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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-04-21
EduDard Pugh Comes
Back To Old Home
Resident of Duluth For Thirty
Years, He Will Live On
Old Farm.

After thirty years residence in the
city of Duluth and four years in the
city of Minneapolis, Edward H. Pugh
is about to return to the old homes =
tead, taken up by his father, the
late Senator Thomas Pugh in Welsh
Lane, on the state highway between
Mankato and Lake Crystal. Senator
F'ugh took up this homestead during
the year 1855, sowing the first wheat
planted in Blue Earth county in that
year.
After completing his education in
the schools of Mankato, Edward
Pugh left for Minneapolis in 1888,
where he was appointed on the state
grain inspection force, and was lat
er promoted to the position of grain
inspector of Duluth, which position
he held several years. In 1901 he
was appointed by Governor Van
Santas member of the state board
of grain appeals and served two
terms Then he established the
Duluth grain sampling inspection
bureau, and as named by the Dull
nth board of trade as official in
spector and sampler. Following
this board of trade as official in
spector and sampler. Following this
he went intao that grain commission
business, and at the time OF his
leaving Duluth was in the creamery
and brokerage business.
HIS mother and his brother John
having passed away, Edward is
now carryin govt the wishes OF mis-
father, the late Senator Pugh, who
requested of him shortly before his
death, to give his children an oppor
tunity to get close to nature, by
making their home for a time on the
old homestead. Accordingly. Mrs
Edward Pugh, who was a st. Joseph
Mo-, girl is making arrangements Ia
bring her daughter Mary and son
Thomas to the old homestead at the
close Of school in June. Next year
they will attend the Mankatc
schools.
Mr.. Pugh is now engaged in the
erection of bungalow for the pres
ent Tenant on the farm, and will
other wise improve the farm. While
making his home on the old homes
tead in Welsh Lane, Mr.. Pugh will
interest himself in the representa-
ton of a number of farm. agencies.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-04-21
Grain Grower Money
Status Is Improved
Statement Issued BY organiza-
ton; Near $4,000 Is In
Reserve Fund.

Information recently sent to state
organizers, office employees, banks
and farm organizations who have
loaned money with which to carry
on organization activities of the U.
S. Grain Growers, Inc. indicating
that the association is in a precar-
iOus financial situation is not a
COMPREHENSIVE plesenLduon o. Iacts
dccoI0as " Inc executive Commit
&C VI Tue 1armers' Organization.
Practically all avalIaUie cash in
the ONCE at the close OF the nation
aI convention, amounting 20 more
ian SIS,OVV, mas been set ASIDE in a
reserve lund, Ny the former ueasur-
er," says the statement. This
cash reserve is in addition to more
than 10000 in membership note
payments. While Lhis leaves the or
ganization in stronger financial
condition, with reference 10 out
standing obligations than it has ever
been before, it left the organization
temporarily without available cash
for routine disbursements. The
oIdlSlHSuI given ouL ny LuS LAOSaoul
er's office that there was only few
hundred dollars available for dis
bursement was true as Of that date,
but it does not present compre-
hensive or accurate statement as to
the true financial status of the or
ganization. Receipts from organi-
zation forces in the field changed
the situation materially within TWEEN
ty- four hours.
IAN indication of our financial con
dition is shown by the following
statement of fact. During Decem-
Der, our gross income over expenses
was $4,000. During January and
February, our gross income over ex-
penses was $4,000 With reduced
overhead expenses that are being
effected daily through reorganiza
ton of several departments in the
central office and with progress con-
tinuing to be made in the field, our
financial condition cannot be con-
sidered at all embarrassing
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-04-21
MINNESOTA LAKE NEWS
Personal Mention and News
General From Village

