The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-06-27
Four Committees Appointed to
Take Up Future Work
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
| Four committees have been ap-
pointed to carry on the work of the
Civic improvement league and Mrs.
j w. l.. Comstock, the president, has
arranged for lecture to be given
some time after July 6 by c. r.
Shumway, who will speak On the fly
and mosquito nuisance.
The principal work of the league
this year will of course be the visit
ing nurse work. Miss Selma Just,
who understands the problems of
Mankato in health matters, has been
elected to that position at a salary
of SIS month. She will have her
headquarters in the office of Dr. c..
c. Pratt, the city health officer, and
will work under his direction. Her
working hours will be from 80 I'M
til twelve o'clock in the morning and
1870 to $3.50 p, m.
The members of the visiting nurse
board are: DR.. C. c.. Pratt, presi-
dent; Mrs. w. L. Comstock, vice
president; Mrs w. L. Hixon, treas
urer; Mrs. Robert Lamm, secretary;
Mrs A. F. Winter auditor.
Work Along Health Lines.
/ A committee whose work will be
along health lines which shall be
called the public welfare and santa
ton committee is composed of Miss
Selma Just, chairman; DR.. R. NJ An
drews, G. R. Shumway and J. E.
Reynolds.
The juvenile garden wcrk is in
charge of Professor G. H. Traitor, F.
l.. Soaring and Mrs. A. j. Veigel.
Mrs. c. R. Brandrup is chairman of
the vacant lot committee and acting
with her are Mrs. w. L. Hixon and
Mrs. C. E. Wise. .......
Mrs. Comstock will later appoint
person in each ward to collect the
dues of members of the Civic Inn
provement league.
The committees named here have
been appointed but recently and have
as yet made no definite plans for
their work.
Washington, D. c.. June 23.-Score
victory for Mrs. Caroline Bartlett
Crane, formerly a newspaper reporter
in Minneapolis, afterward a minister
in Kalamazoo, Mich, but ever WON
an determined to make that section
of the word with which she comes
in contact a little better for her hay-
ing been in it,
For several months Mrs. Crane
has been waging a campaign against
a ruling of the United States depart
ment OF agriculture that fresh meal
is free from further inspection in
the United States when it bears that
government brand United States in
spected and passed Quality guaran
teed"
Said Unpleasant Things.
1t is needless here to repeat the
unpleasant things Mrs Crane ha,
said about the United States inspec
ton. And, indeed, in these hot DAYS
especially, it is perhaps better for
all our appetites not to go into de,
tail as to the things that might hap,
pen to fresh meat after it had been
inspected, and before it reached the
customer.
+ Mrs. Crane marshals her facts eff
= fectively. She has been marshaling
them for five months.
Even President Wilson these hot
days finds it difficult to hold the in
terest of the cabinet after it is time
to go to the ball game. but Mrs.
cranes meat articles got three mem,
bers of the cabinet together.
The secretary of agriculture, the
secretary of the treasury and the
secretary of commerce constitute the
1000 and drugs board and they met
long enough to rescind the old rule
Mankato will entertain the next
annual convention of the W. C. T.
U. for this district. At the conven
ton held in C.rden City on FRIDAY
and Saturday this was decided The
following officers were elected:
President, Mrs. Lottie Ackers OF
Lake Crystal vice president, Mrs
]. T. Mills of Garden City; secre
tary, Mrs. Million of Lake Crystal
treasurer, Mrs. Julia Thurston OF
Garden City,
There were twenty-three dele
gates present at the meeting which
was very successful one. On Fri,
day children's gold medal contest
was held in which eight people took
part. The gold, medal was awarded
to Miss Foster of Cleveland. 1t was
decided to have a gold medal con-
test at the state convention to be
held in Alexandria.
The ladies who represented Man
kato at the meeting were Mrs. T. H.
Summer, Mrs. George Kimble and
Mrs. Andrew Swenson.
State officials and representatives
from the railroads operating in Min.
nesota will meet again in the office
of the railroad and warehouse com.
mission tomorrow or Wednesday to
discuss putting in operation the state
rate held valid by the United States
supreme court
The matter of refunding rebates
due shippers also will be taken up.
Attorney. General Smith probably
viii be asked to outline a working
arrangement. A public announce