The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-03


In the handsomely appointed din
ing room of the newly furnished
Saulpaugh hotel President Frank
Crandall found almost a hundred din
ner guests, awaiting him and Secre-
tary L. F. Soaring, as they called the
members to the excellent dinner
which preceded the serious business
of the evening"
Following the repast, and as a
pleasant feature of the evening,
Manager Glen Dixon, well known
among the Mine Hosts of this state.
was introduced to the club as it's
newest member. Mr.. Dixon, in Il
few we'll chosen remarks, installed
himself, not alone in the business life
of the City, but with becoming mod
eSty, assured the assembled members
of his interest in the growth and
development of Mankato even as
he expressed his pleasure at becom-
ing factor of it's commercial life.
Immediately following the formal
opening of the business session Sec
rotary Soaring read the minutes of
the last regular meeting which was
held in March. 1t was at this juno
ture, and after the minutes of the
previous meeting had been passed
upon and approved, that President
Frank Crandall, announced, that
while the club, as whole, had had
a long summer vacation there had
been frequent and important meet
ings of the advisory board. through
whose instrumentality much had
been accomplished.
Activities of the Club.
In a verbal report Secretary Scar
ing called attention to the work of
the club and his report was intended
TO show, as it did, the Importance
growth of Mankato. He pointed out
the efforts which had been made to
better the service on the Chicago
Great Western railway. Interviews
had been held with the travelling
passenger agent which, while failing
TO materialize the desired results,
had, however, eliminated in cor
respondence with General Superin-
tendent Carson, who has promised
a change in the running time of the
passenger train which arrives here
during the noon hour. 1t is hoped
that this change of time will give
passengers to Mankato at least three
hours in this city before the return
trip over that line. 1t was shown
that during the summer interim the
board had secured the retention of
Professor Shumway as head of the
agricultural, department of the high
school; that committee had ap-
peared before the county commits
sionerS and had secured an appro
priation Of $500 for an agricultural
exhibit from Blue Earth county for
the Minnesota state fair; that this
exhibit, which was in charge of Pro-
fessor Shumway, took the fourth
prize; that correspondence with the
government at Washington had re-
suited in securing fish fry for the
lakes of this section; that assistance
had been given in securing the con-
vention of the u. C. T., for Man
kato next year; that an ordinance
had been drawn, spread before the
city council and adopted, which pro-
hibits the peddlers and other itin-
Grants from selling fruit in competi-
ton with the regularly established
commission houses of this city; that
the swine breeders had held their
convention here and that immense
benefits had accrued to the farmers
of this county therefrom; that a
trading stamp scheme had been nip
ped in the bud; that fine repre-
scntation of the club had attended
the meeting of the Better Develop
ment league at Austin; that John
II. Holman had been appointed on
the committee on resolutions at that
meeting while George Atchison, a
member of the executive board, was
on the program; that an effort was
made to have the Minnesota Retail
Grocers' association meet here next
year and while this seems to have
failed, YET the same organization has
promised to meet here in 1915; that
1900 invitations, were. sent to the
farmers of this section to attend. the
last days meeting of the chautauqua,
the club having previously secured
the tickets for the lecture "City
Building by Harry Atwood of! Chi
cago, which action resulted in much
warmer and closer feeling between
the farmers and the city people I;
that the Automobile clubs of st.
Cloud, Blue Earth and Amboy had
visited the city and had been much
pleased at their reception at the
hands of committees appointed by