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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-13
ATTEND FIREMEN's MEET
Mankato Officials Drove To Win
dom Yesterday For Gathering

Mankato Officials Drove To Win
dom Yesterday For Gathering
Fire Chief Benz Bangerter assist
ant Chief w. H. Andersen and
Louis Lille drove to Window yes
terday where they attended the
meeting of the Southwestern Min
nesota Fire department associa-
ton There were about one hundred
representatives of the different fire
departments throughout the second
district present and matters per-
tanning to their welfare and inter
est we're discussed, as well as legis-
lation and bills that will come be-
fore the next session of the legisla-
ture affecting this section of the
state and the firemen and depart
ments in general throughout Min
nesota. =.
State Fire Marshal George H.
Nettleton of st. Paul, accompanied
the three Mankato gentlemen to the
Window meeting and was one of
the speakers. He returned to the
city with them last evening re-
manning here over night and lef
this morning for Winona where to-
day he will be the speaker before a
meeting of the Kiwanis club of that
city.
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UNIVERsALIsTs HOLD MEET
Fifty Seventh Annual Session Is Be-
ina Held In Rochester, MINI.

ing Held In Rochester, MINI.
Rochester. October 12.-The fifty
seventh annual session of the Uni
versalist churches of Minnesota and
auxiliary bodies opened yesterday
afternoon In the First Universalist
church of the city with scores of
delegates from all sections OF the
state represented. Committees on
registration stated that the present
convention was forming Itself into
what would be one of the finest ses
sions in the history Of the organi
cation. .>
At two o'clock in the main audi
forum of the church the praise
service was opened and followed by
the convention business session with
the Honorable p. Roberts presiding.
A roll call was taken Immediately
after the close Of the business SEES
sion
. Following the appointment OF
committees the presidents annual
report was heard by the respective
delegates. Reports of the secretary
and treasurer were read and also
the final report of the fellowship
committee.
At 4 p. m. the service of COM
munion took place with Rev. Smith
presiding, assisted by Rev. Aldrich
of Minneapolis.
Rev. Charles H. Vail delivered the
convention sermon this afternoon to
a well filled auditorium and visitors
from other churches in attendance.
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Neuus of Saint Clair
Picked Up By Scribe
Interesting Happenings Are Slated
BY Correspondent of The Free
Press

