The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-02-27
From Tuesdays Daily.


afternoon in the city hall building,
and attended by about fifty carriers,
officers were elected, as follows:
President, George ]. Rose, Manka-
to; vice president, Mark H. Strobel,
Mapleton; secretary and treasurer,
James @. Bowman, Mapleton; execu-
tive committee, Charles @. Davis,
Lake Crystal, Frank Watts, Mankato,
and E. S. Olson, Amboy; press agent,
Frank Watts.
Mr.. Strobel as vice president sue.
ceeded Archie Zuel OF Madison Lake,
and Mr.. Davis as member OF the
executive committee succeeded ].
Gilbride of Madison Lake. The office
OF press agent was created at this
meeting. Otherwise the cid officers
were all reelected.
The office OF press agent was add
ed to the rest at the suggestion OF
Mr.. Watts. He said such an office
was necessary to give proper pub
llcity to the doings OF the associa-
tion and also TO educate the country
people in the proper method OF do
Ing things. He spoke OF instances
Of people not knowing how to Nil
cut money order applications making
Il necessary for the carriers to I'LL
them out. Many amusing stories
were told by various carriers of
troubles OF this kind that they had
t. encounter. Some told how they
had TO write addresses for people
who could not direct their own let.
tiers. II was the consensus of opin-
ion that the best way TO cure this
situation was to educate the chill.
dren in such matters I'm the rural
schools and the children could show
their parents how to do them.
NJ. II. Strobel rendered a report
on the meeting of the Minnesota
Rural Letter Carriers association at
Duluth on August 81 and 2S and
told how the convention for this year
had been secured for Mankato. That
convention will meet on July 10 and
IL. Mr.. Strobel also . told how the
convention showed that the state
association in one year had gained
291 members.
There was quite q discussion over
the preparations for this convention,
and II was evidently the intention OF
the carriers to see that all possible
steps were taken to make II a signal
success. President Rosf said he had
sent invitations to Senator Clapp.
Congressman Hammond and w. d.
Brown, editor of their. F. d. News.
published at Washington, b. Mr..
| Rose remarked that In the evening
OF one Of those two days there would
be banquet and he wns going TO
try to get Senator Nelson and Con.
gresham Davis to attend and speak.
There will be another meeting OF
the county association on MAY 30.
At that time II is likely that prep
a-ations for the state meeting can be
perfected. II will also be known at
that time what disposition has been
made OF the proposition now before
congress to raise the salaries OF the
carriers from $1.l00 to $1,000, and
n vote Of thanks will be takent I'm
honor Of such congressman whom the
congressional vote shows to have been
the friends of the carriers. An effort
will be made to get permission 10
hold the state convention in the
court room OF the federal building
and IL Is believed that this will be
granted.
E. s. Olson OF Amboy read a
paper on Organization Work. en-
phasizing the benefits that the car
riers had derived and were likely
still to derive from the fact OF their
being organized.
James @. Bowman delivered a
paper on "The Dunn Road Law
He told how that law would renew
the road dragging, which of late had
been neglected. He recounted many
of the good features Of the new law,
showing how II would operate to
keep the weeds cut down, the roads
drained and other necessary matters
cared for. He said II would be a
good thing for the carriers to be
ready to tell the town board men,
bers what the law was and what
their duties under II were, and he
suggested that each carrier have
with him copy of the pamphlet
on that law published by Booth &
Co.. of Minneapolis
Kenneth Stokes OF Smiths Mill
read a paper on Motor Power on
the Rural Route" He was an en-.
thusiast for the motor cycle. saying
that II was far cheaper for the car
i+er than a horse and carriage, and
It would do for such loads as he
had to carry. even under the new
parcels post system.
Part of the afternoon was spent
by the carriers attending a show
at the Grand theatre. After the
meeting they had supper together