The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-05-26

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NORTH MANkATO DEPARTMENT.
The Commercial club will hold a
regular meeting tonight. The i'm
portant matter for discussion is
legs. The errors of the past can
possibly be corrected and the er-
rors of plating in the future might
be mitigated, this meeting should
be we'll attended. Not later than
thirty years ago there practically
speaking was but one road running
through the present site of North
Mankato. 1t was then called the
Belgrade road and was layed out on
the section line. With the eXcep-
ton of change in course near
"a" street and extensive filling and
other improvements no changes
have been made in the present Bel
grade Avenue. Belgrade road was
not however the first road The
site of North Mankato was Origi-
nally covered with heavy timber
and dense underground of elder
berry, gooseberry bushes and wild
grape vines making nearly i'm
penetrable mass; so that it was
found easier to follow the river
bank. From the ferry landing OPP
posite from where the Mankato
pumping station is now located the
first wagon road was hewn through
the timber following closely to the
river bank south through what is
now known as Kron's Park and
South avenue. Approaching the
bluff near George Fletchers home,
the original hill road was very
steep and rudely made, later the
present "old hill road" was built
which was great improvement
over the first, and we have a still
greater improvement in the present
new hill road. The tracks of the
old road may still be seen in Men
tens Woods" near the bluff. In a
comparatively short period of time
the simple rude trailing wagon road
has given way to we'll layed out
streets and alleys, which are well
lighted with electricity, piped with
gas, soon to be piped with water
mains and over head strung with
many telephone wires.
The T. C. c. T. club held an es-
pecially interesting meeting at the
home of Edith Ables last night.
After good time of game playing
and refreshments had been served
the club resolved itself into pluvius
and showered Miss Amy Darling
with household utensils and trinkets
of all sorts. Miss Darling is to be
June bride and her sister and
members of the club took this oc
casion to express their we'll wishes
Miss Darling was completely taken
! by surprise but with her usual com
posture enjoyed and appreciated the
consideration given her by the club
The following officers were elect
ed at the meeting of the Epworth
league held last night. President
Forest BlyIer; first vice president
May Carlstrom; second vice presi
dent, Edith Ables; third vice presi
dent, Lillian Nielsen; fourth vice
president, Lillian Wachtler; fifth
vice president, Idyell Grue; secre
tary Ward Kuentzel; treasurer
George Lundberg; organist, Alice
Anderson.
Mrs N A. Heydon and daugh
ter, Mrs. w. A. Reeves, took the
morning train for Chatfield, where
they will visit the family of H. H
Heydon and other friends. They
also expect to visit the formers
sister, Miss Hopkins, of Rushford
MINI. They will be gone about ten
days.
Miss Allie Heydon Reeves, accom-
panied by her sister Miss Jessie
Heydon spent Sunday and Monday
as guests of friends at Smiths
Mill, Mimi.
A nice little girl arrived at the
home of Rev. and Mrs. G. A. SHARP
last evening. There are now two
boys and two girls.
From Thursdays Daily.
North Mankato is conceded to be
village of homes, but if you please
to call it a suburb of Mankato, b!
far the largest and most prosperous
suburb of Mankato, but the presen
indications are that it may become
more than a place of residences
All the present business institution:
are doing a good business. 1t is no
so many years ago that Lou Strick
land, the pioneer merchant of Nortl
Mankato, opened a grocery at hi:
present location, followed soon afte
by Thomas Smith and others. AL
have been prosperous and have &C
cumulated considerable property
What has been said of the groceries
may be said of the meat market, thu