The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-07-08
independence Day Quiet
Was Disturbed
HO0TCH WASTHEC CAUSE
John Wendt and Others, With
Still, Were Brought Into
The Village

to attend the meeting of the Nation
al Education association which con-
venes in that city.
Monday was the all glorious Fourth
of July Most of the folks in the lit
tie village were celebrating in safe
Old glory, which fioated from the
many flag stats and from nearly eve
ry residence, wondered why the eagle
did not scream or something happen
to make it seem like real Fourth
of July. The monotuny was broken
somewhat at about nine o'clock when
Deputy Sheriff Moore OF Amboy
brought in John Wendt and his hired
man and the two stills they are al
cornfield; also Charles ellison and
Bill Boughton Of Mankato, who ar
rived at the farm about five o'clock
in the morning. They are said to
have purchased ten gallons of moon.
shine and had presented personal
check in payment Tor the hootch.
Wendt refused to take check and
a row ensued, so, 1t is reported. The
deputy sheriff was called and rounded
up the whole bunch, still, moonshine,
etc., and brought them into town. Mr..
Moorse than tried to get the county
attorney or the sheriff over phone, but
nothing doing, for Mankato was cele-
brating. He decided to take the whole
outfit to the city SO he rounded the
bunch up and struck the trail again.
Miss Helen Rooney, who holds a
good position with the Weeks Pub
fishing company, st. Paul is spending
her vacation with her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Tom Rooney in Ceresco.
Mrs. Armstrong mas returned to
her home in Austin after visit of
several weeks at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Patterson and family.
F. R. Lowell spent few days the
latter part of the past week with his
daughter, Mrs. Miles Porter at Min
neapolis, while attending to business
matters.
Dr. and Mrs. MARSHAL Cornish mot
ored up from Waterloo, Ia.,- and are
guests of the formers uncle, G. C.
Cornish and other relatives in and
around the village. The doctor Is
looking after his farming interests in
this locality.
Tom Hays returned Saturday from
Minneapolis where he had spent
several days with his family. Thomas
Jr. who had his plans all made for
spending his vacation on the farm,
will have to remain in the city two
more weeks at least as he is suffer
ing with poison ivy, which has spread
all over the upper part of his body.
His face is SO badly swollen that his
eyes were closed and for several days
he could not see at all.
Mrs. Ella Stoner returned the latter
part of the week from visit with
relatives and friends In and around
Amboy
Since our last notes appeared Mr..
and Mrs. Marion Selby and children
have returned from an auto vacation
trip, spent with relatives in Elysian
and several other neighboring towns
Monday morning Miss Gala But
tier returned to her duties as night
operator at central after spending
her vacation with her home folks.
Miss Ella Schwarts returned to her
in time to take in all of the big
celebration.
Rex Briggs was head man at the
Hays ranch during r. DIS recent Wis
A team Of horses belonging to Ed
Carpenter engaged in a lively run
away last week. They were hitched in
front of the blacksmith shop and be-
coming frightened broke loose and
route, viz, across the A. G. Gray
lawn, running into the end of the
porch and into the corner of the
house and across the cistern; doing
considerable damage, but fortunately
no one was hurt. Both horses were
down, but finally broke loose and
went home. The wagon was badly dam
aged. ~.
DR.. F. B. Doran, district superin-
tendent, filled the Methodist church
pulpit here Sunday morning and at
three o'clock in the afternoon held
the last quarterly conference for the
year. DR.. Doran viii sail from New
York July IA on the Saxonia for a ten
weeks vacation trip to Europe, hav-
ing been chosen as one or the seven
hundred delegates from all parts of
the world, to attend a conference,
which will be held in London Septem-
Der to 16. A vacasion is something
out OF the ordinary sor DR.. Doran and
everybody is wishing him the best
time ever, knowing that we will
share the pleasure when he again
takes up his work in the district. He
will return in time to attend the an
nual conference to be held in Waseca
about October 1.
The Rapidan boys crossed bats with
the Vernon boys at this place Sunday
afternoon. Results was 13 to in
favor of Vernon Center.
Frank Doud of Chicago, Cudahy
Brothers commission man, was in
town Saturday afternoon sizing up
some Of the fine cattle in this locality
that are being finished off in A No. I
shape for the August markets. After
viewing the one hundred fine steers
in the Kraus feed lot, Mr.. Kraus
took him out to the Willard Busby and
T. Rooney farms. At these farms he
also found a fine lot Of steers ready
for market Mr.. Doud was accom-
panied by his mother, who Is also a
good judge of fat cattle. Mrs. Doud
Is a recent newcomer to Mankato.
Her husband is in charge of the
Cudahy Brothers stock market in
that city. Mrs. Doud attends to the
bookkeeping. Mr.. ahd Mrs. Doud are
greatly taken with Mankato and feel
as If they were permanently and most
pleasantly located. Until about six
years ago the Douds mad always liv-
ed in Chicago, when Mr.. Doud re-
signed his position with the Cudahys
and retired from business. Since then
they have travelled through the west
and south, spending the last two years
at Clearwater, Fla. IN all the differ
ent places they have lived they like
Mankato best. The Cudahys feel
jubilant in getting Mr.. Doud to man
age their plant at Kato, it being not
only a good thing for them, but for
Kato and the county
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bowen and Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Fleming made up q