st. Clair, October 11.-Leona Fitz-
loft is staying at the home OF her
grandmother, Mrs. Frank, while her
parents are at Rochester.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schaliow and daugh-
ter Emma Nelson went to Minnea-
polls Wednesday, where they Will
visit with relatives tor few days.
The Anti saloon league meeting,
which was to have been held in the
Evangelical church Sunday after
noon, has been postponed until Ia
Esrnestine Frank attended the
teachers convention at Mankato
Thursday and Friday.
Mr.. Sanborn is spending few
days at Paynesville, being called
there by the illness of his mother.
Mrs. Chester Christensen re-
ceived the sad news Saturday of the
death OF her father, who resides in
Iowa.
Flossie and Marjorie Wingen,
who are teaching at Owatonna spent
the week end at the home of their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Wingen.
Mrs. Ward entertained the Ladies'
Aid society of the Lutheran church
Thursday afternoon. A number from
the village attended the meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tony Fitzloff Were
passengers to Rochester last week
where Mrs. Fitzloff underwent an
operation Thursday morning. She is
reported as getting along nicely.
Mr.. Fitzloff returned home Sunday.
Laura Juliar, who is teaching at
Tracy, spent the week end with her
parents at this place.
There was no school in the third
and fourth grades Thursday and
Friday. Miss Clara Strobel, teacher,
attended the teachers convention at
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. H. Gordon OF
Mankato were pleasant callers in
the village Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Kruse have
moved onto farm east of the vii
lage.
Earnestine Frank spent Sunday
with her sister, Mrs. Tony Fftzloff,
who is at the hospital in Rochester.
Lenora Leary moved Monday into
the house she recently purchased OF
Mrs. Frank. The community eX-
tends a glad hand of welcome to
Miss Leary and nephew. Mrs. Frank
and sons Ed and Leo have moved on
to their farm near this village.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Schallow
entertained last week relatives from
New Ulm.
Miss Glenna Baumgardner was
happily surprised at the home OF
her mother by number of her
friends and neighbors Sunday af-
ternoon, the affair being a parcel
shower in her honor. She is to be a
bride of the near future. The after
noon was spent in a social way and
at the close a delicious lunch was
served by the guests. Miss Baum
gardner was the recipient Of many
useful and beautiful gifts.
The meetings held the past week
in the Evangelical church conducted
bv Evangelist Manley, who IS as
sisted by his wife in the chorus
work. are we'll attended. The meet;
fngs will continue throughout the
coming week, closing Sunday, Octob
er Is. A number from Mankato at
tended the services Sunday evening.
Chester Christensen and Harry
Ask are hauling their sugar beets
to the local depot. On account of the
shortage of cars at the present time
they have been unable to ship them-
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the probable cost and furnish it to
Mrs. Reichel.
Bids For Pump.
Bids were received last night. on
the furnishing of a pump to be
used on the streets for the pump
ing out of manholes, etc. and which
can be transported from place TO
place on the streets. The Fairbanks
Morse bid was 1926 for the furnish
ing of the pump and truck. The
Hale Pump company of Minneapolis
put in bid of $370 for the furnish
ing of the pump and twenty feet of
suction hose with foot nozzle, and
the Crane Ordway company bid
of 1855 T. o. b. Minneapolis. The
bii of the Hale company was &C
copied.
The council received a communi
iecting to the grade OF the paving
in the alley between Lock and Cen.
ter streets. He stated that the
grade will compel him to either
lower the floor of his garage or else
make an elevated approach to the
garage so that he can get his auto
into the place. The members of
the city council will look over the
ground Friday. DR.. Stephan said
that he had gotten estimates OF
what it would cost to lower the
floor of his garage, and the con
tractors had placed the figures at
SI65.
Councilman Kleinschmidt stated
to the council that the Hubbard
.Hilling company is forced now to
use about 100000 gallons of city
water every twenty Jour hours, that
the regular charge Tor that volume
would be about $14, but the mills
takes care of fire alarm whistles
and the curfew, and for that reason
he recommended that they be giVen
the water for $40 day. This mo-
ton carried
On motion of Councilman An
derson, City Engineer e. E. Gil
more was instructed to notify Mrs.
Summers at 22S South Front street
to repair her sidewalk.
Fred Burgess was appointed last
night by the members Of the city
council as inspector Of the brick
paving now being put in by the firm
of Schruth & Welsh. Mr.. Burgess
is to receive SIS a day for his labors,
City Clerk Bates said that he had
been approached by at least forty
private water consumers who had
objected to paying for the water
Used from their private hydrants
by the paving firm OF Schruth &
Welsh. The city clerk was in
structed to have the people pay the
entire bill presented, and then to
make a fair refund on that amount.
city paying for the water used by
the contractors.
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COUNTRY IS PROSPEROUS
Travellers Tell of Their Trip To the
FatherIand

d. FdInSflSnQ
GAINESVILLE, October 12.-Michael
Zell and Charles Peters have re-
turned from their trip to Germany.
Mr.. Zell stated to The Argus that
they enjoyed the trip and fully
gratified their desires to revisit the
scenes of their youth. In general
Mr.. Zell stated that so far as they
could discover the people of Ger
many are in a fair condition, if not
They have plenty to eat and drink
and are all busily engaged at work.
And what is better they appear
happy and contented. So far as the
present and past are concerned they
do not appear to take much inter
est for the obvious reason that the
means of ascertaining and acquir
ing information and knowledge are
limited in comparison to what ex-
lists in America in that respect-in
fact, they do not know as much
about international conditions as af
fecting their own land as is the
rule among the people in America.
Mr.. Zell found but one man in his
old home that remembered him. Mr..
Peter found a brother and several
other relatives. They travelled over
large portion of the country and
found the transportation service
very good. Fine crops of wheat:
barley and oats are raised all
through the portions they visited.
One thing was noted-the absence
of soldiers that In former times
under the kaiser was in marked
evidence. The military has given
way entirely and in its place In the
larger towns only a few ordinary
policemen appear. They visited Der
lin and the kaiser's palace. Berlin
is noted Just now, not for its stirr-
ing scenes but its extreme quiet
ness. although industrial activity is
noted on every hand. Before leav-
ing for home they went to Obera
magua and saw the Passion play.
They were away about three months
and did not have an unpleasant day
dtirif1p fha entire time
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Name Receivers For
Pan Motor Company
Creditors ST. Cloud Auto Plant
Granted District Court Order
In Action
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.l

