The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-01-10

building the Good Thunder road I'M
der the Elwell law, l had no trou-
BILE at all in gaining my point And
| alone represented this county. Sew
eral delegates were present from
each of several other counties, and
/ was not the first one heard, but
as soon as my proposition was
heard, | was instructed to put the
matter in the form of a petition and
it was Immediately approved This
was the first road to be started IN
Minnesota under the Elwell law
Therefore. as the money for this one
mill tax will not reach us until 1914
| suggest that the efforts be kept up
to raise the $4,000. Perhaps, though
it would be better to change the
pledge a little and call for sub
scription for only two years"
Recognizing Blue Earth County.
DR.. Holman read a clipping from
The Minneapolis Journal in which
the paper stated that the good road
work which was being carried on
in this county and around Mankato
especially had been very favoraby
meeting at Des Moines, Ia.
Judge Cray said that he had been
at good roads meeting at Lake
| Crystal where $50 were present and
all but four or five were farmers.
| They have completed stretch OF
road north toward New Ulm which
! they claim is the banner road OF
| the county, but the good roads men
at Lake Crystal claim that they owe
their inspiration in building the road
| to MankatO.
George F. Brett said that in view
! of the most enviable reputation
which Mankato has earned it would
| be better to keep on soliciting and
raise the $4,000. John Nyquist
thought that it would be better to
raise it on a one year plan. This
was made as motion and a rising
vote was taken in which the mo"
vote prevailed and it was decided
to keep up the soliciting on the for
mer or five year plan. Then when
| the money from one mill tax comes
round, there will be so much more
money to build so many more miles
OF good roads.
!
| Palmer in which he resigned his
membership on the good roads and
| fire protection committees. The res
| ignations were accepted on account
of Mr. Palmer's long illness and a
vote of thanks was rendered him
for his efficient work on both COM
mittees II. A. Patterson was ap-
pointed on the fire protection com,
mittee and w. II. Wilcox on the
! good roads committee
! Lake to Gulf Route.
! A letter was read from Mayor
Charles w. Bremen of saltwater
to Mayor Charles r. Taylor of this
city asking him to be present al
meeting of the army engineers
which will be held in Duluth, Janu
airy Is. The meeting is in the in
terests of a proposed canal from
Superior to the Mississippi river
via St Croix. This seems perhaps
a rather remote subject for Man
kato, but it is really of statewide
interest. About 100000 tons of
iron ore and coal are shipped south
by rail every year and over half a
million tons of other freight ship
ped north over the same roads, all
of which could be shipped by wa,
ter if this canal were put through
The saving in transportation would
be between seventy-five cents to one
dollar a ton. Mayor Bremen asked
that Mankato be represented at Du
: luth as it was intended that StillWa
ter would. The matter was laid or
the table.
J, Move in Right Direction.
, A resolution was presented to the
: club by DR.. A. F. Schmitt which pro
videS that more stringent rules be
, enforced in the care of persons af
flicted with tuberculosis and advo
eating the institution of sanitoria
, where these people could be isolated
and kept from exposing others tC
the disease. When it is known tha
1000 people die in Minnesota every
:, year from consumption this meas
ure seems imperative. 1t also pro
, vides that a visiting nurse for bot
5 city and county be appointed tt
: look after these cases. The clul
: decided to help the movement alons
> as much as possible and a commit
: tee of six, consisting of w
D. Willard, c. L. Oleson, A
II. SLIDER, H. A. Patterson,
/ M. Otto and H. f. Carney, wa!
l appointed which will go before tn,
2 city council and the county com
. missioners and put the matter VI
= to them and try to have the pro
Y visions of the resolutions adopted
1 Secretary e. #. Soaring read
:. letter from State Forester William
Y T. Cox stating that a movement wa
d in progress in congress to take tn
a control of the forests, waterway
t and other national resources ava
e from the federal government an,
S vest it in the legislature of tn
state. This was thought very del
I rimental as the state legislature wa
y more apt to be corrupted by tn
|. big interests than the national GOV
e eminent. Mr.. Cox advocated tina
5 the commercial clubs work agains
this movement and the Mankat
II Commercial club decided to remor
e strate against it. George Pass advt
e Gated that a committee be appoin
i ed to look into the matter and d,
d eide how the most good could b
|. accomplished The committee wa
d not appointed last evening.
It letter was read from Congress
d man w. S. Hammond advocatin
y the building of a $1,5OO.OGO dam i
eel the Lac qui Parle river He wa
n anxious to have the Commerce;