The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-12-26


North Mankato out Of Nice,let county
and any vote Or other proceed
ing which applied to Nicollet county
as such, would apply equally to all
the territory in Nico!let county, not,
withstandng the fact, that part OF It
was portion of a city. the main
part Of which was iii another county
you further ask as to whether
the Sovernm mt census after your
annexation to the city of Mankato
would include the population in the
territory now in the village of North
Mankato, in the population OF the
city of Nankato.
Answered in Affirmative.
This inquiry is answered in the
affirmative. The government census
would show the population Of the
entire city OF Mankato, but the
population of that portion of tho
city of Mankato which would lie in
Nicollet county would he Included
! in the population CT Nicollet county.
ut may be stated as a general
proposition that the changing CT
boundaries of a municipality in no
way affects the bonded Indebtedness
of such municipality.
"As the questions involved, par
| ticularly as regards indebtedness,
etc, are matters of considerable i'm
portance to the localities interested.
| would suggest the ACCESSIBILITY OF
your club or others Interested, con-
sulting some private attorney in
whom confidence is had, and who
can familariZe himself with the
! local situation, condition of indebt-
edness, etc. Yours truly, Clifford L.
Hilton, assistant attorney general.
What's All the Talk About
At the conclusion Of the reading
/ Mr.. Keene said that the talk had
been bad for business and that he
j had lost trade because of the discus
sions.
Louis Larson reported that a goodly
number of Mankato men had asked
him what the object of all of these
talks were and wanted = to know if
the people of the village, did not
/ realize that this sort Of business was
an injury to the reputation of Man
kato, for it makes matters appear
as though the village had many good
reasons for not wanting to join Man
kato.
When Mr.. Larson was seated the
demand for the question became so
pressing that President Stewart, who
had arrived and taken the chair, put
the motion and it carried without
a dissenting vote.
No one arose to stay the blow,
and no muffled sob was heard in the
gathering as the corpse of annex
alton was consigned to the maui
soleum for the coming six months.
Then an inquiry arose, where is Mr..
Robel and then it was seen that be
was not at the meeting and had not
come to the funeral exercises. The
main work of the evening being over
Mr. Banker and Mr. Keene arose
and left the meeting.
Favored Skating Rink.
/ Mr. Anderson then arose and asked
that the club pass a resolution max
ing it the sense CT the meeting, that
they favored rink for the village and
this was carried This will now be
referred to the council with the en-
dorsement of the commercial club.
J. B. Coy recommended the install
lation Of reading room for
the young people OF the village but
nothing was done.
President Stewart said that he
could see that the day was not far
distant when the village would have
to face the problem of better school
accommodations and he thought that
it would be wise move for the vii
lage to band together with Belgrade
and Kerns and use the taxes of these
places for the erection OF central
high school, The sentiment Of the
meeting seemed to be favorable to
this move but it was laid over till
another meeting.
AS there was no other pressing
business. the meeting was adjourned
One of the reporters in leaving THE
hall said "We!l, now that anneXa-
ton is dead, won't have to come
over here for six months"
"You don't need to be afraid Of
that" said Dennis Dcnahue, Eve have
something to take its place"