The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-12-29

ing as are the limits of the said city
of MankatO,
Therefore Be 1t Resolved, that the
Commercial club of North Mankato.
use it's best efforts with the said
express companies of the city OF
Mankato, to induce them to make
collections and deliveries of express.
age in said village of North Man.
kato, the same as they do in the city
of Mankato.
( A motion was made authorizing
| the chair to appoint 4 committee Of
two to take up the matter of secur.
| ing express service with the express
companies and to use all reasonable
means to secure results. Henry Ro-
bel and o. w. Walker were appoint
ed the committee proposed.
The ACCESSIBILITY of preparing to
make an exhibit at the state fair
was considered. AS to the best meth
cd of planning movement for such
an exhibit it was decided that a
committee had best be appointed to
ascertain what interest could be Sc
cured and the results to be reported
/ to the club. A motion was made
authorizing the president of the club
to appoint committee OF three for
/ such purpose.
1t was brought out in the discus
sion on the question of the proposed
state fair exhibit that it might be
! feasible to unite with the Mankato
! Commercial club in making q CO.
operative exhibit of Blue Earth and
Nicollet counties. It was said that
neither county has had an exhibit at
the state fair for number of years.
Final Test Of Water Plant.
John Wilson of Duluth, engineer
! OF the village water plant, returned
to his home yesterday after spend
/ ing two days here giving the final
test to the water plant. In a writ
ten report of his inspection Mr.
4 Wilson goes into minute explanation
of the various methods employed
i by him in making the test. While
he admits that the gauge shows
/ some loss of water, he accounts for
most of it in absorption. A certain
amount of loss is allowable in
now plant 1t may be necessary
later TO coat the reservoir inside
with a waterproofing. With the ex-
ccption of slight alteration needed,
Mr. Wilson recommends that tho
work be accepted. The Passionate
Lawrence company has deposited
with Street Commissioner Ehler 4
sum sufficient to cover the altera-
:. ton referred to.
!, Mrs. D. Donahoe pleasantly enter
tanned the Busy Zee Sewing club
this afternoon. The enjoyable az
, fair ended with n jolly bob sleigh
ride provided by Mr.. Donahoe
/ A brother of William Grimes whose
home is at Sleepy Eye, submitted to
q serious operation at one of the
. local hospitals Tuesday.
from Fridays Dairy.
Request For State Aid.
st Peter. Herald: A special meet
! ing of. the board OF county, COM
missioners was held in the office OF
Auditor w. II. Holz last Saturday
, to hear the arguments for and
: against the establishment Of county
!, ditch No. 50, in Traverse township.
ltpetitioned for by Henry +. Fox and
& others. Senator Henry n. Benson
appeared n for the First National
bank in opposition to the ditch, and
the hearing was postponed until
January 4th.i4 ri .;sfuy s.l.z5,.4 :
3 It was voted to; make an applica-
:, ton to the state highway. commits
! sion for state aid in the SUM of
900. To secure the. money. it is
, necessary for the county to appro-
pirate 4 like amount. When the aid
J is secured $4,000 will. be spent in
.. improving state highway No J.. and
the remainder in improving state
highway No. 2. @
Frank Osborne of Lake Prairie,
was awarded the contract to grade
and gravel the state road in that
township at his bid OF $500 \
transfer of liquor license from Jos.
: Woratschka to Geo. J. Penkert was
granted, and the latter thereupon
applied for n renewal Of his license
at KlOssner station lur the ensuing
year.
|. The WomanS Christian Temper
, ance union met at the home of Mrs.
a G.. Root on Sherman street yesterday
J Afternoon. Seventeen ladies were pre-
| sent. Mrs. Dubois presided. A num-
Der of matters Of business were at.
tended 10. One new member was
initiated. Two dollars and seventy
five cents taken in. Mrs. G. Root
was elected vice president. Mrs.
I Sherk conducted the literary program
which was on "prOportionate and
Systematic Giving" Some very good
points on tithing being brought out
/ The meeting adjourned to meet i'll
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