SeneraI FROM VHla9e
Minnesota Lake, April 1S.-Miss
Celestia Bett, who is attending the
Minneapolis School of Music, came
home Saturday to spend Easter
Sunday at the K. A. Brecht home.
Charles Lutz, who is attending
the Mankato Commercial college.
came down Thursday to spend a
few days with his brother R. l..
Lutz.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A Ludwig and
Mrs. Behan went TO st. Paul Thurs
day evening. where they will spend
Sunday with relatives.
Miss Kathleen Kremer, who is
attending the Mankato Commercial
college, came home Thursday TO
spend Easter with her parents.
Harry Tolzman was 2 business
caller at Mankato Saturday.
Mis- Mildred Vint, who attends
The Teachers college at Mankato,
came Nome Saturday to spend
Easter with her parents.
friends at Mankato Saturday.
Miss Cecil Neubauer and Miss
Evangline Phillips went to the
cities Thursday to spend few
days with friends.
Miss Reta Penheiter, who is at
tending the Teachers college. at
Mankato came home Thursday to
spend Easter with her parents.
Mrs. ]. Hruska, who has been
visiting at the Langan home the
past week. returned to her home at
Mankato Friday evening.
Jim Kaufman came down from
Mankato Saturday for a short visit
with home folks. III.
Leo Stencil, who is attending
the Commercial college at Manka-
to, came home Thursday to spend
Easter with his parents.
Miss Elizabeth KranZ went to
Mankato Saturday to spend over
Sunday with relatives.
Albert Heise went to the cities
Saturday evening on an sextended
business trip
Raymond Hoechst autoed to
Mankato Saturday to spend the day
with friends. ....,
Miss Mae Catlin and Emil .Tolz-
mann went to the cities Saturday
to spend Easter with relatives.
Alvin Bramer of Matawan spent
Sunday with friends here.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-04-21
Spotlight Blinded the Driuer;
Car Left Bridge, His Hand Gu

front end of his car collided with a
huge rock. b The only injury sus-
tanned by Mason was a cut hand,
a result of flying glass from the
windshield. d.
other Car Went On
The feature of the accident that
particularly ,incensed Mason was
that the other car which was trav-
cling at speed said to have been
thirty miles per hour went on its
way and did not stop that the ser.
iousness of Nason's accident might
be investigated. Mason caught a
ride in a car going to Kasota and
returned today to make arrange
ments for moving his wreck.
Early morning drivers on the st.
Peter road today who examined the
car, saw the blood spots, found the
hat that Mason left there, and were
able to find no one about, INDUCED
in various theories and specula
tions about foul play, stolen cars,
etc, but all these proved to be
groundless.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-04-21
Drained Lager Into
SelUer; None ToDrink
This Judge Imposes An Unusual
Sentence Upon Maker of
Home Brew.
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch. ]

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.l
Omaha, Neb., April 15.- Roy
Mahoney of Omaha, began
work emptyins into q bathtub
$500 bottles of home brewed
beer without touching a drop,
In conformity with a sentence
imposed by Police Judge Wap-
pick when Mahoney was ar
raigned on a charge of lntoxi-
cation and was unable to pay a
$40 fine. After explaining that
$500 bottles of liquor had been
seized at another mans home
recently. Judge Wappiek passed
on Mahoney as follows:
"lt shall be your punishment
to empty each and every bottle,
separately, into a bathtub. The
plug must be inserted, and when
the tub is full you may let the
beer flow down the drain. Un-
der nc circumstances shall you
touch a drop of the brew, but
SHAH pour and pour and pour
until all is gone"
A police captain stood by to
see the courts order was
obeyed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-04-21
MRS. w. S. EVANS DIES
Cambria Lady Suceumbed To Com
plications In New Ulm

Cambria Lady Succumbed To Com =
pIications In New Ulm
Mrs. William S. Evans. nee Eliz-
ateth Lewis, OF Cambria township
passed away al the Union hospital
in New Ulm, Saturday forenoon at
1:20 o'clock. Her demise was due
to complications. She had been all
ing since April 5. Deceased was
born in Cambria township. Deem
Der 81, 1870. and had resided there
practically her entire life. In June
1889, she was married at Mankato
to- her surviving husband, besides
whom she leaves two children. Mrs
Henry A. Cullen of Mankato, and
Leroy Evans, at home TO mourn
her loss. She is also survived by
her aged mother, Mrs, Sarah Lewis
of Lake Crystal, and by the fol
lowing brothers and sisters: VIM
M. Edwin and John R, Lewis, all
Of Cambria; e. J. Lewis, Sioux
Pass. Mont. Mrs. Ed Nichols, New
Ulm, and Mrs. Martha Rasmussen
Edmonton, Alberta Canada. Funeral
services were conducted at Cam
bria. this afternoon and the remains
laid to rest in the cemetery there
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-04-21

