The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-02-09

WILL BE ISSUED THIS MONTH
Delegation From Mankato Com
merciaI Club Called On
Commissioners.
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Two hundred dollars was secured
from the county towards paying the
expense of publishing the booklet
which the Mankato Commercial club
is about to have printed. This was
the result OF an action taken by the
county commissioners yesterday aft
ernoon after a delegation from the
Commercial club called on the
board and presented the proposition
of how this county was going to
be advertised. =
| Those who called on the board
were: President F. E. Crandall, Sec
rotary e, F. Soaring, w. D. Willard
and John Nyquist of the advisory
board, George Atchison, J. R. Brand
rup and J. R. Snow of the. book
| committee, Mayor Charles T. Tay-
lor, H. A. Patterson, DIR. 2. G. Har-
rington, Emil Schoyen, George 2.
| rett, ]. B. Richards, Henry Kruss,
DR.. j. w. Andrews, A. Anderson Of
North Mankato and County Surveyor
w. F.. Brooks. -,
| Most of those who composed the
delegation addressed the board and
urged that inasmuch as the county
will be benefited by the publication
of the booklet, there being already
very large demand from eastern
homeseekers for a knowledge about
the farming conditions adjacent to
Mankato, the county should bear
some of the expense.
Facts for tho Board. -;
procidont TrandoI oouo- tho nnon.
ing address and called on the mem.
scribe the book and say what was
wanted. The secretary of the club
was then called on and he told about
| the large correspondence THAT he hal
to take care of, being the, -lettere
from prospective homeseekers who
wished to secure farm lands. 3 He
also told how the club Is extending
nearly all of its funds for the adVer-
| Using of the farm lands, and the
county as. a whole and for other
purposes that are directly benefciaI
to the farmers and villages of the
county. ..-.,
The other members spoke concern
ing the booklet, most OF their argu-
ments being that as long as the
county as whole was represented
in the publication, the county should
help in the expense. They asked
that the county board in represent
ing the county, should make some
appropriation, and Mr.. Patterson cali
ed their attention to the fact that
more than one-half of the taxes Of
the county are paid by citizens OF
Mankato and that therefore the pro-
portion paid by the county outside
of the city on the entire cost Of
the book would be over one-sixth.
... Cost of the Booklet.
The pamphlet will cost from 500
to $500 and therefore 1t was thought
the county board should approprf
ate at least 5000. The book will be
fifty-page affair, finely illustrated;
on good book paper, and 5000 copies
will be printed. The book commit
tee now feels justified in making
arrangements for the publication Of
the pamphlet. The plates are ex,
pected to arrive here in about a
week and the book will probably be
off the presses by next month. As
the county has now appropriated
5000, the city of Mankato another
5000 and North Mankato $50, it is
believed that the Commercial club,
will not lose anything. 1t was
thought that 10 cents would be
charged for the books.