The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-02-18

cial unit, and the necessity of putting
| forth every effort to keep the home
organized. She thinks too few young
! people i'll considering marriage give
proper thought to the protection of the
! future family. The main thought should
not be the lettering of the conditions
| of the individual The home is the
best place for children for two reasons
First, because the atmosphere of love
and interest surrounding them; and
second, because of the discipline and
frank criticism which is given freely
there. The pension committee, in con-
nection with the conference, is doing
much to preserve the home by aiding
deserving families, in the home. instead
of separating them.
The discussion of this paper was by
Miss Florence w. Hutsinpillar, Super
visor of Agents, Minneapolis Associated
Charities. She further emphasized the
Importance of the home as the basis
of society. One cause of the weaken
ing of home as a center is the lack
of facilities for education and for
recreation. Many homes contain no
libraries and no opportunity to enter
tain company. Naturally the children
drift away to places, where they re-
ceive these advantages but lose the
benefit of the home influence She
emphasized the fact that it is up to
tho ,,oonlo Of oyorx, oo,on,,,n;t,, 70 ,,ro
vide right and proper educational op-
! portunities and recreation.
DR.. Coulter an Rural Economics.
DR.. Lee Coulter. of the university
! of Minnesota, whose speciality is rural
| economics, gave a most excellent dis
cussion on the development of Rural
Economics and Social Life" He point :
J ed out some Of the ways of removing
the disadvantages of rural life. The
first important requisite Is the country
must have q we'll balanced mass, with
! the essential qualities well developed.
Among these must be health, strength,
endurance, intelligence, ambition, ener-
gy, mechanical ingenuity, Imagination
and technical knowledge IL balance of
/ the more important of these is neces-
sary. and the man who trains his mind
at Ike s;i, IL, &C. is body or vice
versa should be taken to task. It is
much easier for the person living i'll
! the country to preserve his health if
he but take advantage of his oppor-
tunitics. He has plenty of fresh air,
milk and vegetables, and plenty OF
chance for exercise but many steps
will have TO be taken before country
people learn to avail themselves OF
these opportunities. In physical advan-
tagcs the country eNcclls, but in edu-
cational and industrial advantages the
city cNcclls. These advantages would
be possible for the rural population
only when the scattered population
is more closely connected ANY force
which would help to remove this OBJ
stacle should be set in motion. Actual
village life is not necessary in order
to build up community life.
Some of the forces at work TO bring
This about are. The advance in agri-
cultural and economic science; tele-
phones: rural free delivery; and most
especially good roads, and better tray
cling facilities, such as extension of
electric railroads. Make it possible for
the farmer to make more than bare
living off of his farm so that he could
enjoy these opportunities were they
offered.
Good Roads Talk.
Right along this line, State Senator
Claguc spoke on what the State Can
Do For Good Roads" He said what
we need and must have is legislation.
All road taxes should be paid i'll cash
The state constitution should be
amended 80 that Il direct tax of one
mill OH all property should be raised
This would be only $3.50 for every
quarter section of land and would make
it possible to improve every mile of
road in the state. Another change
which he advocated is in the method
of cxpcnding this money. 1t should
be under the control of q state High
way commission which should work in
connection with the county commits.
sioners. The discussion OF this was
opened by Mr.. w. Schultz, county
commissioner of Blue Earth county
He further emphasized the point;
brought out by The senator and dwell
forcibly upon the Importance of eacI
man doing something to bring about
the needed improvement in roads, ditch
es, etc. His discussion showed the
spirit that is needed in all county
officials.
This afternoon Hon. w. L. Hughes
Judge of Probate, Blue Earth County
discussed our probate Laws and Prac-
tice." The discussion of this was led
by Fred w. Johnson of New Tim.
Mrs z. n. Allen, county commits
sioner of Goodhuc county, spoke OH
1.-The Administration OF County Out
Door Relief
The election OF officers was held this
morning. The list of newly elected
officers appears at the beginning Of
: this article,