Flashing an. automobile spotlight
into another drivers eyes had ser
ious results and might have ended
in tragedy last night about nine
o'clock on the st. Peter road near
the dancing pavilion just outside
the Mankato city limits. An Oak
land touring car is lying in the
ditch badly smashed and Lee Ma
son Of Kasota has badly cut hand
and had the narrowest kind of es
cape from more serious injury.
According to the story told by
Mason this morning, he was driving
to Kasota last night and was about
TO pass another car Mankato- bound
at the small wood railing bridge.
Just as the cars were about to PASS
the driver of the approaching car
shot the spotlight directly into
Nason's eyes and his car swerved
sharply as he was blinded, hit the
railing on the right side of the
road, knocked that completely of
and went over the six foot en-
bankment stopping short when the
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-04-21
Small Grain Crops
Facing Wipe Out
Black Rust Must Be Checked In
Order To Save Wheat From
Extinction.
Farm Bureau News Service. !


ST. Uaul, April 18.-Experts en-
ployed by the United States are pre-
dieting this spring that unless the
ravages of black rust can be check
ed, the whole north central section
of the country, including Minnesota,
will be forced out or the grain
growing business.
Within twenty five years, these
experts say, grain crops will be a
thing OF the past here unless the
common barberry bush which causes
black stem rust, is completely Grad
icated in the northwest.
The seriousness of the situation
was indicated this week, when three
Minneapolis milling companies an
nounced that they were expanding
into other territory, to protect them :
selves against the threatened des-
truction of grain production in the
northwest. The Russell Milling
company has purchased a mill site
at Buffalo, the Washburn- Crosby
company has bought mill at Kan
sas City, and the Pillsbury Flour
Mills company also is expanding in
to other territory.
Black stem rust annually destroys
more than 100000 bushels OF
wheat in the northern grain belt. II
also destroys millions Of bushels oil
barley, oats and rye In 1916 is de.
stroyed 800 900 900 bushels of sprins
wheat in the United States and
Canada.
To vine out the menace, an or
rani1ation known as the Conference
for the prevention of Grain Rust has
been formed. 1t r"~"'"TentS the
cornhined interests NJ loon north
west end north central ~tatNs IT, Is
Generating with che federal gov
or~rent and tho Farm Pnroa" in an
| 'nter~iva rarnai"n to e-ndi"ate the
common barI,e~,-v fn~ al time ~r---
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-04-21
RITES IN BEHALF OF DEAD
Impressive Funeral Services For
Lloyd Mccrystal Were Held.

Impressive Iuneral services Tor
Lloyd McCrystal were neld from the
Presbyterian church yesterday after
noon al two o'clock. Mr. McCrystal
was member of this church. Rev.
r. Ross Paden officiated and deliv-
ereda a beautiful and comforting
sermon to the bereaved ones.
abide With Me-" ut is we'll with
my Soul" and Some Fay Wen
Understand" were the three hymns
sung by the choir Those who
Sung were the Misses Mabel Han
son, Wayne Schippel, Harold SLIDER,
apd Joseph Kendall. Mrs. Wilbur
Taylor was the organist.
Pallbearers were Louie Bauer,
Herman Yaeger, George Enfield,
Howard Sandon, Raymond Krause
and Hubert Klugherz.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank McCrystal,
parents Of the deceased, one broth
er, Floyd, and Mrs. Schenderling of
Minneapolis were out of town peo-
pie present at the service
The interment was made in the
Glenwood cemetery.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-04-21
CLEAN BACK YARD
OFFERS OF PRIZES
KATo KIWANIS CLUB WILL
START NEW ENTERPRISE
DR.. F. E. Harrington Delivered
Address On Human Health
At MONDAY Luncheon; Alter
ate Delegates To international
Session, Toronto, G. w. Fisher
And Rev. Ralph Jensen.

