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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-08-11
OUT OF THE THREsfIER

Sleepy Eye, MINI, August S.-smail
grains this year will be an excellent
crop In Brown county. The song Of the
thresher has been heard for several days
and many hundreds Of bushels Of rye
have already been marketed hee. It
Is OF excellent quality and the yield is
running from twenty to thirty-five
bushels to the acre. Wheat is a good
crop this year, in fact it is said to be
the best wheat crop raised in southern
Minnesota in a number Of years. The
kernels are plump and full and many
OF them are found upon q stem.
Marshall, Mimi, August s.-Thresh-
ing operations are well under way on
the arms of Lyon County and both the
quality and quantity Of the small grains
in reported good. Practically all of the
wheat that has been received at the
local mill and elevators has been re-
acres of oats on the P. P. Elliott farm
yielded sixty four bushels to the acre.
On the Gene Quackenbush farm sixty
acres of oats yielded seventy bushels to
1--WE bushels to the acre. One hundred
acres Of oats threshed on Rettz Bros.
place went sixty bushels to the acre.
Montevideo, Mimi, August S-ThreSh-
ing results show a good average yield
of small grains in the vicinity of Mon
teYideo. The earlier varieties of grain
are especially good in most places, it
is stated. Although none of the late
wheat has yet been threshed IL is ex-
pected that its yield will be quite low
owing to the damage by black rust. A
local elevator man estimates the yield
in the Montevideo section as follows:
Oats forty-five to fifty bushels; rye
twenty-five bushels: wheat fourteen
bushels; barley twenty-five to thirty
bushels A few extraordinary yields
have been reported from small tracts.
On the Mike Hendrikson place a five
acre tract Of Lincoln, oats went ninety
bushels to the acre and at the Fred
Smith place eight acres of Marquis
wheat went thirty-seven bushels to the
acre
Madison. Mimi, ugust A8.-Thresh-
ing machines are beginning to tell their
story OF the grain yield in this county.
In some places the yield of grain Ii
very satisfactory. while in others it Is
very light The best quality OF grain
that has been reported so far came
from the farm Of E. Morseth and tested
at sixty three pounds to the bushel at
local elevator. The grain yielded
twenty-three bushels to the acre Some
oats have been threshed that weighed
SO pounds to the bushel but it is not
likely that much Of ii will test that
high. Rye is of good quality and yield
ing from eighteen to twenty bushels to
the acre
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-08-11
WILL PAINT MEMORIAL
War Veterans Will Do Work In st
Louis County At Cost $4,000
ASSOCIATED Press Dfspatch.l

.. ASSOCIATED Press DfSpatch.1
Duluth. Mimi, August 7.-Veter-
ans of the Civil, Spanish American
and European wars have virtually
completed plans for the painting of
Memorial Hall in the st. Louis coun.
ty courthouse at cost of $50, 900, to
carry out permanent tribute to the
men who have fought for the United
States.
The organizations are working on
plans to submit the proposition to
the public and to stage campaign
to raise funds. David Erickson, To-
cal artist, has submitted a colored
drawing showing how he would dec
crate the hall, including the walls
and ceilings, together with the pro-
posed mural decorations.
John ID. Schweiger. commander of
the John G. McEwen post and also
state commander of the Spanish
chairman of special committee to
take. charge of the project.
Two years will be required to
hall, including the walls and CELL
ing, Mr.. Erickson said. The artist
plans to make a trip to Europe to
study similar paintings in public
buildings and to spend considerable
time in studying the wars of 1861,
1898 and 1917 for the purpose of OBJ
tanning the proper historic material
for the various paintings and group
pictures.
A distinct feature of the entire
setting will be painting, The
the future of the world in symbolic
the east end of the hall depicting
Dawn of Peace" above the stage at
fashion. There will be special group
pictures of the three wars, on the
various mouldings and on the CELL
ing. The picture of peace will be
the only one of its kind in the world,
the committee announced.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-08-11
POINCARE IS DRASTIC
IN GERMAN DEMANDS
Premier Drafts Conditions Under
J. Which France Will Grant
Moratorium
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch

London. August S.-Drastic meas
ures Of financial control in Germ
any are provided for in Premier
Poincare's draft of the conditions
under which France is willing that
the Reichsbank shall have a mora
torium to the end Of the present
year.
The conditions which are to be
considered by the financial COM
mission of the allied conference to-
day are understood to include ex-
ploitation of the German customs,
mines railroads and forests, con-
troll of the Reichsbank and the Ger
man bank note press. and superV1
sion of foreign currencies as well as
exports and imports. All these would
be under the active control of inter
national committees sitting in Ber-
lin.
German industries would have to
surrender to the allies per cent
and in some cases much more of
their capital. while as major
measure to enforce compliance, the
occupation and appropriation of the
Ruhr coal fieid would be kept in re-
serve.
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WERE CUT AND BRUISED
Party In Auto Accident At The Foot
OF Pigeon Hill.

