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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-05-13
Claims for Compensation.

More than 2a.000 new claims for
compensation and other government
assistance to veterans were fled as a
result of a service contest among II
lInois American Legion posts under
the auspices of a Chicago newspaper.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-05-13
Preventing Back Pressure.

II is necessary t. keep exhaust
pipes and muffier clean to prevent the
burned gases from exerting a back
pressure On the piston while the gases
are being expelled from the cylinder
which would cause a waste of power.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-05-13
Fender Noise.

When vibration has caused a more
or less extensive crack i'm a fender
there results a sharp. cracking noise
that is very annoying and often is diff
6cult to locate.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-05-13
DENVER MARKET.
ursIa

Liberal supplies Of stock were Of
fered on the cattle market. Follow
ing the arrival Of lower Eastern re-
ports buyers bore down and local
values made a drop Of Is to rs cents.
Beef steers composed a large per-
centage of the offering. Both specu-
lators and packers buyers were on the
market for this class of stock. and the
offering was moved readily, the bet
ter grades on a fully steady basis. Top
was reached on one load of choice
steers. averaging l.4l1 pounds, which
went at $3.50. freight paid. Two loads
of choice animals. averaging tive
1887 and l,209 pounds, brought the
next highest price at s7.75 flat. An
other load crossed the scales at s7.75.
freight paid, and the remainder Of the
offering sold at $7.65, $500, $3.50. $40
and down to 81.
Hogs.
Quality Of the offering ranked fair,
with a good percentage of choice stock
included.
Top hogs sold to a small killer at
$50. The next highest price was
reached at IS. several loads Of good
stock crossing the scale at this fig
ure. which was also top Of the bulk.
The lower end Of bulk sales was s7.25.
Extreme heavies and cutouts were
quoted in the vicinity of Sc.
Pic were in good demand. Sup
plies were somewhat more limited
than on the previous day. and sales
men had little difficulty in effecting
. n - NV n
steady. Best grades of stockers wera
quoted from $3.50 to SS.75 with best
butchers up to $3.50. More common
stock found an outlet on a correspond
ing basis.
sheep.
Trading was decidedly improved on
this market. The best lambs in the
offering. -four carloads. averaging in
the vicinity OF so pounds. sold at
slO.15. freight paid. The next highest
price was reached on four other loads.
averaging almost the same. which
found an outlet at 5000. freight paid
Another string of the same size was
sold at 80. and four loads of e5-
pound stock were cleared at $3.50,
freight paid. A string of s5-pOund
clipped lambs crossed the scales at
1915. freight paid.
The offering included no desirable
ewes. Demand was good. although
somewhat lighter than last week. and
the general feeling was steady. Quota
lions ranged from 81 to s6.25.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-05-13
New Type Of Boiler.

In a recently developed boiler Of n
new type the steam is generated by
passing heavy currents directly
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-05-13
THREE VOICES AT ONE TIME
Minneapolis Legion Man Can Sing
Tenor, Bass and Baritone Parts
simultaneously.

Wonder voices have been heralded
the world over, ut least since the in
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-05-13
American
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Copy for This Department Supplied by
the American Legion News Service.)
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-03-04
Judge and Mrs. Lorin Cray
Enjoying Selues In the West

