The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-08
FRANKIE. cRANDA[[
the rural resident would come to a
realization of his. own.
Expense a Small Matter.
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pense, that it had been decided to go
to the heavy shippers and ask for
subscriptions, four cities having prom.
Used to bear the expense of send.
ing these two men to Washington.
The bill put in by Mr. Draper was
1885, while that placed by Senator
eastman was $69.50, making a tota,
of $158.45, or $39.61 the share to be
borne by Mankato.
Mr.. Patterson thought that as long
as the club as whole is interested
in this matter, the club should also
bear the expense and he moved that
the treasurer be instructed to draw
an order for this amount. His motion
was carried.
Mr.. Soaring also read letter from
the st. Peter Commercial club, stat
ing that there had been some mis-
understanding regarding which COM
| mittee should help take charge in
arranging for the Better Farmers
convention at Mankato, and so the
president had appointed w. G. Lau.
mann, c. A. Johnson, and J. A..
/ Loehl as the committee to act with
the committee from the Mankato
Commercial club.
National Draining Meeting.
Letters were also received con.
corning the National Drainage con.
yention which will be held soon, and
one from the Western Fruit Jobber's
association of America, which has a
bill to be enacted upon before con-
gress and of interest to all fruit
raisers. The writer of this letter
wanted the secretary of the Man
kato club to secure the endorsement
of the club in this matter and wire
i this clubs desire to have the bill
passed, to the chairman of the COM
mittee at Washington at once, as the
! bill would come before the congress
next Thursday. g,.i,
The report of Chairman e. v. Ny.
quist of the, banquet committee, re-
garding the financial statement of the
annual banquet held last week, was
read. The report stated that 235
dollars realized. The. total expense
| for serving except cigars and speak
! er's expenses, was $216, while the
cost of cigars amounted to s14, MAX
ing a total expense of $3.50 with a
| balance on hand Of SIS. i t..
Vice President a., j.. :Veigel moved
! that the club express a hearty vote
of thanks to President George e..
Vincent of the Minnesota University
and that the secretary be instructed
to write him a letter to that effect.
This was Unanimously carried.
Better Farming Convention.
AS Judge Cray, chairman of the
committee on the better farming con-
vention was not present. DR.. M. s..
Wood made the report for him. He
gave a brief, outline of the scope of
the convention. He suggested that
two lines; OF work be taken up at the
convention, rather than spreading
over a large number. The first line
was, to increase the grain crop per
acre and second, to increase the
butter crop per COW. He had written
to r. A. Moore, economist at the
Wisconsin university, and a man of
national reputation, and also to A. J.
Glover, assistant editor OF Hoard's
Dairyman, a man who is we'll known
In agricultural circles. These two
gentlemen had promised to speak at
the convention, which win be held in
Mankato on March, 81 and .22. Dairy
Commissioner Wfnkjer will be in at
tendance. ''si :'s D
President Crandall then asked for
the benefit of the advisory committee
for an estimate of the expense of
bringing these men here. DIR. Wood
said that Editor Glover wanted his
carfare and hotel expenses and fifty
subscriptions to Hoard's Dairymarl,
or their equivalent, while Professor
Moore had written that he usually
received $50 and expenses when he
went outside of his own state. 1t
was not thought that this convention
would conflict with the meeting Of
the Editorial Association of the sec
ond district which will be held here
on March %. 80. %s5
Road Committee Is Busy.
President Crandall reported that
the committee authorized to collect
$1,000 subscriptions from the BUSH
ness men for good roads had not be-
gun work as yet although six $500
subscriptions had been raised. 1t is
expected that this committee will
get together today and he anticipated
no trouble in raising the $1,000 pledg-
ed for this year.
AS all the funds raised to defray
the expense of the Southern Mime.
sofa Teachers association had been
turned over to another committee.
President Crandall then discharged
this committee that raised the funds.
President Crandall then gave a
short talk, in which he advised the
members to make a good attempt
toward securing more members, in
stead of leaving tito, the secretary.
and made plea for a larger mem,
bership. "a
The election of officers was then
held. Vice President "a. j. Veigel, in
nominating President Crandall for re-
election, stated that the latter had
served SO capably during the past
year that he should be reelected.
II. A. Patterson moved that the
secretary cast ballot and President
Crandall was reelected. Mr. Cfandalls
then responded with a few words Of
appreciation. g. $50. ~ q
Mr.. Veigel nominated Judge Cray:
for the vice presidents position, and
as there were no other nominations,
Miles Porter moved that the score
tary cast ballot for Cray, which
was unanimously carried. On motion
of r. e. Brown, Secretary L.. r.
Soaring was elected treasurer for
the coming year. He is appointed:
secretary by the advisory board. SO