Party IN AUTO HCSloCUk ~ t"S FSSS
OF Pigeon Hill.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Guentzel and
daughter Erma, Mr.. and Mrs. Otto
Geisler and Mrs. William Wander
see are all now recovering from Sc
we're bruises and minor cuts about
body as the result of an auto &C
cident which occurred at the foot
of Pigeon Hill Sunday evening. John
Guentzel was driving the car at the
time, and had descended the hill and
was across the railroad at that point,
when a large car coming from the
direction of Mankato with lights
burning brightly dazzled the driver,
who turned out too far and struck
a cement culvert. The impact threw
the occupants forward with consid-
cradle violence. All of. these in the
car were more or less injured, but
luckily no bones were broken. The
car, an Overland, was so badly de-
molished that, Mr.. Guentzel has al
ready bargained for new one. The
motor can be rsalvaged. and part Of
the toneau, but outside Of that the
auto is complete wreck. ..
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who was succeeded by Captain Her
bert Houck who remained at their
head until the outbreak of the World
war and who had the honor of lead
ing his fellow townSmen into the
greatest struggle of them all. The
company proceeded from Mankato to
Camp Cody where the regiment, the
l36th was broken up for replace
ments. Officers of the company were
eventually assigned to service over
seas and there, with the men of the
company, made an enviable name
for Mankato.
IL was after the return of all
hands from the foreign service that
all were mustered out of the United
States service. That finished the
military life for most OF these men
as they were mustered out by the
state Just before they assumed ma
tional obligations.
Then and Now
In the old days of the national
guard in Mankato, circumstances of
membership were greatly at vari-
ance with those obtaining today. The
government furnished the men with
a rifle but all other equipment was
paid for by the individual soldier.
Uniforms and other pieces of equip
ment were available only when the
soldier had the money with which
TO purchase his accountrements. The
first armory, in the city hall. was
lighted by kerosene lamps and these
were the personal donation of Col
.onel Mead. For all the time that he
was company commander Of the
Mankato unit it was the same officer
who paid for the lamp fuel.
Today it is well known fact that
there is not cent of expense at
taching to enlistment or service in
the national guard and all equipment
is furnished free by the government
All conditions OF service compare in
like manner except the stern bust
ness of soldering which is the same
today and on that day when the
company was first formed. The fin
est of everything goes into the
modern soldiers equipment and in
stead of being an expense, service
| in the guard is a means for earning
some side. money that is clear profit
to the men and officers.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-08-11
SHRINERs WILL PICNIC
Annual Event Owatonna Shrine
Club On Friday This Week

Annual Event Owatonna Shrine
Club On Friday This Week
Mankato Shriners are invited to
attend the annual picnic of the Owa
tonna Shrine club, which will be
held at the Country Club in that
city on Friday of this week. D
The program for the day includes
cards, kitten ball, golfing- on one of
the best courses in the state, barn
yard golf, dice, clay pigeon shooting
to conclude with big dance in the
evening.
Basket dinner and supper will be
served which each attending the
outing are asked to bring, also plates
cups, spoons and knives. The club
will furnish red lemonade, coffee,
iced tea, buttermilk and ice cream.
All Shriners are invited to attend
the picnic, together with their wives
and members Of families or their
best girls. q
Owatonna Shriners are noted for
their genuine hospitality, and the
assurance that all who attend will
have the best time of their lives
will be more than fulfilled. It is
hoped that good delegation Of
Mankato Shriners will attend.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-08-11
RECOGNITION OF MEXICO
Political Observers Believe Action
With United States Near at Hand
FREDERICK NEUMEIERu

