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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-11-04
SEND HISTORIC SOIL

Dirt From Valley Forge Grounds To
Be Sent To MilIedgevlile, "a.
Harrisburg, Pa, October S1.-Bv
direction Of Governor Spoul the Penn
sylvania State Department of Forestry
will dig q small quantity of soil from
Valley Forge historic camp grounds Of
George Washington's troops. and send
It to Miliedgeville, Ga. to be used In
place on Armistice Day. A REQUEST
was received from the Georgia arfhor
tiles for soil ito remind the Youth of
our country that sectional estranre-
ment mo longer exists and that In
place iof 1t we have Union OF States
no man can ever sever"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-11-04
COWBOYS AT WINoNA
Three Men From jackson Hole Are
Journeyino Toward the East

Three Men From jackson Hole Are
Journeyina Toward the East
B. T. Mears, D. M. Steel, and H. e.
Leslie, the three Jackson Hole. Wyo.,
cowboys who were in Mankato sew
eral days ago, arrived in Winona
Friday afternoon, left the city early
Saturday morning for La Crosse. at
which place they planned to spend
the week end.
The three westerners are on their
way to New York City from Yellow
stone National Park and in order to
win a $4,000 wager, they must reach
New York City before Jan. /, 1922
The terms of the bet make 1t neces-
sary that they spend no money on
the trip and that they must therefore
live by their wits.
At eight o'clock Friday night at
the corner of Third and Main streets
Winona, the three horsemen gave an
exhibition of ropingj before a large
crowd Of interested spectators. The
hat was passed and contributions In
some cases were liberal.
The riders were given free accom-
odations at local hotels and restau-
rants and their horses were kept and
fed at the Nevius stables. here.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-11-04
FACING THE CHARGE
Owatonna Man Went to Rochester;
Ran Over Girl With Auto.

Owatonna, October 31.-Steve Jutz-
ronka went to Rochester to face the
authorities on the charge of injuring
a girl near Eyota last Sunday, by
running into the car in which she
was riding with his machine. She
was badly injured and taken to a
Rochester hospital. A warrant has
been sworn out by the Olmsted coun-
ty authorities.
It is claimed that the driver of the
car, after the accident, went on with
out stopping. but that his number
was secured, and that he was in this
way identified. Mr.. Jutzronka, when
interviewed on Wednesday, denied
having been there, or knowing any
thing about it. Sheriff Leehy was
notified of the warrant Friday after
noon, and notified Jutzronka at once.
He agreed to report at Rochester to-
day.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-11-04
TWO WERE FINED
Illicit Booze Vendors Brought Into
Court Az Austin

s'S's SSS&O NSUoOtS tutO
Court At Austin
Austin October 81 Following
raids conducted yesterday lin Austin
and Mower county by federal, county
and city officials, two men were sen
fenced at special session of court to
ninety days in the county jail and
two others fined Eleven arrests
We're made, six stills seized, $50 gal
ions OF mash and fifty gallons of IL
Qucr confscated. The other persons
arrested will be arraigned today.
Aleck Dickoff and Harm de Vries
were found operating double still
on the formers farm, 80 miles east OF
Austin. They claimed they were
shipping their product to Mason City
Iowa. They were sentenced to sc
days in the equity jail.
]. G. Sanders. on whose farm in
Grand Meadow township a concealed
still was located, was fined $100 and
costs, and T. G. Bass, also of Grand
Meadow, for similar offense, was
fined $50 and costs.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-11-04
HUNT FOR BOY TRuITLERs
Austin Lad Could Not Be Found II
t. Crowd at Winona

Crowd at Winona
Winona, October 31.-Carter Lewis,
high school student of Austin,
Mimi, and evidently an ardent fol-
lower of his home town football
team. was being sought here by the
police, who had been instructed by
the boys father, John Lewis, to To-
cate him and send him home.
Mr. Lewis called the police here
early Saturday morning, asking them
to locate the boy, and upon receipt OF
the necessary money, to start him
honreward again. At the Park hotel
where the squad and the coach were
registered he was not to be found,
however, and none seemed to- know
I'll that i the sog yeung man had ever intend
It was believed that young Lewis
left Austin on a morning train and
that he perhaps arrived here at about
noon. II this were the case, he suc4
ceeded in eyading the police and may
have been one of the, spectators
along the sidelines at the Austin
Winona clash at Athletic park Sat
urday afternoon,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-11-04

