The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-05

His firm would donate $50 year for
five years toward carrying out DR..
Andrews proposition, or more if others
would give more.
Mr. Brett said that MS firm would do
the same
DIR. Holman's motion was put to a
vote and carried.
roads meeting be held in the city,
good speakers procured and the far
mers in the territory affected invited
to attend, and that hey be entertained
at dinner. The two clubs might
unite i'm this.
Advertise This County.
Secretary Otto presented a report
OF the meeting of the Federation of
Commercial Clubs, which was held at
st. Paul Jan. If and Is, and said
that it had given more thought to the
god roads proposition than to any
thing else.
President Nyquist also presented a
report of this meeting. He said that
only the northern part of the state was
mentioned in all the talk. delegates
telling how much can be raised there,
etc. He had gotten up and talked
about what can be raised in this coun-
ty. and told of Mr.. Erickson's expert
ence in Rapidan summer before last,
when he raised $1,000 worth of berries
OH three acres, and melted 5000,
after paying for boxes and help. The
delegates had said that they wanted
more OF such instances. to put in their
advertising matter, and Mr.. Otto will
furnish it. He thought that it would
pay better for the club to try to get
people to settle on small pieces of
land around Mankato than to try to
get big factories, which always want
large amounts of stock taken here and
are too big propositions to handle.
Mr.. Otto said that he is receiving
letters every day from eastern people
who want to manage or rent farms in
Blue Earth county.
DR.. Holman moved that the president
and secretary of both clubs arrange
for meeting and dinner such as he
had proposed, and this was carried.
David Richards favored increasing the
membership of the club. 1t was going
in the right direction, but needed
money.
MIR. Palmer moved that the president
appoint at least four collecting com
mittees of two each to collect dues
and to report upon the mater at the
next meeting. This was carried
Other Roads Want Help.
W. II. Hammett suggested that the
twenty seven delinquents be appointed
to collect their dues. He asked that
The road to Lake Washington be taken
into consideration. 1t had been fixed
Ill good shape as far as Henry Schul-
ties two years ago, and is in good shape
as far as the lake except where it
crosses the keonan slough, on the
county line road. Here the farmers
have some misunderstanding, and refuse
to fix the road, and it is almost inn
passable. He had six horses stuck
hauling 1000 feet of lumber there.
Mr.. Otto said that the farmers OH
the Poll road beyond Kennedy bridge
went assistance in fixing their road
They had bought ten road drags. The
Minneopa road also needs fixing and
the farmers there want help in do
ing it.
| Club Votes Assistance.
Mr.. Palmer said that the good roads
committee had been swamped with APP.
pllcatlOHs for assistance, and if il
had thousands of dollars it could not
help all. He thought it better to con
centrate the efforts Oh two or three
roads where the farmers were willing
to help, as they were doing in the
Mapleton, poor farm and Eagle Lake
roads. He moved that the club donate
$500 toward the improvement of the
Mapleton road, to be expended under
| the direction of Messrs. Wittrock ant
May, provided the improvement be cx
tended two miles
President Nyquist said that the nex
road district, III Decoria, must have
help. as he had promised it, and TIL,
farmers have already hauled 800 load
of gravel. He had promised that tn,
club would pay for the gravel, whici
cost about ten cents load.
The motion was amended so as t,
add $50 for this purpose, to be ex
pended by Louis Goettl, pathmaster
and was then carried.
Mr. Palmer moved that the club in
vite Messrs. Cummins and Thilgen t,
organize the farmers to gravel the res
of the Eagle Lake road, and that tn
good roads committee of the club b.
authorized to spend $500 in this worI
as their judgment may indicate afte
seeing what the farmers will do, an,
this was carried.
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