The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-04-10
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Mankato Is going 70 nave base
bali team this year hat will furnish
as good II not better ball than has
ever been witnessed on a local dia-
mond, II the present plans of local
business man go through. At a
meeting of fifteen prominent bust
ness men OF the city held last night
a president and board of directors
were elected consisting of the fol-
lowing: President, G.. ii. Saulpaugh:
directors, John Macbeth, Doc" Nor
row, j. A. johnson, Conner II. Jones,
Frank Madigan," John Nyquist,
Charles r. Taylor and Fred Force.
The meeting last night was the
outcome of the offer OF the Mankato
Traction company to extend a spur
track right up to the fair grounds,
providing Mankato would guarantee
baseball team and these local
gentlemen have taken hold OF the
proposition In a way which lead
fans to believe that there Is abb
solutely no question now but that
the venture will go through.
The promoters of the organiza-
ton feel that they should have the
loyal support Of the business men in
their undertaking. This evening al
1880 o'clock meeting of the direct.
ors will be held at the city hall to
talk over ways and means. A com.
mittee will be appointed to solicit
funds.
For some time past there has been
considerable talk of Saturday and
Sunday league, which would include
the following teams, Mankato, Al
bert Lea, Austin and owatonna.
The teams Of these four towns to
play every Saturday and Sunday,
holiday engagements and II possible
some weekday games. With such
an arrangement the result should
be some very fast baseball for each
interested city and the directors OF
the Mankato team are going TO put
forth every effort to make II a 90.
Because the workmen's compensa.
: ton act requires an insurance COM
pany wishing TO engage in this
branch Of activity to have at least
twenty risks covering 5000 work
men, the attempt on the part of
the Mutual Creamery and Cheese
Factory Insurance company of Min
nesota to organize liability business
has failed. The next legislature will
be asked to amend the law so that
mutual companies may be organized
with less difficulty in Minnesota.
When the insurance company held
, its annual meeting in st. Paul JAN
uary Is, John r. Morley Of Ovation
ma, c. F. Herzberg OF Good Thunder
and Arthur Mitchell of Rapidan we're
, appointed to investigate the posi-
6ility of organizing a liability con-
Germ. The committee has held a
, meeting to consider the proposition.
The restrictions imposed by the law
were found to preclude anything be.
Ing done at this time as there are
/ only 1000 employees in the s36 cream
cries and cheese factories of the
state. The amendment to be sug-
gested Is that a pay roll OF 200
be sufficient. All creameries in the
state will be communicated with for
the purpose of considering the ad-
visibility OF so amending the law
and organizing a mutual company.
Lewisville, Mimi, April MARK
Davies, a farmer near here. was
killed yesterday when he was thrown
from a horse which he had been en-
: ercising. His body was so multilated
that identity was not known for sew
eral hours. The body was found by
passersby. 1t is believed the horse
attacked him.
Is Granted a Divorce.
J An order was filed today by Judge