The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-07-23
SEARCH FOR REMAINS
Body Of Clara Berg SIN Believed to Hs
In Minnesota River
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Especial To Th0 Free Press.
st. Peter. Mimi. July 1s-Search for
the body Of Clara Berg Of Fairfax. who
escaped from the st. Peter state hospital
to have been drowned in the Minnesota
river has been abandoned by the auth
critics because Of the high water. Sew
eral searching parties have been drag
railroad bridge where hey clothes were
found on the bank but al efforts to To-
cate q trace Of her have proved fruitless.
Relatives have offered q reward OF 800
bodys- Unless the river gives forth EVIL
dence, her disappearance will prove one
Of the most perplexing mysteries in the
state hospital annals.
A5utant A. w. Bates Of the 9Th Mimi
esots National Guard. has accepted the
resignation Of Lieutenant Herbert J..
johnson, commander Of Company B. Of
this city. Sergeant c. r. Nutter has
commander OF the company to fill the
vacancy. and Corporal Harry G. Han
son has been commissioned second
heutenapt This is the nrst time In ten
months that the company has had more
than one commissioned officer.
improvements aggregating $4,000 have
been made on the st. Peter armory. The
contractors completed the installation OF
Tor today. The local company will fur
nish q suite Of club rooms in the near
future, and when this 10 done. st. Pet
er VIII have one OF the finest armories in
this part Of the state.
The Nioollst County Fair will be held
on August 30. 31st and September LIST
this year. just a week before the state
just completed the premium list which
aggregates 5000. This Is the fiftieth
anniversary of the fair, and from pre-
sent indicstions IL will be the most sue
essful ever held.
A special term OF the district court con-
yened today at the Nicollet county court
house to complete such cases as were
NJ. Tiff Of Glencoe VIII preside.
Seventy-five purebred. boars and gifts
have been consigned for series Of hog
sales. which are to be held in Nicollet
months. according to n. A. Hanson Of
Belgrade president Of the Nicollet County
Livestock Breeders association A sale
of boars and gifts will be held early in
the fall, and another sale of gifts and
Bred sows will be held during the winter
nonths. Duroc and Poland breeders will
hold separate sales, and II Is probable
that they may be held either at the st.
pavilion at Mankato. This VIII be the
first series OF sales by the local associa-
ton which, was organized last year
Yasota township, lie sueur county. who
had his left lung pierced by an unload
ing hay fork at the James Hayes farm
in Ottawa last week. win recover. accord
ing to physicians at the Emanuel hos
pitaI. Manketo. where he is now con-
fined. The heavy implement penetrated
his chest to depth Of six inches, and
the young man has been towering be-
tween life and death for week.
Tourists have been warned not 10 trav-
ell the customary route toward the cities
from st Peter y LIE Sueur, because Of
the high water. The bottom road along
the east bank Of the river IL now under
water, and the road on the west side is
closed for repairs Motorists must cross
the river at ST. Peter, and proceed to the
foot Of the bluffs and thence north. II
they wish to avoid the danger Of encoun-
terfng q washout