The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-14
Students at the Training School
Are Remembered.
A. N. Dukes Tells Directors
About Town Building.
Progress Is Made on The Min
neopa Park Deal.
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily
For the entertainment of the pupils of
the summer school at the normal, the
committee of the Board of Trade APP
pointed to solicit funds, has collected
just $l03. This report was made this
morning at the board meeting on be-
half of the committee by j. H. Stewart.
This money and whatever further funds
come in for the same purpose will be
turned over to the entertainment COM
mittee. and will be used to defray the
expenses of giving the school ma'ams
and masters an occasional good social
time during the summer school session.
W. A. Funk reported that on behalf
of the board he has been communicate
ing with the town of South Bend, with
reference to the bad condition of the APP
proach to the Blue Earth river bridge
on the South Bend side. The approach
has been nicely filled in and the place
made passable.
Thomas Hughes, one of the park COM
mittee, said that progress is being made
III the matter of coming to an under
standing with parties involved in the
proposed purchase of land for the Min
neopa State park. Some of the land
wanted belongs to ID. C. Evans and
sons and one block near the depot to
the agent The matter is moving
slowly.
T. NJ Currier. member of the com
mittee appointed to bring about fus
ion. if possible. of the Willard and Hance
street ear factions, informed the board
that the committee had held conferences
from time to time with both parties.
Nothing definite was arrived at, al
though the feeling on both sides was
pleasant. The Mankato and st. Peter
Railway people have been compelled to
quit operations, temporarily at least,
having been notified by the eastern par
ties, with whom they were negotiating,
that the deal is off. This leaves the
field clear for the Willard enterprise.
There are strong hopes that it will 60
ahead all right.
A communication was read from A.
y. Dukes, now of Peru, Indiana, urging
that the business men of Mankato get
together and push some such scheme us
is now being carried out in Peru, a
scheme whereby money is raised to bring
new factories to the place by selling
lots of newly plated land, the same to
be paid for when the factories are Sc
cured A corporation known as the Oak
dale company is carrying out this
scheme in Peru. The company has laid
out land adjacent to Peru, and agreed
with the Board of Trade of that city
to bring into town factories employing
thousand people, if the Board of Trade
and other citizens will secure subscrip-
tions for 700 lots at $275 EACH The COM
pany also agrees to make certain i'm
provements on these lots in the way of
gravel and cement. The plan is operat-
ing we'll and the board has already
sold lots to the aggregate amount of
100000. Out of the profits of these
sales the company expects to use
100000 in securing factories, giving
them sites, and connecting two lines of
railroad The communication was refer
red to the committee on public i'm
provements.
NJ. G. Willard remarked that only a
few years ago, Peru had about four
fifths as many people as Mankato. Now
the two cities seem to be neck and
neck. Peru has been growing the faster
though Mankato seems to be the better
town. Perhaps the Peru people have
more get-up.,
A communication from the
Chamber of Commerce of the
State of New York, calling at
tention to the high tariff movement in
continental Europe, a movement that Is
likely to prove very serious to American
trade unless counteracted by suitable re-
ciprocal trade arrangements, anc urging
that the various commercial bodies get
together and join in movement for
such action on the part of the federal
government. The communication was re-
ferred to the committee on legislation.