The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-29

Tended by Attorney Thomas Hes
sian.
From Tuesdays Daily
From the efforts being made by
the Taft entertainment committee.
the president OF the United States
will be given a time not soon to be
forgotten when he comes to Man
kato on October "a
A meeting was held in the Com
mercial club rooms at the city hall
last night of all the committees as
we'll as the general committee. Re-
ports were made as to what has
been done so far in the way of CIV
ing the president a royal welcome
when he visits this city.
The automobile committee report
ed that about twenty automobiles
will be engaged during the day to
take care of the president, his par
ty and Governor Eberhart, who will
also be here that day, as well as
number of distinguished guests that
will accompany them.
Will See the City.
It il proposed that the route over
which the president and his party
will ride will cover almost the en-
tire city and Sibley park, and the
committee hopes to have the presi-
dent make a speech from his auto
mobile in front of the normal school
for the benefit of the normal and
high school students.
Mr. Taft will also deliver a speech
from platform which is to be
constructed on Fourth street be.
tween Hickory and Walnut streets,
while the crowd will stand on the
court house grounds, This will
make an ideal place to take care
of the crowd SO that enough peo-
pie can come within earshot of the
speaker. The court house grounds
is much like an amphitheatre and
as the speech will be made in the
open air, it will resemble the an
cient Greek meetings.
Mounted Escort for President.
The president will have mount
E. Johnson, while the militia will
be asked by the mayor to assist the
! police department in policing the
streets during the parade.
Following the speech the Com
mercial club will entertain at lunch
con the president and party at the
Elks' club cafe. Covers will be
laid for about $50. However, the
details of this function will be an
nounced later by Secretary R. F.
| Hunt of the Commercial club. Moth
I ing will be left undone to make the
presidents stay here as pleasant
as possible.
! There will also be plenty of mu-
/ sic here Three bands will furnish
music for the parade. The Second
Regiment band of New Ulm has
been engaged to come here, and
the Twentieth Century and Har-
monia bands of this city will play
also. 1t is also expected that an
Uncle Toms Cabin company will
play in the city at that time, and
in that case the band accompanying
! this troupe will also help make the
day merry.
City Will Be Decorated.
The decorating committee has
engaged the services of number
| of expert decorators of the st. Paul
Decorating company to beautify the
city. Just what all the decorations
will consist of is not known, but a
large amount of bunting, flags as
/ well as other things that so to
make up beautiful city, will be
used, this being left to the experts
that come from the Sanity City.
Mankato wants outsiders to sec
! the president too, not continuing the
pleasure to its own inhabitants only
and so the transportation commit
tee is making every effort to secure
from the railroad companies special
rates for the day, so that the peo
pie from the surrounding towns
can come here at as little cost as
possible.
Invitations have been extended to
i MY ouCoCS. hN
committee on invitations has been
! busy for some time, as this is one
of the hardest questions to settle
And now that the committees
have reported. they will begin to
take steps to ultimate action sc
that everything will be in readiness
when President Taft visits Man
:, katO.
From Tuesdays Daily.
!, The county poor farm has had
) another prosperous year, under the