positions and both very cheerful and
pleasant.
We slipped quitely into the Super
ior court where case was being
tried before Judge G. N. Andrews
formerly OF Mankato, but his eagle
eye caught US, and promptly an
nounced a recess, and we much en-
Joyed very pleasant visit with him.
He has held his position long time.
He is much thought OF. Everyone
likes him, no one can avoid 1t, but
we were very sorry to learn that Mrs.
Andrews Is in very poor health, and
has been long confined to her home.
We much hope that she will soon be
better.
At the Union Printing office we
met Miss Conkling, forgery of the
Free Press office, busily Iilling res
ponsible position there. We were all
pleased to meet once more.
In a large new bank IN the u. s.
Grant Hotel building we met Miss
ParEe, formerly of Fairfax and Man
kate, and from all appearance and
the manner in which we were met
and welcomed we concluded that she
pretty nearly controlled the bank
with its one hundred employees. AT
this bank we met Mrs: Loren Clark
and much enjoyed a brief visit with
her and was much pleased to learn
that her health was considerably i'm
proved. We want to especially speak
of the courtesies at the hands of Mr..
and Mrs. DR.. Webster. They drove
us out to the lower dam, monstrous
structure and then to Indian Springs
where we enjoyed a warm picnic
dinner prepared by Mrs: Webster and
who had just come over from Eileen
tro. Our ride of seventy five to one
hundred miles was very enjoyeble.
Well after that we went with the
WashburnS and Mrs. Barnes to La
Joolla on picnic trip and last but
not least to Tia Jauna, Mexico, where
they have five hundred race horses.
didn't bring back as much money
as l had taken. | don't know about
a dance hall or saloon or both. The
soldiers garrison Is Yakui Indians in
full uniform.
Starting on our return trip we
stopped at Whittier and enjoyed a
very pleasant visit with Morton Hart
and family in their nice new home
and with Charles Seward and his
"a very pleasant home and fine
grounds but block from Mr. Hart
The Stewards have raised a fine lot
Of lemons which they are unable to
dispose of. Shortly before we reach
ed Whittier Miss Rec Hart was mar
ried to a young man of Lake Crystal
and they will soon be at home on the
George Austin farm. From there we
went to Long beach, called on Mr.
Wells Cornish, formerly of Vernon
and Oscar Brown and his two sons
and daughter, all formerly of Amboy
who took us riding along the beauti
full beach and around the city. The
Browns are all well and have a
beautiful and pleasant home. Then
We came back to Santa Barbara and
here we are.-Lorin Cray.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-03-04

Santa Barbara. Cal, February, 1921.
To The Free Press and Friends at
Home: On the fifth Of this month we
started south on a ten days trip and
had very enjoyable time. We went
directly through to San Diego. The
first Minnesota friends nat we met
were Mir. and Mrs. e. w. Washburn
with whom we made several very en-
loyable trips. On one day we visited
Balboa park Of several hundred acres,
not fully improved as yet, but very
attractive and interesting. Then we
made a trip of twenty five miles
around the bay. among the war YES
sells, submarines and submarine chas-
ers, and out into the open sea in a
small excursion boat, which was very
pleasant. We visited Fort Rosecrans
on Point Soma and inspected the
Notifications there.
On Sunday evening we attended a
Lincoln and G. A. b. service at the
Congregational church and met about
one hundred Civil war soldiers and
a few confederates.
We called on Mr.. and Mrs. Brooks,
formerly of Lake Crystal, who have
a pleasant home on hillside with a
large lot, enclosing everything from
are very happy there and intensely
loyal to California. There We met
Miss Mabelle Atcherson, daughter of
Frank Atcherson and wife, who are
spending the winter in San Diego.
Then we called on Mr.. and Mrs. An
drew Robinson, formerly of Amboy,
who have avery pleasant home, and
who are entertaining Mr.. John Rob
inson Of Truman an old G. A. R.
The very next neighbor is Mrs.
David Cross, formerly of Amboy, who
has a very coy cottage home, but
who sadly misses good old David
Cross, who died not long since, leav-
ing host of friends.
We had heard that James Clark
of st. Peter, an old army comrade of
winter in San Diego, had submitted
to serious operation, and we hunted
for him and finally located him at
st. Joseph's hospital where he had un
dergone three separate operations,
the most serious being for gall stones,
and we found him in charge of a
trained nurse out on the lawn in q
wheeled chair. as bright as. could be.
How is that for a man eight four
years old? We then called on Mr..
and Mrs. Gates, formerly of GAINESVILLE
and Mankato, and much enjoyed our
short visit. They were both reason
ably well and pleasantly located. Our
next call was on Mrs. Smith, a few
doors away from Mr.. Gates. Mrs.
Smith, formerly Clara Stringer, sister
of Mrs. Maggie Wood Clark of Lake
Crystal, was a girl friend of Mrs.
Cray, and our call there was very
pleasant. Her daughter drove us
down to our hotel in her nice auto.
We called at the large Marston De-
partment store and there found Mrs.
Carter formerly Aggie Cross of
the late Attorney w. r. Geddes of
Mankato, both holding responsible
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-03-04
FOUNDING OFllANKATO WAS
SLXTY-NZNE YEARSAGOTODAI

