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The Mankato free press., 1922-11-24
County Farm Is Found
In Pink of Condition
Commissioners Made Visit To This
Home Yesterday Afternoon;
Inmates Happy

Members of the Blue Earth county
board of commissioners made a tour
of inspection of the county poor
farm yesterday afternoon, and were
the guests,of the farm management
at chicken dinner to which they
did justice. The board members
made a visit to all the rooms In the
big building and chatted with the in
mates of the institution. About TWEEN
ty-five old people are staying at the
farm at the present time.
Under the management Of Harvey
Young the farm las prospered dur
all the necessary food for the feed
ing OF he inmates is raised On rhe
farm. There are Seventy one pigs
over Five hundred I chickens and
about twenty head Of the finest cat
tie in the county. Part Of the herd
is registered and the rest graded
stock. All the butter, milk, meat,
-four, etc 1t produced at the farm,
and good share of the products
raised are brought to the market in
Mankato.
Several of the old men at the
farm have detailed duties to per-
form aud seem to enjoy the work.
One man does nothing else but care
for the pigs, another attends to the
chickens and other work is detailed
out in the same manner.
The board members returned to
their chambers yesterday afternoon
to complete work of the November
meeting. A delegation of citizens
from Lake Crystal requested the
designation of a road nine miles in
length, running south from that vii
lage as a state highway. They pre-
sented a petition signed by several
citizens of the town. The petition
was filed with the county auditor
for further reference.
The board authorized the pay
nent of. 1857 Of the $500 held back
on the contract of Mulgrew and
Sons company and the balance to
be retained until the county claim
of the personal property tax against
the company had been adjusted.
Commissioners Matthias Sanger
and T. H. Foley were delegated to
Interview the state highway com
missioner relative to the location of
Trunk highway No. s. The meeting
adjourned until December IL.
The Mankato free press., 1922-11-24
OPPOSED 20 sANiTARIuM
Mower County Commissioners Ban
Welfare Board Also

mower SCuHIy SOIIlIHtsSiOHSfS oai
Welfare Board Also
Austin November 20.-The coun =
ty board went on record as opposed
to the establishment Of a child's
welfare board in this county and
opposed to the entering into of any
plans for the establishment Of a four
county tuberculosis sanitarium.
The members Of the board have
heard all the arguments which have
been advanced for the establishment
of the Child's welfare board without
being convinced that one is needed
here. The beard heard the speakers
at the Kiwanis club yesterday noon
and head William Hodson, director
of the child welfare. department of
the state board Of control in the
commissioners room later in the
afternoon They have also consulted
with Judge Weber of the Juvenile
court, who was largely instrument
al in having the child's welfare
board established here in 1921. The
commissioners called Judge Weber
before them last January and asked
him if he wanted to recommend the
continuance of the child welfare
board after one years experience,
and he replied with smile that he
didn't wish to say anything which
might embarTass them. 1t was
known that the welfare board had
not worked out as satisfactory as
Judge Weber had anticipated, and
that he did not desire it continued. !.
The Mankato free press., 1922-11-24
LiUe Hog Brought
High Price, St. Paul
eartseh Boys Among Those Who
Sold Their Stock To Will.
ing Buyers ~.

The Fifth Annual Junior Live
stock show, the biggest and best
ever" B." wound up last night with a
whirlwind finish when the entire
lot OF 211 calves and yearlings, of
the different beef breeds sixteen
fat lambs, twenty three fat sheep,
and eighty seven barrow h0gs-2S7
heads in alI-were sold under the
hammer in the livestock pavilion
at South ST. Paul. -
Hertz and Rifkin secured the
Hereford calf of Alvin Bartsch,- of
Mankato, and also choice of the
groups of eleven Angus calves.
]. T. Mcmillan 4 Co., paid what
is said to be the highest price ever
paid for hog in the South st. Paul
market, 60 cents a pound, live
eight, for Torrance L. Hagen's
grand champion pig Poland.
China frain zBelview, Redwood
county. The hog brought $3.50
The Mankato free press., 1922-11-24
REGULATE DANCE HALLS,
Grand Jury of Rice County Made
Recommendations To Authorities

