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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-09-07

Miss Mabel Case were Mankatc
callers last Friday.
William Jaegar Of lie Sueur Cen
ter passed through Petus, Ienroute
for st. Peter Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Wendelschaef-
er and daughter Miss Alice and son
Arthur, visited the John Knenik
family at lie Sueur Center Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wendelschaef
er entertained Mr. and Mrs. Ru-
dolph Wendelschaefer and daughter
Pearl and son Glen Of st. Peter
Sunday. =,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Blumm OF
Minneapolis were guests the past
week of John Wendelschaefer and
other relatives.
Mrs. Henry Reifschneider is
spending the week with Mrs. Max
Hack.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. wendell
Saturday. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Blumm and children who have been
visiting, relatives in Pettis, accom-
panied them home.
Mr. and Mrs. Clair Davis and lit
tie daughter of Lake Emily were
guests last Sunday Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Royal Davis.
Miss sylvania Rawlings has re-
turned from visit to relatives at
Harold Wilson of Ottawa visited
relatives here Friday.
Dan Mulvehill was transacting
business at st. Peter Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. ]. Carr were
shoppers at st. Peter Thursday at
ternoon.
Chris Jacobson and sister Anna
belle Jacobson spent q few days
this week with their grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hansen OF st.
Peter.
AK Hack of Traverse was as :
his barn Wednesday His mother.
Mrs. Margaret Hack spent the day
with her son Max Hack and fam.
fly.
Margaret Kessler was a guest
Wednesday or Leone Sawyer.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. L. Davis OF St.
Peter were guests last Sunday OF
the latters mother, Mrs. Ava Pet
tbs.
Mrs. George Kendall Of Kasota
Sas calling on relatives in Pettis
Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Of Knoxville,
Iowa, former residents In the coun-
ty, were calling on relatives in Pet
tbs Sunday.
George Farrell attended the Allen
sale near Kasota Thursday.
John Conner was transacting
business at st. Peter Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Overn and
daughter Rose spent Sunday with
Mrs. Sarah Overn at Mankato.
\ Josephine Kessler has enrolled at
the high school at st. Peter for the
coming school year. -
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-09-07
e. N. GRIFFIN is DEAD
Former Limetown Boy Passed
Away At Cleveland, Ohio

Former Limetown Boy Passed
Away At Cleveland. Ohio
Mapleton, Mimi, September o.
Chauncy N. Griffin died September
l at Cleveland, Ohio, aged fifty sew
en- years and three months. He was
born in Limetown, Blue Earth
county, Mimi, and grew to man
hood there. He received his educa-
ton in the old Shaubut school
house. Later he worked in the Fow-
Ter and Pay stone quarry and there
learned the. stonecutter's trade.
From there he went east to Cleve-
land, Ohio, and attended night
school, and with the help of an un-
Gle, gradually took up contracting.
He leaves. a wife and five children,
four sisters and >one brother. The
sisters are: Mrs. Naomie. Goodrich
Of Mapleton, Mrs. Carrie Deegon Of
Belgrade, Mimi, Mrs. Abbie Hum
miwell Of Chicago, H., and Mrs.
Phoebe Flint OF San Diego. Calf. I.
also one brother, Arthur Griffin OF
Cleveland, Ohio, who is a contrac-
tor
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-09-07
BIG kLAN DEMONSTRATION
1t Was Held At Albert Lea. Parade
and Speeches

ara speeches
Albert Lea, September 4.-The
Ku Klux Khan carried out their an
nouncement at Albert Lea, when the
In the state was conducted In that
city following a public installation.
Hundreds of klansmen participated
in the demonstration.
Speculation had been aroused by
the announcement and many won
dered how the khan would conduct
its parade. The wearing of masks is
forbidden BY statute In Minnesota.
On the other hand, The membership
OF the khan is kept secret by the
order. Although the Klansmen ap-
peared in regatta last night they
did not wear masks.
The parade was held following a
mammoth public installation and
naturalization ceremony there last
night when new members were ini-
tiated into the order. The Klansmen
circled around fiery crosses thirty
Ave feet high in Ethe activities.
Twilight" Orn Of st. Paul was
chief speaker. He explained what
the order stood for in two hour
talk. --...,
Two, hundred and nifty Klansnen
from Minneapolis did not arrive in
time for the initiation but particle
pated in the parade. Their cars
were marked X. X. X. Minneapolis.
The event was Witnessed by
Thousands of persons. There were no
disturbances of any kind.
It was estimated that five thou
aand people defed heavy "sin to
Watch the procession, In which
from 1000 to 1900 pes 80 H..
pated. Two hundred OF the klans-
men were robed. The parade and
the crowd Of spectators included
many people from Austin. The meet
ing Of the Khan was held at the
Fair grounds.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-09-07
KROoR IN THE LEAD
Choise of Republican Committee
For Postmaster At New UIn1