UNITED Press staff Correspondent,
Mexico City, Mexico, August S--x
Recognition Of Mexico by the Unit
ed States is just around the corner,
political observers believed today.
Ratification OF the treaty with
American bankers by President OBJ
RECON, the latest note from the Unit
ed States has given impetus to the
talk of recognition. Some believes
that recognition will come within
ninety days and others that 1t will
come sooner.
The Mexican government, it is
believed, will back Obregon ana
ratify the financial agreement, which
was drawn in New York by Finance
Commissioner G. Huerto and Amer
ican financers.
While Obregon has not been seen
for nearly two months, 1t has been
learned on authority that he recent
~ told a prominent American visit
or that he believed the difficulties
between the United States and Mex
leo would soon be terminated.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-08-11
AUGUST RERORT OF
CROP ? PRODUCTION
FEDERAL STATISTICS ARE
ISSUED TODAY
DECREASE in WHEAT
Figures Show Slight Failing Oh
From The July Survey
Other Grains
[Associated Press Dispatch. ]

lASSQC16IC4 IICSS DAoPo~NsSJ
Washington D. c.. August s..
Crop production this year based
on August 1 condition was forecast
today by the department Of agricul-
w Winter a wheat, $4,000, 900; spring.
wheat, 263 ,00O, 900; all wheat, $685.
00O, 900; corn, 3O17.000, 900; oats.
1851, 000, 900; barley, $4,000. 200:
rye, $500, 900; buck wheat, 13y80o,.
900; white potatoes 100000, O0e:
sweet potatoes, $4,000, 900; tobaP-
CO pounds 1,425, 0o0; fax, n,4agr
600; rice, $4,000, 900.
Prospective productions OF corn
tais year increased 157.O00,o00 bu-
shells as result Of growing condi-J
lions during July. Wheat production
is forecast at 1900, 900 bushels les
than a month ago.
Forecasts today by the depart
ment of agriculture placed the corn
crop at 3,O17 ,080, 900 bushels andn
the wheat crop at 800, 100000 bu-
shells. n
Hay tame ltorsl 90, 1000; hay,
wild (tons 17,200,000; sugar beats
(tons) 5,0oS, 900; apples, total, 10z, s
000, 900; apples commercial (bar-o
Cels) 33,400,000; beaches total 36,-
000, 900; peanuts (pounds) 679,000,- =
900 kaffirs, 114,000. 900. =
Conditions of the crops August r.
was announced as follows: Spring
wheat s0A percent of normal All
wheat blank Corn 8S.6; oats, 75.6;
barley $40; buckwheat 1877. white
potatoes, 84.3; sweet potatoes S6-3;
tobacco 800; fax S4.7; rice, S6.9;
hay all, sos sugar beets, $50.
Acreage announced were buck
wheat, $4,000; hay all, 76,7S0, 900.
Oats remaining on farms August
/ estimated at So per cent of last
years crop or about 1924 900 bus
hels.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-08-11
SOFT COAL MINERS
REACHPEACEPLANS
READY FOR JOINT FARLEY
TOMORROW
MARKING TIME TODAY
Leaders On Both Sides Contro-
versy Optimistic As
To Results
rAssociated Press Dispatch.l

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.1
Cleveland, Ohio, August S-With
a definite program for ending the
soft coal strike ready for constdera-
ton tomorrow; the joint conference
of the leaders of the striking union
miners and coal operators today
marked time awaiting the expected
arrival of other operators, espec-
tally those of Illinois and Indiana.
In addition, operators were expect
ed from several other states scat
tered over the soft coal fields for
the program contemplated settle
ment on substantially a national
basis.
While no sessions of the joint
conference were held today there
were several informal meetings of
both operators and union officials
as word awaited from Chicago and
Indianapolis where operators were
expected to determine who could
attend the conference here tomor-
row.
Lewis Is Optimistic
President John L. Lewis Of the
miners. and also leaders among the
operators here, were optimistic re-
SdTulu6 JHS plOooUiiity VI q cSSSiS :
ment which if accepted would be
followed almost Immediately by the
union asking anthracite operators to
renew the wage negotiations that
were broken off in June after sew
eral weeks of fruitless effort toward
settlement Mr.. Lewis had express
ed the opinion that this week will
see the end of the bituminous coai
controversy"
In briet, the program for settle
ment called for re- establishment OF
the wage contracts that expired last
March 81, the eve Of the beginning
of the tie-u that has continued
more than four months and also
the creation of an advisory commits
sion of inquiry through whose in
fuence, it was expected that dis
putes would be settled without
strikes. The re- established wage
contracts would continue in force
until next April 1, and meanwhile
the commission would draft recon-
mendations for future contracts. The
check off, system of operators col
lecting union dues would remain
through the re establishment of the
old contracts, and there would be
no change of working conditions.
The conference was called primar-
ily to cover only the old central
competitive field, comprising Illinois.
Indiana, Ohio and Western Pennsyl-
vania, which has been the basis
unit of wage bargaining off and on
since 1885, and almost continuously
since 1898. ,.-
Predictions today from both sides
of the wage conference were that
interests outside the old field would
participate in the discussions start
ing tomorrow.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-08-11
BOOSTING COAL PRICES
Non Union Mines Taking Advan
taae of Situation, 1t Is Claimed

