The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-23
NEWS FROM LOCAL FIELD; SOCIALArJD PERSONAL TOTES

vention. Sousa and his band will be
at the Mankato Armory Thursday,
November %.
Mr.. and Mrs. John McCarley, Of
Fort Dodge, parents Of John McCar-
ley, Jr., Of Williams, who died Oc-
tober 81, leaving his large estate to
st. Joseph's Mercy hospital in
Webster City, have fled objections
to the probating of the will. Their
petition asks the appointment Of w.
NJ Merritt OF Fort Dodge. as special
administrator and cites that sec
ton of the code which prohibits the
leaving OF more than Is per cent Of
an estate to 9. corporation Organized
is broken It will cut the share Of
the hospital from upwards Of $780,
600 to upwards Of some $4,000. An
other fight to be made on the will
of John McCarley Is that OF Mrs.
Anna. McCarley, the wife, and VIII
liam Whistler and Miss Ruth Martin
son, executors under the will. They
filed a petition asking that they.
themselves, be appointed special
administrators to administer the
will. They are determined to 60 to
the limit, to establish the legality
of the will and carry out the wishes
Of John McCarley. Judge Fry will
hear arguments on both petitions
next Friday. The parties to the
controversy are known in Mankato.
Sundays sunshine brought out a
large bunch OF mixers. They could
be seen going In practically every
direction. Some went for a short
walk while others carried their
lunch along and cooked it over a
campfire. Others toasted marshmal-
lows down on the rivers bank. All
the glowing out of doors in these
brisk autumn days invites 1.-The Sc
dentary, the business man and wo-
man to get ont and enjoy the fresh
and invigorating air when every
breath is a delight It Is then there
comes the feeling of the wild Joy
of living" Thus far the best hiLers
of the season have proven to be
Miss Alice Stratton and Miss Hat
tie Cox. One week ago on Saturday
they hiked seventeen miles, leaving
here at $500 o'clock in the morning
and reaching their destination a
little after one O'clock. Last Satur-
day Miss Stratton walked twenty
miles, going to Good Thunder and
back. She has been visiting in the
west where she climbed mountains
daily and where she learned the art
Of hiking.
A. D. Sibbald of st. Paul. assistant
state dairy food commissioner, and
L. r. Runke of Wilder, Mimi. were
hA cot IN tSa
spectors who accompanied the re-
mains Of Nels Lund to Mankato FRI
day. from st. Paul and also were
pallbearers at the funeral. These
two gentlemen were old friends of
Mr.. Lund and were called to st,
Paul Immediately following his
death.
DR.. John E. Madden, arrested yes
terday on an Indictment charging
abortion, was released this morning
when he furnished the $4,000 bonds
set by Judge w. l.. Comstock in dis
trict court when he was arraigned
yesterday afternoon. H. L. Shop
pard and E. A. Boie of the National
Bank of Commerce were DR.. Mad
den's bondsmen.-
Effective Speaking club for men
will resume its activities again this
year. All men who are interested are
invited to come for the organization
meeting tonight at seven o'clock.
James Sullivan, a vagrant arrested
by the police last night, was SEN
fenced this morning by Judge Will
liam Stradtmann to thirty days at
hard labor in the county Jail. Inn.
sentence was suspended, however.
upon condition that the defendant at
once leave town.
The. College Of Agriculture of the
University of Minnesota will have au
official educational display featuring
the production Of forage crops by
stockmen, at the International Grain
and Hay Show which will be held in
connection with the International
Live Stock Exposition at Chicago
December 1-S. The Minnesota exfi-
bit will show that 1t is necessary to
produce homegrown crops II live
stock Is to be raised profitably.
Particular attention will be given to
the production of alfalfa, red clover,
sweet clover and soy beans and also
to the non -leguminous roughages,
especially COfu slower. SIreSS VIII
also be laid upon the desirability Z,
producing all the concentrated feeds
possible so as to avoid purchasing
nigh priced market supplements. The
growing of soy beans to take the
place OF oil meal will be advocated.
This timely and valuable educationai
display will be in charge of Pro-
lessor Ralph c. Grim Extension
Agronomist Of the College of Agri-
culture at st. Paul. Fourteen states
and provinces will stage official ex-
hibits at Chicago, which are expect
ed to add greatly to the educational
advantages offered to those attend
ing the International Live Stock
Exposition the first week in Decem-
Der.
William C. Henniger, sentenced
recently by Judge w. L. Comstock
in district court to five years in the
state prison at Saltwater, was taken
to the pentitentiary last night by
Sheriff Edward Ario.
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