tASSoCidtcU ELTSS Oispdlch.I
st. Cloud Mimi, October 11.-Fol-
lowing q suit for $4,000 against the
Pan Motor company and threats of
other suits, creditors of the company
today were granted an order by
Judge j. A. Roeser of the district
court appointing Edward E. Clark
and r. L. Gale, of st. Cloud receiv-
ers.
1t was explained in court that
this action was necessary in the in
terest Of the creditors and stockhold
ers to conserve the property of the
company. Under the order of the
property intact and operate 1t in the
court the receivers are to hold the
interest of the creditors and stock
holders. In the papers filed the bare
assets of the company apart from
deferred assets, capital stock and
intangible good will account are
given at s2,633, 1868 with liabilities
of $500, 061.18.
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more than 1000 vehicles a day and
for that reason held to require ex-
cessively expensive gravel mainte.
nance, about half already are paved.
Heaviest traffic recorded this year
is on Trunk Highway No. 3 at Rob-
binsdale with 5,627 vehicles a day;
on T. H. No. l between st. Paul and
White Bear, with 1858; on T. H. No.
IL at Hopkins, with 4,412, and on I.
H. Nos. 5 and so, at Oxboro Heath
on the new Lyndale pavement, with
4,263 vehicles daily. Highest aver
ages last year were $3.50 on l; p.
Bear; $3.50 on T. H. No. 10 at Way.
zata, and 1904 on T. H. No. / at
Robbinsdale. All these points are
close to st. Paul and Minneapolis.
Trunk system travel continues
highest on T. H. No.. II near Poland
on the north border of the state.
Averages there this year are thirty
eight on T. H. No. IL and sixty four
on T. H. No 4, both near the Pei
land junction, and compared with
forty nine and twenty six vehicles
daily last year at those stations re-
specially. -,
In variance with reports in other
sections of the state, the 1922 travel
census observation on trunk high
ways showing the average number
of vehicles per day, on the trunk
highway number five, two and
half miles north of Mankato show
that there has been an average in
crease of II horse drawn vehicles
over the census of last year. The
increase of motor vehicles is far
greater but not so in ratio to the
number. The increase in motor We
hicles shows that in 1921 there were
8S9, while the census for this year
gives $685. an increase average of
thirty four per day.
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NOT RACE suIclDER
Cow At Albert Lea Has Five Calves
In Past Year

Albert Lea, October 12.-Louis
Johnson of South Broadway has the
champion cow from the point of
stock production, as far as reports
have come to this office The animal
is five year old grade Jersey and
within the past year has given birth
to five calves. The latter part Of
October, 1921. she dropped twins and
last week added triplets to her re-
cord.
AS the COW is young and just start
ing on her life's work, Mr.. Johnson
has reason to expect that her re-
cord will be maintained as the
wears so by and says he would not
be surprised If she gave him quad
ruplets in 1928.
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Travel on truck highways, the
state roads marked with official fig
ures on yellow stars, - one fourth
heavier than last year, according to
the annual trunk route trar.c cen
suS figures announced today by
Charles NJ. Babcock, state highway
commissioner. Increases are shown
in all kinds of motor vehicle traffic
but horse drawn wagons and bug
gies dropped again. Special advances
were recorded in the lighter. med
ium priced automobiles and in com
mercial transport busses and trucks
using the highways.
Traffic on the~trunk route system
averages 10 vehicles a day, against
less than sos last year. 1t runs
from 1927 at one of the stations OF
largest count near the Twin Cities,
to SO at a point on the north bound
airy of the state. The big increase
is held due in part to the improved
roads and the larger numbers OF
automobiles owned in the state and
bigger numbers of tourists from 9TH
er states.
Traffic was counted at a larger
number of points this year and some
observation stations were changed
to gather information on which to
make decisions on projected i'm
provements. There are 1914 stations
listed this year, compared with 1876
in 1921, and the volume summary
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COUNCIL ORDERS
TRACK REMOVAL
ORDINANCE WAS EVENTS
SECOND READING
ALL THEN VOTED AYE
New City Statute Will Go Into
Effect Ten Days After
Publication
SCHULTZ SAYS
THEY'LL BATTLE