choise of Republican Committee
For Postmaster At New UIn
fSDecta 70 -, Pc
New Ulm September 4 L. B..
Krook of this city seems to be the
choice Of the Brown county republi-
can committee for the position Of
postmaster. At least this is indi-
Gated by the following vote cast by
that committee for candidates for
the pos<mastership Of this city Sat
urday. The vote resulted as m-
lows: t
L. B. Krook, 10; ". S. vercoe 9
Fred Pfaender, 4.
Congressman Frank Clagne in a
recent visit to New Ulm said that
he would recommend the, man re-
ceiving the highest number of votes
by the New Ulm Republican COM.
mittee for appointment as post
master. This means that Mr.. Krook
will be RECOMMENDED to. the Unit
ed States Senate = - s-
Mr.. Krook was postmaster for
one term several years ago. The
present incumbent whose term ex-
pires, this year, is Fred Pfaender.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-09-07
CASES GO TO TRIAL

Jury cases held over from the June
term OF Blue Earth county district
court came up at the Adjourned ses :
sion, called to order in the district
court this morning at ten o'clock,
with Judge w. L. Comstock presid
ing. A call of the calendar was
made and number OF cases con
tinued and others which had been
settled stricken from the list.
A number OF. delinQuents in the
payment Of their 1922 automobile
taxes. who had been served with no
tees of those delinqueHcies, appear
ed before the court, and were given
ten days in which to show cause
why the taxes should not have been
paid. Those who had been summoned
before the court, and tailed to APP
pear, were adjndged In default Of
the amounts named in the warrants
issued by the state, and Judgements
In those sums entered against them
In favor of the state.
Three of the petit jurors were ex-
dused from attendance at this term
Of court. They were John Stevens OF
Garden City and Nels Nelson of
Lake Crystal, who were excused on
account Of physical disability. Mrs.
time being owing to her presence at
home being necessary in the care of
a small child. ... No g,
Those who appeared before the
file answers why tbs should
court and asked ten days in which
TO file answers why they should not
have paid their auto tax are: L. T.
Day of Amboy, and Jesse Hanson.
Owing to the non appearance Nof
the following, Judgements in favor
of the state of Minnesota were en-
tered for the amounts of their 1922
auto taxes. Thomas Ed wards, An
drew Lund. Thomas keenan,, Elmer
Casper. Overland Perrin Company,
o. Tanner, Mankato Oldsmobile
company.
The first case for trial today was
that Of James Mape against the
town OF jamestown, involving the
aging out OF certain public road.
G. ]. Laurisch Is. appearing for the
plaintiff and J. e. Regan is attorney
for the defendant.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-09-07
FARM NEWS FROM
STATE UNIVERSITY
IAssociated Press Dispatehd

