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Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-14
MANY BANKERS
SHOW INTEREST
IN BLACK SUN

SAN DIEGO, Aug. II. Why
should California bankers be more
interested in the coming eclipse Of
the sun thany any other class Of
business men?
Perhaps they have theory that
the eclipse will in some way bring
even preater success ana prosperity
to California. No one has figured
out just what the reason could be.
but more than 10 reservations at
the Maryland hotel for September
10, the date Of the eclipse, have
been made by California bankers.
This is the largest group of business
or professional men which made
reservations for that date at the
Maryland.
According to r. w. Paget, pro-
plietog Of the Maryland hotel,
tremendous number of persons may
be expected here that date. Beser-
vations at the Maryland are pTac-
tically already complete. But no
one has figured out the reason for
such a heavy representation Of men
of the banking business.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-14

tions, bureau of plant industry,
United States department of agri-
culture.
It was not the intention of the
Press to create false impression
Of DIR. Swingle' s remarks before the
board of supervisors. The figures
quoted in the article in question
was furnished by Farm Adviser
Garthwaite, presumably on the au-
thority Of DR.. Swingle.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-14

star, defeated Mrs. Robert Larcy,
New York, G-1, 60.
Mrs. Geraldine Beamish, Britain,
defeated Miss Anna Fuller, Wor-
cester, Mass, 60, 81.
Miss Eleanor Goss, New York,
defeated Mrs. A. F. Reise, Sagi-
nav, Mich, 62, 60.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-07-27
WHEAT PRICE FIXING
Meetings Will BE Held In Several
Points In This Country.

Meetings viii &c Held In Several
Points In This Country.
Four meetings Of the National
Producers Alliance will be held at
three farming centers in Blue Earth
county during next week, for the
purpose of instigating interest In
the project of stabalizing the prices
of farm products throughout the
country. The three gatherings are
to be addressed by A. E. Bowen, q
speaker of national reputation and
a worker for the National Produc-
ers Alliance.
The first meeting of the week will
be held on Wednesday, July 20, al
Amboy. The next will be at Good
thunder the following day. The
third meeting will be held Friday
July 81. at st. Clair. A fourth meet
ing viii be held Saturday at Penn
berton. All meetings will be held
at eight o'clock in the evening.
. At the recent convention Of the
National Producers Alliance held
at Minneapolis three phases of the
plan to stabalize the fixing OF the
prices of farm products were de.
termined upon. First--cost of pro-
duction Of all farm products; stan
dardize market prices; hold to the
prices adopted for farm products or
the farm.
Farmers, merchants and bankers
must all CO. operate to get the cost
of production and a reasonable prof
it for farm products, according tt
the information given out by the
National Producers Alliance.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-07-27
SHERIFF FOUND
INCOMING PLANT
Arrest Will Follow the Dis
covery of Apparatus
WASUNDER LEAVES
Escape Of An Alleged Owner Of
Another Liquor
Device

With her husband, Gust Stavenau.
now confined IN the county Jail
serving out a thirty day sentence,
every seventh day OF which is to be
in solitary confinement for moon
shining, Mrs. Gust Stavenau was
caught red handed in the act OF
filling corn mash into copper still
yesterday in Decorla township by
Sheriff Edward Ario and his de
puties who had been watching IN
the vicinity OF the Stavenau place
for the past three days. While Mrs.
Stavenau was in conversation with
the officers a man made his getaway
wading the lie Sueur river. but a
warrant will be sworn OUT TOR his
arrest within a few days In his
dash for liberty, however, the man
was not able to take his booZemak-
ing apparatus with him, and sec
ond copper still was found on the
Matt Ziegler place in operation.
About a pint of the finished pro-
duct was found in a pail into which
the still was dripping. Mrs. STAY
enau said that she and sixteen
wear old lad with her had intended
to carry the mash, she was caught
dipping out OF I barrel TO this still
to have il distilled.
Two barrel of mash cleverly con-
cealed by being placed in holes IN
the ground and covered over with
brush and dry leaves were found
short distance from the residence
occupied by the Stavenau family, out
across the line from the farm on
which they live, although II is ur-
derstood the Stavenaus rent It.. 1t
was from one of these barrels that
Mrs Ssavenau WAS dipping the
mash, when the officers lying IN
wait made their presence known.
They had been wing IN walt 1oT
Just that opportunity.
Mash Was Destroyed
The mash found near the stu on
the Matt Ziegler place and that
found south Of the Stavenau place
was destroyed together with the
containers and the two stills, sew.
eral Jugs smelling Of moonshine and
some of the finished product was
seized and taken to Mankato Tor
evidence.
Mrs. Stavenau, owing to the fact
that she has a number o. small chll-
dren at her horne under her dlrec'
care. vas not placed under arrest
but it is understood that a, warrant
will be sworn to charging her with
the possession of an apparatus and
material designed for the manufac
ture of moonshine whiskey. The
owner of the second still is known
IN the sheriff. and warrant VIII Dc
issued for his arrest within rev
days.
on6 den;1ties arrested Guest Stave
nan for the manufacture OF moon
sI,ine, He was later sentenced II
the district court 70 nav fine OF
s30o and serve thirty days in the
county fail Every seventh day o
This Sentence calls for solitary con
fipement on a ration Of bread anc
water.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-07-27
PICKED FROM THE SOIL
SPRAYING DATES

