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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-07-22
LABOR AGAINST BEER
State Federation Voted Against
Amending voistead Act.
[Associated Press Dispatch.1

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatchl
Brainerd, MINI, July ia reso-
luton asking congress to amend the
Volstead act to permit the manufact-
ure Of beer and light wines for food
and refreshment was defeated here
today in the thirty ninth convention
Of the State Federation of Labor. The
vote was almost four to one against
its adoption. About nifty resolutions
have been offered the convention.
Opening addresses were made today
by President e. G. Hall and Secretary
G. W.. Lawson. Both emphasized
the need Of thorough constructive
program in the present crisis, which
they said labor was passing through.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-07-22
FOOD PRICES DROP
But Decline Only Three Tenths ON
Per Cent In June.
20 DrAcc nfcnokoI

But Decline Only Three Tenths One
Per Cent In June.
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.J
Washington, July 19-The retail
cost Of food to the average family
declined three -tenths of one per cent
in June as compared with prices In
May. while wholesale good prices de-
tlined slightly less than one per cent
according to statements today by
the department of labor. Declines
were noted in retail prices of sugar
plate beef, cheese, butter, rib roast
bacon, canned salmon, fresh milk
bread, macaroni, baked beans, can
ned tomatoes, coffee and prunes.
Among articles which increased In
retail price were potatoes, -four and
ham. Wholesale prices of farm pro
ducts showed a decline of three and
a half per cent. Wholesale fuel prices
dropped equally, while declines in
the Wholesale prices Of clothing and
miscellaneous commodities were less
than one per cent.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-07-22
FARM BUREAU MEN. MEET
Twelve States Represented at St.
Paul Meeting.

Associated

st. Paul, July 19.-Taxation, reduc-
ton of freight rates and agricultural
legislation now before congress will
at conference of Farm Bureau Fed
GRAFTON representatives Of twelve
states who met here today. The states
represented are Minnesota, Iowa,
North Dakota, South Dakota, Wis
consin, Illinois, Michigan, Montana.
Indiana, Nebraska, Kansas and Miss
ouri. ~. ~.
The relationship between the farm
bureau declarations and the United
States Grain Growers Inc, was to be
another topic for discussion.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-07-22
WAS EXPENSIVE MooNsHINE.
Young Farmer Fined $500 and Costs
For Having 1t With Him.
IAssociated Press DISPATCH I

GAINESVILLE. Wis, July 19.-Leo To-
bin. young farmer, ran into a culvert
last night on his way home and slept
there. Officers found mooshine
which Tobin declared had been pur-
chased in Beloit. He was fined $500
and costs in municipal court
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-07-22
TOOK HIS DEATH PHOTOS
superior Man Takes Pictures of Sell
Before Endjnu Life ~ ~

Before Ending Life
superior, Wis.,, July 20-The nude
body OF Arthur A Mcdonald, forty
was found hanging before a blue AMI
red painted cross in the parlor of hi
home here last night Beside the bodI
were two photos of himself in his Dos
ture OF death, taken Sunday morning
Neighbors who saw him taking Tho
photos Sunday little thought that hf
was practicing suicide. Many time
had Mcdonald invited them into thu
house ID see his cross, and the mar
seemed not at all disturbed when the.
peeked into the windows to watc.
him taking the peculiar pictures.
The body was covered only with :
silk loin cloth. The arms were hmm
horizontally by means Of wire moose.
FREQ f Iwompiy, who found the body,
fastening the bands to the wall
said he at first thought he was view.
ing waxen figure.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-07-22
REPORTED TO BE INSANE
Lyman D. Baird of Austin Now at
Mounds Park Santarium.

st. Paul, July 19.-Lyman D.
Baird of Austin, Mimi, who made an
active campaign last spring for ap-
pointment as United States treasurer,
and who later also sought the posi-
ton of comptroller of currency. has
been judged insane and committed
to Mounds Park sanitarium here, it
became known Monday night. It is
rumored that habeas corpus proceed
ings are to be started in the Ram
sey county probate court to obtain
his release and the appointment Of a
guardian for him, but this could not
be confirmed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-07-22
Announcements of Marriage

