The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-06-17
Farmers Must Take More interest IN
Their Permanent improvement
uacle Sans Men Will Refuse to Ride
Over the Rough Places.
Matter OF Insurance of Horses discuss
ed by State Association.
From Tuesdays Daily.

1t was not far from midnight when
the convention of the Minnesota Rural
Mail Carriers association finally con-
'cluded its labors and adjourned. The
main work Of the meeting, which occu-
pied nearly all the morning, and all the
afternoon and evening, with the eNcep-
ton of brief recess in the afternoon,
was in bisef as follows: The election
of officers for the ensuing year, as pub
lished in Saturdays Free Press; the
election eff delegates to the national con-
vention; the adoption of resolutions de-
claring dor reasonable pay; the appoint
]ment OF standing committees for the
year following; the financial and other
routine business of the convention; the
selection of color for uniform; the
selection of the place and time of hold
ing the next annual state convention !;
and the provision for the formulation
of plan for the insurance of the car
riers' horses.
Delegates that were actually elected
to attend the convention of the national
organization at ST. Louis on Sept. II
next, were Geo. L. Rathburn of Anoka !;
E. d. Terrell of Wayzata; Eugene Coy
of Mankato; and L. j. Crippen of Wash
ington county.
Late in the afternoon the delegates
all went over to Shows studio and had
a group photograph taken. Three pic
lures were ordered, one for the associa-
tions itself, another for The Rural Free
Delivery News of Chicago, and the third
for The Minneapolis Tribune.
The most important feature of the
afternoon was the presentation and
adoption of the resolutions, as presented
by the committee, being as follows:
whereas, the last congress denied our
request for reasonable and just in
crease in our salary in spite of the
vigorous efforts of our committee,
''Be it resolved, That we, the Mime
sofa Rural Mail Carriers association,
oreposing implicit confidence in the good
judgment and zeal of the national presi-
dent, F. II. Cunningham, do hereby ten
der our sincere thanks to him and his
associates, for the work they have done
in our behalf;
Resolved, That we are truly CRATE
full to the senators and members of con-
gress, who by voice and vote did their
utmost to give us just and reasonable
compensation for the labor we perform;
Resolved, That our thanks are due
to the press, both daily and weekly, for
their hearty support, and especially to
The Minneapolis Tribune and Rural Free
Delivery News, for furnishing material
assistance;
Resolved, That we earnestly urge all
rural carriers to rally to our standard
and by determined, united efforts, seek
to accomplish the good results, which
only united efforts can attain;
Resolved, That the thanks and APP
probation of this association are es-
pecially due to State Organizer George
L. Rathburn of Anoka, Mimi, and Sec
rotary E. d. Terrell of Wayzata, Mimi,
for the active and successful work and
sacrifice of their time and money in
bringing our organization up to its pres
emit number of 1927 members; and
Resolved, That our thanks are due to
the city offers of Mankato and Post
master Benedict, and especially to our
state treasurer, John I. May, for courte
sizes extended in our behalf"
The resolutions were greeted with the
greatest applause and adopted with en-
thusiam.
The new president, G. L. Rathburn,
announced the executive committee for
the coming year as follows: Martin
Jorgensen of Waconia; w. f. Hoffervert
of Howard Lake; and T. d. Seward of
Zumbrota- The committee on audit for
the coming year he appointed as fol
lows: L. Lindstrom of Cambridge; c..
H. Cobb of Newport; and w. III. Koch
of Utica.
In the evening, the delegates spent
quite time in discussing the kind of
a uniform they desired. 1t was final
ly decided to recommend to the federal
authorities that uniform be adopted,
of a color somewhat like that of the
city carriers uBiforms, only a little
darker.
Another question that came up in
the evening was the selection of the
place of holding the next annual con-
vention of the state association. 1t
was determined to hold this at Excel
sior, Hennepin county, on the shore of
Lake Minnetonka. As the delegates were
very much rushed in getting through
with the business of this present ses-
sion in one day, it was decided to have a
two days convention next year on the
second Friday and Saturday in June.
Great interest was taken in the ques-
ton of the insurance of the carriers
horses, but no definite plan of insur-
ance was determined upon by the con-
yention. The executive committee was
empowered and instructed to draw up
a plan of insurance of the horses, and
submit this plan to the various associ-
.ations of rural carriers If two thirds