. T. England, OF Logan.
Eor state Commissioner Of Asriculture-J. Il.
Stewart, of MorgRntoWn.
For state Senate Eleventh DLstrict-GeorYe w.
Bowers. OF Warrington.
JUDICIAL.
For stete supreme Court-Frank d. Lively Oh
Kanawha County.
Eor Circuit Court-Winfeld Scott Meredith, Of
Fairmont.
yof Criminal Court-Emmett NJ. Showalter, Of
Fairmont.
COUNTY.
Tor shertR-Jamos D. Charlton, of Warrington.
FOR Prosecuting Attorney-Frank R. Amos, Of
Fairmont.
nor County 1ssessor-Glenn Springer, Of Fairmont
Dor County Commlssloner-Amos o. Stanley, Of
800 Fairmont.
FOR Clerk Of the Circuit Court. A. Gather, OF
Fairmont.
gor Clerk OF the County Court-Lee n. satterheld'
of Monongah
g6r County Superintendent Of Schoos-Porter
Ware, OF Fairmout.
55r County SurYeyor-R. NJ. Fisher, OF Fatrmont
FOR House Of Delegates--W. H. Neach, Of Farming
ton; Net Robinson. of Warrington;
s,H. e. Satterfeld, Of Fatrmont.
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AliiReory is against The freedom Of The mill; all
.4ecrisTee for fL-Dr. S. johnson.
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TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 10. 1920.
THE REP UBLICAN TICKET
NATIONAL.

NATIONAL.
Fer President-Warrsn q. Aaruing, OF Ohio.
For vice President-Calvin Coolidge, OF Mass.
FOR C6ngress-Ben Rosenbloom, OF Wheeling.
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The number Of languages and
dialects In India ara recorded as
S72.
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Most any Of the patrons ought TO
be able to fill the bill.
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HE statistic; Of f., education show that IN he yea "a
high schools of the United States. Today high schOO
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-03-26
ELECTRICITY AND THE FARM

Life on the farm is being made
more pleasant every day as the years
roll by. Electricity is lending its aid.
Electricity is serving the farm family
in making possible an up to- date
bath room. When the water had to be
pumped and carried by hand, when
it had to be heated on the kitchen
stove, and when tubs had TO be got
ten out especially, then getting ready
for and taking a bath meant a lot of
disturbance and muss. But electricity
has done away with all this. The
small electric light and power plants
now in use on so many farms all over
the country furnish plenty of power
for the operation of electric pumping
systems. ..' ....
These systems have been developed
to such great extent in the, last
few years, that they are almost en-
tirely automatic. Once installed, the
pump, driven by an electric motor
and controlled by a pressure switch
Keeps water under pressure at faucets
all over the house The water service
thus obtained is in result the same
as that enjoyed in the city. There
are very efficient heaters, too, which
will heat plenty of water for a bath
in half hour or less, or (which will
keep the water hot all the time if de-
sired. All this means that any mem
Der of the farm family can now have
a hot bath in real tub at the mere
turn of the hot water faucet.
State health departments have for
many years urged the adoption on the
farm of sanitary measures such as in
door toilets and sewage disposal
systems and the same authorities are
thoroughly convinced of the value of
the health of the farm family of con-
venient, ready at the minute bathing
facilities. Many farms that have cleo
tricity consider the bath room the
best service electricity has given
them, but there are, of course. many
other reasons for the increasing pop
ularity of electricity on the farm. 1t
gives the best of light in all parts of
the house and barn, it does all such
chores as pumping, milking. separat-
ing and sweeping, and in doing these
things it lightens the labors of every
member of the farm family.
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law or amendment.

law or amendment.
This means that the burden of the
ak will fall on the auto owners in
the cities and heavily settled dis
riots. 1t is estimated that auto own
ers in the twin cities and Duluth will
pay forty per cent of the tax, be-
cause forty per cent of the automo-
biles and trucks of the state are
owned in these centers. AS a matter
IF fact the people who pay the tax
will get the least benefit out of the
expenditure except in a general way
rhe seven thousand miles of paved
highway that will be built will be in
the rural communities and of direct
benefit to these communities. 1t will
release just that much road mileage
lat the counties now have TO build
and keep up.
There is nothing mysterious about
he law. Disregarding the enhanchet
value of the land through which o
aved road passes, the proposition is
economically sound. 1t places the
burden of the tax, not on the farmer
net on the laborer, but right on the
people who can afford it and who
should pay il. The argument for q
paved road is well known. 1t need
H. -
say that every person in the state OF
Minnesota and county of Freeborn
will directly benefit through better
means of transportation. And suf-
ficient, all the year round transporta-
ion means more prosperity. Railroad
transportation built up this great
northwest. Paved road transporta
ton will develop it. -
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-03-26
DEFEAT OF THE COVENANT