st. Paul, September 3.-Septembe,
10 to 20 is again by
experiment station and agricultural
extension men of the university for
seed corn time in, Minnesota.
The best time to select seed corn
is when the leaves of the plants are
still green, the husks beginning to
turn yellow and the ears we'll dent
ed, according to A.. c. Army. of Uni
versity farm. .*-.#
when the seed ears are selected
from the plants as they are .matur-
ing, the choice can be made on O
sound basis to maintain or increase
the yielding power of the variety,
while at the same time disease "can
be recognized and avoided" Mr. Ar
ny declares.
The university men believe that
seed corn time Is none too early to
plan for the harvest of 1924. Some
Of the cardinal principals to be OBJ
served are, they say: Selection from
fields adapted to the locality; Sc
lection before severe frosts of about
twice as many ears needed for
planting; storing the corn at once
in a dry, well ventilated place where
it will cure quickly and remain dry.
D. G. Miller, senior drainage engf-
neer who represents the drainage
section Of the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture in experiments
under way at the University farm In
drainage tile, has been commission.
ed by the government to make a
80 Nv ~ n AY,na -
mental concrete drain tile of var
tous types laid in alkali soils in
western states.
Mr.. Miller left for the west re-
Gently and with G.. NJ. Williams,
professor of civil engineering of the
University Of Saskatchewan, and /.
Furiong, chemist In the San Fran
cisco office of the United States bu-
reau OF standards, will inspect tile
laid in 1913 py the bureau of stand :
ards and other federal departments,
in allili soils near Roswell, N. M,
Montrose and Grand Junction, Colo,
and Huntington Utah.
At the cooperative tile laboratory
maintained at University farm by
the federal government, the state
and the university, Mr. Miller and
his staff>are working for quality of
drain tile that Will endure In alkali
soil.
High praise for the splendid spirit
OF cooperation which he found
among the workers was given by
DR.. w. H. Beai, chief of the editor
ial division of the States Relations
Service, who recently completed the
annual inspection of the Minnesota
Experiment Station for the United
States Department Of Agriculture,
with which the station cooperates
In research work. Or. Beal exam
ined the work and expenditures of
all the experiment stations In the
country under the Adams and Hatch
funds
The insestigational enterprises
and the work in plant breeding was
or special Significance, DR.. Beal
said. He spent some time at the
state fruit breeding farm at Zumbro
Heights and was strongly impressed
with the work that Is being done
there.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-09-07
PLATFORM WAS ADOPTED
Farmer Labor Party North Dakota
In Convention at Fargo.
[ Associated Press Dispat,

Associ2ted> Press Dispatch.
Fargo, N. D., September Pub
lie ownership Of all public utilities
passage of federal child labor laws
and endorsement OF the Industrial
program Of the present Nonpartisan
Leag7ie, are among planks In the
platform adopted by the Farmer
Labor party Of North Dakota, organ
ization of which was effected here
last night. Approximately thirty la
Dor representatives from over the
state attendedl the organization meet.
ing. - r..
+. z. Beals of Dickinson, repre-
senting the Brotherhood Of Locomo-
tive Firemen and Engineers, was
elected president and Mrs. Sam
Johnson of the Women's Auxiliary
of the Trainmen's Union at Grand
Forks, was chosen secretary treas
urer.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-09-07
yUTO RIDE FOR TEACHERS
Committee From Civic and Com
merce Body Has Charge

President C. K. Mayer of the
Civic and Commerce association has
appointed a committee to arrange to
give the ninety teachers of the pub
lie schools an auto ride about the
city. The committee consists of J.
E. Brett and M. d. Fritz and the
ride will be tomorrow afternoon at
four o'clock, starting from the high
school building promptly at that
hour. At least twenty five cars will
be required and any one who will
furnish a car for the occasion is
asked to call the committee either
today or tomorrow forenoon. Many
of the teachers are strangers in
Mankato and a view Of the city by
auto would give them an opportu-
nifty to see the beauties Of Man.
kato.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-09-07
HONOR LAKE CRYSTAL BOY
Also Another Youth Came In For
Prize At State Fair.

Also Another Youth Came In For
. Prize At State Fair.
Blue Earth county entries in tht
Boys and Girls Dairy club at the
Minnesota state fair and Northwest
Dairy exposition, were awarded first
and third prize In various breeds
and classes. Oscar ,Goranson Of
Lake Crystal won first prize ON
purebred two year old HoIstein and
Glen L. Yaeger won third prize on
purebred Guernsey calf. Walter
Thorn, route 1 of Nicollet county,
also won second prize on q Brown
Swiss purebred calf.
A purebred Holstefn calf owned
by Forrest Grass OF Owatonna,
Steele county, was declared the
champion Holstein of the show, win
ming over many other entries.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-09-07
Issuing Game Licenses.