Grand Jury of Rice County Made
Recommendation To Authorities
Faribault, November 2u.-Reguia :
tion of public dance halls outside of
the corporate limits of cities and
villages which nave proper policing,
and the remodeling of the court
house to suit the needs Of women
jurors were the recommendations of
the Rice County grand jury.
Public dance halls in the county
outside of the corporate limits OF
the cities and villages where no re-
gulations are enforced, have come to
the point where they need and must
have strict policing, according 10
the jurors. Under the lax condi-
tions the jury held, these dance
places have become a msniHe to the
morals of the young men and women
of the community.
The time has come they said when
it is necessary for interference from
the county officers of the law. This
Just before the close of the session.
The resolution handed to the sher-
if and county attorney was as fol-
lows: "The present grand jury, No,
yember 1922. Instructed the county
attorney sand the sheriff to investi-
gate the proposition of licensing and
properly policing of all the public
dances held in Rice County, outside
of the incorporated limits of villages
and cities, and further instruct
them 10 report to the following
grand jury what can be done to take
care of the existing evils connected
with these public dances"
Along with the same recommen-
dation the jury drafted resolution
to the county court house to suit
the needs of women jurors. e..
The recommendation WAS as fol-
low S, Resolved, that is is the opin-
ion Of this grand jury that our court
house in order to make it more pos
sible to have women jurors on the
juries of Rice County"
The Mankato free press., 1922-11-24
ALBERT LEA GIRL LOCATED
She Had Disappeared From That
Nik.L Maa.E La HhiHann

She Had disappeared From mat
City Now In. Chicago
Albert Lea, November 20.-Miss
Bertha Severtson, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John Severtson, S04 Front
street, who disappeared from Albert
Lea, has been located in a restau-
rant on South Washburn avenue,
Chicago. Mr.. Severtson received a
letter from his daughter. In the
letter she said nothing about her
husband, w. F. Perry, although she
signed the letter as Mrs. w. F.
Perry" In the letter she stated
that she wanted to come home and
that she had many things she
wanted to tell her parents. She
has been alone in Chicago, working
at the restaurant for several weeks.
Mr.. Severtson wrote to his
daughter to come home. Mrs. Seyert
son, who has been worrying about
her daughter since her disappear
ance is confined to her bed.
According to reports Perry. who
is now held in the Ramsey County
jail with a woman he calls his wife.
Both are charged with the forgery
of checks amounting to $239. Perry
told the Minneapolis authorities
that the woman now being held
with him is his wife, and was for
merly an Albert Lea girl. Accord
ing to reports, the investigations up
to this morning disclose that Perry
has been married at least three
times during the past year.
The Mankato free press., 1922-11-24
Past
And Present
- Gold, Warme,

According to the records OF
John J. Pihale, the official wealth
er man for The Free Press, and
government weather observer
in this city, this date last year
we were not enjoying semi-trep-
ical weather. On November 10,
1921, it was seven below at Man.
kato and on the same date in
1914 it was five below zero.
AS an evidence of the pre-
vailing warm weather, which
people of this city and vicinity
have been enjoying, It might be
stated that Clifford Russell about
"A month ago cut off a number
of heads of lettuce leaving the
roots in the ground. This let
tuce had grown to such an ex-
tent since that time that yes
terday Mr.. Russell and his
mother had/a fine mess of it for
dinner together with some green
onions which have sprouted up.
The Mankato free press., 1922-11-24
AWAITS HIS SENTENCE
Charles Thomas Convicted of Rob
berry In Wabasha Court

berry In Wabasha Court
Wabasha, November 1S-Charles
Thomas. thirty FIVE years old, was
today awaiting sentence for a hold
up OF Sheriff Edward Fitzgerald of
Wabasha county, June 22, folle& Ing
his conviction by jury in district
court at Wabasha last night on d
charge of robbery in the first de-
gree. The case went to the Jury AT
5 p. m. and at 8:15 D. m. a verdict
Of guilty was returned.
The offense carried with il a
penalty of from FIVE to forty years
in prison, according to County At
torney John r. Foley, who proSecut :.
ed the. case. Judge c. e. Callaghan
is scheduled to impose sentence at
the close of the present term of
court.
Thomas was arrested after a
three day hunt in which a sheriff's s
posse trailed him to the vicinity of
Elba. He narrowly escaped capture
several times but was finally locat-
ed in a ruraL-school- house and seiz-
ed after gun battle with the posse.
At one time during the chase he
stopped in the village to make a
purchase at store, and had made
arrangements for an automobile
ride to Winona. only to take flight
when he became Suspicious.
Sheriff Fitzgerald's testimony was
substantially the same as previ-
ously published in accounts. of the
affair. He stated that he had gone
to the vicinity. of Smiths Coulee,
several miles west of Wabasha, on
the afternoon of June %, to inves-
tigate the presence of supposed au-
tomobile thieves. AS he approached
an empty car, later discovered to
have been stolen at Faribault, on a
hillside road, Thomas emerged from
the bushes and covered him with a
revolver while a companion dis
armed him, the sheriff testified. He
was forced to accompany his cap
tors several miles through the hills
Sheriff Fitzgerald said, returning to
Wabasha after his release TO or
ganize a posse.
The Mankato free press., 1922-11-24
State Control Board
May Take the Bride
Claim Made Girl Is Feeble Minded
Young Folks Stole March
On Authorities