Defeat of the League of Nations in
the United States senate late yester-
day was not surprising or startling
event. The action of the upper house
of congress was forecasted in the
stories from Washington during the
past several days. In fact, al no time
did the senatorial Indicator point to
a victory for the covenant in the
shape it was received by the senate
from the hands of President Wilson.
The rejection of the League of Ma
tons by the senate can rightfully be
laid on the shoulders of President
Wilson, who stubbornly refused to
accept changes or reservations at
tached to the document that would
Americanize it and protect the in
terests of the United States from the
Vaccinations of troublesome Euro
pean countries.
There are senators who were de-
termined that America should not be
placed in a position where she could
at any time be forced to pull the
chestnuts out OF the fire for any
country abroad-that America could
not be used to clean out the garbage
cans in the Balkans and act second
story janitor in those sections where
the floors must be swept continually.
The wilfulness of a Wilson. has
killed the pact which came out of
Versailles, and the United States is
not as yet member of the League
of Nations. The heart of the world
may go to pieces, but that is no rea-
son why the American people should
place in jeopardy their own vital in
terests. We have some things at
stake that are entitled to considera-
ton before we legislate for those
across the seas. What is the next
moya2 .
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BEWARE OF THE CYCLONE

The extent to which the press OF
America may be regulated if en-
croachments upon its liberties are
countenanced by those. who should be
its courageous and uncompromising
champions was very clearly indicated
this week by the introduction of a
bill in the New York legislature max
ing it illegal TO put a headline oil
more than one column in width over
the report of murder or murder
trial.
This bill would limit heads to
36-point type and for violations of It's
various sections provides penalties
that range from $1,000 fine to a
Jail sentence and reaches all persons
concerned in bringing the facts to the
attention of a public that is willing
at times TO battle for newspapers
making the loudest type appeal, Is
the comment of Editor and Publisher
1t seems entirely fair 10 assume, in
the absence of proof to the contrary
that the gentleman from Chenango--
Assemblyman Bert Lord-who intro
duced the measure is not familiar
with the constitution of the United
States as it was written and in
terpreted in 1871. The Lord measure
is unimportant in ITSELF However, il
is indicative of the cyclone of foo
measures that would be up for con-
sideration in congress and the legis-
latures of each state if the publishers
were to admit their inability to rur
their own business. "' D., ..
Several years ago The Free Press
called attention to the mental attitud:
of would be legislators and narrow
calibred congressman who were seek
ing to hamper by the enactment oil
fool legislation the newspapers in the
performance of duty which the,
owe the public in the dissemination
of news and the free expression oi
opinions regarding men and meas
ureS. .,. ..... ,...n, . .n...
1t behooves the newspaper frater-
nifty to keep a close watch on hare
Drained statesmen who seem tc
labor under the delusion that the
Lord has commissioned them to re-
strict the activities of newspapers by
the adoption of adverse legislation
The freedom of the press should be
kept inviolate
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-03-26
HEADING FOR THE CITIES

People are heading for the cities
where they can gaze on the bright
lights and ride on Il the merry 60
round. The 1920 census will show more
Americans living in cities and towns
than on farms for the first time in
the history of the country. This, with
the check in the Western trend of
population, will be the most striking
revelation of fundamental changes
in American habits of life. Always
before the majority of the people
have been engaged in agriculture
Some specialists predict sixty FIVE
per cent will be classed as urban and
thirty five as rural when the exact
tabulations are made. When the last
census was made in 1910, 53.7 per cent
of the population was rural and 1853
per cent urban. Thirty years before
that seventy per cent lived in the
country.
The transformation of America
from an agricultural TO an industrial
nation has been gradual and contin-
uous. The movement was accelerated
by the war. Before America partici-
ated, European countries made heavy
demands for manufactured goods, and
high wages drew labor from the
farms and smaller towns. Increasing
demands on industry, when America
joined the allies, made the need for
workers in cities still greater. Only
small percentage OF farmers who were
soldiers have returned to the land
since rehabilitation. The 1910 census
showed Western states increased in
population much more rapidly than
Eastern. But the development and the
rapid growth of Eastern industrial
localities is expected to show ! the
center of population no further west
than ten years ago. In 1890 the center
was twenty three miles east of Bal
timore. In 1910 it was at Blooming
ton. Ind.
ss The number of farms is expected
to be about 7.55O.000. With the poDu-
=
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LET HOMES BE BUILT

Mankato is in need of houses in
which to place families who desire 10
live in this city. There is a shortage
of houses everywhere This com
munity is no exception to the rule.
The city that builds homes for those
who desire them is going to benefit
to large extent. Possibly a home
building movement could be started
if representatives of financial insti-
tutions, contractors, representatives
of lumber concerns, the building
trades organizations and others in
terested would get together and dis
cuss the situation. There must be a
way out of the problem which ap-
pears to confront the people who are
so DESTROYS Of making Mankato the
Home City, g
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THE BABCOCK AMENDMENT

