The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-06-08
Minnesota State Firemen's
Association at lie Sueur.
MANKATO LADS TO BE THERE
This City Will Entertain the Gather
ing in 1908; The Program for
the Present Session
From Thursdays Daily.


Mankato will be represented at the
meeting of the Minnesota State Fire
mems association which is to be held
at lie Sueur on June IL and IL. Next
year the association will meet in St.
Cloud and the year following in Man
kato. Something like 81, 800 will be
required to properly entertain the as
| ISOLATION.
The meeting this year will be of
more than ordinary interest and it is
expected that there will be an attend
ance of more than 600 delegates from
1872 companies in the association.
The affairs of the association are in
a prosperous condition with good bal
ance in the treasury. The membership
will show an increase of thirty nine
companies from thirty six towns, repre-
senting 500 firemen during the year.
Excepting New York and Pennsylvania,
the Minnesota organization is the larg
est state association of firemen in the
union
year as being in favor of national super
vision of insurance with a proviso in the
law giving the 2 per cent tax to the
fire departments throughout the United
States, the money to be disbursed under
the laws of the state, but only for the
purposes authorized by the laws of
Minnesota at the present time. These
amendments were introduced in the
| United States senate by Senator Clapp
and were made part of the Dryden
bill, now before congress, providing for
national control and regulation of the
business of insurance, but since the
change of public sentiment from nation
al supervision to uniform state supervis-
ion advocated by Insurance Commissioner
OBrien, it is doubtful whether the Dry
den bill or any similar measure will
ever be reported in congress. :" 500
| But the purpose for which the resolu-
ton was adopted was accomplished as
the adoption of the resolution was pub
lished broadcast throughout the coun-
try and called the attention of the fire
men to the grave danger there was to
the hundreds of relief associations hav-
ing their chief source of revenue cut
off by national legislation.
| The resolutions were taken up and
adopted by various state, district and
the national association of firemen, and
the sentiment created did great deal
to help along the cause of uniform
state supervision.
The transportation committee of the
association consisting of Chief Canter-
bury of Minneapolis, Chief Strap of
ST. Paul, and H. A. Rider of Little Falls,
have secured a rate plus so cents from
all points in the state. Papers will be
read on the topics of interest to fremen.
| Z. d. O'Brien, state insurance COM
missioner, will be among the speakers.
citizens committee, consisting of c.
n Cosgrove, j. HI. Termath, H. f. Weis,
H. 7. Emken, John McKasy, has been
busy for the last two months arrang-
ing for the convention. -.
The social features have been arrang
ed so as not to interfere with the bus
mess sessions of the convention. They
include street shows, baseball game
between local mines, parade of the
visiting fremen, an exhibit by the local
fire department and grand banquet
and ball.
With the arrangements already made
and the committees working to perfect
everything, it is assured that this will
be the greatest meeting the Minneso-
ia firemen ever held.
| The officers of the association are H.
I. Emken of LIE Sueur, president; H.
j. Limperick, of st. Cloud, first vice
president; A. d. Beach of Mankato, Sec
ond vice president; d. l.. Kane of Min
neapolis, secretary; A. j. Myler of St.
Paul, treasurer; E. F. Kelly of Fari,
bault, statistician.
Ditch Appeal Taken.