The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-09-07
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Vernon Center News: The gravs
cling on highway No. s Of the
(stretch of road from the bridge In
Old Town to the FarfbauIt county
line was started Monday by the
Duel & Thyer company OF Worth
ington who have, the contract, Ar
thur Steinke is checking the loads
for the state highway department
and he tells US that it is q busy
Job. Twenty three Ford trucks are
used for hauling the gravel which
at the present time is being taken
farm west of Amboy. They are haul
ing the gravel to the south end and
will work this way. They are put
ting 500 yards to the mile on the
south end where It Is most needed
At this end where the road is IN
much better condition the amount
will be much less. AUTOMOBILE
owners can easily see where their
money goes. Only a few years ago
we remember that; this stretch Oh
road was SO bad at times that 1t
could hardly be called a road at all
Now 1t Ia as good q road as one
would ask to drive upon. Thanks
to Mr.. Babcock and his good road
evening that the highway depart
having the gravel checked and that
It was his duty to SEES that every load
was kept track Of and measured up.
good time and travel q good many
miles. They are paid according to
| Some of the drivers make very
the number of loads hauled and
miles travelled. One driver drove
: 26s- miles Tuesday. They worked
twelve ami one-half hours that
day.
Dixon & Stoll, proprietors Of the
Criterion, formerly owned and man
aged by NJ. j Dempsey, have decided
starting with Sunday, September 2.
Meals will be served as follows,
breakfast, 7 a. M, dinner II to 2 p.
M, supper, to p. m: The COM
lete menu for Sundays dinner Is
published in the Criterian's adver-
tisement elsewhere in this issue.
Messers Dixon & Stoll decided on
this change after having been re-
quested to do so by a large number
OF their patrons.
I Lieutenant Earl A.. Scherer yes
! terday moved from the Andrews
1Annex on South Broad, and after his
return from camp at Fort Smelling
will occupy apartments in the ]. w.
Andrews building on South Second
street.
Peter Green of Minneapolis was
a caller at the Free Press onfce TO-
H.
scription to this paper. Mr.. Greene
has been a continuous subscriber for
twenty nine years and is surely an
honor roll m EN- ber Mr.. Greene for
merly resided N LeSueur county
where he had a nice farm, but sold
II some time ago. Through some
misfortune OF the purchaser how
ever Mr.. Greene had to take the
farm back and is at present assist
ing with the harvest.
/ Elysian Enterprise: J. A. Lille
| craven was down from Madison
i lake Monday and called at the En-
/ terprise Office. He Is back at his
post as station agent, and In his
spare time edits the Times. Mr..
Lilegraven was In st. Paul on sun
lay and called at Asbury hospital to
-. W.
reported critical with ittk, chance
Of recovery from heart trouble. The
] many friends Of Mr.. Gas regret to
| earn his condition Is serious as al
rad hoped that his complaint would
quickly yield to treatment
Winnebago City Press NJ Ms:
While in st. Paul last week the
writer had good visit with Judge
James H. Quinn; The Judge Is re- e.
ness. He takes a lively interest In
his old friends in the seventeenth
judicial district. For forty years Inc
Judge has served continuously IN a
DubIic capacity, starting in with the
Il county attorneyship Of Faribault
county. For several terms he W
i,kige of this district and he is now
serving his second term on the su,
preme bench. In his long career OF
bubble service he has honored every
position he has ever held, and now
stands at the head as jurist.
Wilbur Award suffered fracture
of the wrist caused by cranking his
Ford car, Friday morning.
New IIlm Journal: Rev. John
Wagner of st. Henry. and his house
keeper, Miss Celia Walter, accord
ing TO the st. Peter Herald. wele
given a bad scare last Saturday eV-
enine when they were returning
from St. Peter. Either bullet or a
stone, passed through the windshield
Of the car.as- another machine pass
ed them, they are not positive which.
| ;Just As they were passing the ma
chine the object hurtled through the
heavy glass but did not in1ure the
two occupants. The other car KEEP
on in the direction of st. Peter. rev.
! Wagner was assistant at the Holy
Trinity Catholic Church In this city
q number OF years ago..
The Sterling Drum corps Favored
The Free Press with q serenade this
morning. The gentlemen who make
UP this organization are a sturdy lot
and have brought considerable fame
to Blue Earth county By their ap-
pearance on many public occasions.
Through an error in the adver-
Using department, the Brett millin-
arv- advertisement Of last night stat
led that the hats on display would be
ali imported models. This was an err
ror and should have read, ''and i'm
ported models."l A special repre-
Sentative from Strong and Warner
company is now in the city with an
! important display Of hats for au-
ftumn. -