On being informed today
by The Free PRESS of the &C
ton of the city council last
nighttime final passage of
the ordinance which reVokes
the franchise neid by the
Mankato Electric Traction
company ]. o. SehuIze, it's
president, declared over the
long distance telephone line
from Iowa City, Iowa, that
the company will continue it's
light to save the franchise.
Application will be made
TOR an Injunction to restrain
the council from putting into
ehect the ordinance which
was given its final reading
last night. 1--WE are not 90
ing to lie down." declared
Mr. SchuIze, who said that
he was in the act of prepar-
ing reply to the letter writ
ten to him by Mayor w. A.
Beach the latter part of last
week. 81 am now preparing
an answer to the mayors
letter." said Mr.. SchuIze. We
propose to fight fer what we
consider are our rights. We
will oppose the councils &C
ton.
Mayor w. A. Beach stated
today that If the Manksto
Electric Traction company
does not come through with
our offer we intend to push
. the matter to the limit" That
no doubt means the Electric
Traction company will be
put off the street IL the
courts sustain the city's
contention.
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AWARDS BRIDGE CONTRACT

The county board members open
bids yesterday on bridge No. 1919
in Danville. The Twin City Bridge
company's bid was accepted and
the company given a contract.
Their bid was for $2,279 which
amounted to about ten per cent less
than the estimate of the county
engineer. The own board of Nc
herson, appeared before the board
relative to the building of bridge
over the outlet of Lake Elysian.
The matter was taken under adj
visement by the board members.
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WILL SPEAK IN FARIBo.
Mrs. Anna oIesen and w. J. Bryan
To Entertain Audience.

o ETICVIdIII TNUN1NIISSs
Faribault, October 12.-Mrs. Anna
Dickie Olesen will open her person
al campaign in Faribault next Tues
day forenoon, October II, when she
and William Jennings Bryan and
Edward Indrehus will speak here.
The meeting is :. called for eleven
o'clock. -
A speaking tour of the state had
been arranged for Bryan for a week
later, but an announcement was re-
ceived this afternoon stating that he
would be here earlier than had first
been expected.
The. speakers will go to Owatonna
in the afternoon.
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WAS STRICKEN SUDDENLY
ars. r. 3. HinkIey of Luverne Dice

Mrs. r. B. Hinkley OF Luverne DIeo
En- Route To ST. Paul
Window, October 12.-Whtie en-
route from Luverne to st. Paul.
Mrs. R. B. Hinckley, wife of the
mayor at Luverne, died Of heart
failure between Window and Bling
ham Lake Monday night at ten
o'clock The lady, with her daugh-
ter and Mr. Hinkley, were riding
along in a Ford coupe and were just
taking lunch when she was strick
en-.
Mrs. Hinkley was sixty four years
of age and had resided in Luverne
for forty years and her untimely
death will be a real shock to that
community.
The body was taken back to Lu-
verne Tuesday
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Chance In Football Schedules

MankatO nigh SCHOOL VIII pay
New Ulm on Saturday A double
header being played on that date,
Parker College playing the Teach
ers college. Olivia high school
called up late today and cancelled
the game The regular fifty cent tic
ket will be the admission for the
two games Saturday.
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GUILTY OF MANsLAUGHTER
IAssociated Press Dispatchl