While 1t has long been recognized
that climatic factors influence the
severity of the ravageB of the cod
ling moth in fruit orchards, 1t was
not until recent years that the close
relationship between the tempera-
ture of the air and the development
and activity of the moths has been
studied and charted. Cooperation be-
tween meteorologists and entomolo-
gists of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture and State horti-
culurists in Washington has contri-
buted to the more efficient control
of the moth, which is particularly
destructive to apples and pears.
Experiments conducted at the
Weather Bureau station at Walla
Walla, Wash, have shown that cod
ling moths do not deposit eggs when
the temperature is below Co. F. OBJ
servations have shown also than
three fourths of the eggs are laid
between 3 p. m. and p. m. The
practical application of these facts is
that when there is a temperature OF
So F. or higher at 8 p. m. for two
or three nights in succession the use
of a spray is indicated, as enough
eggs will have been produced tc
cause considerable later damage. AS
these eggs will hatch In from one tc
three weeks, depending on the tenn
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-07-27

Slug; $40, Sweet Potato Storage;
991 Efficient Operation of Thresh1ng
Machines; 1049, Baling Hay; 1913,
Growing Beef on the Farm: 1075,
tUnfermented Grape Juice-How to
Make It: 1880. Preparation Of Bar
relied Apples for Market: 1920, Con .
troll Of Apple Powdery Mildew: LAS
Handling and Transportation of
Catalogues; 1859, Fermented Pick
les; 1850, Diseases Of Apples in
Storage; 1175, Better Seed Corn;
1176. Rot Stalk, and Ear Rot
Manuring; 1854, Farm Manutac-
ture of Unfermented Apple Juice;
1865, Business Methods of Mar
keting Hay; 1856. Preparation
of Peaches for Market: 1890. The
Bulk Handling of Grain: 1910, The
Corn Earworm. Department Circu
lar "A, Points for Egg Breakers;
How to Break Eggs for Freezing;
Anthracnose Of Muskmelons: 1888,
u. S. Grades for Potatoes Recon-
mended by the United States De-
partment of Agriculture.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-07-27
NOXIOUS WEED ACT

This Law Was Discussed BY State
Commissioner w. {. Willard.
A meeting of all township chair
men in Blue Earth county, who by
the terms of the noxious weed act,
formed by the last legislature, are
weed inspectors were addressed
this morning by w. E. Willard,
state weed commissioner from the
state department Of agriculture.
The commissioner gave instructions
to the weed inspectors Of the. duties
they were to perform according to
the weed law.
The ncxtous weed act provides
that weed inspectors may upon in
spectiol Of farm, or highway
Astounding a farm, finding patches of
weeds ON the farm which are dan
gerous TO adjoining farm, order the
farmer to cut the weeds within a
certain time. In case the farmer
does not comply with the order, the
inspector may hire the work done
and the expense OF cutting the
weeds will be charged to the farmer
in taxes
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-07-27
FAKE REVENUE MEN
THEY INVADED RESIDENCE
AT ROCHESTER,
Produced Bogus Search War
rant; Forged Name Of
Police Chief