Announcements of the marriage of
Gladys Lovelace to Frank Koehler OF
Freeport, ILL.,, have been received in
the city. The bride Is a former
resident of Mankato, and has many
friends and acquaintances in this
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-07-22
Mas On Auto Tnin

Otto Lamm returned last evening
from Austin where he had been on
an auto trip. He also was at Albert
Lea. AZ Austin Thomson and his de-
falcations are absorbing public atten-
ton to the exclusion Of all else. Mrs.
Lamm accompanied her husband.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-07-22

The nody of an unknown man was
found in Scanlon's Ford, a short dis
lance from Preston. The water wa,
shallow at this place. The man II
thought to have been about fort
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-07-22
CUT RATES ON LUMBER
Southwest Railroads Request Action OF
" Federal Body.

Washington. d. c.. July 20.-Railroads
of the southwest asked the interstate
commerce commission today to authorize
reductions of from two to ten cents a
hundred in rates on lumber shipped from
Texas Lou,sia n OKLAHOMA 1o and AsRans
and border points in Minnesota.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-07-22
Announces Enoaoement

Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick w. Rath,
123 Center street, announce the en-
gagement Of their daughter, Lois M.
to William Dewey O'Gara of Sank
Centre, Mimi. The wedding will take
place Tuesday. July rs.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-07-22

Miss Olwen Evans, who has been
teaching at Madison, Wis, the past
year, is spending her vacation at the
home Of her parents, Rev. and Mrs.
w. E Evans ~
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-07-22
Norris Gets Life Sentence.

IAsSocldteu Press DiSpa tch.
Los Angeles, July Ex-Governor Steph-
ems commuted the sentence of William
cause he was not eighteen years old at
the time of the murder for which he was
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-06-23

during the week for 500 refrigerator
cars to be built Immediately and desig.
mated Douglas fir for their construc.
ton. These cars are to be built at once
on account of the shortage of refriger.
ators to handle the apple crop
Fir logs are off on account of the
loggers cleaning up the down timber
in order to close on the Fourth of July
with everything cleaned up. Cedar logs
are scarce with the price running as
high as SIS and s22. S23 and s24 Even
at those prices good cedar logs are
hard to get.
Berries Good
Brokers report that the California
growers Melted 50 on their strawberry
crop and that the local crop will whole
sale at not less than $3.50. Apples and
peaches are being bought at a good
price and there is no reason why the
apple growers should not make money
shocks down and labor cheaper than
a year ago.
Sugar has continued to drop during
the last two weeks with the New York
price at six cents, the lowest in five
years. The coast wholesale price has
been following the eastern market
closer in the last few days than form
erly and the Seattle retail merchants
the same. The retail price in Seattle
recently was 1886 a hundred with
further cuts in prospect.
Steel SIumps
So pronounced is the stagnation of
the steel business that the trade has
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-06-23
LUMBER STEADY
STEEL way OFF
TIMBER PRICE HOLDS DUR.
ING WEEK. GREAT
NORTHERN ORDERS
"REFERS"
California Berry Growers Got
Good Price. Locals Get $3.50.
Sugar Continues to Slump

With the settling Of the shipping
strike and the renewed shipments to
the east coast the lumber trade stiff
fened slightly last week although
prices remained steady. Reports from
the east show empty yards and coast
lumber dealers hope to place orders
now that the canal will again be avail
able for traffic and some of the east
ern building strikes are being settled
1t was reported last week that the
railroads would not order any lumber
before the first of the year, but the
story was not credited If it persists,
however, it will cause a general fall
ing off in prices of lumber as many
of the yards are stocked up with spec.
ial cuts which they have expected to
unload on the roads for car building.
The Great Northern let a contract
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-06-23

given up hope that anything can be
done to break the accentuated summer
dullness. The continued excess Of con.
sumption over production is digging
into stocks in consuming hands and
some expansion in demand is counted
on early in the fall. Quick deliveries
asked on much of the run of new ord.
ers indicated that stock balances are
far from remaining we'll rounded out.
The awful straits of the British in
dustry is indicated by the May pro-
duction data which shows the pig iron
output was 1884 tons and that of
steel 1874 tons against $4,000 tons of
pig iron and 6S.400 tons of steel in
April and a monthly average in 1920
of 1926 tons of uig iron and 754.733
tons of steel.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-06-23

