The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-11-30
Doings of The Board of Trade.

Monday morning the Board of Trade
met at the Council chambers to hear the
report of Mr.. S. w. Burgess who was
appointed to secure estimates on the
cost of wig-wam in which to hold the
Dairymen Convention 10 meet here
in February, and to transact such other
business rs might properly come up.
Mr.. Burgess had four estimates to pre-
sent, the average of which would require
the expenditure of nineteen hundred
dollars. Such structure would he
S0XS0 feet, IL feet posts, truss roof with
necessary doors, windows, etc. On
behalf of the old Opera House company
Mr.. Burgess presented proposition
that had been placed in his trust to this
effect: That for 81 900 the company
would place new roof upon the walls
Of the Opera House, construct good
substantial, floor, put in the windows
and doOrs-in word make it available
for use for the Dairymen's meeting and
further, would bind themselves To
donate the Use of the building for all
time to the Board of Trade for
meetings Of public Importance, free of
rent.
$" reasonable did this proposition
seem that committee was appointed
consisting of Mcssrs. j. A. Willard, Jno.
c. Noe, John Klein, S. W. Burgess, JAS.
Shoemaker andlF. l.. Watt crs to confer
with the Opera House company with
power to act. and 10 report at called
meeting of the Board as soon as arrange
ments had been made, and an agree
ment consummated. Accordingly, a
special meeting OF the Board was called
Tuesday afternoon at 9 o'clock, and the
committee reported. Articles of agree
ment between tn, B"a.,ara House cor
pany and the Board of Trade were read,
and alter considerable desultOry dis
cussions the Board adjourned, having
guaranteed the thousand dollars to the
company after the roof shall be in place
and the floor laid.
While the Board has taken upon it.
self an obligation which calls for con.
siderable sum of money, We believe that
the good citizens of Mankato will sus-
tam it IN the action and come for \ ard
with liberal donations tn help liquidate
the Indebtedness. This is Il portion of
the funds that will be required to sue.
cessfully carry out the meeting oi the
Dairymens Association. Fifteen or six
teen hundred dollars must be raised by
subscription. There is no dodging the
issue. MankatO, through her liberality
and hospitality last year, ~ won the
good will of the Directors of the Ass0.
citation that this WAS again selected as
the point for holding the next meeting,
and now what remains as an imterativc
obligation upon us as apeople must be
carried out. The farmers in this section
can aid in this matter if they will. 1t
Is movement that is of direct interest
and beSefit to them. and why not they
lend helping hand? There IS not
single feature connected with the meet
ing but is of vital moment to the
success of agriculture-evcn to the ban
guet. Then let the good husbandman
join hands with the merchant. and give
this undertaking lift. If You cant
spare ten dollars, give what you can af-
ford, that's all. Give something. The
business men of Mankato will do more
than their share. and all for the good of
the farmer. Let us hurrah, and let
every man as he is called upon to donate
feel himself especially favored by being
asked to contribute. Those who are
missed will of course present themselves
to the proper committee, and exact an
apology. The committee is composed
of such men As will crave pardon for
their negligence.