Austin, MINI, November 20.-Will
the state board of control take the
Austin bride from young man who
was married at Mason City last
week? Some time ago the bride, who
is about seventeen years OF age, was
taken before the Juvenile court, and
after an examination was declared
feeble minded and the state board OF
control was notified that commit
ment papers were ready for. her in
generation in the state school for
the feeble minded at Faribault.
So great is the number OF feeble
minded in this state the school was
crowded TO the limits and there was
no place for the Austin girl. 1t came
10. the attention of Judge Weber of
the juvenile court that the girl was
contemplating marriage. The girls
parents were notified not to permit
the marriage of their daughter. They
pointed to the fact that there are a
lot of girls of her age being married,
and could see no reason why their
daughter should not marry. They
could not grasp the point that she
was mentally below the grade where
anyone should be permitted to
marry.
The young man who was keeping
company with the girl was also mott
feeble minded and he was warned
against marrying her.
Notice was also served on the clerk
of the court not to issue a marriage
license to the couple.
The state board of control was
nctih led of the evident intention OF
the girl to marry and that body to
prevent the marriage, found room at
the Faribault school for her, and so
notified Judge Weber who sent Miss
Roble the police matron to the girls
home to notify her to get ready to
go to sle school.
The girls parents objected and
made so much fuss, a warrant was
issued and given to the sheriff to
take her to the state school. That
went to Mason City where they
were married. Since their return
TO Austin they have had several
congratulatory parties, at which
they received many wedding pres
ents.
The matter is now out of the
hands of the local authorities, who
had done all they could to prevent
this i'll advised marriage. The state
board of control has almost unlimit-
ed power in handling cases Of fee
BILE -mindedness and frequently breaks
up families to isolate the feeble
minded for eugenic reasons.
II is believed that the board OF
control will take the bride of a
week, from her husband, if they un-
dertake to reside in this state. The
situation is a sad one but the young
couple were thoroughly warned
The state must protect against the
increase of the feeble class and il
will be in keeping with this deter
Tninaton of the state board of con
troll if this couple is separated and
the girl placed where she can be
cared for.
The Mankato free press., 1922-11-24
Civilian Youths In
Fight With Soldiers
Minneapolis Young Men Angered
Because Girls Danced With
Uncle Sans Boys
IAssociated Pres, p,snatcb1

ASSOCIATED Press DispatchI
Minneapolis November 17.-An-
gered when girls at dance hall
insisted upon dancing, with a pre-
ference for soldiers, gang of forty
civilians pursued twenty soldiers
homeward bound on a street car
last night, halted the car, cut the
trolley rope, overpowered the mo.
torman, beat up the men in uniform
and were engaged in battle royal
when gun squads answering a riot
call arrived on the scene. The gun
squad elubbed twelve men into sub
mission and arrested them, police
reported today.
Black eyes, ,bieed;ng noses and a
wrecked street car with windows
smashed, gates torn on and seats
smeared with blood, greeted the
police when they arrived on the
scene. Traffic was halted for thir-
ty minutes. r 4
Eleven of the twelve civilians
were sentenced to ten days each in
the workhouse in police court this
morning. The twelfth, a youth of
seventeen is being held for Juvenile
court. Es... -.
The Mankato free press., 1922-11-24
Real Estate Men
HoldGet Together
Mankato Association Will Be Or.
ganized BY Those Dealing
In Soil.

Real estate men of Mankato held
a meeting this morning at the
council chambers of the city hall
with the object of elevating the
standard Of business and of estab-
fishing a standard of commissions
to be charged.
John p. Hart of the Hart Realty
company was chosen as temporary
chairman of the meeting and E. w
Willard of the Willard Land com
pany acted as temporary secretary.
Other real estate firms represented
were the George Atchison Land
company, o. w. Walker company
the Van Slyke Land company, the
Minnesota Land company, the w
j. Horan Land company. George
Smithson Land company, and C. e.
Lampright Land company.
Quite a length dicussion was
held in regard to fair methods OF
obtaining sales. One of the main
objecks of the meeting was to lay
down rules and regulations which
will be fair to all real estate men
and to standardize the prices to be
charged.
The temporary organization was
continued, and Chairman John P.
Hart, at the suggestion of members
present appointed a committee TO
nominate two men for president OF
the organization and two for the
office of secretary and treasurer
these to be voted upon at the next
meeting which has been called for
Friday evening, November "a, at
eight o'clock at the city council
chambers. The members of the
committee are: George Atchison.
chairman, Harry Thompson, c. E.
Lampright, o. w. Walker. and w.
J. Horan.
The Mankato free press., 1922-11-24
Big Stock Industry
Display At Chisago
World Exposition Will Be Held De-
cember 2-s; Many Entries
80 Being Made