year old, has produced 10000 pounds
of milk in the past nine months. This
breeding of cattle is the only way to
make the milk business profitable, &C.
cording to Mr.. Owens, and he is using
every care to build up his herd. He
has just finished filling his silo with
the vetch from fourteen acres and he
will feed this to his stock during Au-
gust and the first part of September
emptying the silo again for the corn
silage on which he will run through
the winter.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-06-23

has produced 14,S00 pounds of milk in
the last six months and is contesting
in the 3O5-day test for which the
worlds record is 17,776 pounds. With
four months yet to go this two-year-old
should not have any trouble bringing
another worlds production record to
the northwest as she is producing milk
at the rate of 200 pounds month now
This cows best thirty days showed a
production of 1896 pounds of which
9O.S pounds was butter fat.
Another member of the herd, a three
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-06-23
13GST743[ :5yX3:2 GUIDE

NEW TODAY
ATTORNEYS
Advice Free. A. Joseph Allen, Lawyer.
50l Leary Bldg. Seattle.
CHI R ACTIC DEMONSTRATES |
| that there is cause for all disease,
| and invariably ii is found in the spine.
By scientific adjustments the Chiroprac-
tor corrects the spinal defects without
| the use of drugs or knife, and NATURE
| effects the cure.
SEATTLE COLLEGE OF
CHIROPRACTIC
428 Peoples Bank Bldg. Seattle Wash.
--=l
PIATT WONDER
PUMPS Il
Pumps more volume with less power and
ii cost than any other pump.
PiATT WONDER PUMP MFG. CO.
so4 LIST Ave S. Seattle
Attention: Nervous, Physical Defcients In.
irrespective relaxation. S15 Hoge Bldg-
Seattle, Wash.
ACCOUNTANTS : CERTIFIED PUBLIC
Hansen. a. s. 9 Co, SOL Leary Bldg.
AUTOMOBILE REPAIRINo
est'%Dns GRINDING
Specialists
Gear Cutting Light Weight Piston
Work picked up at docks and depots.
Medina Machine Works
81 Years Experience.
612 EAST PIKE ST.
BRASS FOUNDRY
Enterprise Brass Foundry, 2727 7th
Ave. 30. We make all kinds Of Brass
and Aluminium Castings.
cHIRoPRAcToRs
Jepson, DR.. N. A., 5O78 Crazy Bldg.
FRED w. RING, D. c., Phi. c. |
Graduate Three Year Course
Palmer School of Chiropractic.
40O-l-: Leary Bldg.
CHOCOLATE AND COCOA
MANUFACTURERS
Washington Chocolate Co., Cor. Pom.
titus and Mercer Cap. 314O. -------
CASH REGISTERS
BOWLING, GEO. H., 1916 3rd Ave.
New and End Hand Nat. Cash Registers.
We buy, Sell, Exchange and repair National
Cash Registers. CASH REGISTER EX-
CHANGE, All Olive, Seattle.
DOCTORS
Jordan, Dr. J. Eugene, End floor Mu.
tual Life Bldg Main 1860. Tubercu-
losis. heart disease. epilepsy, diabetes
eases Of the liver and obscure diseases
generally.
DANCING ACADEMIES
STEVENS DANCING SCHOOL. Private halls
day and evening. 1511h 4th Ave.
DRESSES, APRoNs, MIDDIEs MFG.
The Apron Shop, 1929 Arcade Bldg.
Good Aprons cheap. Our own make.
FLORISTS AND DECORATORS
Hollywood Gardens.
1922 End Ave.
ron SALE, MISCELLANEOUS
victrola ss5. and 8 rooms high grade fur
niture by piece. 1527h Sth Ave cottage
In rssr) Between Pike and Pine,
FoUNDRIEs-Iron
Olympic Foundry Co., 5000 9th Ave. So,
Georgetown Station. Heavy and light cast
inRs OF all kinds.
HAIR, MoLEs, WARTS REMOVED
No return or scar. Selma Larson,
Sic Hoge Bldg. Main 1882.
HARDWOOD LUMBER
D. A. JOHNSON, 243O LIST Ave. So. Deal.
ers in Hardwood Lumber and Flooring,
Factory and Boat Lumber.
HOTELS
| NORTONIA CAFETERIA
Special Sunday Chicken Dinners
Every Day Service from 10 A. N. to
1880 P. NJ.
I42l-2S 4th Ave.
HOTEL STEWART
The Hotel where you feel at home
Hot and cold water and steam heat; |
S17 Madison Phone 1898
81 rooms at the Hotel Reynalds. Special
weekly rates. 40 18th Ave-, Seattle.
HOTEL BARKER co.
cHAs. +. FRAsCH FRANK Il.
MCLEAN, PROPS.
Courteous treatment to your Wife,
Daughter, Mother and Sister. Cen
ter of Shopping and Theatre Districts.
Corner Of 9Th and Pike.
RIGHT HOTEL
First and Columbia, two blocks from
Coleman Dock. Rooms 75c and up. Mod
ern conveniences. Free phone in every
room. Phone Main 1921.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-06-23
RIGHT HOTEL