County Auditor Kennedy has al
ready issued more than one hundred
small game licenses. He says that
this Is far z excess esn Of ts time
wild duck goose, coot, Wilson snipe,
yellowlegs and rails is September
1e, to November 3d. The taking Of
wood ducks Ii prohibited at all times.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-09-07
BAD CHECK CHARGE
Charles Buckley Held Here For the
Sherlffs At Hastlnns

y Charles Buckley of this city was
arrested this forenoon by Sheriff
Edward Ario on instructions from
the sheriff at Hastings, Mimi, who
holds a warrant for Buckley's ar
rest on the charge of passing a
worthless check on the Robinson
Automobile company of South st.
Paul on August Is, for SGT. The
check was drawn against the &C
count Of John Ushful at the First
National Bank of South st. Paul.
Buckley is now being held for the
Dakota county authorities.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-09-07
jack esrry cave Bono,

Mankato police. on the charge OF
moonshining, was today released
from the Blue Earth county jail un-
der $500 honds for his appearance
at the opening OF the district cougt
In November.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-09-07
HAS RAISED COTTON
E. TambIyn Says This countr,

y. =. ampiyn says ms Country
Can Produce the Goods
Joseph e. Tamblyn says that the
cotton belt" has been moved north
to include Mankato.
Mr.. Tamblyn In communication
to The Free Press says that Garden
City, Vernon and other places to the
south of Mankato have nothing oyer
this city in the production of cotton,
for he has been raising cotton for
the past three years. Right now II
anyone wishes to see cotton In all
stages OF development, Mr.. Tamb-
Ign can show it TO you In his garden,
where the plant may be seen with its
beautiful blossoms and the ripper
ones with their fluffy cotton balls,
This tropical garden is located at,
the corner of Lewis and Record
streets. The blossoms are large and
beautiful. The famous Chinese HI
discus Is also to be seen in bloom
IN this same yard. This was raised
from the seed planted last year.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-09-07
Stay Some More

Aunts are your parents sisters
who come to your, house and Gust
stay on and on
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-09-07
Weasels Extract Toll

Madison, MINI, September A.
Weasels extracted a heavy toll in
the chicken yard Of Hjalmer Quer-
nemoen here when in one night
they killed sixty five full brood
chickens. When Quernmoen went
into the yard In the morning he
found dead chickens lying every
where. The death Of each had been
the same their blood having been
sucked rom the side of their heads.
It was plainly the result of nights
work OF weasels.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-03-07

The harbor, which has been closed
up with ice for two weeks, is free
again. February rs the harbor was
frozen over so solidly that the mail
carrier, who lives at Cranberry, took
his mail sacks in punt, dashed to a
hand sled, and walked from that Of
flee across the frozen water to the Of
flee here and back again. The har
Dor has not been frozen so solidly
since forty-eight years ago. Mrs.
Lucinda Fernald, one of our oldest
residents recalls that then her hus-
band took her across the ice to
Southwest Harbor, where they hired
a team to drive them to Ellsworth
for her to have a tooth extracted.
They came back the same day. On
their return trip they walked back
across the ice in severe snow storm.
The following morning the ice was
broken up.
March 5. S.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-03-07
West GOuldSbOrO

About twenty friends of Mrs. Allen
Kingsley gathered at her home Mon
day evening for a birthday surprise
party. Refreshments were served
and a pleasant evening was enjoyed.
Mr. and Mrs Elmer Rolf and son
Maurice. who have been home, have
returned to Bar Harbor.
Miss Eliza Written is visiting in
Sullivan and Sorrento.
Friends here were shocked to learn
of the death of Alfred Merchant at
his home in Winter Harbor on Mon
day. Sympathy goes out to his
widow and family.
Mrs. c, G. Rosebrook, Mrs M. d.
Witham and Mrs. Alton Young met
with Mrs. F P. Noyes Tuesday after
noon, getting work ready for the
ladies aid society on Thursday.
Feb 81 L.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-03-07
Car Embodies New Ideas.

Starting where the motorcycle and
sidecar left off" an English inventor
has built an attractive light car which
combines the comfort of the auto with
the economy and mobility of tho side
car, says Popular Mechanics Magazine
The usual three wheels are retained
and the chassis frame is made UP of
series of triangles. The body is mod
eled on that Of runabout, with ~ Mt
ing radiator hood, windshield. vide
cushioned seat, collapsible top and
rear compartment for luggage or cX-
ira tires. The controlling mechanism
resembles that of the larger machine,
and the engine. ten-horse power two
cylinder design, is watercooled like
that of larger cars.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-03-07
ELectrifYinq War Vessels.