Chicago, November 20.--A com
'prehensiye picture of the animal In
dustry of the North American con-
tinent will be presented in the dis
plays at the International Live
Stock Exposition, to be held here
December 2 to 8, under plans OF
management.
Cattle will be gathered from every
agricultural region of the country.
The finest hogs produced from Cali
fornia, to Georgia and Delware will
be found under a single enclosure.
Premier Aocks of sheep scattered
from New York to California and
from Oklahoma to Ontario, will
strive for @suTeme honors. The
horses will be Representatives OF
the most famous strains Of the con-
tinent.
An educational exhibit treating
many phases of agriculture will com
prise an entire section of the show,
to be prepared by the United States
department Of agriculture.
Large Number Entries
Individual entries In almost every
line of stock already have exceeded
all pICNtOuo 4tCCOIuS III tuC twenty :
two years. history Of the show.
Thirty three distinct breeds of live
stock will be represented in the S43
classes of the exposition and more
than 100000 will be distributed
among prize winners.
An added feature will be the First
National Boys and Girls Club Elk.
position under the direction of Ivan
L. Hobson, States Relations Ser
vice, department of agriculture. The
annual tour of 500 champion club
members from thirty states will be
conducted during the week of the
show for the fourth consecutive
year. NN
An open rate Of fare and one
third for the round trip with mini
mum excursion fare of SO will apply
on tickets sold from points in Min
nesota, North Dakota and, South
Dakota, east of the Missouri river,
Winnipeg and points in Montana,
on November 80 to December 5, and
from other points on December to
5. Final return limit is December IL.
The Mankato free press., 1922-11-24
Huge Judgment In
Stearns County Case
Pandolfo Bond Holders Awarded
$4S1,s65.a1 on Property In Pan
Addition To st. Cloud.
IAssociateS Press Dispatch I

st. Cloud MINI, November 1s.-A
judgment of $431,S65.81 in favor of
bond holders in the mortgage fore
closure of the first gold bond
issue of S. c. Pandolfo of $335,0OO
was handed down this morning by
Judge J. A. Roeser IN district court.
- This judgment, which is the larg
est in the history of Stearns county
courts, includes disbursements and
interest. ~
The foreclosed property includes
residences in the Pan Addition to st.
Cloud and the Pandolfo Manufactur-
ing company, but not the Pan Motor
Company. Attorneys for the bond
holders were w. F. Donahue, James
J.. Qufgley and j. B .Himsl all of st.
Cloud. ~. =
The Mankato free press., 1922-11-24
Fred Hadley Spoke
To KitUanis Ciut
Declared for Reforestation; Scoret
Socialism and Would Shut OF
immigration

Fred e. Hadley of Winnebago was
the guest OF honor and speaker af
the Mankato Kiwanjs Club dinner,
today. The speaker strongly ady0i !
Gated conversation In all lihes
Among things which were dwell
upon with more than ordinary stress
was the necessity of reforestati0n 10
order to make up for the devasts I
ton Of the natural forests by IRE and
numbering. 1t was pointed out by the
speaker that here are many acres OF
land which are not fit for cultivation
for the ordinary raising of farm
crops, but would grow excellent
timber. TAese places Of planted TO
trees would become very valuable.
The speaker would stop all imnH
grafton to America for at least ten
years. No man that Is not a citizen
of the United States should be per-
mitted to purchase and own land in
the United States, the speaker said
Mr.. Hadley called attention to the
menace of the Japanese on the west
coast, where large tracts of land are
being purchased by that race Of
people. 1t is the belief that many Of
these purchases are financed by the
Japanese government. The JapaneSe
are not desirable race of people,
They do not mingle with the whites,
and white people who own land cd
joining theirs in California immed-
lately sell out, because they can not
neighbor with them. These are
things that the government Of the
United States should look into be-
fore its too late.
Socialism was scored to a finfHh
by the speaker, who called atten-
tion to the condition of chaos now
existing in Russia as the result OF
the most extreme socialism or boil
shevism.
The nominating committee OF the
Kiwanis club made its report at
noon naming two men for each Office
To be filed. This list will be hal
loted upon at the December 4, meet
ing.
A silent booster was given away
at the meeting today by the firm of
Wood & Sterling.
Twenty five members OF theMan--
kato Kiwanis club left here this af-.
ternoon for Fairmont to be present
at the ceremonies incident to- tae
Of the charter to the.
Fairmont Kiwanis club this even
ing.
The Mankato free press., 1922-11-24
PERSONAL DAMAGE SUIT
Case of Robert Mecarger Against
GWelyn n. Puuh.