First and Columbia, two blocks from
Coleman Dock Rooms 75c and up. Mod
ern conveniences. Free phone in every
room. Phone Main 1921.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-06-23

A shiny hoe generally means a well
kept garden and shiny face is like
wise an indication of we'll kept
mind that thinks more on possibilities
than impossibilities and doesn't dwell
overlong on cant"
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-06-23

About thirty-nine pounds Of meat
food year is consumed by human
beings. taking the average of the en-
tire world, but in America and Eng
land the average individual cOnsump.
tion is nearly four times that amount.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-06-23

Late dispatches declare that China
is developing first-class navy. This
in spite of the fact that all of the bat.
tleships will be full of chinks.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-06-23


will advantage of mention the of sst"
Mony is like eaerayu take what looks good and pay for
ike rutIes9 "
but be regular game
a as1s ,. lies ss, Dust
No need for speed
And yet he must
This the time of the year when you choosing
with strawberry shortcake Yes please
tsSs but s ,s IN
pick June because
off their winter clothes until someone else has to
tn. t nt sixteenth
OF the honeymoon
planning headline He reported to
radicals since he took over running Russia
please tax: .s'm
insisted in working with nothing on but bathing trunks
illegal engagements" since this new divorce law went
engagements a timer Is that legal or only s'y
Ford h.. just finished ha: ten
making sooooooo ratss That may account "
shell shocked condition of so many people !" TINS country
system SO that nine OF Twelve
forse three be Intelligent
Crude o at
sold for gallon Remember tna
he thirty
they when cara
Of thirst This not suggestion tn
be Tor B. c. for point" SOUTH
A
little
autobuggy
A little
little skid
the lid.
while explaining
We
of their joke he would
be Of matrimony.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-06-23
REAL ESTATE AND FARM LANDS

STOCK RANCH FOR SALE-Prineville, Ore
eon. 1860 acres. 20 miles east of Prineville,
Crooked River. Price $500 acre. 100 acres
alfalfa land. 100 acres meadow land. 100 acres
farming land. About Is miles of wire
fence, balance barbed wire. Plenty of water
for irrigation. Range well watered. Lot of gov
eminent land adjoining. For information write
V. Gesner, Prineville Oregon.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-01
RAILROADS SEEK IMMEDIATE
ANNULMENT OF AGREEMENTS
OF CARRIERS AND employees
Atterbury Claims That, Under Existing Conditions,
Many Roads Face Bankruptcy, and Short
Delay May Mean Chaos

help but leave an impression upon this
board detrimental to the case of the
employees" said MIR. Luhrsen.
Inc statement made by the carriers
that "unlcss immediate action is taken
in line with their request the railroads
will be forced into national bankruptcy
is deceptive and fictitious"
Mr. Luhrscn declared that close
analysis OF operating records disclosed
operating inefficicncy which, If rccti-
fed would produce saving greatly
exceeding the 100000 900 waste al
legged by General htterpury as tho re-
suit of the national agreements
Mr.. Luhrsen declared that IL tho
board was flooded with individual re-
quests for wage reductions by the rail-
roads such action Will be concerted
propaganda tending to Interfere with
the procedure OF this board in consid-
Grafton OF the matter now properly be-
fore it and the Individual railroads
VIII be acting under instructions to
bring into cXistcnCc a chaotic contu-
ton
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-01