Faribault, October 31.-Forcing the
rear window Of the August Wutschke
home Friday might, some time be-
tween five and ten o'clock, thieves
entered the house, ransacked every
possible place where Ealuables might
be hidden and escaped with $40
DILL and valuable papers belonging to
Mr.. Wutschke.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-11-04
Taken to Reformatory

Oscar Bowerman Of DanviIle, ILL.,,
and Harry Colberg of Decatur, I'LL.
sentenced to the state reformatory at
ST. Cloud on the charge of grand
es belonging to Leonard Booth OF this
city were taken to that institution
today by Deputy Sheriff ]. H. Mac
BETH,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-11-04
Death EoIlows EalI

Winona, October 31.-John Lang
onski, aged forty. died after falling
from a wagon The man had been
informed officials
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-11-04
PIoneer Woman Injured

Lewiston, October 31.-Mrs. Aaron
Lewis, A pioneer of this section. was
seriously injured in an auto accident
She Is seventy one of age. Amony
her injuries Ia a fractured arm.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-11-04
GUILTY OF MURDER
Two Fort Dodge Men Charged With
Killing Grocer Last March

Associated Press Dispatch.l
Fort Dodge. Iowa. October 29.-
Guilty of murder in the first degree
with punishment fixed at life i'm
prisonment was the verdict returned
by the jury at 1889 o'clock this
morning for Elmer Sweeney and Otis
Collie, charged with the murder last
March .12 of Berthold Halfpap. grocer
of Fort Dodge. The jury OF ten men
and two women took eight hours to
reach q verdict.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-11-04

Blacksmith found Dead
Spring Grove, October Sinner
Peterson, blacksmith, was found
dead In his room Heart failure. & 4.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-11-04

Alden Druggist cies
Alden, October 31.-James Arm
strong, druggist died here Saturday
afternoon.
Evening journal., 1921-02-22
Electricity to SoIue Many
Problems, Says SteinmetS,
Wizard of the Current

The use Of electric engines for air
planes will never become feasible,
because OF the prohibitive weight OF
the batteries, considering the
power of gasoline engines OF cor
responding weight. he said.
DR.. Steinmetz declared that water
power could never completely re-
place coal and petroleum products
for generating electricity. saying
that "if every drop OF rain which
falls in the United States in a year
could be transmitted directly into
power 1t could not replace our pres
ent coal consumption" He similar
~ characterized the use Of the suns
rays, tides and the wind for solution
OF our power problems under present
conditions as dreams" contending
that the expense OF harnessing these
elements would far outweight the
value OF the power derived.
Communication with other planets
by radio was said by DR.. Steinmetz
to be possible but not probable" /"
He said a plant OF only 100. 900
horsepower might be sufficient to
send an electric wave to Mars, but
Evening journal., 1921-02-22

SCHENECTADY. N. Y, Feb. ga
Omitted Press) and highway
transportation, as well as railways,
eventually may depend upon eiectri-
city for motive power because OF it's
greater economy and efficiency. nc
cording to DR.. Charles p. Steinmotz,
the wizard OF electricity"
The famous inventor called attsn-
tion, in an interview with the United
Press, to the success OF the electric
drive on American warships and the
fact that this method OF propulsion
is being extended to merchant craft.
As regards automobiles, he said;
when the gasoline engine was
first used for automobiles people pro-
tested they would never come into
general use because the fuel wan not
readily obtainable. This difficulty
was overcome by the simple process
OF producing more gasoline and es-
tablishing supplies in every part OF
the country. The use OF electric au-
tomobiles for touring will grow in
just the ratio that facilities for re-
charging storage batteries are ex-
tended"
Evening journal., 1921-02-22
George Washington
BY DIR. WILLIAM e. BARTON