There apparently still remains in
the minds of some folks wrong i'm
preston regarding the method of
raising the money to build the Bah
cock state highway road system says
The Albert Lea Standard. For the
benefit of those who don't thoroughly
understand the method we state the
following facts: The state of Mime
sofa proposes to issue hundred mil
lion dollars of special road bonds.
The bonds will be paid by a direct
tax on automobiles. No moneys from
any, other taxable course can be put
into this fund under 1.-the. proposed
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much as the facts are kept secret by
the tax officials, we have no means
of knowing whether the multi-rich
are making false statement or not
Certainly very few of US believe that
they are making true and correct
ones. If they did Uncle Sam would
not be able to house the money. 1t is
an easy matter for rich man to en-
ploy lawyers to find ways of beating
the government. and it is generally
suspected that many of them do it
No. we do not wish to be considered
cruel, or anything. but We would like
TO see certain returns. We opine the!
would be second in interest only tc
the Bible.
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The farm COW that gives milk for
human food stands first, with a total
value Of $2,o2a zoe oafl. as compared
with other classes of farm animals
for January I, 1920, by the bureau OF
crop estimates Of the United States
department of agriculture. Not even
the total value of all other cattle is
equal to the value of the dairy COW.
The average price per head of milk
COWS in this country has increased
from $5S. rs, since January /, 1915, to
$91.95, the average for 1919, or a gain
of fifty eight per cent in five years.
according to the bureau.
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DISTRICT DELEGATES.

First. A. Melone. Rochester;
Earl Simpson, Winona; alternates,
S. II. Rask, Blooming Prairie, and
Hem A. Larson, Rushford, Unin.
structed.
Second-I. N. Tompkins, Mankato:
E. H. Nicholas. Jackson; alternates,
Mrs. D. L. Morse. Blue Earth, and
Mrs. W. Campbell Siayton. Instruct
ed for Wood. .,iba3r 81. .sH.
Third-W.a. Hgo Westcett, West
colt; j. J. Raehacs Faribault; alter
mates, w. L. PonSford b and w. L..
Harvey. Instructed for Wood.
Fourth-Herbertt P, KELLER and
Leavitt Corning, ST. Paul !, ,alternates.
George B. Edgerton and C. r. Par
ker, St. Paul. INSTRUCTED for Wood.
Fifth-F. H. Carpenter and w. ].
Williamson, Minneapolisi alternates.
George o. Hauge and e. w. Cameron,
Minneapolis. UNRESTRICTED.
Sixth-Charles H. Warner, Aitkin,
and 1. w. Bouck, Royalton; alter
mates, Charles Hayden, Blackjack,
and Mrs. H. w. Gehr, Wadena. In.
structed for Wood.
Seventh--Charles H. March, Litch-
field and Frank w. Murphy, Whea-
ton; alternates, w. B. Strom, Hector
and John Schultz, Marshall. Unin-
structed.
Eighth-Dr. H. e. Weirick, Hib-
bling. and Spencer Searls, Carlton:
alternates. Guy A. Eaton, Duluth and
Mrs. Frank S.. Lang. International
Falls. Instructed for Wood.
Ninth-Charles Loring, Crookston,
and R. B. Rathburn, Detroit; alter
mates, Daniel Shaw, Thief River Falls
and Mrs. Wesley Jenkins. Ada, I'm
instructed. 4
/ Tenth Double set of .delegatesl
Uninstructed delegation: = Congress-
man Thomas D. Schall, Minneapolis
and l. NJ. Mithun, Buffalo; alternates
John G. Priebe, Minneapolis and Dr.
George E. Means, Howard Lake.
Wood Lowden delegation: Albert r.
Pratt, Anoka, and Lowell E. Jepson,
Minneapolis; alternates. Elias Nord-
gren, Sunrise, and Senator George II.
Turnham, Long Lake.
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lation between los ,ooO.o 900 and 10.

lation between 105,000.000 and no..
100000, the average farm will have to
provide the food, and a part Of the
fuel and materials for clothing, fol
about fifteen Americans and an in
.determinate number OF persons IL
other countries. The shortage o!
farm labor is becoming a serious pro l..
blem, according to experts of the de-
partment of agriculture. Improved
methods and machinery have helped
but lack of labor is reaching point
where production is menaced. Popu
lation figures announced thus far by
the census for fifty-n1ne cities show q
1920 total of 3,l05,746, compared witt.
2,526,lS3 in 1910. Industries centers
drew much more rapidly than cities
and towns engaged in supplying farm
areas