The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-04-08
STORIES FROM vernon
HON. E. T. CHAMPLM Oh
SERVES BIRTHDAY
Visit of Congressman Frank
Clague; News Notes of the
Village

TO care for her mother Mrs. Moe,
has returned to her home in the VII
lage. Mrs. Larsen's brother of Du-
luth, who is visiting his mother at
the lake, is also sick.
Mrs Jack Weir, who was operated
on last Friday evening. as soon as
she arrived at st. Mary's hospital,
Rochester, is doing as we'll as could
be expected. Daily reports are very
encouraging and If no further com
plications set in sure and complete
recovery is expected
other milestone (his eighty second)
last Saturday. Only two OF his chill
dren, G. w. Champlin and Mrs. Lewis
Brown with their families were pres
ent at this yearly "get-to- gelher
event. The other two sons were un-
able to be present. Lee Champlin OF
Mankato was unavoidably absent
owing TO business engagements, and
Robert, the youngest son and family,
are still sojourning in the sunny
south Time surely is dealing gently
with our old friend and neighDor and
and to all appearances is just in the
prime of life. He received hearty
congratulations from a host of
Mrs. Charles Bates entertained a
family party of fifteen at dinner
Sunday in honor of her husbands
birthday. 1t was very pleasant al
fair.
Miss Elizabeth Weir and niece
Miss Cecilia are spending few days
at the home of the formers brother
Jack in West Sterling.
Seeding has been the absorbing
occupaIi lion OF the farmers for the
past several days, The ground is in
excellent condition and the work is
being rushed as rapidly as possible
in hopes of getting through before
the spring rains. There are reports
Mat the winter wheat and rye are
badly in need of soaking rain;
From this locality Eleanor Mack,
Lester Cox, and George Hanney are
among the bright girls and boys who
left Monday morning for st. Paul to
spend the week attending the annual
junior short course at the university
farm.
spending the day dt the Butler
Henry Weir returned Monday even
ing from Rochester and brings home
the glad word that his mother is re-
covering from her very serious oper-
alton in fine shape.
Hon. Frank Clague of Washington,
d. c., spent from Monday noon till
Tuesday morning attending to bust
ness matters in this vicinity. He
accompanied d. A. Bowen by auto
to Mankato where he will spend the
remainder of the day. In the even
ing he will board train for Redwood
Falls, hoping to complete business
matters there by Friday night when
he will start east. He expects to
reach Washington Sunday morning
in readiness for the opening of con-
gress the next morning. Mr.. Clague
has fully recovered his ear trouble
which confined him to Washington
hospital one week and is anxious to
take up the work before him. We
all hope that he may land his first
choice. that OF being on the agricul-
ture committee. This is an tmpor-
tant committee and one which he
eminently is fitted for and one that
would please his constituents in the
second district Your correspon-
dent greatly enjoyed an evening"
visit with Mr.. Clague. Their apart
ments are three mics rom the CAPT
tol and his office. So far he Lhas
walked to and from mis- office night
and morning. He had taken great
many different routes and has seen
some of the very beautiful places for
which Washington is noted. One
route takes him past the new home
of Elk President Wilson. Mr.. Clague
was first given an office on the
ground floor. although fine one he
much preferred one higher up, so he
was very much pleased when an ell
DERBY congressman, whose office was
on the third floor, wished to get down
on the ground floor, so they snapped,
to the satisfaction of both. So now
our congressman has the distinction
of having the office formerly belong
to - Don Iii NJ
In speaking q Miss Robertson of
whom he had met professionally
several times. he says she appears
like a very capable woman. Miss
Robertson is very anxious to be on
the Indian committee as she knows
the needs of the ln6<eas of Oklahoma
thoroughly by her long association
with them. A few days after he had
gotten located in his new office, he
was busily at work when to knock
at the door he answered come in"
he was somewhat taken back to see
Miss Robertson enter. She seemed
rather surprised also. exclaiming:
IT supposed your office was on the
ground floor, and my call was purely
personal one, for / merely wished
to see the office occupied by Miss
Rankin. Mr.. Clague also says the
reports that are appearing in the
I newspapers of President and Mrs.
Harding inviting distant cousin, a
Pearl Harding. aged 13 years, to
make her home with them at the
White. House, is all bosh, and all
. started by the brother of this girl.
At the time of the inauguration a
large club Of young men from Ohio,
one of whom was Ed Harding, who
claimed to be relative of the pres
ident and in this way he became the
lion Of the party and being a little
short of change his fellow comrades
were only too glad to extend him a
loan. Soon after the Inauguration
the story of the adoption Of this lit
tie girl, who was to be the white
House Baby" was printed in the
capitol paped and sent broadcast
over the land. Finally, as the COM
mon saying goes, this report got
Harding's goat and he sent a private
detective or civil service man to
Chicago to investigate the matter
with the result that this young man
Is an imposter. who had gotten over
$4,000 in loans on the strength of
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