The electritication of warShips is
now regarded as carrying with it I'M
questioned advance in efficiency. This
new mode of naval propulsion is less
than ten years old, for it was in 1913
that the collier Jupiter, the first
American warship to be electrified,
was commissioned. The Jupiter is
now the Langley, an airplane carrier.
The New Mexico was the first cap
ital ship Of any nation to be equipped
for the electric drive. She was com
missioned in the spring of 1918. Her
electrical apparatus was furnished by
the General Electric company, which
has since electrified the California and
the Maryland, the latter acclaimed as
the queen ship of the navy. At pres
ent two airplane carriers are under
construction and these also are to be
electrified.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-03-07
DREAM OF MANY INVENTORS
Much Time and Thought Wasted on
Machines Meant to Attain
Perpetual Motion.

Perpetual motion has been the
dream of inventors for many cen
turtles. BY perpetual motion is usually
meant mechanical device which will
operate of its own power without such
external or internal aids as wind gas,
steam or any other element of force.
Some have come very near to attain
ing a kind of perfection by series
of weights and balances; also by the
use of quicksilver, but while these
machines will onerate for a time, they
are u%ble Ill that time to develop
sufficient power to work machinery or
be of any real benefit In the town of
Minned0Sa, Man, an old gentleman
had for some years a machine of his
own invention operated by series of
weights by which he was said to have
run a small lathe, A scientist named
Strut has invented an apparatus
which takes advantage of radium
carnations upon a gold leaf electro
scope. This perhaps comes near to
an endless motion, but is maintained
at the expense of the molecular en-
ergy of the radium.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-03-07
Curious Plant Growth.

Experiments conducted under the
auspices Of experts from the Depart
ment Of Agriculture seem to prove that
the Towering and fruiting of plants
depend not upon temperature alone
but also upon the length of the day.
By artiticially frightening or shorten
ing its day, grower may, it is said,
deceive a plant into thinking" it is
spring or autumn, and it will bear Its
flowers, fruit and seed accordingly, no
matter what the time of the year.
Thus, if violet plants are covered with
light-proof boxes in the summer during
the extra hours Of daylight, they will,
it Is contended, bloom again just as
the short days of spring found them
doing The new theory is expected to
have important results in Horticulture
and crop yield.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-03-07
LOVE THAT is TRUE AND KIND
Some Will Say It Is Considered Some
what o!d-Fashoned by the "FIap-
pers" of Today.

as David Mann, in Charles d.
Stewards "Valley Waters" listens to
"Lorena," he visualizes the theme,
thus, of the old song of Civil war
times:
THE woman was beautiful. He had
found her to be beautiful in every way.
He had fallen in love with her in her
girlhood and had received her love in
return.
And, having once loved her, he
could no more forget than he could
forget himself
what man experiences has be-
come part of his possessions; it must
remain part of his life.
David could see that the man
would not only continue to love Lor-
ena, but that his love might grow
stronger and finer as time went on.
Having lost her, she would become
a cherished ideal, a vision which never
grows old. And as time passed, in
stead of forgetting her, he would be-
come more conscious of the lost years
the years that had not been passed
in her company"
That's the way when love is true
dnd kind To an age of tlappers and
iiippancies is it an old-fashioned way?
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-03-07
Winter HarbOr.

Y A. B. Whitehouse recently visited
his sons Burnham and Philip, who
are attending college in Boston.
Harold Grover has had a radio in
stalled
Mrs. Adelaide Gerrish has re-
turned from visit in Boston.
H. G. Smallidge, who is in Angus
ia for the winter, spent the weekend
at home.
There is much illness of influenza
here.
Friends of Aired Merchant were
saddened by his death Monady, Feb.
26, of pneumonia. He leaves wife
and a family of grown sons and
daughters Mr. Merchant was a
genial. kind-hearted citizen, who will
be much missed in the community.
Sincere sympathy is extended to the
family.
Uncle" Merrill Sargent, who was
ninety-eight years young in Febru-
airy, recently received a letter OF
Generalization from Governor Bax-
ter
Mrs. Rose Morton, who had been
living with her sister, Mrs. Mary
Rand, for the past twelve years, died
Thursday Feb. Is. after brief i'll
ness. She was eighty-six years of
age. The sister and relatives have
the sympathy of the community.
Mar. 5. s.