The Mankato Kiwanis club as a
body has gotten behind a movement
to make the home surroundings
more beautiful by urging every
home dweller TO clean up the back
yard. The matter was suggested by
President P. N. Ferguson at the
MONDAY luncheon OF the organiZa-
ton and the proposition met with the
hearty Endorsement Of the members.
The club will offer prizes to those
who show the keeneSt interest in
cleaning UP the back yard during
the summer months. Further par
ticulars in regard TO this movement
will be announced as soon as a
committee has made the complete
arrangements in regard to carrying
out the campaign. The growing OF
flowers, particularly asters, in the
various parks of the city will also be
sponsored by the Kiwanians.
Harrington is Speaker
DIR. F. E. Harrington in charge OF
the health department of the city OF
Minneapolis was the speaker at to-
days luncheon. His talk. on HUI
man Health" was exceptionally In
teresting and educational. In his
remarks the Minneapolis health of
ficer emphasized the need of o-op-
Grafton among the citizens in the
prevention of disease.
c. W. Fisher and Rev. Ralph Jep
sen were elected alternate dele
gates TO the International Kiwanis
convention to be held in Toronto
Canada In June.
Rev. Ralph Jensen and z. W. Will
lard were the fortunate recipients OF
the attendance prizes. The former
obtained a Gillette safety donated by
T. c. Nicholson and Mr. Willard re.
ceived two tickets to the Shriner's
Minstrel show. The "complimen
taries" were furnished the club by
J. c. Covington. The two useful 81
lent boosters at each plate were the
Gifts IF KiwaniaO = q Thomas
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-04-21
C. L. PETERSON INJURED
Guy Wire Broke; Load Of Iron Eel
On Him: In Hospital.

C. L. Peterson, laborer EN-
ployed by the J. B. Nelson Construc-
ton company, trucking structural
iron TO the new armory building on
North Second street, sustained in :
juries shortly after noon today when
a guy wire pole fell upon him while
a load of iron was being hauled east
on Vine street between Front and
Second. The driver took the big
truck too close to the curb and a
projecting piece Of the big girder
reached out and broke off the pole,
the upper part of which fell on Pc
terson. The injured man was taken
to the Emmanuel hospital where it
was impossible to tell in a hurried
examination just how serious his
injuries may be although it was
thought that he was only rendered
temporarily unconscious by the
blow.
Peterson resides in North Man.
katO
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-04-21
doll UP BASTILE
ARTISTS AT WORK
JAIL REFRIGERATED AND
MADE TO LOOK COMFY
Complete Renovation In Strong
House; Inmates Contribute
Energies Toward Refitting
Cells; Installation Of Toilet Fa-
,cilities; Thanks For Easter
Sunday Dinner.

Blue Earth county jail has url-
dergone a complete Program OF os
erhauling, redecorating and reGt
ting within the last three months
and as a result it presents as
snappy an appearance as any jai.
in - this part of the state. Usins
inmate labor for every part OF the
work possible, Sheriff Anton osten
has accomplished the improve
ments with the minimum OF ex-
pense for the maximum of benefit.
In every cell has been placed com
plete toilet facilities, each floor or
cells now has wash and laundry
room with hot and cold water
where prisoners car launder their
clothese If they so desire and the
ensemble has undergone a re- paint
ing of white and black that makes
it spotless in appearance. Every
square inch of the old paint was
scraped from the steel walls and
bars of the cell rooms before the
new paint was applied and the nm
ished product is an excellent paint
ing job.
all the work done. Plumbers and
electricians have completed their
labors and there remains only the
painting in the upper rooms now TO
complete. The ground floor is en-
drely complete in all the modern
conveniences at this time.
Dinner PIeases Prisoners
Today Sheriff and Mrs. Osten
received a letter from the secretary
of the kangaroo court, an 0rgani-
zation of prisoners incarcerated in
Jail for time immemorial, in which
the local secretary of the court
thanked the sheriff for the excellent
dinner that was served the fourteen
prisoners on Easter Sunday. They
complimented the quality and serv-
ice of the meal which was some
what extraordinary on account OF
the Easter occasion
Yesterday afternoon while re-
preventative of The Free Press vas
inspecting the Jail a member OF the
official quartet of the kanG1rpo
court let it be known that at this
time the music they are able to
furnish is not up to par. They have
DO tenor Just now and are shy
first class basso and would welcome
the appearance of either voice with
in the confines of the hoosegow.
The above information was given
with a view to some ones answer
ing the appeal and again placing
the Jail vocalists in the frst Night
of songbirds.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-04-21
GARDEN CITY ONCE
!: RIVAL OF MANkATO
S. H. GRANNIS PICKS SOME
THING FROM ARCHIVES
Echo of County Seat Fight In
1867; Ancient Documents are
Brought To Light; Republican
Ticket of Those Days Brought
Forth By Pioneer Settler.

