The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-06-19
Session Was Well Attended and
Several Projects Given
Push Along.
Farmers institute on Friday Of
Next Week to Be Given
Wide Publicity.
From Fridays Daily.

From Fridays Daily.
The monthly meeting of the Man
kato Commercial club last night was
an unusually good one. The atten-
dance was well above quorum, even
, at the hour for starting, and Vice
President Hohmann, who presided, push
ed business along with commendable
dispatch.
j. III. Spencer, the former secretary,
was present and read the agreement
that had been entered into between
the club and the incubator factory to
| get it to move to Mankato. The club
agreed to pay 5000 as soon as the
factory was located in Mankato, and
| the first years rent, and in return
| the factory management agreed to en-
| ploy an average of not less tnan fiji
teen persons during the first year.
When the 5000 for the moving eX-
penses became due, the financial strin-
/ gency was on, and the merchants hard
up, and rather than call upon them
at that time, he had borrowed the
money at the bank, personally endors-
/ ing the note, having no authority to
make loan for the club. The factory
had not employed more than twelve
men, and most of the time seven, but
! it had been hard year for business
and the quarters had been cramped. He
! thought the factory a good thing for
i the city. and that it would become one
of the leading enterprises in the city.
The new management has put three OF
! four travelling men on the road. The
, clug ought to favor it all it can.
DR.. j. w. Andrews moved that the
club ought to favor it all it can.
! rotary and assume the note and pay
lit at its earliest convenience. This
was carried.
Subscriptions Withdrawn.
DR.. Andrews presented a report for
| the special committee that had attend
ed the Preston conference of the Evan
gelical Hospital association. He then
moved that the subscriptions and en-
enlargement offered for the location of
! this hospital be declared null and void
and this was carried.
! On motion of Professor G.. G. Owen
the club voted to pay the expenses of
| the committee.
Ernest Rosenberger introduced Mr..
Kingsley, the new general manager of
| the FourTraction company. The latter
said that few people know the merits
of the machine manufactured by this
company, and asked that the committee
on manufacturing visit the plant and
look into the matter.
DIR. Andrews moved that the COM
mittce on manufacturing be requested
to investigate and report at the next
meeting and this was carried.
Farmers Institute Friday.
DIR. Andrews brought up the matter
of the farmers institute, and said
that another date mad been secured,
Friday of next week, and that good
corps of teachers would come, includ
| ing lady teacher ON domestic science,
and ladies from the city were invited
| to attend as well as those from the
country. The institute would be held
at the A. o. Z. W., hall and he hoped
that there would be no second frost.
He asked the club to take an interest
and nelp advertise the institute among
the farmers, and suggested that a COM
mittee be appointed.
B. T. Monsoon moved that COM
mittee of three be appointed to adver-
tise the institute, and this was carried,
and the chair appointed Mr.. Monson,
f. NJ. Currier and Charles X. Otto.
A number of bills were allowed.
| A communication was received from
the St. Anthony Commercial club,
requesting an exchange of courtesies,
and this was voted
| Interurban Railway Inquiry.
| A letter from R. NJ. 5Sowden, 1l23
Fourth avenue S., Minneapolis, was
read, as follows in part: 'To what
extent would your club and the citi-
zens of Mankato support an electric
interurban. line if one was built from
Mankato toward the twin cities and
south OF west or east from Mankato.
1t would be built by the business men.
| This was referred to Messrs. HiXon
and Hance.
A man who is getting up geography
text book on Minnesota asked for a
picture illustrative of something in
Mankato to insert. No action was
taken on this, and a chance to advertise
| the city was allowed to slip by.
Secretary Otto said that many bf the
| firemen at the recent convention had
asked for souvenirs of Mankato, show
| ing its manufactures, etc. He thought
| it good idea to have some of these
to give away.
Mr.. Spencer moved That committee
consisting of the president and secre-
tarv be appointed to find out what
such pamphlet would cost and to
report at the next meeting, and this
was carried
President Nyquist said that the Gam
BILE Robinson company desired the NOR
al support of the club with the coun-
ell to secure sewer under the rail-
way tracks and a raised sidewalk by
its proposed new building.
4 The treasurer reported the collec-
tions since the last meeting to have
been $399.54. and the disbursements
S247S0, leaving a balance of $l5l.74.
| Mrs G.. Seebach of Austin, wife of