Rochester. Jlly Ell Posing a.
revenue oNi-CI5 and showing "a fa..~
search N,Ar.aH. VII. Inc maine ~
the Rochester poirrr cher on H.
two men entered gIA house or Mr.
and Mrs. Gus HeHHe at 9lS Sixth
street NV, yesterday afternoon and
ransackeu the house. They too.
nothing away with them, it is be-
lieyed
Mrs. Henke was dumbfounded
yesterday afternoon At 4:3U when
she was interrupted in the midst OF
her household duties by the APP
pGar2nCe OF TWO strangers who de-
;u&rded admittanCc Mrs. Henke is
not we'll and slightly crippled anu
the sight OF the two strangers with
their mats drawn down over their
h-ONs and faces half hidden by huge
nlCto- goggles frightened her
When she started TO refuse them
Ambulance they threatened her with
arrest, flashed badges TO prove that
they were officers and showed a
fake search warrant with Chief
NewsOmeS name on II.
Immediately after gaining en-
trance to the house they started a
queer course OF action which con
sisted OF laying newspapers over
the floors throughout all the rooms.
They stepped carefully as they work
ed not wishing to show any tracks.
1t is thought that the men We're
aware that several cases had been
tried in court On the evidence OF
foot prints and at present two men
are being prosecuted for the Chat
field robbery on the same kind O.?
evidence.
The men forced Mrs. Henke to
sit in a chair ard threatened to
blind and gag her ii she made any
noise. They said they were revenue
men and were conducting search
for LIQUOR. After the floors had been
covered with newspapers, they
worked more quickly, ransacktng
the entire house, pulling out clothes
draw ers, etc. They also searched
the outer premises and when they
returned seemed disappointed with
the results of their work. They left
Mrs. NarKe with final threat not
TO tell Of their search as they did
not want anyone TO know that rev
cnue men were in the city.
When Mr.. HCnke came home he
Immediately It ported the matter to
the rolice decartu 1T asking them
If they had sent anyone to- the home.
Newsomb Of Stewartvillc helped the
police obtain a clue bv idcntiIEiE"
the men as those whom he had seen
in an lon car in Rochester. Motor
cycle policemen searched the city
for two hours hut could find no
trace of the robbers.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-07-27
SENTENCES SUSPENDED
Disposition of Cases OF Youths Who
Were Arrested For Thefts.

Disposition of Cases OF Youths Who
Were Arrested For Thefts.
The three youths who pleaded
guilty to charges Of grand larceny
in the first degree before Judge Har-
ry A. johnson in juvenile court early
in the week were yesterday sentenc-
ed to the State Training School for
Boys at Redwing, and the sentences
then suspended and the boys were
paroled upon good behavior.
The three boys were arrested by
Chief Phil Landmark last Saturday
for after they were found in posses
sion of various parts of radio sets
stolen from the Mankato Storage
Battery company and the Southern
Minnesota Motor Supply company.
The terms Of the parole OF the
three boys are as follows: They
They are not to attend any moving
picture shows. They must engage in
some useful employment, preferably
upon farm; they must attend
church or Sunday school, or both,
every Sunday. They are not permit
ted to see or associate with each
other at any tine"
A separate clause applies to only
one of the trio. who the police and
court feel Is the worst of the Of
tenders, at times being real sassy to
police officers. 1t is that he must
not loiter about the streets and es-
pecially in the vicinity of the mo-
vies and that he must obey and po-
lice officers command when given.
The terms of the parole are for
six months and at the end of that
tine they are to report to the court
During the parole, the trio are to re-
port to the court twice each month,
and the parents of the youths are
also to report to the court each
month. In case of violation of any
of the terms, the sentence to Red
wing reformatory will take effect.
The boys are Harry Fleming, Wal
ter Fades and Everett Butterworth.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-07-27
Won FIoht Auainst Railroad

Mantorville, July 21.-Judge Sem
on the district court bench in
Dodge county today rendered a de-
cision that the Chicago Great West
ern Railroad company should pay
the city of Mantorville $4,000 dam
ages and $1,000 for costs as the re-
suit of the fight over inadequate
service. between the railway COM
pany and the people of Mantorville
Thus, after a hard fight the people
of Mantorville have come out vic
torious in their long struggle
against the railroad company and
immediate restoration OF train SER
vice, according to the original con
tract made in 1896, has been order
ed. The $4,000 awarded to Mantor-
vile amounts to $500 per day dam
ages from May 10th. 1923, to June
18th, 1928. Mantorville sued for $500
a day damages. 1t is not known yet
whether the Great Western will ap-
peal the case to the supreme court.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-07-27
FORTY STUDENTS
Will GRADUATE
Professor J. S. Young To Speak
At Teachers College
Tuesday

