The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-08-04
THREE HUNDRED FOOT TRIP
SKYWARD MADE HIM DIZZY
rspaper Man Declares That Mankato Pc.
---e Lost Opportunity To jug" One Who
Appeared To Have Moonshine
"Staggers"

! Between earth ard sky, with the
l sautiful countryside spread out be-
l.w them, hundreds of people had
tie unique pleasure of ascending
tie giant smoke stack Of the Iowa
Minnesota Power company's plan,
Albert Lea, which was formal
G .dicated yesterday afternoon. Some
.dea OF the grandeur OF the scenery
coming within the scope of the
vision of those who had the nerGe
I shoot up" the tall chimney may
b, had when it is stated that the
country around and about Albert
] IA is dotted with some of The most
( Geautiful lakes III Southern MInneso-
sot" Way down below the eye
was the enterprising city OF Al
bert Lea. and a short distance there
from the ripping waters OF Lake
;Say the llppl:ng waters of Lake
y .tert Lea. CHANGING to the north
Cle sees glimmering in the sun +
] yht the surface of Lake Genevia.
like two large silver stars, Twin
] .kes could be plainly seen to the
nth, and in the distance toward
t east, Rice Lake with Turtle
{ .eek winding its silvery course
t ward Austin could be dinly seen.
1le rest of the beautiful panoram
as made up OF the green. of the
r ch farm lands, and the gold of the
J pening grain, and dotted over all
y ere the c, mtortable farm buildings
This Immense smoke stack 900
ST and eight inches I'll and res.s
ca a reinforced concrete base for
t'-four feet square. 1t took 22o, 0D0
b lex to complete the shaft and it
about $4,000. 1t is twenty six
6 eleven foot opening at The top.
Visitors From Southern Minnesota
A number of visitors FROM diff
I rent parts of Southern Minnesota
v ere present at the dedication of
tie chimney. President A. w. Hig-
gins of the Iowa Minnesota Power
mpany was present at the dedica-
IN, and saw to it that the banquet
6 rived was of the best. He had pre-
viously sent to Boston Tor several
C ates of Holsters. The Holsters
s.rved at the foot of the smoke
s ack yesterday afternoon in picnic
S vie would feed a small sized ar
All of the employees of the
c Impany and many invited SueSlS
! ook part in the feed.
! During the afternoon and cven-
i'g it was estimated that over 200
p>ople took ride heavenward to the
tp of the sack. Previous to the
d dication a cement block had been
,cureIy bolted and cemented TO q
clble hitched to a pulley at the top
o the pile, and this was operated
II a hosting machine just outside
e stack. This block accommodated
two persons, provided they stood
u good and close. When they had
s cured a good foothold on the
FLOCK the ascending persons were
securely strapped to the cable to
avoid any danger of falling off. AT
top of the stack there were
6 rong courteous attendants to nel;'
people to the platform. Among the
ffankato men, who were guests of
tie occasion, and who took the trip
s Iyward were. W. D. Willard, cash
n of the First National Bank, R.
E. Brown, Mankato general manag-
& of the Northern States Power
Company. J. E. Reynolds, and Will
am Reid. manager of the Bur-
: ,ughs Adding Machine company OF
1ankato.
According to the interview given