The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-07-19
MANKATO BOOKLET
IN NOW ON SALE

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booklets are now being distributed,
and can be had at the secretary's
office, room 80, National Citizens
bank building, or at the book stores.
The news stands will also no doubt
be handling them before tomorrow,
as arrangements are being made as
fast as possible to place them on
SALE
The advisory board of the Com
mercial club met Saturday and fixed
the price of the booklest, having
| in view the purpose that they are
to be used for. To the general
public the price will be twenty-five
cents each, but real estate dealers
and others who desire to take the
booklets to send out for the pur-
pose of attracting people to locate
in the city and vicinity will be given
the booklets at the rate of $40
hundred in lots of not less than 100.
Envelopes that fit the booklet are
furnished in any event by the club.
Every person who has paid for
having a cut of his residence or
store is entitled to one booklet free,
and can have the same by calling at
the office of the secretary.
The advisory board considered
several matters that were called to
it's attention. The secretary report
"a +Lot
in the city last week, and would
like to locate in Mankato if he can
buy a partnership interest in some
business. Later on, he would like
to take over the entire interest in
the business. If any business firm
wants a partner, or if anyone
desires to dispose of his business,
the secretary of this Commercial
club may be of assistance if he is
notified.
The matter of the club assisting
to float $4,000 bonds to get the
malt house rebuilt was considered,
but no final action was taken Oh
it. 1t was feared that it might be
difficult to float the bonds.
The secretary reports that he had
written to the Minnesota Fire In
surance company of Chatfield, Mimi,
which desires to secure a new To-
cation, and which is negotiating
with the Rochester Commercial club
to move there. The Chatfield COM
pany replied that it had three prop
thnf hn nYn
figuring on, any one of which would
take the company to another city
The directors had recently sub
mitted a proposition to the CONNER
cial club of Rochester, to the effect
that providing the business men of
that city would subscribe for 5000
shares of the company's capital
stock at 500 a share they would
recommend to the stockholders that
the offer be accepted and the head
quarters moved to Rochester, and
representative Rochester business
men elected to fill portion of the
company's directorate and offices.
The letter added: providing a
proposition of this kind should in.
terest the members of your club,
we would be glad to take the matter
up with you in further detail"
No action was taken, as it was
thought that difficulty would be en-
countered in placing so much stock.
A letter from P. M. Hanley of
Kansas City, saying that he had
been referred to Mankato by the
industrial agent of the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad, was received.
The writer said:. 81 have been look
ing for a tract of land where all
materials required for the production
of Portland cement may be had in
willing to undertake the work OF
finding the money with which to
build a cement plant, if all condi-
tons were satisfactory"
The secretary said that he had
made inquiries and from what he
could learn the cement rock around
Mankato is not suited to the manu-
facture of Portland cement. 1t
makes very good quality of n.y.
draulic and bricklayers' cement, how
ever.
A letter from Miss Jessie Field,
county superintendent of schools of
Clarinda, Iowa, was received, in
reply to one sent her by the secre-
tary asking if she could address
meeting in this city on agricul-
tural education. She replied that
her work and speaking engagements
made it impossible, but referred to
Mrs. Fred Fisher of Shenandoah,
Iowa, as a woman who is much
interested in such work and has
been most successful with it, She
thought that Mrs. Fisher could be
secured for her expenses. Miss
Field is doing great work, in ap-
plying the work of the children of
the country schools to practical
things, and great benefit is result
ing from it. 1t may be that this
matter will be taken up later.