The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-08-06
HELPING THE SOLDIERS
ST.PETER COMMITTEE is Do
ING GREAT WORK
News Events Which Have DC.
Cured In City During Last
TWenty-four Hours

! st. Peter, Mimi, August 3.-The
Nicollet County Elk Service Mems
Welfare committee which was organ
lied in this city several weeks ago by
William R. Witty Post Of the American
Legion and the Nicollet County Red
Cross chapter, is receiving all man
ner of experiences in their efforts to
help the returned soldier Miss Ter
esa Konsbruck, who has charge of
the work, has run across some inter-
esting types, in her correspondence,
and several replies TO her letters have
contained material closely bordering
on treason.
Two letters received from ex-serv
ice men residing in the vicinity Of
CORTLAND and Nicollet, this county,
are especially interesting. Here is
the way in which one soldier repays
the board for its efforts in his behalf:
mo doubt your efforts to affect a
reconciliation towards the eX-service
man are sincere. but l wish to state
that the United States or any COM
mittee representing same, cannot
right the wrongs showered upon me
United States. If the United States
or its representatives cause those Of
ficers who have usurped their author
ity TO be put behind prison bars for
a just period Of time, / shall be
pleased to answer any personal ques-
| tionaires that they or their represen-
tatives deem, wise to send"
Here is another complaint against
the government because the state of
70 hoC fol cd fN
money to one of her former service
men at Nicollet. Il have been in the
army 16 months during the war,
| across, have been wounded and seen
all kinds of hardship and have re-
ceived no bonus money. / know of
others in this vicinity who have never
been across and in the service only
two or three months who have re-
ceived their bonus money long time
ago. Now If this Is doing justice TO
the soldiers who placed their lives in
danger for their country, for their
loved ones at home, etc., then /
should like to know what justice
means or what in hell we were fight
ing for"
The names of the authors of the
| two letters are withheld from publ
cation.
The board was organized for the
not any ex- servicemen mad received
proper compensation, was in good
physical health, or had any claims
against the government which had
not-been attended to. II any Just
claims are found, they are reported
at once, and efforts made to secure
their adjustment. The board is
financed by the Red Cross, and the
work is supervised by the American
| Legion.
Swante Olson, who is employed in
the store of Johnson & Olson Of
New Sweden, was seriously injured
| while returning home Saturday night
| i. was learned yesterday. He CXper-
| fenced trouble with mis- rear wheel
| and was examining it when passing
automobile. rushed ZIP. Olson was
struck in the shoulder and was car
riei a distance of several rods, Re
| Estenson the driver states that he
was blinded by sthe light presumably
on Olson's car, and therefor ran too
close 20 the other machine before he
saw the man. Upon examination, 1t
| was found that the injured man had
sustained a fractured collar bone AID
shoulder blade. He was taken to his
| home, where he Is now confined. 1t
| was stated yesterday that 1t is feared
| juries, and that his condition is still
| grave.
Secretary William Mallgren and
| Treasurer G. A. Benson have booked
| the World Fair shows for the Nicollet
| County fair on August 80, 81 and
| September LIST. This company show
| ed last week at Mankato under the
| auspices Of the American Legion, and
they will be the main attraction at
Cot &c With oIIi-
| ton to the amusements, the manage
ment states that the fiftieth anDiver-
sary fair will be the best ever held in
| the county.
Babcock & Wilcox, proprietors of
| the Kasota stone quarries which are
| famed throughout the northwest,
| have developed another industry
which is fast becoming as famous as
the marble quarries. They have
above the city, and spur track from
the Milwaukee railroad into the pit
was completed yesterday. This is the
second pit that the company has
| opened up on the bluff; the first being
put into operation four years ago.
Immense deposits of course gravel
are found on the company's property.
Engineers have estimated the depth
Of the present vein to be seventy two
|
rivals that of any other pit in this
vicinity for road purposes, 1t is
claimed, and large quantities have
been used for this purpose by Rice,
Waseca and LIE Sueur counties. The
| road between Owatonna and Waseca
| is constructed entirely of Kasota
gravel, and is said to be- one of the
| finest highways in the state. The
Northwestern railroad has shipped
large amount to Nebraska where 1t is
being used for building purposes.
The company has installed equip
ment sufficient to load twenty car
loads per day, which is operated by
only four men. An electrically OPP
Grated scoop is used for filling the
cars. They intend to install washer
at the pit in the near future in order
to further refine the deposits for con-
crete work. At the present time, the
expectation of gravel is greatly
hampered by the lack of cars, the
present output being about twelve