Sixty nine years ago to-day the
city of Mankato consisted of one log
house and its population just five
the night before after an eight days
journey from st. Paul. 1t was on
February "a, 1852, that the first house
ever erected in Mankato was built
near where the O. w. Schmidt Sad
dlery company's store is now situat-
ed. Those men were the late w. w.
Paddock, p. X. Johnson, Daniel Will
Jams, John James and Louis DeMor-
eau.
While the founders of Mankato
were, busily engaged in cutting logs
for the first house in Mankato. near
where the Milwaukee depot now
sands, deer was brought down by
rife in the hands of W. w. Paddock.
The house referred to was but partly
erected, when the first settlers in
Mankato had callers. These were
Chief Incapaduta, his squaw and a
papoose, from the headquarters of
that chief at Indian Lake. The red
visitors were not slow in making
eat. The orfginators of Mankato
gave the Indians small piece of
pork, and they left well satisfied.
Large game was very plentiful in the
surrounding forests, and for two or
three years after that one could trade
two pounds of sugar off for a deer,
which the Indians would bring right
to the door. These facts were given
to the writer several years ago by w.
w. Paddock, the last surviving first
settler of Mankato. This fine old
gentleman stated that a short time
after the founding of Mankato South
Bend sprung up, and for a time out
stripped Mankato as village South
Bend is now only marked by ruined
walls and cellar places, while Man
kato has developed in to the metropo.
lis of Southern Minnesota.
First Justice of Peace
P. X. Johnson was the first Justice
of the peace in Mankato. Old records
OF the county state that seven years
after the founding of Mankato, John
A. Willard, the father of w. d. Will
ard, was elected county attorney at a
salary of $500 year. Blue Earth
county was organized by the act of
the legislature in 1853, and the first
election in the county was held in
the fall of that year. Eighteen votes
were polled in Mankato, and ten in
Kasota, that town being included in
Blue Earth county then. In 1854
South Bend precinct having been or
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-03-04
Golden Wedding Event.

A social event of more than ordin-
ary interest will take place this eve-
ming at the Odd Fellows hall, where
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Girvin, two OF
the oldest residents of this city, will be
the guests Of honor of Mankato Lodge
No. 15 /. o. o. F. and Minneopa
Rebekah Lodge No. ~. The occasion
will mark the celebration or the gold
en- wedding anniversary of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Girvin. Mrs. Girvin is a
charter member of Minneopa Rebekah
Lodge No. II.
MI. Robert Girvin was united in
marriage to Miss Hannah Hammett
on January 2, 1871 at the Methodist
Episcopal church of this city Since
that time they have made their home
continuously in this city. On the
date of the anniversary family re-
union was held when the following
children gathered around the home
Preside together with their children:
DIR. and Mrs. j. III. Giryin of St Paul,
Mrs. Marcus Nelson of Hopkins,
MINI, DR.. and Mrs. r. B. Girvin of
Willard, Mimi, and Mrs. III. w. Mallett
of Andover, S. d. There were also
eight grandchildren present at the re-
union.
Mr.. and Mrs. Girvin are still hale
and hearty, and have excellent pros
poets of spending many more years
Of happy married life.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-03-04
AGED LADY is DEAD
Mrs. Nicholas sehoenenberaer Pass

Mrs. Nicholas Schoenenberoer Pass
ed Away Yesterday Afternoon.
Mrs. Nicholas Schoenenberger of
bio North Sixth street, died yesterday
afternoon at APO of complications.
from which she had been a sufferer
for some time past. Mrs. Schooner
berg was born in Illinois, September
16, 1852, but had been resident Of
this city for the past fifteen years.
She is survived by her husband and
three sons and three daughters. Mrs
Frank Weind, Merle, Wis, Frank
Schoenenberg of Washington, Ind.
Mrs. Paul Weidner of Chicago, and
Mrs. Michael Richards of Chicago
Heights, Ill.
She is also survived by one broth
er, Micheal acknowledges, of Park
Rapids, Mimi, and Mrs. August Brick
of st. Cloud. Deceased was a member
Of the Ladies Sodality of st. Peter and
ST. PauPs Catholic church. The fun :
eral will be held from st. Peter and
ST. Pauls Catholic church Saturday
morning at nine o'clock and the re-
mains will be laid to rest in Calvary
cemetery.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-03-04
EGG AND POULTRY men
They Will Hold Convention In
Mankato March II; the
Program

