The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-09
Little Falls Offered
Head Camp For $4,000
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
The committee which was appoint
ed at the meeting held in this city
Wednesday evening to consider the
proposition made by j. /. Sunbeam
relative to locating the head camp
of the New Woodmen order of Min
nesota in Mankato, has held no meet
| ing and has not done anything in
the matter
Little Falls, May S.-John l.. Sun
deem, recognized leader of the Min
nesota Insurgent Woodmen, appear
ed at special meeting of the Com
mercial club Thursday night and of
fered to locate the headquarters of
the new lodge permanently in this
city for cash bonus of $4,000 to be
paid at once. The lodge is now be-
ing organized and the money is badly
needed. Mr.. Sundeen states that
So, 200 is worth more to the order
at this time than $4,000 would be
two weeks from now and for this
reason he is prepared to accept an
offer at this time which would not
be considered at later date.
He stated that there are other
cities after the headquarters but that
there are certain reasons which he
was not at liberty to divulge why a
proposition from Little Falls could
be accepted at once. Mr.. Sundeen
was authorized by the state COM
mittee to promise the headquarters
to whatever city he desires and
whatever decision he reaches will
probably be upheld in the conven.
lions.
] Little Falls Wants Headquarters.
There is no doubt in the minds OF
the club members that Little Falls
wants the headquarters. 1t would
mean the establishment of a large
suite of offices here and the employ
Iment of a large office force. The
size of the office force cannot be
estimated at this time as it would
depend on the growth made by the
order The head officers of the order
would make their homes in the city
where the headquarters are located
THE monthly dues from the camps
would be sent to the head camp
which would mean that the daily
banking business of the offices would
be large
/ If the headquarters were establish
ed here Little Falls would be known
to every member of the lodge as thu
location of the head camp of the or
der and every visitor to the hea(
Falls. The advertising from this
source would be large. 1t is also
possible that paper would be pub
lished here. A publication with 1O0
600 subscribers would employ large
number of people.
Committee Is Named.
The club appointed committee o
five, George Kiewel T. C. Gordon
Dr. L. NJ Roberts, Frank Lyon an,
IT, w. Crossfield. to confer furtbe
with Mr.. Sundeen and go into tn,
details of the proposition. If thu
committee is satisfied it is to in
crease it's membership to twelve ant
go after subscriptions to raise thu
amount needed.
Mr.. Sundeen wants the money a
once and should the order fail in be
coming organized the Little Fall
citizens who subscribe would be on
their money. There is thought t.
be no danger of this, however, TIL,
legislature gave the lodge two year:
to organize in and only $1,000 of thu
$4,000 members of the M. w A. IL
the state are needed to make the or
ganization of the new lodge legal
|, An effort Is to be made to complete
! the organization before July SO tina
the June camp dues will go to tn,
head camp of the new lodge instead
/, of to the old lodge. This is the rea
son that the leaders of the move
} ment are SO anxious for ready none,
at this time.
Wants $500 in Cash.
A body of citizens was called to
gether at the Buchanan hotel Frida.
afternoon and Mr. Sundeen restatet
his proposition. He would accep
5000 cash, the balance to be paid al
ter a district convention which i
to be held at Rochester May 10. 4
committee of Little Falls citizen
could attend the Rochester conven
ton and satisfy themselves as t,
The sentiment of the Woodmen to
ward the new organization.
The proposition is being debatet
and no decision has yet been reach
ed. There is an element of chanc,
in the proposition as the WoodmeI
may not stand back of the new or
ganization. Mr.. Sundeen must hav,
Ibis answer before he leaves this cit,
onight and if his proposition is &C
copied demands that $500 be turned
over to him at once and the balanc,
placed in the hands of a committee
From Saturdays Daily
Names already mentioned as
successor to H. ]. Maxfield in