The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-11-04
NEWS OF BLUE EARTH
Farm Sold at 'safo> Per Acre; Other
Stories of Faribault County.


Stories Of Faribault County.
Blue Earth. November 1.-The Ander.
son farm of 160 acres on the DAME
Boone trail. just north of Blue Earth
has been sold this week to l. F. Fray o,
Kramer. iowa. for $40 per acre.
The golf course at Wells is beint
greatly improved and a nine hole link
is being constructed. Some Of the
grounds will be resodded and put in fine
shape for the spring games.
On Monday afternoon fire consumed
two fine barns and two large hay stacks
on the Carl Steinhauer farm. south OF
Wells. 1t is not positively known how
the fire originated, but as 1t occurred
when Mr.. Steinhauer and his helpers
it is thought that it was caused by by :" |
dust explosion. A brother of MI. Stein
hauer was quite badly injured when he
attempted to get a team of horses that
were tied to hay rack out of the barn.
The rack turned over onto him. All OF
the livestock was saved, but much hay.
grair.- harness and farm implements were
burned.
While digging we'll at a distance OF
ITO feet below the surface of the earth
near Truman the well diggers have
struck any amount of some kind OF
have also found considerable coal. The
metal has been sent to Washington for
examipation.
joseph Thompson came near losing his
life on Monday afternoon at Bricelyn
when he attempted to cross the railroad
track. His auto was struck by a pass
Ing engine. 1t was thrown consider
able distance and badly demolished. Mr.
Thompson fortunately escaped with few
bruises and cuts. -...
The Blue Earth Valley Medical asso-
citation held its semi annual meeting In
Blue Earth the first of this week. There
was a large attendance from both Fari-
bault and Martin counties.
Mrs Emil Wagner, one of the popular
women OF Blue Earth suffered a stroke
are that she will soon fully recover.
The fine large modern barn on ex-
county commissioner Miller's farm. east
on Saturday They succeeded II, saving
all of the livestock, but much hay, grain
and machinery was lost.
and Mrs Nes Fete eq vnS mest
Elmore, met with most terrible acct
dent, when she was PLAYING near some
machinery in the yard that was in mo-
cogs and her foot and leg were so ter
riblv mangled that II was necessary to
amputate the leg below the knee:
are highly satisfied with their success at
sugar beet raising this past season.
Most OF the beets have been shipped to
the factory at Mason City. but several
car ioaos nave also peen sent 10 tne lsc-
tory at Chaska, Mimi. One man John
Norton. has an average of 19 tons to the
acre and that will net him something
over 500 per acre while his neighbor
Frank Cogan. who had IS acres of beets
has already marketed $50 tons from his
farm, which means small fortune for
him.
Chris NJ Larson. who recenf1v sold out
his drug business in Blue Earth: has
gone TO Minnesota Lake to take charge
OF a drug store there.
c. B. Mericle. q prominent farmer liv-
ing two miles from Blue Earth was SER
iously injured on Saturday Afternoon.
when coming to Blue Earth. He was
going through q tunnel under the North
western road. when a train came along
and his team was frightened. He was
thrown out OF the wagon and hie back
and lower limbs were injured badly.
The village council Of Elrnore has vot-
ed a one-half mill tax for the purpose Of
sustaining a village band.