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


much as seventeen pounds. The beau
tiful lakes are more than liberal in
giving up their finny treasures.
Friends of mine, do you like to cast?
DO you like to do it where beauty
of scenery reigns supreme? Do you
like to do II where the bass lure
gets them to the extent that You
need to stop soon unless you have a
trailer on your boat? have found
such a place and many have found
/ have given more time and space
to this phase of my trip than ! had
intended, but We all have an in
herent love OF play of some sort and
! have my full share. If any Of you
wish evidence / shall be pleased to
show you pictures which took of
real wild bluebills, so "close up"
that you can see the game beauties
legs in the water as they started to
iously.
1t would require many moons for
Bill Rabe. Mike Fritz. Walt Peter
son and all the other golf enthusiasts
of the Mankato Golf club to tour
the part Of Florida which we covered
in twenty days, for the temptation
to stop and play around on every
one Of the. splendid links of which
every town has one or more, would
lance. / was sorely tempted many
times, but time and heart action pre-
vented. I might add that here in
Florida they believe in having paved
roads to all their golf links "nuf
sed."
/ started out to tell you about our
trip, but referred 10 my general
notes first and these brought back
such pleasant memories that l find l
of single day SO / will now start
at the beginning and try to take
you with me day by day.
We left Mankato via the Chicago
and North Western at 6:10 Thurs
day evening, March 8, and will not
soon forget the kind friends who
came TO the station to see us OFF and
wish us pleasant twenty ninth
wedding journey and safe return to
the home town in the pink of health.
We wish also to express our apprec-
iation to Bill Spornitz and his able
assistants for arranging our trip.
looking after our transportation and
baggage and seeing that we were
comfortable cared for on the train.
Found Many Newspaper Folk
Arriving in Chicago Friday morn
ing, March 4, we went directly to
the Morrison which was designated
found about 200 newspaper men.
many accompanied by their wives,
already there. Among them we were
glad to find w. r. Hodge of Sleepy
Eye, Mr.. and Mrs. o. J. Rea of
Tracy, Mr.. and Mrs. Will Curtis, st.
James; Mr.. and Mrs. HI. G. Hotaling,
Mapleton; Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Free,
man. , oliviS T;,on Mr.. and asrm Mrs. Emil Rna
Nelsha win Mr and He Mrs: roe G.
Erickson. Springfield: Mr.. and Mrs.
George M. Jensen, Duluth; Mr.. and
Mrs. o. H. Jostin and Mr.. and Mrs.
R. H. Bach, Owatonna; Mrs. Fred E.
Hadley, and Miss Florence Damon,
Winnebsgo; Mr.. and Mrs. Irving
Todd, Hastings; C. |. Johnson, st.
Bert Whiting of Owatonna and Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Murphy of Wheaton
representation from the North Star
state was jolly bunch Of good fel.
lows and "fellowesses" which would
make any man proud of his native
state and any trip in their company
enjoyable for there wasn't a crouch
among them.
The first thing to occupy our at
tention was registration, the secur-
ing of badges and Pullman reserva-
lions. The Mergenthaler Linotype
company gave very fine luncheon
and entertainment to all association
members at the Terrace Garden at
noon and we left Chicago at $500 p.
m. in a special train of twelve pull
mans, observation and dinner over
the good old Illinois Central, few
minutes behind the famous Seminole
Limited, the L. c.. handled our train
as far as Birmingham and our only
regret was that we could not have
| l. C. crews and engines throughout
the trip. Remembering the good SER
vice of this line Mrs. Tompkins and
| are planning to return via the IL
linois Central from New Orleans to
Chicago. :.
We occupied the same section in
| the same car, the old Penrod, from
the time we felt Chicago until we
reached Fort Landerdale on the east
days, looked after by the same Pull
man conductor and the same porter,
John Spinner. ] realize tha many
difficulties of giving good service
considering the time and conditions
under which we Travelled. but so far
as the car we were in was concern :
ed I have only good words for the
service. i wish / mlgnL say the Same
for all of the railroads over which,
unfortunately it was necessary to
pull the train N order to visit the
points included in the itinerary.
Really some of those freight engin-
GERS handled our train with as. little
or less consideration than they would
an ordinary cattle train.
We soon commenced calling the
Penrod (Car Az home and the family
consisted of Mr.. and Mrs. Freeman.
Mrs. Hadley, Miss Damon. Mr.. and
Mrs. Erickson, Mrs. and Mrs. Bach,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jostin, Mr.. and Mrs.
Todd, Mr. and Mrs. Jensen, Mr.. and
Mrs. Curtis, Herman Roe, e.. K.
Whiting, G.. l. Johnson, ], M. Palmer,
Mr.. and Mrs. Leicht and son Fred:
Mrs. Tompkins and myself all OF
Minnesota, Edward Albright OF Ten
nessee and A. B. Robinson OF Iowa.
We were congenial bunch and 1t
was not hard to organize bridge
party or get almost ANYTHING except
a rshot in the arm" which was not
to be had even though ones tongue
hung ont until ii was sunburned.
Down In Old Kentucky
When we awoke Saturday morn
ing we we're passing through West
ern Kentucky and about noon saw
Gre oh nnonh trQQg in