The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29
CONGRESS TO BRING
BIG men TO MANKATO
importance Of Gathering Recog-
nized BY Rail Heads.

| The convention to be held in this
city to organize a Southern Mime
sofa Development association, Tues
day, April 2, will be a much bigger
affair than was at first thought. In
| quiries are coming in from all parts
of Southern Minnesota in regard to
the meeting, and almost every let
ter expresses approval of the prof.
ect, and the statement that the writ.
| er expects to be present.
! The banks of the city have sent
out an invitation to the 400 banks
in Southern Minnesota, to attend the
meeting, and the leading real estate
| firms of the city have mailed cir
cular letter to $50 real estate firms in
all of the southern part of the state,
urging upon them the importance
| Of the meeting and requesting that
! they be present. In addition to this,
the committee having the matter in
charge has sent invitations to sew
! enty Commercial clubs, and Mayor
Charles T. Taylor has invited sew.
enty.five mayors of cities and larger
villages to be present. Quite gen.
eral response is being received, and
| it Is expected that the principal bust.
ness interests of the southern part
of the state will be present at this
meeting.
Maxfieid viii Be a Speaker.
II. ]. Maxfeld, the state immigra.
ton commissioner, will be one of
the speakers at the meeting, and
others who will address the meeting
will be D. NJ. Neill of Redwing,
president of the Minnesota Fedora
ton of Commercial clubs, A. d.
Kaercher of Ortonville, on the i'm
| provement of the Minnesota river,
George M. Palmer OF Mankato on
the Importance OF good roads and
how to make them, and others whose
names will be given out in day or
/ two.
! Efforts are being made to have II.
M. Byllesby of Chicago, of the Fl.
NJ. Byllesby company, which has re-
Gently built or taken over several
water powers and has purchased
the power and lighting plants in
several Southern Minnesota cities,
present to speak on the advantages
of water power development in its
/ relation to getting manufacturing
| plants.
/ The presidents of the railroads
having large interests in Southern
! Minnesota were invited by tho com.
mittee to be present, and one or
more Of these are expected, as the
interests of the railroads are identi-
cal with those of the territory
through which they pass. S. NJ. Eel
ton of Chicago, president of the Chi
cago Great Western railroad, writes
E. f. Soaring, the chairman of the
committee, that he is not sure that
he can personally attend the meet
ing in Mankato April 2, but that he
! be represented. He adds: 81 heart
lily approve of all you are doing and
we join you in every reasonable ef-
fort to help along your plan"
President A. j. Earling of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul road
has expressed his regret at not be-
ing able to be present, owing to a
prior engagement that makes it
necessary to be on the Pacific coast
at the time The other roads are
| expected to be represented.
Joseph Chapman, Jr, Is Invited.
Joseph Chapman, Jr., of Mime
apolis, chairman of the agricultural
/ committee of the Minnesota Bank
erS' association, has been asked to
/ speak on Agricultural Education"
| He is still in the east, and if he
cannot be present, this subject will
be covered by some other specialist
| on that line.
| The convention will open at ten
o'clock in the forenoon, and Mayor
Taylor and President +. Z. Crandall
of the Mankato Commercial club
will extend welcome to the visit
the convention will be taken up and
prosecuted as rapidly as possible.
An automobile ride is planned over
some of the graveled roads around
Mankato for late in the afternoon.
The proposed organization Of the
Southern Minnesota Development as
ISOLATION is attracting a great deal
of interest and favorable comment
on all sides. The committee desires
1t to be known that every man in.
terested in the growth and prosper.
ny of Southern Minnesota is invited
TO attend.