who's the Revolution
sefgovenment noble ngure
his land with blunt sword be depd even when compared
subsequent decades
consider the conditions under which Washington wrought his
stands well to front
military triumphs OF history
fought and the nations Oh
stood aside waited with little faith or sympathy to see now
depended upon leader
would equal
whom the thougnt
i'm and n he trusted
rather freely apphed IN
seemed 10
for o called Pater Patrae
fathey sprt
than this In
he Father OF Country
its and he had
he durable government
which he Across
has been hung like the
Heroic dign-
sound in Judgment fearing God and
related American history no
stand
and each OF them VIII
than while he is living and quite as much as
he
HsCountry
Evening journal., 1921-02-22
DAMNAnLE STORY rorD ny FIGURES,

xVTtIAT terrible expense government control loaded
w upon the railroads In Deewure and NE other
States ultimately upon the people who used them for
freight and passenger purposes shown by figures com
piled by the Association OF Railway Executives and Just
made public. They unfold to Delaware shippers and
riders damnable story Of extravaganza and misunn-
agement
In 1917 before government control Of the railroads.
their payroll 81 sis2aii2
In 1920 the wage bin had risen 10 s360oooolooo
The total number OF employees OF the railways Increased
under government control by 26iOO0
OF this s95C3 occurred In shop employees, clerks
and maintenance OF way employees with whom the Hall
road Administration made The three principal national
agreements.
In 1917, the railways employed 0s2s machinsts,
boilermakers blacksmhs electricians air brakemen car
inspectors reparers, other skilled shop employees,
and machinists helpers and apprentices
In 1920 when the number OF locomotives and cars to
be maintained was only slightly larger than in 1917 they
had 4434 employees OF The above classihcatons in
crease Of ia0pi6, or AZ per cent.
The total wages paid 10 these employees in 1917
s3i7s7o5i9 while in 1920 their wages wore running at
the OF approximately ss9OOOoOOo year. increase
over 1917 Of isO per cent
In i9i7 the railways mad 10000 section and unskiled IA
borers and in 1920 SeOOO an increase OF IA per cent
The wages paid to them in 1877 amounted TO s22OOoOOO
while after the July, 1920 their were
running at the rate Of si6OoooOO incroase OF ii2
per cent.
And the end is not yet For years the Delaware public
the American public will be paying the bills loaded upon
It by Democratic ncompetency and extravaganza In trans
poration affairs, and every industrial plant every com
mcrcs house. evory farm and every household will feel
the injurious effect Of the overhang Of that government
control.
Evening journal., 1921-02-22
BOOKS ON INTERIOR


II a book Is not in the Library
when asked for It may be reserved
II the applicant will leave his name
and address and title OF book wanted
with a library assistant. When the
book is returned he will be notified.
The library has other books on this
subject
Adler. The new interior, modern
DECORATIONS for the modern home.
Brown. Book of home building
and decoration.
Clifford & Lawton. The room
beautiful.
Daniels. The furnishing OF a mod
est home.
De Wolfe. The house in good
taste.
French. The house dignified. tts
arrangement and its decoration.
Frohne. Color schemes for the
home and model interiors.
Hunter. Home furnishing; facts
and figures about furniture, carpets.
and rugs, lamps and lighting FIX
lures. etc.
Keith. Practical studies In inter
ior decorating and furnishing.
Kellogg. Home furnishing. prac-
tical and artistic.
Mcclure. House furnishing and
decoration.
The sherwin- Williams Co. Your
home and its decoration.
Throop. Furnishing the home OF
good taste.
Vollmer. A book OF distinctive In
teriors.
Wright Interior decoration for
modern needs.
Evening journal., 1921-02-22
PAID FIREMEN THE IMPORTANT THING,

1T now proposed at Dover that Wilmington not only
shall have paid Fire Department but that II also
shall have Department Of Public Safety which SHAH
have charge operations OF both the Fire Department
and the Police Department
Public sentiment in Wilmington fsvors a paid Fire
Department That fact has been demonstrated time and
again. Whether It also favors a Department OF Public
Safety open question because the matter never has
been submitted 10 the people, informally for ex
preston Of opinion However the work OF the nrcmen
and The police at fires related closely that there
seemingly should be objection 10 having both pro-
ecye forces work under the direction Of the Board OF
Police Commissioners bearing the Of Board OF
Public Safety.
The important feature OF the entire matter is our cys
need OF paid Fire Department whether Il shall be
administered by the Board OF Police Commissioners under
new name or by Board Of Fire Commissioners is OF
secondary importance.
Evening journal., 1921-02-22