TNOu- SHtOu UtWCo
tage of Situation, 1t Is Claimed
IAssociated Press Dispatch.
st. Paul, August 8. - Several
mines in the non union fields, TAX
ing advantage of the present fuel
emergency are boosting their prices
far in excess of the Hoover stand
ards, G. e. futile, federal fuel ad-
ministrator for the northwest tele-
graphed Ivan Bowen, state fuel adj
ministrator today.
Many of the mines, Mr.. futile
said are charging as high as So at
the mines This price, at the mines,
Mr.. Bowen explained will mean
unusually high priced coal for the
northwest running as high as SIG
or $18 a ton for the poorest grades.
when laid down here.
AS the only control of the price is
by the distribution of transporta-
ton. Mr. futile suggested that the
companies purchasing coal at exor-
bitant prices at the mines be re-
fused any of the coal which is be-
ing shipped to the Head of the
Lakes at normal prices. Mr.. Bowen
said that the state administration
will do everything possible to carry
out Mr.. Tuttle'S suggestion.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-08-11
SALTWATER LAD HERO
Ten Year Old Boy Saved Your
Man From Drowning

Saltwater, August S.-Ten yeal
old Earl Thomas was the nero at
saltwater today He saw Byron
Benson twenty five, go down twice,
when he was cramped while swim
ming in Little Comedian Lake, five
miles from here.
The lad put out in a row boat,
sliced Benson and neld his head
above water until help arrived. Ben
SON was finally resuscitated. The
lad was almost exhausted when
helm arrived.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-08-11
PAID UNEMPLOYED RISKS
Great Britain Has Expended $4,000,
600 Pounds Since November, 1920

GREAT BRITAIN 7aS EXPENDED 65,UOO,-
600 Pounds Since November, 1920
London, July 19.-[Correspondence
of The Associated Press. ]-Great
Britain has paid out e85,000, 900
under the Unemployment Insurance
Acts since November 1920.
This statement was made recently
by Sir Montague Barlow, Parlia-
mentary Secretary Of the Ministry
of Labor, who said also that the
Ministry intended to press the ques-
ton of insurance by industry, and
had appointed a committee to in
vestigate the matter.
A possible solution of the prob
lem would be compulsory state
scheme to provide a minimum Of
benefits for every one, and to form
a basis on which individual indus
tries could build special schemes &C.
cording to their own requirements.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-08-11
Rohherx AZ Rochester

Rochester, August 8.-The home OF
DR.. j. n. Stokes, 42s Fourth avenue, s.
w. was entered by thieves on Saturday
night or Sunday morning. and the sum
Of IS removed from a handbag belong
ed through . window on the north side
OF the house where screen was re-
moved. The window was prfed up ana
person or persons had no difficz12ty In
entering by this nseaua.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-08-11
FRUIT COMING IN FAST
Mankato Commission Houses Arc
Receiving The Goods

Receiving Inc SoooS
Mankato commission houses are
now getting regular car load ship
ments of the finest water melons
grown in Missouri. The fruit Is
delicious and reasonable I'm price.
Mixed cars of peaches, pears and
plums from California and april
cots from Washington and cante-
loupe from Turiock, California are
now arriving regularly. Next week
the peach canning will be on in full
blast and will keep up to the end
Of the season.
Concord grapes will soon be on
the market, but the cherry season
is about closed.
Indications thus far are that the
apple cror' this season will be the
heaviest and best for many years
past Unless some unforeseen ca :
lamity from the elements occurs,
apples should be a cheap product
TINS TALL
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Divorce DECREE Issued

