The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-05-13
SOUTH STATE STORIES

Arrangements arc being made by the
Winona city council and Association OF
Commerce for the annual convention or
the League of American municipalities,
to be held here June Is and 16. Plans
for a dinner on the evenin OF the 10Th
and an excursion on tha Mississippi
river on the 10th are practically COM
pleted. Three hundred officials of the
cities of the state are expected to attend
the convention.
At tho annual meeting of the Winona
playground association it was decided to
ask the board OF education to take
the the Ave public Fairgrounds in that city.
Private contributions have maintained
tho grounds heretofore.
Grand and petit jurors for the June
term of the Steele county district court.
have been drawn by county OFFICERS In
Winona; The calendar for the term is
expected to be extraordinary heavy ana
will include several criminal cases.
Six hundred and fifty pupils of the
physical training department Of the
Owatonna public schools will take part
in a May fete at the county fair grounds
next Wednesday. Preparations are made
for the entertainment OF crowd OF sew
eral thousand spectators
The inadeQuacy of present water facil-
tiles for fire protection may cause the
Owatonna city council to call a special
election to vote a bond issue for this
purpose. Local aldermen have declared
a bond issue of $50 900 has been sug-
gested.
Golf enthusiasts of Candy have form
ed a club and will begin playing in the
near future.
Business men of Kasson are sponsor
ing plans for the holding or market day
on Tuesday, May II. Band concerts,
amusements and special sales are on the
program for the day.
In yesterdays issue Of the Free
Press an error was made in placing
the cuts in Kinney'S Shoe ad. and by
so doing the illustrations and prices
do not correspond.
A COW testing association will be or
ganiZed in Ncollet county on "Wednesday
night May IS. at the New Sweden
creamery.
given the second and third degree in
Nicollet Encampment of the !. O. Q. F.
lodge next Thursday night, May II, at
st. Peter.
The st. Peter chautauqua association
met last Wednesday night and booked
dates are from June &c to July 2. in
elusive.
Stewart Cohen. pigeon fancier of
of ST. Paul. sent nine carrier pigeons
to L. L. Blender of St. Peter by express.
When turned loose they cir"led twice
over the city and then headed direct
for St. Paul. They made the trip in
two hours.
The past commanders of Ivanhoe Com,
mandery No. 81. knights Templar, will
be guests of honor at special meeting
called for Friday evening. May 10. st.
Peter, when the Order of the Temn'e
will be conferred upon a class of candi-
dates.
Miss Belle Holmstead. we'll known st.
at Waterville. Iowa. Saturday. She had
undergone an operation for ulcers of I've
stomach and was getting along nicely.
She suffered an attack of heart failure.
Colonel Fulton. of Mankato has sent
! orders to Captain Max Senaia' com com,
handing officer Of Gompany A: New w
the Fifth Infantry at Fort Smelling. the
time of which has been set for June
IL to rs. inclusive.
Cattle and horse barns will be erected
at the fair grounds in New ulm this
season. They will be finished before the
fair. ..~"
The state supreme court holds that
there is no authority, for arrest without
n warrant because of mere belief that
person has committed a misdemeanor.
The annual meeting of the State Short
horn Breeders association will be held
at Luverne June 10, it has been an
nounced.
Dedication exercises for the new
Bethel Deaconess hospital building at
Mountain Lake will be held on June S.
The convention of the American Le-
gion posts Of the second congressional
| district was held in Worthington yester-
day. Commander Vernon of Little Falls
was in attendance.