Members of the Southern Mime
sofa Egg, Butter and Poultry Ship
pers' association have completed all
arrangements for the holding of their
annual meeting at the Saulpaugh hotel
of this city on March IL. The meeting
will be called to order and report OF
the officers made at 1890 a. m. At
11:15 discussion of the subject of
Buying On Delivered Basis or Track
Shippers Station" will be led by 0.
H. Webb of this city. At twelve
o'clock noon an adjournment will be
taken for luncheon, and the afternoon
sessions will be taken up at 1870 by
H. F. Jones secretary of the National
Poultry, Butter and Egg association
of Chicago, who will take for his sub
ject, STANDARD Packages For Ship
ment." At $3.50 o'clock the meeting
will be favored by an address by b.
w. Redfeard of Chicago on the sub
ject Of Freight Loss and Damage
Claims. 1.-THE Minnesota Egg Law
and It's Enforcement" will be the
topic of discussion by A. D. Sibbald.
assistant dairy and food commission
er of st. Paul.
The meeting will be brought to a
close by the election of officers for
the next ensueing year.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-03-04

ganized, 1t polled five votes, Mankato
forty five and Kasota twenty three,
making total vote cast in the county
that year of seyety- three. In 1856
eighty six votes were cast in the
county, in 1856. ZIG and in 1857 lib.
The vote of 1859 showed a decrease
OF votes in the county as compared
with 1857. The total population of
Blue Earth county in 1856 was 9,245.
Rivalry Of Claimants
Rivalry of several claimants, to the
cording. or making of FIVE. different
plats of the town, according to the
statement Of the late G. A. Chapman,
one of the first village civil engineers
in Mankato. Mr.. Chapman short
time before his death stated to the
writer that the plating of the city as
1t Is to-day was not without much
controversy, and the Jumping" OF
lots owing to the variance of plats
years grew out Of these.
Mr.. Chapman said that for many
years after Mankato was founded and
before she began to take on citified
airs, "pigs were pigs" and were allow
ed to root and roam about the city
at large. The more fastidious resi-
dents began to object to the porkers
roofing up their gardens. Some or
the more easy going residents cham
pioned the rights of the pigs and
thought that they should have the
run of the village. 1t was finally de-
cided to hold a tug of war to decide
the pig question. The champions of
the pigs liberty lined up on one end
Of the rope and those favoring the
penning up of the hogs on the other.
In good natured rivalry the men tug
ged and pulled. Those favoring the
penning up of the hogs won. Every
one laughed and from that day to this
hogs have never gained their rights
in Mankato. Mayor Rastus Waters
even had to move his hogs to his ice
house in LeHillier. Mr.. Chapman laid
that he witnessed this amusing incl
dent on Front street himself.
Perhaps there are few people In
this city who know after whom Jack
son street in this city is named. The
late w. w. Paddock a short time
previous to his death stated to the
writer, that the original founders Of
Mankato named that street after
Henry Jackson, Who started out with
them on the original trip from St.
Paul to Mankato, but who tired of the
journey at Belle PLANE and turned
back to st. Paul.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-03-04
KENNEDY BRIDGE NOTES
Interesting News Notes From That
Section of the Country.

interesting news NoteS FROM Inat
Section of the Country.
Kennedy Bridge. February "a
William Laube purchased a fine
young horse short time ago.
Delbert Edwards is very busy
these days. He is making an express
wagon and says it looks like real
farm truck.
Lester McCullum and Ola John
son started cutting cord wood Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bowe were
Mankato callers Saturday.
VIII Kruse Is planning on boarding
the teachers of both districts next
term. The boys viii all want the
job to cut his stovefw wood next Winfe
Joseph Deef and John Felber 61<
ished cutting cord wood and receiv-
ed fine pay roll.
Devils Flat has organized q new
band, going under the name of Rube
band. Well, the Hungry Hollow band
has some competition.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Laube, Mrs.
Anna Kinder and daughter Helen
called on Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Hoff
man Sunday evening.
Mrs. Roy Hubmer and son visited
her mother several days last week.
Peter and Martin Renne each pur-
ShocSo q hhC ldtu III WlSCOuSlu.
Edwin has been thinking about
taking the storm windows off his
house and putting on screens because
of the warm weather.
Anna, Ida and Emma Franske call
ed on Mrs. William Laube Thursday
afternoon.
Robert Marzensk was a Mankato
caller Friday.
Walter Haedt had his stove wood
sawed Monday afternoon.
Anybody has any buggy wheels to
sell notify Jack Franske.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Hubmer are the
proud parents of baby boy, born
February IL.
Oysters have raised in price. There
is a great demand for them In the
Hollow.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-03-04
.YANk BOYS ENJOY TOUR
FIFTEEN FARM YOUTHS
WERE ON GERMAN TRIP
Some Rather Rough Jolts Given
People; Had Plenty Money
To Spend
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch

