The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-01-23

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Secretary Soaring OF the Mankato
Monumental club this morning was
notified over the telephone by AS
'istant Secretary Nelson OF the Min
1eapolls Civic and Commerce I'm.
proyement association that arrange.
.nents had been made with the Mil.
waukee railroad fer q special train
70 bring the twin city delegates to
Mankato next Friday. to attend the
triple convention in this city.
The start will be made from both
Minneapolis and 81. Paul at 1880
in the morning, the special train
starting out from Minneapolis and
special car on a regular train from
ST. Paul. The Ger will be left by
the regula rtrain at Mendoza, where
ii will be picked up by the special
train. The train will reach Man.
kato at IL a. m. IL will include
lining car, as most of the delegates
desire to eat their lunch on the
train. The train will remain at Man.
kato until evening. II Is expected
that the delegation will remain I'm
tho city until about $50. About
that time the train will leave on It's
return. and will arrive at the twin
cities about midnight.
Will Attend Banquet.
The twin city delegation will at,
Tend the banquet on Friday evening
In body. Three speakers from
Minneapolis and three from st. Paul
VIII respond To toasts at the ban.
Cuet. Several members OF the dele.
CATION Will speak also ut the con
vention.
The entries for the Seed fair are
coming In very fast. So numerous
are the arriving exhibits, that II was
found necessary today to install
more tables and racks i'm Richards
ball, where the exhibition Is to be
held. There are four or five times
as many entries by express and mail
as there were last year on the day
before the opening. Many entries
are being made by farmers of the
surrounding country. This will be
one of the most notable seed fairs
ever held In Minnesota, both in tn,
number and the quality OF the ex
hibi.s.
The convention will open tomorrow
afternoon in the Elks club house
This Is free TO any who care to at.
tend. Every feature of the conven.
ton itself except the banquet will
he free TO the public. Fer the ban.
quet' an adn,,ss sion fee CT so cents is
charged.
Address Of Welcome.
An address of welcome will be de,
livered by Mayor Meyer. The presi
dents Of the three associations. the
Minnesota Crop Improvement asso
citation, the Southern Minnesota Be-;
ter Development league and the Blue
Earth county Pure Seed association
will respond. The afternoons pro
gram includes an address by Fred
II. Sherman of st. Paul. state com
missioner OF immigration Carlton
Batbitt of Alden will also speak.
Both of these addresses will be con
corning the natural resources ci
Minnesota and how they can bes,
be conserved.
The business men of Mankato II
particular are urged TO attend the
sessions Of this joint convention. In
previous years the business men OF
this city have frequently stayed
away from such conversations, no
seeming to grasp the importance
OF what was going on almost under
their very noses.
The agricultural short course will
begin tomorrow morning. and will
be held each forenoon throughout
the week. This will be at the
high school and the Allyn garage
4 Former President Evans Of the
Back Hills Alfalfa comTany Of Min
neapolis. and DR.. l.. ID. Bailor and
two statesmen. all representing tina
concern. are In the city and have
arranged fer very attractive boot,
at the seed fair, where the com
pany's products will be on exhibit
ton. F. W. Bower. the president
OF the company. will arrive in Man
kato tomorrow.
Professor Alexander Carlyle OF the
state agricultural college arrived In
the city Saturday night and has beer
tusy with his assistants at the see,
show every minute. gettings things
into shape.
Three times as much ccrn Is be
Ing exhibited this year at the Min
nesota corn show, which Is being
held in Mankato this week. than
was shown last year. II. Z. Dawes
of South Dakota. is expected to var
rive here this evening to Judge the
corn. The show Is being held on tho
third floor Of the Richards building.
/. No admission fee win be charged
to any OF the meetings of the fair
The only function charged for vii
be the BANQUET. The tickets arc
80 cents each.
Firm, Mondays Daily.
Or. J. w. Andrews fled today 70
state senator.
u w Pitcher filed for clerk of IN