Luverne, Mimi, October IL
George Reimer. on trial In connec-
ton with the death OF Peter Geertz. i.
ma last April, today was found
guilty OF manslaughter in the first
decree.
The death of Geertzma- 1t was
brought out at the trial. resulted
from q dispute over the Syice OF
moonshine Reirner was subse
Uuently charged with mnrder, but
the Jury returned verdict OF man
slaughter.
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GREAT IS PRAISE
GIVEN THE DAIRY
JOHN INQUEST SPEAKS
RICHLY OF SHOW
MUCH TO LEARN THERE
Writes An Interesting Letter To
Civic and Commerce "
Association

Civic and Commerce association
that on the first of the year
wholesale paper and notion con-
Germ Is to begin business In
Mankato. The firm which will
probably be known as the Man.
kato Wholesale Paper company,
will handle wrapping paper,
paper bags, writing paper,
wooden ware, etc. The store
building at number 6oS North
Front Street was leased yes
terday by the new concern.
Stock Is to be shipped In dur.
as to enable the company to
begin operations on January I.
John NyQuist,, who is now attend
ing the National Dairy show at the
Minnesota state fair grounds, is so
enthusiastic over the great expo
sition that he has written the Civic
and Commerce association as fol-
lows: Living. as we do in the very
heart of such wonderful dairy
country. l consider a day spent, at
the National Dairy show good
investment for anyone. We have a
double Interest, first the dairy pro-
ducts are our chief food, and sec-
ond the dairy industry is one of our
most profitable resources. The show
is an education, and 1t is a good
thing for all of us to know some
thing about the problems of the
breeders and dairymen. The exhi-
bits are entertaining as well as in
strutive. Some OF the demonstra-
tons are real surprises, the dis
plays are so well arranged that
the entire time spent there. The
getting together OF the most noted
herds from all over the the United
States, is alone worth the time,
trouble and expense of the trip"
E. V. Nyquist, who accompanied
Mr. Nyquist, his father, to the
dairy show, returned from there
late yesterday. He has nothing but
the highest praise for the exposi-
lions He stated that it excels the
state fair from the standpoint OF
education and general interest, and
that people attending 1t are most
agreebly surprised at the magni-
tude and thoroughness of it. ut is
more than dairy show" he said,
''as many ether features are includ-
ed, as Tor example, Splenu1Q morse
show, a poultry show, Healthland,
special educational attraction
worth going for to see, exhibits of
farm equipment, demonstration. of
various kinds, and many other
things that go to make the~~exposi-
ton which is surely one of the
greatest factors for improvement,
prosperity and health, that has yet
been promoted in this section Of
the country"
Tomorrow is Blue Earth county
day at the show. The buttermakers
hold their meetings there tomor--
row and so do the Guernsey and
Holstein Breeders associations. The
railroad fare from Mankato to Saint
Paul and return during the exposi-
ton is $4.06, being one and one :
third Of the regular one way fare.
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MINNESOTA TRUNK HIGHWAY DAILY TRAFFIC AVERAGES
WITH COMPARISONS

of the 1922 traffic T. H. No.
at a half miles north of Mankao
New Britain herald., 1922-12-27
THE CHILDREN'S WORK

Before the memory of Christmas passes into the haze of happy times enjoyed in the past it is we'll to give credit to the children of the city who thought of and worked for others. Among them were the children who sold Christmas seals to aid in the cam paign against tuberculosis. In one school alone, St. Mary's Parochial school, the work of the children amounted to $52 from the sale of these little stamps.
 This is the sort of spirit that will last. A point is made of it at this time in order that another Christmas this same spirit of showing the chil- dren that Christmas is a time to give to others may be emphasized, rather than joy brought to children alone because of the gifts anticipated. As this war against tuberculosis goes on its successful way it is particularly pleasant to think of the children as contributing to that success. The full benefits of their work will not be realized unless they are told. when news comes of a reduced death rate because of this campaign, that it was their work which helped so materially to save many lives.