The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-01-17
SECURE THE PREMIUMS
From Saturdays Daily.


A committee from the Commercial
club will start Monday to secure
premiums from the business men of
the city to be given at the conven.
tons OF the Minnesota Field Crop
Breeders association and the Mime.
sofa Corn Growers association and
the seed fair. The committee hopes
for liberal and. ready response from
the business men, as this meeting
means much for the city and the vi.
entity. The farmers have organized
a county association and are arous-
ing interest for the conventions so
the city of Mankato has only to Sc
cure these premiums to assure the
, success Of the convention.
After the adjournment of the
meeting of the advisory board of the
club and the delegates from through.
ont the county which was held last
Wednesday, Commissioner Ole X
Olson, who was elected treasurer of
the county organization. resigned his
office because of his many other
duties and Oscar w. Healey of Ma
pletOn was elected TO fill the va.
cancy. Mr. Healey will be a good
man for the position.
Judge Lorin Cray. who was elect.
ed vice president from the city of
Mankato, resigned that office be.
cause he will be out of the city
at the time of the convention. and
John Nyquist was elected to repre.
sent the city in the county organiza.
ton.
st. Paul, January 11.-insurgent
Modern Woodmen of Ramsey county
VIII oppose the so-called Sunbeam
bill to be introduced in the legisla.
ture within short time, which will
make possible the formation of a
separate state society, according to
| action taken at meeting of repre-
sentatives Of practically all the Ram.
sey county lodges last night in the
barber shop of G. H. Becker, 10 East
Ninth street. Every lodge but one
was represented, and a resolution was
passed unanimouly condemning the
bill, and urging all Modern Woodmen
TO stay with the parent national
organization.
Plans for a mass meeting of Mod
ern Woodmen of Ramsey county to
De held in the house chamber at the
capitol about the middle of next
week, to protest further against the
passage of the bill were made at
the meeting last night. The date
for the meeting will be announced
as soon as it is learned when the
chamber will be available.
The split in the ranks of the so.
called insurgents, which resulted in
the action taken last night was ex-
planned by A. r. lehman, one of
the leaders of the movement in st.
Paul, as being due to the belief on
the part of Ramsey county insur.
gents that the bill is aimed to freeze
out the old members of the lodges.
He declared that secession would
practically mean the death of the
society in Minnesota.
Albert Lea, Mimi, January IL
Local baseball enthusiasts will meet
on next Monday and talk over plans
for a club next year to have a place
in the proposed Southern Minnesota
league. Several cities in this part
OF the state have planned league
and Albert Lea fans feel that this
city ought to be in the game.
Grounds were secured last season
and some very good ball played, but
most of the games were on Sundays,
and no doubt similar policy will
be pursued this year if a club is
maintained.
The other cities mentioned as like.
ly to have clubs are Owatonna, Man
kato. Rochester, Winona. Waseca,
Faribault and perhaps Austin and
Fairmont-all good ball towns and
each has wide awake lot of sup
porters. 1t would seem that club
of this kind might win out here, and
IL the plans now in mind are car
ried out a team will be put in the
field.