The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-04-22

ststing in the Improvement or scenic
spots to attract automobile tourists
Considerable park Improvement worl
will be done at Lake City. Agita
ton has been started for a summel
resort at Point Douglas, near Hast
ings. Staples cleanup campaign wa'
financed by tag day. Numerou:
buildings are to be erected at Wa
SEGA. The Waubun commerci@ clut
has started a movement for con
Meeting road from the state road IL
Norman county to the North ant
South state road in Mahnomen coun.
ty. Six dwellings have been started
at st. James. Bellingham will erect
q $4,000 school. Fields and brush
lands in Itasca county are to be
stocked with Chinese pheasantS
Waseca voters will decide whetnel
the city shall nave q municipal hos
pital., .s
A Superior, Wis, firm will build
the CROSBY. Deerwood state road
which viii COST considerably more
than $10U,000. Southern minnesota
shorthorh breeders formed an asso-
citation at 0watonna- Waverly's mil
lion dollars sugar factory may not
open this year. Farmers living In
the vicinity of Bellingham have Or
ganized creamery association. Mel
lie Thorne, S!0S IA PAGER has
been bought by Waseca men. st.
Louis and koocniching counties have
the largest evergreen timber reserves
in Minnesota. Itasca county has
about 50,000,000 feet. Luverne will
have an American Legion baseball
team as will a number or cities, in
GLIDING Rochester. Lake Wilson is
TO have home building boom; the
local paper says 1t will De the most
important since 1914.
Faribault, Zumbrota and Mankato
are to be connected by motor bus
service. Bemidji is becoming dairy
center for Northern Minnesota. A
new plant at Bemtdji represents an
investment of $125,000. A produce
exchange has been opened at Be-
midi. The road through Wells, and
Winnebago to the Faribault county
line is to be graded Immediately.
The highway from Benedict to La
porte, hubbard county, is to- be
Strengthened. A golf course will be
built at Little Falls.
Lyon County real estate men or
gantzed an association at Marshall.
Faribault county saved $4,000 on
road and bridge contracts which
were not let last year but which will
be started shortly. Willmar may
have cooperative creamery. Forty
two houses have been built at Aus
tin and more are to be started. New
York Mills and Bauderte are among
or oft snh 70
have up to date motion picture the
aters. Claremont, Dodge county, will
have a policeman. Thief Falls business
men are on a state tour, inspecting
pavement work. Their report prob
ably will decide a local controv ersy
regarding materials. Ortonville wO-
men will direct the spring cleanup
campaign. A picking plant is to be
located at Laporte. A new Catholic
church at Little Falls will cost about
$4,000. Blackdust citizens have
Ninety thousand pounds Of butter
were made last year by the Dunnell,
Martin county creamery.
Rice, Goodhue, and Dakota coun-
ties are considering the erection OF
a $4,000 dormitory for nurses and
employees at the Mineral Springs
sanitarium. Cannon Fails. Work has
been started on the Waseca county
ditch near GAINESVILLE. Albert Lea
Elks paid $23, 400 for the site of their
new home. Willmar is planning a
two days Fourth of July celebration
Monday and Tuesday, July 4 and
5. Kerkhoven village, Swift county
has voted against licensing of pool
and billiard halls. Kandiyohi county
has let $4,000 drainage contract
Five hundred and nineteen farmers
have joined the Chippewa county
farm bureau. Itasca county is be-
coming known as q blooded stock
raising center The average price
paid for shorthorns at a Mankato
sale was $136.50. The gross receipts
were ahOut S10 nm