Teachers college will graduate
forty students this summer session.
The exercises will be held Tuesday
morning at the high school at eleven
o'clock. DR.. ]. S. Young Of the
University Of Minnesota, formerly
OF the State Teachers College fac
ulty here, will make the commence
ment address. Following are the
names of the graduates: Esther
Gertrude Berg, Mora; Dorothy EN-
lily Bowen, Minneapolis; Hazel Ell
len Catin, Faribault: Rose Elaine
Cherpeske, Ivanhoe; Gyda G. Dale,
Dawson; Leela Davis. Helena Mon
tana; Dorothy Diepenbrock. Red
wing; Frances Dorothy Dies, Fart
bsuit; Margaret Ramona Rn9' Doyle Doyle
Lam berton;; Edna l.. Hagemann,
Alpha; Jeanette Halverson. Daw-
son; Alvera Hauswedell, Arco;
Alice Dottie Held, Kenyon: Percie
v. -Hillbrand, Sturgeon Lake: Clara
Kellogg, Good Thunder: Edith
Kelly, Mankato; Genevieve Ann
Kennedy, Cresco, Iowa: Frances e.
Kreitinger, Springfield: Leona Lane,
Ivanhoe; Harriet Lillian Mallgren.
st. Peter; florence Mathews, Blue
Earth; Stella Marguerite Noel
Ter. Westbrook; Olga Nelson,
trander; Myrtle Rath. Easton:
Agnes Leona Rart, Delavan: Selma
Frieda Rosin, Good Thunder: Alice
w. Sotaaen, Window: Laurine Swi-
hart, Balaton: Mildred Grace Swi
hart, Balaton; Ena e. Thomas,
Odessa; Hazel e. Thompson, Cey-
on; Helena Margaret Tfsdell, DIV
ia; Olivia Eunice Treanor. Man
kato; Germaine Clara VelZ. Shak-
opee; Gladys Wells, Marshall: Ruth
Agnes West, Delano: Lillyan VII
liams, st, James; Fern Marie Wood,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-07-27
BACKYARD

A small flock Of hens instead OF
q large carriage can means & size =
able balance on the side Of thrift. In
a nutshell that is the essence con-
tanned in the twenty pages of Farm =
ers Bulletin 1881 Back Yard Poultry
Keeping, Just issued by the United
States Department of Agriculture. 1t
is q revision of a former bulletin
and contains many new suggestions
and eonyeniences that will be useful
to flock owners in villages, small
towns. and suburbs. Various uses
ARE now made Of the table waste cal J.
lected from homes in towns and
suburbs, but practically the only use
that they may be made OF 1t on the
premises is as feed for chickens. and
this use, according to the bulletin
can be made very profitable If the
birds are properly selected for lay q,
ing qualities and are given good
housing and care. It is assumed that
each hen in her pullet year viii ur2
duce at least ten dozen eggs, a rea
sonable requirement Of only l egg
every 8 days. The size of the back
ward flock seldom go below 10 hens
Ten birds laying eggs at the specll
fed rate will produce 100 dozen, in
a year which at the conservative
price of 40 cents dozen will make
The ficck income $40 a wear. The bull
letin is really a handbook designed
to answer any questions that may
come up in the mind of the owner OF
a small flock. It covers such sub
iects as the kind of fowls to keep
the size of the flock, procuring
stock, housing, arrangement and
sanitation Of yards, feeding, lice and
mites, Matching and raising chacks
culling the hens, preserving eggs
and practical pointers. Plans and
bills of materials are given for max
ing houses of low cost and houses
that will fit various conditions. De-
tails are given on interior equipment
such as roosts, dropping boards, nest
boxes, and coops for broody hens. IL
! is suggested, for instance, that an
orange box can be made into good
nests simply ny mailing a narrow
strip of board along one side to hold
in the straw. The advantages OF a
double yard are discussed, and one
paragraph tells of the value OF q
mulberry tree in supplying succulen1
feed for 8 weeks. There is descrlp
ton of an interesting device fol
providing fresh green feed by grow
ing oats through three -fourths inch
mesh poultry wire stretched on 9
frame a short distance from the
ground to keep the hens from killing
out the plants. Copies Of the bulle'
tin may be obtained by writing tc
the United States Department OF Ag'
riculture. Washington, d. C., as
long as the supply lasts.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-07-27
ANNUAL BANQUET
+. LAST MANS CLUB
Historic Event Is Held In
Saltwater Today
ONLY THREEGUESTS
Original Thirty-Four Members
Gradually Reduced Since
Civil War
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch. ]

