The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-08-08
From Thursdays Daily.

Celebrate Burns day IN MankatO.
That is the idea. The Maple River
Burns club will be extended an in
vitation to hold it's next Burns day
celebration in Mankato and hall
and anything else necessary will be
furnished by the Mankato CONNER
cial club This was decided upon at
meeting of the advisory board OF
the Commercial club yesterday.
There has been some discussion of
the matter of changing the place
of meeting of the club from Maple
ton to .Mankato because of the lack
of a suitable building for such a
gathering in Mapleton, where it has
been held in past years. The COM
mittee of the Burns club will meet
on August 20, when it will be decid
ed where the meeting will be held.
The board considered number of
other matters at its meeting yester-
day afternoon. The first was report
from the committee on new hotel,
which was favorable to the project,
provided some party who would lease
it ON an eight per cent basis would
give bond to insure the perform
ance of the contract for ten years.
The board decided to take whatever
steps are necessary. and the commit
tees recommendations will no doubt
be carried out. The committee be-
lieves that the money to build a six
story structure on the old Marsh cor
ner will be forthcoming.
/ Huild Its Embassies.
A resolution submitted by George
e. Brett, favoring the United States
owning its own embassy buildings in
foreign countries, and that they be
of such size that the country's rep
resentatives can maintain them on
their pay, was adopted and will be
forwarded to the senators and repre-
sentatives from Minnesota Mr. Brett
and DR.. Andrews are members of the
American Embassy association. 1t is
felt that the dignity of the country
would be better maintained by al
quate buildings, and that the com
merce of the country would increase
i A suggestion by the secretary tina
: special feature of the coming fail
, in this city be made of "made il
, Mankato" goods, was endorsed, ant
; the secretary was instructed to take
t the matter up with the fair man
, agement and with manufacturers o
, the city. /. If the necessary space car
hn n1snryi1hd iC hot c,,o 4,
exhibit would be splendid thing 70
the manufacturing industries of tn,
city, as it. would acquaint the pee
, pie with them, and make large
: local demand for the goods. 1t woult
5 be fine advertisement for the fac
| tories.
5 Moving Picture Films.
ii The secretary reported having tax
: en- up with Commissioner of hmm
: grafton Sherman the, matter of ha,
: ing some of the moving picture nIm
:, to be taken by his department TO
:, state advertising purposes taken i
this county. The following reply frol
G Mr. Sherman was read:
S "St. Paul, Mimi, July 29.-Dear
) Sir: Referring to your letter of
e July 25, will say that l shall
S try to bring my moving picture
4 man into Blue Earth county to
e. get some agricultural views. /
g do not think l will have suffi-
ell cient film to take much water
resources. There was a slight
Q error in publishing this item in
l. the newspapers. They got it TO-
dl 600 feet instead of 1000 feet
81 AS it is, it will cost us in the
cl neighborhood of $500. I am glad
ri that you wrote, me, and will try
Ell to get down there if / cam
di Shakopee Stove Works.
el The secretary reported having tai
wi en- up with. the Minnesota Stove cor
d pany of Shakopee, which is seekin
k new location, the matter of mo
n ing this large plant to Mankato Tn
h following reply was read:
irl 'sShakopee, Mimi, July Is
dl Dear Sir: Reg to. acknowledge
al yours of 10th, calling sour atten-
Nil ftiOb " = yOu1 -a City IOE HldHuIdC-
r.. turing. Beg to advise that we
Al have fully decided on Minneapo-
FL lis, So that il would be useless
dl for us to consider anything else.
q / find It necessary to get closer
in touch with the larger labor
ga mar'iet afforded by larger cities.
Thanking you, however, for
It'll your communication, we are,
ST. yours very truly, The Minnesota
fs Stove company, by G. L. Nye,
,t1 president"
Is The secretary also reported ha
r. ing taken up with the st. John Ora
MI company of Reron Lake, which
n seeking a new location, the matter
is coming to Mankato.
d "A request by T. A. johnson al
f. John Roberts, stock buyers, to
le assisted in making good stock ma
S ket here, by enabling them to pr
Of more than the market price, W;
IN considered, but favorable action WI
N. not taken. These gentlemen a
lie strangers, and it was thought tn
r. if any help was given it should
to buyers who live here.
nj Several other matters were al
q considered.
le From Thursdays Daiiv.
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