The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-12-04
They Held an Interesting Session in
Mankato Yesterday.
Address Delivered to Them by Former
Postmaster Hunt.
Entertained at Supper and Go to
Theatre in the Evening.
From Fridays Daily.

Pay that will be more nearly adequate
to the arduous duties of the rural mail
carrier besides a suitable allowance for
his heavy expenses is the main purpose
that has caused the carriers to form ma
tional and state organizations; and such,
too, was one of the principal motives
that brought seventeen of the rural car
riers of this and adjacent counties to
the office of Edwards, Wood & Co., in
The Free Press building yesterday after
noon to form branch organization to
be affiliated with the state and ma
tional bodies. This more local asso-
citation is to embrace the rural carriers
of the counties OF Blue Earth, Fari-
bault lie Sueur, Watonwan, Nicollet and
Brown. This territory includes in the
neighborhood of seventy-ive rural mail
deliveries, every one of whom the or
ganizers earnestly desire to get upon the
membership roll. The Southern Mime
sofa Rural Letter Carriers association
is to be the name of the new aggrega-
ton.
Through the kindness of w. a. Hub
bard, manager of Edwards, Wood and
Co.'S office in The Free Press building,
The Free Press management was en-
abled to supply the rural route mail car
riers these pleasant rooms in which to
hold their meeting.
The carriers present were: James
Bates of Mankato, on Route No. !, 60
ing eleven and one-half miles towards
Garden City; j. C. Watts of Mankato,
on Route No. 2, going six miles out on
the Bunker hill road and returning by
the Pohl road; John I. May of Man
kato, on Route No 3, going out on the
Graf road eastward through the towns
of Mankato and Lime to Lake Weide and
home again by the Eagle Lake road;
Eugene Coy of Mankato on Route No.
4, running down on the st. Peter road
on this side of the river a distance of
six miles and to Lake Washington and
back by the Eagle Lake road; d. E.
Thomas of AIankato on route No. 5,
going over into Nicollet county by the
st. Peter road for about five miles, then
west about four and one-half miles and
coming back by the prairie road and
Belgrade avenue; William Whitcomb of
Mankato on Route No. 6, running over
into Nicollet county to Kerns and He
bron and coming back by the river road
above Mankato; d. Z. Peterson of Ma
della, Route No. 2, running nine miles
to the north; F. NJ. Fish of Mapleton,
Route No. 2, fifteen miles northwest; A.
n. Tibbets of Vernon Center, Route No
2, eight miles northwest; A. Lortz of
Mapleton, route No. l, nine miles north;
A. w. Morris of Vernon Center, Route
No. /, twelve miles west; A. W. Krengel,
of Mapleton, Route No. 3, circuitous
route of about twenty-five miles; James
Davis of Madelia, Route No. 5, twelve
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Madison Lake, Route No. l, west and
around by Marysburg and touching five
lakes, zigzag way; and Roma Hayes of
Winnebago City, Route No. 3, twelve
and half miles southwest.
Eugene Coy called the meeting to or
der about 2:30 o'clock. Mr.. Coy was
chosen chairman and A. W. Krengel of
Mapleton secretary by reclamation. Mr..
Coy in a few words explained the OBJ
ject of the gathering and the meeting
voted to adopt the constitution of the
state association adopting its articles in
their entirety.
Permanent officers were chosen as fol-
lows: President, Eugene Coy; first vice
president, d. E. Peterson of Madelia;
second vice president, Roma Hayes of
Winnebago; secretary, A. W. Krengel of