that the establishment OF actual
communication would depend not
only upon tho Martians having In
Rtruments to record the waves, but
on there being Martians.
I'VE are stili very limited in the
art OF harnessing energy" he said.
sour use OF coal and other fuel is
extremely wasteful. Our progress
in this direction has raised mankind
from being machines TO being ma
chine tenders We have undergone
corresponding mental growth
What we need we will make. Our
only limitations are the laws of ma
ture.
mo one can see into the future.
But. Judging from our remarkable
mechanical advance in the last CEN
tury, II seems certain that the time
will soon come when every house.
hold in every civilized community
will enjoy the benefits that can only
come from electricity"
Evening journal., 1921-02-22
The Good Old SONGS
(From the Kansas City Star. }

We have heard Melba. We have
heard Garden We sat tranoed while
the divine Curui poured forth her
soul In prufuse strains of premedi-
tated art We have seen Farrar's
bosom heaving with hiRh-prloed
melody.
And once, in day further re-
moved, we listened to Patti and the
raindrops on the roof at the same
tlme--a LillIputian figure she seein-
ed from tho skley seat we occupied,
and her voice like that OF Keats
nightingale when it faded far away
into the forest dim"
They were all that they were
cracked up to be, ia their way
Wen admit that. But, sitting today
In our old Morris chair we have been
thumbing over a portfolio Of the
old songs that we used to sing in
those good old days, and we are here
To tell you that we wouldn't swap
the memories they arouse for ali the
arias and high Cs that those d!stin-
guished artists ever put over the
footlights.
DO not misunderrstand us. We
are for art-with both feet But the
only associations awakened in our
minds are those that are linked with
footlights, artificial scenery. sound
ing brass, bareback performers,
ushers and swallowtail coats.
They have no place in those secret
chambers OF the heart where hang
the portraits OF the girls we used 20
love from 16 up TO the matrimonial
line.
They have no power to evoke
memories OF yellow moons, sighine
winds, distant daies, lights cleaning
in the sycamores, homesteads by
the sea, morning glory vines, mock.
ing birds, home and mother.
For these, give us the good ole
songs we used to sing in the dear
days Of youth and heard sung SC
often by our favorite minstrels OF
the boards, now, alas, sung or heard
no more. And nones with a kindred
KICK, have come to take their place
DO you remember the nighsLthai
one bright, particular night-that
you took your guitar and went Will
the boys TO her window and sang
Alice, Where Art Thou2" We do
Alice wasn't her name.
None OF tho names that were at.
tached to those old songs-Arabelia
Leonora Genevieve, Georgiana. Jua
nita- kathleen-were ever borne b,
the girls whose faces were in oui
hearts as we sang them. Our Alic,
was named Lizzie-she's one OF thos,
gray-haired mothers now. That's hel
boy that's president of the Qualit,
Hin Bank.
Come to recollect. Alice didn'
show up that night. but her father
did. He was rather a crusty ole
fellow who didn't like to be dis
turbed He raised the window gentl,
Evening journal., 1921-02-22
THE CHERRY TREE.

nESpITE The efforts Of certain historians 10 kin IT,
~ the story Of George Washington and the cherry tree
goes marching on, like truth itself, in Wilmington and
other communities
Henry Cabot Lodge denounces as mere 'InyTn-maker
Parson Weems the WHO nrst told the cherry tree
story which, according 10 Lodge, is 'hopelessy and
rdiculousy false"
Nevertheless confectionery windows just now arc
biossomlng with canded cherries symbols Of the birthday
Of the Father OF His Country. And is not the little
hecfet being sold in many varieties Of coored card
board? And is not ne dear old story re-tod in every
common school OF the land9
old weems may have been a fraud and the cherry tree
story myth, but what's the odds?
There have even been folks who have made so bold
to say that Santa Claus Is myth and yet Santa Claus
continues TO flourish doing his good work annually and
ignoring The critics.
And just as there is Santa Claus there was
once cherry tree, and George Washington chopped il
down. later confcsslng truthfully 10 the deed.
Moreover. let destructive historians remember this
Long after their dusty books forgotten Parson Weems
cherry story stt will set before the youth OF th
land Americas best example OF truth-teling
Evening journal., 1921-02-22
ABANDON THE ABSENT TREATMENT POLICY