Los Angeles. Jan. 3t.-At least 20
more witnesses viii bc called by the
prosecution in the trial OF Mrs. Louise
l.. Peeto for the alleged murder OF
Jacob Charles Denton, according to a
statement by Thomas Leo Woowinc.
district attorney. before the resumption
of the trial today. He said ho hoped
to complete the presentation OF the
states case by tomorrow night.
one of these witnesses was TO be w.
c. Doran, chief deputy district 1ttor-
nov. who was expected to testify con-
cerninE statements alleged to have
been made TO him by Mrs. Peeto after
she returned to Los Angeles from Den
ver, following the discovery of the
body in tho basement OF the Denton
residence here.
Others were Frances Denton OF Phoc-
nix. Ariz., daughter Of the mining pro-
moter. and his sister, Mrs. Rhoda Mcr-
riman of san Francisco.
Los Angeles. Jan. 3l.-Mrs. Anne
Stimson. wealthy society woman OF
Los Angeles. testified today In the trial
of Mrs LOUISE l.. Pectc. charged with
the murder OF Jacob G. Denton. she
tried to purchase the Denton residence
thru Mrs. Pcete's agency.
Mrs. Stimson testified she answered
an advertisements by going TO tho Den
ton homo August ..
''t met Mrs. Pcctc. who told mo shc
was tho agent" Mrs. Stimson said
I've entered into ncEotia tions I want
cd to lease II for year. She said she
could not lease 1t for that period as her
nioco was coming here January first
"Sho also told mo tho house was for
sale. That interested mo even moro.
Mrs. Pceto said the price was t2j, 900.
OF which she wanted $4,000 in cash.
with a mortgage for tho remaining
$1,000.
II told her I wanted to buy It. She
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-01
MRS. WI7HERE[[, SAFE AT HOME'
TELLS OF THE ABDUCTION, AND
DETENTION IN HERDER'S CABIN

once blocked a dear' whereby Floyd
Carr could have gotten II fishing
yacht. according to the police.
We sure treated the little dame (rc-
ferring to Mrs. WitherelD all right"
the police said Jack Carr told them.
We even bought her "A powder puff.
candy and the daily papers"
Mrs. Witherell bore up well until
after she was reunited with her child.
Then she suffered a nervous collapse
and on the advice of a physician was
put to bed.
Mrs. withcrelrs Story
Thru her husband she gave out a
brief story OF her abduction. 1t fol-
lows:
Il was getting dinner las; Tuesday
night-mothcr Witherell was coming
was Floyd Carr, came to the door say
woman hurt in an accident on the
boulevard.
Il had nevcr seen him before but I
thought my husbands mother had
been hurt so | went with him.
We got into machine down the
street Another man who l found out
was Arthur Carr, was at tho
wheel. l rode in the back seat with
the one who came to the house.
We turned on the boulevard. ] was
wondering how soon we would get to
the scene OF the accident.
They did not say much and sud
denly I knew comething was wrong. I
tried to jump out but one of them
grabbed me. / felt wet rag around
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-01
MYSTERY OF DEATH OF MAN IN
ARIZONA DESERT BELIEVED CLEARED

Flagstaff, Ariz., Jan. 31.-Harry II
Nash, son OF j. c. Nash, n banker OF
llillsdalc. Wyo., in "a confession al
legged to have been made to Sheriff
Campbell OF Coconino county today ad-
mittcd that he shot and killed Martin
Schwab OF Payson, Utah, near here.
on April 15 last, but claims that ho
shot in sclf-defcnso. According to the
alleged confession. Nash said he start
cd to Winslow, Ariz., with Schwab In
tho Iattcr's automobile on April IL.
Thirty miles cast Of hero Nash asked
Schwab how much he believed the trip
would cost.
Twenty dollars Schwab is said to
have replied.
Too much" Nash Is alleged TO have
told Schwah.
Schwsb is then said TO have replied:
Fifteen dollars; If you won't pay that.
get out and walk
Continuing, the alleged confession
sets forth that Schwab got out of the