Garden City at one time rivaled
Mankato as the place FOR locating
the county seat of Blue Earth
county, according TO some ancient
documents recently unearthed by s.
H. Grannis, while going through his
effects soon after the death of his
wife. These papers contain the
records of the spring election OF
Vernon Center during the year
1857.
The introduction to list OF
names written on old time foolscap,
which at that far off time was the
most popular form Of paper Tor ie-
gal notices, is the following:
Annual Town Meeting April
2, 1867. The meeting was call
ed to order by the town clerk.
f. r. Beebe was chosen clerk
of election.
Resolved, that all those who
favor the removing OF the
county seat from Mankato to
Garden City cast their vote in
a separate box with the name
of Garden City upon 1t, or If
voting for the contrary Man
kato."
Goraot How Vote Stood
Mr.. Grannis in statement to
The Free Press says that so many
years have gone by since that cleo
ton that he cannot remember how
the county seat fight vote stood,
even though he was one of the
clerks of that election. The fact
that Mankato is still the county
seat, is evidence enough that the
plan of moving the county seat the
Garden City was defeated.
According to tally sheet writ
ten in pencil the officers elected for
Vernon Center chat spring were:
Chairman-F Sewers,
Supervisors-W. S. Thurston and
NJ. Sherwood,
Town Clerk-E. F. Beebe,
Treasurer-E. Fl. Cooper,
Assessor-E. H. Cooper,
Justice of the Peace-O. Dart,
Constables-N Wilcox, J. Darl-
ing, and H. Levette.
Thomas Hayes, Louis Turner and
A. Mason were also candidates fol-
assessor at that election.
Old Time Ticket
The republican state ticket thai
year contains the following candi'
dates:
For State auditor-Charles Nc
Ilrath,
For Clerk of the supreme court
Sherwood Hugh.
For representative in congress-
William Window,
Seventeenth Senatorial District.
For senator-Lewis Porter,
For ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Johr
A. Reed and Bovine Yates.
Republican county ticket:
For County Auditor-H. X. Lee,
For Judge OF Probate-Davjd
Wilcox,
For County Attorney-Major G
K. Cleveland,
Mr.. Grannis stated that this cleo
ton was held in the old log schoo
house at Vernon Center.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-04-21
St. James Concern
Moues to Mankdfo
Cab and Body Company Will oc-
cupy One of the Knitting
Plant Buildings.

1t is reported to day that a part
of the plant OF the Mankato Spin
ming and Knitting Mills company,
now owned by the F. A. Patrick
Co. OF Duluth. has been leased to The
st. James Cab and Body company
who will remove a part OF its bust
ness to this city. That part of the
knitting mills property known as
building No. has been leased for a
term of two years and repairs will
made at once to place the property
In condition for occupancy.
The st. James Cab and Body
company are manufacturers of au-
tomobile bodies and cabs and bod :
les for trucks and buses and other
automobile body equipment that
are not classed as standard by the
Manufacturers. For the present all
machinery of the heavier kind will
be retained in the factory at st.
James and only lighter machinery
installed in the Mankato plant
where assembling and painting viii
be done and a show room will be
provided. ~.
The St, James company has en-
joyed a liberal patronage from
Mankato and vicinity and ii is ex.
pected that with local plant and
show room its business will be
greatly increased and in due time
when suitable quarters canbe pro-
vided the entire plant will be NOV
ed to Mankato. This company en-
joys a splendid reputation for the
high quality of work it turns out
and its coming to this city will add
materially to the already extensive
automobile and truck business
Mankato being considered one OF
the best distributing points in
Southern Minnesota.
w. e. Olson of the Civic, and
Commerce association and John p
Hart, representing the r. A. Patrick
company, were Interested IN secur-
ing this added indhstrylfo for Man
kato.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-04-21
Hurt In Auto Accident.

Winona, April 1.-TWO persons are
known to have been injured when an
automobile carrying the family of DR..
Carl Nutahk of Altura was struck by
a car driven by a>man whose name has
not been learned. two miles east OF
Rollingstone Sunday afternoon. The
Altura machine turned turtle after the
collision, according to reports from that
village today. Mrs. Haak, a daughter
of Dr. and Mrs. Nutahk. sustained a
broken collar bone and arm. as well as
NUMEROUS bruises. Mrs. Nutahk injured
a foot and ankle, Olga. another daugh
ter, experienced severe shock, but
is not known to have been injured. DR..
NUtahk is said to have escaped injury