~ Nose Wmingtonans who have professed so loudly
in the past their earnest desire that Wilmington
snail nave new city charter really honest in their
professions, they will TO Dover in mass impress their
views IN no uncertain terms upon The members Of the
Legislature and then leave enough intelligent and ener-
seuo men and women on the job to force the charter
Dill through the two houses
Ihe Senate and the House are in Dover; the new
charier bills are down there te opponents OF the bills
are working in and out Of the State House. and about
nneynine per cent Of the proessed friends OF charter
reform are up here, adopting resolutions framing memor
ias making eloquent addresses giving feryd interviews
ana doing everything except the essential thing
which IS to get together to Dover and make an i'm
perative demand upon the Republican Senate and ih,
Democratic House for the enactment Of new city char
Ter which will place the affairs OF Wilmington upon
sound business basis.
The session Of the Legislature is drawing toward
close.
Now is the time for friends Of charter reform TO aban
don their policy Of absent treatment and to adopt one
present treatment which cannot be ignored or slurre
by the legislators.
Evening journal., 1921-02-22
Uncle Harry Talks About
q Great Man s Birthday

Can you tell us something new
about George Washington, Uncle
Harry?" asked sIimmy
well now II that isn't a qucs-
tom" said Uncle Harry. laughing.
Don't you suppose that everything
that is known about Washington has
been said a thousand times over and
printed in hundreds of books7"
Il mean what do you think OF
the first President OF our country"
added Jimmy 81 know. OF course.
when he was born and where and all
about his work as a surveyor when
he was young man, and how he
led the Continental Army to victory
and then became our first President
What else can you tell us about
him ?"
zone OF the favorite topics used
in discussing the Father our our
Country. is. what would Washing
ton say and do il he were alive to-
today" said Uncle Harry. People
are very fond of guessing what
Washington would have said and
done in every great crisis that has
occurred in the history OF our ma
ton.
Times and Conditions Have Changed.
''Wen, today is the 1S9th ami
versary OF Washington's birth and
were the great Colonial leader alive
today. It would be interesting in
deed TO know what his views would
be on the big questions of the day.
doubt, however, whether any one
can define Washington's views on
present-day questions with any ac-
curacy. Our own country has
changed so wonderfully and the
changes throughout the world have
been so extraordinary. that Wash
ington would, no doubt, have to al
ter many OF his views. But this
much we do know.
III George Washington were aliv,
today he would face today's prob
lens frankly and courageously. FOL
he was that kind OF a man. More
over, he would not hesitate TO de
eide on and follow a new course o
action simply because. that idea o.
course OF action had never been trie,
before. For Washington was a gen
uine pioneer When he took up tn
leadership OF the Colonial Army an,
later when he became the first Pres
ident Of the Independent American
Colonies. he had to start cours
completely opposite TO that whicl
he had been following and to whicl
he was bound by all kinds of ties
But he was convinced that the caus
OF the Colonies was right and just
and although he knew that as tn
Evening journal., 1921-02-22
Marvellous Prescription
for Stomach Distress

Rejoice and be glad ye army Of ner-
vous wrecks and dyspeptics.
No more will you need to erclaim n
that hopeless tone. "Ohi my poor ola
stomach"
For your druggist has a prescriptions
that turns old stomachs INTO new once
and sour stomachs into sweet ones in q
week.
There's happy days ahead for you ana
your poor old nabby. tired-out stomach
II you Just won't be obstinate. Just 60
to your druggist today and say, al want
a box OF Mi-O-Na Tablets"
And just take one or two tablets with
OF after meals for a few days and theR
II you don't agree with us that Mi-O-NA
Is marvellous prescription you may
have your money back. Well leave it to
your sense OF fairness whether that's a
square deal OF not
Mi-O-Na Tablets promptly relieve
belching, heaviness, pain IN stomach,
heartburn, sour stomach, foul breath and
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chuckie with pleasure. MONA Is sola
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gists everywhere