Saltwater, Mimi, July 21.-Thirty
four places arranged at one long
table about which Is set thirty four
chairs, all but four of them draped
with black and with their backs
turned in, a display Of China, spark
ling glassware and polished silver
thanking a decorative centerpiece
upon which will repose a bottle Of
rare old wine-this was the setting
in the low ceiled dining room OF
the old Sawyer House today, the
scene Of the thirty ninth annual
banquet Of the Last Mans Club"
Three surviving members of this
quaint organization, which for the
last thirty eight years has met on
the anniversary Of the battle Of Bull
Run, July 81. In the Sawyer House,
VIII sit at that table today. The
fourth member, Emil Graf of st.
Cloud, Florida, is unable to attend.
he has written his companions, be-
cause he must spend the rest of
his short span of years in a wheel
chair.
Unopened Bottle Wine There.
The unopened bottle of wine a
gift to the club in 1885 which will
be drunk by the last survivor in a
toast to his departed comrades of
Company B. First Minnesota Infan-
try, will be brought from the safety
deposit vault of local bank shortly
before the three survivors at their
places and will grace the center of
the table where it has reposed dur
ing each banquet for the last thirty
seven years.
John S. Golf, Of the Minnesota
soldiers home; Peter Hall of At
water, Mimi; and Charles Lock-
wood Of Chamberlain. S. D., will be
the men who will attend the ban
uuet today Last year there were
five of that gallant company of
volunteer infantry, which made his
tory at Gettysburg and Bull Run, at
the table.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-07-27
W.C.T.U. TO CELEBRATE
Golden Anniversary OF Society VIII
Ra Observed In September

Golden Anniversary OF SoS'eI
Be Observed In September
Columbus. July 21.-All the sur.
yiying members OF the crusaders 81
1874 In the field Of temperance, or
their nearest relatives will be pres
emit at the fitch annual conYcn-
ton of the National Women's rem :
perance Union here September, to
"a and arrangements are already On
foot TO make the event one OF his
The premier spectacle, intended
To call TO mind the fact that hft3
years OF temperance endeavor have
nassed. and the success that has ct
tended these efforts, Will be the
"March of Allegiance to the consul =
tuition" to be held September 8. The
early temperance crusades, me me
growth of the organization, and the
development of its work Will be
pictured in this parade with floats
and banners.
A special committee Of one hun
dred leading women has been form
ed to arrange for the convention.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-07-27
VIII improve Highway

Especial TO The Tree PTess:I
1ackson Mimi. July 20-The
uost important piece Of road i'm
nroyamerf announced for this sec
lion in many months is that Trunk
Highway f No. 4 between Jaclls9n
and Window is to be permanently
constructed and graveled., the
county commissioners have decided
to issue bonds to the amount OF
$50. 0CO to carry on this work. 1t IS
expected that work on the contract
viii be commenced within about
three weeks. The stretch of road
now to be permanently improved IS
the only ungraveled gap IN Trunk
Highway No. 4 between the iowa
line and Redwood Fails.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-07-27
SEEK CAUSE OF DEATH.
Post -Mortem Examination Held Over
Remains of Earl Simpson.


Winona, July 21.-Injuries to the
stomach, believed to be traceable to
an automobile accident in which he
was involved two weeks ago, were
responsible for the hemorrhages
which caused the death Of County
Attorney Earl Simpson Wednesday
afternoon, according to results Of a
post norton examination made pub
lie today.
The examination was performed
late yesterday by DR.. w. w. Nauth.
and was witnessed by DR.. Irving w.
Steiner, county coroner, and DR.. w.
v. Lindsay, city and county health
officer.
Several LESSONS, one fairly large. in
the inner wall of the stomach, were
found, DR.. Nauth announced. The
examination revealed that the le
sions had developed ruptures OF GER
tain blood vessels. which produced
the hemorrhages, he said.
Although positive evidence was
lacking that the LESSONS were caused
by the automobile accident, 1t was
learned that Mr. Simpson had told
friends he had sustained a blow In
the stomach in the collision, and this
TaCL, LOS6CnST WIN LIl6 IdCl IldI uO
other manner was known in which
the injury might have been sustain
ed, satisfied many friends as to its
origin.
Did Not Realize Condition.
While Mr.. Simpson had not com :
planned to q physician Of an injury
sustained in the accident. his friends
pointed out that he was in the habit
Of treating his Ills lightly. and ap-
parently did not realize the possible
serious nature of his condition. This
theory found support when 1t was
learned that, even after the first ap-
parent hemorrhages occurred Tues
day night, and again early Wednes-
day morning, he declined offers to
cali a physician. 49,
It was believed that the LESSONS, in
the two weeks following the acct
dent, penetrated certain blood yes
sells and Tuesday night produced the
visible hemorrhages which, con
tinuing Wednesday. resulted In the
county attorneys death.
The examination was performed
at the request Of George Simpson
brother of the county attorney and
former attorney general Of Mime
sofa, who, on his arrival here from
Minneapolis, learned from the coun
| ty attorneys friends Of the acct
dent and the blow in the stomach.