Judge Comstock issued an order
yesterday granting Irene Jones an,
absolute decree OF divorce from John
Jones on the grounds of desertion.
The case had been tried earlier and
this act Of the court closes the pro-
ceedings.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-08-11
MUST FACE GALLoWS

Appeal of Slayers Field Marshal
Wilson Denied In Engiaqa
'.- ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch,1
London, August 8-The attorney
general refused today to sanction
an appeal to the house of lords by
Joseph O'Sullivan and Reginald
Dunn under sentence to be hanged
August 10 for the assassination OF
Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes
Wilson. Counsel for the two men
applied last week for permission to
make the appeal.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-08-11
TO HANG WORKER
Two Men Arrested In st. Paul For
= AssauIting Rail Employe

limited Press Dispatch
st. Paul, August S.-Two men,
who are alleged to have assaulted
and threatened to hang Samuel b.
Smith, employee OF the Northern Pa
cific shops, we're held by police to-
day.
Austin King and B. J. Murphy
were charged with second degree
assault, and more serious charges
may be lodged against them. The
men are said to have placed rope
around Smiths neck and threatened
to hang him. They were arrested by
detectives at Union Headquarters.
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Robhera Al Wahasha

Winona, As.Enst 8.-Arms andy HASH
Heilts yabped. at about $500 were stolen
from the Fred sOReiley sporting goods
store at Wabasha at 2:30. a M, Sunday
by two or three robbers whoSaEeS be-
lieved to have escaped In aAs%aufo-
mobile.
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Rochester. August s-Esxhs persons
paid nnex in the police court here for
sDeedirsz. Norris Brown arrested Tor
fast driviyrg. pleaded not gr{lty srd Dtfc
Stmzd sfxsd Wednesday morning.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-08-11
BLUE JACKETS MARooNED
Hiah Seas On Lake Superior Forced
! sailors to the Land

Chicago, August S.-One hundred
blue jackets from the gunboats Viii
mette, Dubuque, Paducah and Go
pher of the Great Lakes training
feet, who were marooned ashore
last night when higa seas IN the
outer i1arbor made II impossible for
the fleets motor tenders to operate.
returned to their ships today.
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Get New Armory Then

1t was during the time Of Captain
Scott that the new armory was built
street. Soon after the company ar.
rived on the scene Of the great camp
on tht border, Captain Smith resign
ed and was succeeded by Captain A
E. Cosgrove Of St Peter. The com
pany returned with that commander
The New York herald., 1922-01-01
Charlotte, Skater,
Also a Hun0riSt

In addition to being a great skater
in the world. Charlotte. of the skating
ballet at the Hippodrome. Is humorist.
During her six years. acquaintance with
American affairs she has picked UP a
good many Americanisms, some quaint
American slang and an ability to get
Off typically American Jokes on Ameri-
cans. She says that the best Jokes are
always based upon the people 70 whom
they are told. and one OF her iatess
and best Jokes concerns the Americana
habit OF believing that any instrument
of sport which he buys will teach him
the sport Itself.
Charlotte naively says that Anleri-
cans. when they buy a Harry vardor
golf club. expect that the club viii carry
with It some OF Harry Vardon's skill
that when they buy Tilden tennis
racket. they expect some OF Tilden'f
meteoric strokes to be delivered In the
package with the racket.
by the same token" says Charlotte
they expect my skates to teach them
how to skate. II would be pathetic Il
1t were not 80 funny. have had con
siderable difficulty In restraining my de.
sire to laugh when some OF my goot
American friends have told me Of theil
inability to learn the difficult skating
figures. even after they had bought my
skates. When have seen the twinkl,
In their eyes that indicated sense o.
humor, have sometimes dared play.
fully to joke them about the matter. ane
have asked them IL they really thought
that the Magic Shoes on which the
Hippodrome Ice ballet is found ed woulc
do such astonishing things for anybody
II they would the seven league boot
are history instead OF q quaint fair,
tale.
"It has been kind OF you Americana
to compliment me by buying so man,
of the skates ! design, but nothing les
than the most persevering practic<
under skiliful teaching will make 20,
proficient in this most graceful of al
sports. I wish the makers OF my skates
could build into the skates some of tn,
things know about skating. II they
could you sIIort loving Americans woule
find the.h there"