A jury in Blue Earth county dis
tIict is today trying a personal
damage suit brought Robert Nc
Carger of Judson against Gwelyn H.
Pllgh of the same town. McCarger
is suing for doctor and hospital
bills amounting to $3.50 and time
lost during illness as result Of an
alleged blow received from Pugh
last April in a garage at Judson. The
plaintiff alleges that he was struck
ON the left check bone and nose, by
the defendant without cause. The
result of the blow later developed
i1to complications requiring the
plaintiff TO go to hospital on diff
ferent occasions for surgical treat
ment
A verdict favoring the two plain
tiffs in the joint cases of J. H. Has
Belfeldt and D. r. Thomas against
James c. Campbell was returned
late Saturday afternoon by jury in
district court. The jury awarded
Hasselfeldt eighty seven dollars and
Thomas, one hundred and twenty
five dollars. The plaintiffs sued
Campbell for damages to their aq
tcinobiles received in a collision
near Eagle Lake last summer.
The Mankato free press., 1922-11-24
RAPDAN AND DECoRIA
Pleasant Surprise Party One ot
Events Staged; Notes General


Events Staged; Notes General
Rapidan and Decoria, November
17.-Mr and Mrs. Emil Weber and
family of Decoria pleasantly sur
prised Ed Tarjeson Tuesday even
ing. it being his forty third birth
day. At midnight a delicious lunch
was served. A beautiful birthday
cake was made by Esther Weber.
This rainy weather put stop to
corn shredding
A. Eastvold of Mapleton spent a
few days with his daughter, Mrs.
Carl Tarjeson.
Mr.. and Mrs. /. Madison were
callers at the Jesse Skow home at
Rapidan Tuesday evening
Esther and Harold Hitler are
attending school at Good Thunder.
The new barn on the Otto Peters
place is now completed.
August Weight was business
visitor at Mankato Monday.
Mrs. Marie Erickson and son
Martin spent Sunday at the Ed
Tarjeson home.
Mr.. Carlson started work in Man
kato Thursday morning.
Mrs. J. d. Little was a business
caller in Mankato Wednesday.
August Weight and Martin Ericg-
sen helped Ed Tarjeson with some
wood saving Thursday.
The Mankato free press., 1922-11-24
DEATH OF FRANK VOLk
He Was Brother OF City Detective
Vs.. A. L. VoIk, Mankato

He Was Brother of City Detective
vs.. A. L. Volk, Mankato
Frank Volk, a resident of LIE
Sueur county near Lake Washing
ton for several years past, died at
one of the Mankato hospitals short
ly after midnight last night of COM
plications from which he had been
sufferer for over four honths
past. Mr.. VoTS was born Nn LIE
Sueur county near Dake Emily
March 2, 1870, He is survived by
his wife and nine children, his
mother and father, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Volk of North Mankato
and two>brother, A. L. Volk of this
city and Roy Volk of Lake Wash
ington.
The funeral will be held from the
Marysburg Catholic church Friday
morning at ten o'clock and the re-
mains will be laid to rest in the
Marysburg cemetery.
The Mankato free press., 1922-11-24
FERCH WAS INDICTED
Alleged To Have Given Checks MOI
Backed By Cash

FaribauTt, November 21.-One of
the indictments marked "secret% in
the findings of the grand jury fwas
made public when Michael Ferch
OF Minneapolis, charged with check
ing against insufficient funds, was
released under bonds of 5000.
Ferch was izdicted by the grand
jury upon changes brought by Ern-
est Herring, Waterville. Herring AL
legged that Ferch with knowledge
that he lacked the right to check
against the University State bank
of Minneapolis, gave him a sup
posedly legal paper for a sum Of
$1,4a0-27 on zuiy 21st
The defendant is member of
Ferch Brothers company: Mihneapo-