Berlin, February 24.--Formality
and ceremony received number o.
rather rough jolts during a tour Of
Germany just completed by ffteer
American farmer boys who came t.
this country with shipload of milcf
cows given to Germany by farmers il
the United States. The young mer
have returned to Berlin after a triI
of sixteen days to many of the prin
cipal cities Of the country during
which they saw Germany and hel
people and enjoyed themselves in
their own way. The Americans are
natives of Indiana, Kansas and Tex.
as, and they brought to this coun.
try the unconventional atmosphere
of their prairies.
Germans Didn't Understand Them.
In some places there was out.
spoken establishment at the uncon
ventional manner of the Americans
and their disregard of the feelings
of high officials. but w. E. Schmidt
representative of the German Rec
Cross, who accompanied the Ameri.
cans, was always at hand to explain
matters. Germans don't understand
Them" he said today. "They are
awfully decent fellows and polite ir
their way too. Every man in the
party riding on street car last
night got up and promptly gave
women their seats. The Germans or
board kept their seats. The trouble
was merely matter of viewpoint"
Stories of the tremendous size oil
farms in the Mississippi valley were
told Herr Schmidt by the visitors
who could not refrain from narrat
ing some anecdotes that sound quite
venerable in American. They tolG
him about the man whose farm was
so large that he began planting
corn at one end of a field in the
spring and found before he reached
the other end that the corn harvest
had begun. Herr Schmidt retaliateC
by promising to show them the field
of Templehof, near Berlin, where
people equipped with spoons go out
in the morning to fill their buckets
with maple syrup.
No More Future Sight Seeing Trips
Germany and the United States
are still technically at war;" Ger
man official assigned to the party
said, "and we didn't know how
things would CO., but there was nc
occasion for fear" The German Red
Cross does not plan to take Other
American parties on tours Of the
country Herr Schmidt said today.
Don't you like Americans?" he
was asked. Eyes. but we haven't
enough money! he replied.
1.-THE American Dairy Cattle com
pany, which forwarded the milcf
cows to Germany, asked rs to do this
so that the boys could report or
conditions on their return. We
would be glad to guide other parties
about the country. but 1t cannot bs
DONE"
Asked IL what they had seen would
appear to justify the gift of the cat
tie to Germany, several Of the Amer
leans said: 1--WE have had plenty u
eat, and have been banquetted ev
erywhere but everywhere we have
seen hungry children and tuherculal
adults who need milk" eff / had 6
hundred cows" continued one o.
them, 'T would give them. all to Ger
many tomorrow" His, companions
nodded agreement.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-03-04

Miss Irene Gordon of Rochester
spent the last few days with friends
in the city.
Mrs. E. Towne of Waseca visited
in Mankato yesterday.
Attorney J. N. Moonan of Waseca
is in the city attending court.
Mrs. H. ". Volk left Yesterday
she will be the guest of relatives for
several days.
Mrs. W. H. Hamley is visiting this
week in the cities.
Mrs. o. B. Screum of Cambria spent
several days in Mankato visiting with
friends.
Miss Vera Adams of Elysian visited
in the city Tuesday.
MIR. and Mrs. Reynolds OF Bradley
street have returned home after
spending the past month in Chicago
were Mr.. Reynolds underwent two OPP
erations on his nose.
A. J. Wilkes, who was recently
operated on at one of the local hos
pitfalls is now at his home.
Mrs. William SorrelI and little son
of Minneapolis are visiting at the
home of Mrs. o. R. Roberts, Wheeler
avenue.
John r. Snow, president of the
North Central Photographers associ-
alton, returned last night from Min
neapolis where he had been in con-
ference with other members of the
association for the annual meeting
which will be held in the Curtis Ho-
tel of Minneapolis, October 3, 4 and
5. This asOciatior takes in the
states of Minnesota, Iowa, North and
South Dakota, Wisconsin and Mon
tana.
Mayer L. c. Hodgson of st. Paul
was in Mankato today enroute to
Winnebago, where he will attend the
Elks festivities there tomorrow night
mir. Hodgson, better known to his
many friends as Larry Ho," is the
same genial kindly gentleman, always
filled with good cheer, optimism and
love for his fellowmen.
Rev. and Mrs. ]. NJ. Balm will de-
part next Wednesday for New Or
leans, where they will remain sew
eral weeks.
Mrs. Thomas Barrett of Madelia
visited with friends in the city yes
ter6%y.
Mrs. Peter Champagne of Woos-
ter, Ohio, visited in the city the first
part of the week with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Jessup of Austin
spent the last few days in the city
city on business.
c. ]. Carlson Of Wanamingo was
in the city yesterday on business.