The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-02-20
OFFICERS NOW FIXING
PLANS FOR BIG DINNER
From Tuesdays Daily.

X. r. Brown, president OF the
Mankato Automobile club, today an
nounced the following committees, ap-
pointed for the ensuing year,
Good roads committee: Chair
man, John Nyquist; George NJ. Palm
err Frank Busch, c. f. Wise and A.
NJ. Stein.
Touring committee. whose duty IL
is to arrange for the three or four
tours that the club takes every year:
Chairman, DIR. ]. w. Andrews;
George wiedemann. Fred Otto, M. ID.
Fritz and r. +. Neubert.
Sign committee, appointed to CO
operate with the Commercial club in
establishing signs on the roads
through the country around Man
kato, showing the direction and dis.
lance of this city: Ed. Brett, chair
man; J. w. Schmitt and Louis
Mayer.
Arrange For Joint Meet.
Late this afternoon, arrangements
were made by John Nyquist, chair.
man of the good roads committee,
and Judge Eorin Cray, chairman of
the good roads committee of the
Mankato Commercial club, for q
joint meeting Of these two com
mittees, to decide on details Of the
gathering OF business men of Man.
kato, the supervisors and road over.
seers OF the various towns of the
county, and the county commissions
ers, to be held some time next
month. The good roads committee
of the Commercial club consists of
Judge Cray, John Nyquist, c. Z.
Wise, r. E. Brown and H. A. Pat.
terson.
Dinner For Town Officers.
II is intended to give the town
officers, who will really be the
guests of the city business men, a
good time and have a thorough un-
Outstanding on what is wanted
In the way of improved roads
throughout the county. II is likely
that the country visitors will be Civ,
en- a banquet, together with their
hosts, and will also be given
special entertainment at one of the
local theatres. However, all these
details wfll have to be worked out
by the two committees.
II is hoped to have some very
prominent speaker at that gathering,
possibly President Vincent of the
state university, to speak on the
subject OF Good Roads" It has
also been suggested that Gust VIII,
a Minneapolis lawyer. who delivered
very able paper at a good roads
meeting in the Ryan hotel at st.
Paul last week on Road Building
by Convict Labor" be asked to
read that same paper, or a similar
one at the Mankato gathering.
Address on Good Roads.
Another question for the two com
mittees TO handle is whether II
will be well to follow out a sugges-
ton made over the telephone this
morning by iIrs. l.. A. Hamlin of st.
Paul, member OF the parks and high
ways committee of the Federation
of women's clubs, to John II. Hob
mann. chairman of the county board,
that a representative of the depart
ment OF agriculture be invited to
speak on good roads in Mankato
early next week. Mrs. Hamlin said
that Mrs. Kate Senton of Washing
ton, ID. c., was going around the
country delivering such public lee
lures, for the purpose of creating a
good roads sentiment, on behalf of
the department of agriculture. Mrs.
Hamlin said the services OF this
speaker could be secured at no other
expense than that Of paying for the
stereoptican and the operator. An
engagement could be made with her
to speak at Mankato the early part
of next week.
John II. Hohmann, local leader in
the movement to secure the Scenic
Highway from the twin cities to
Mankato, today received the follow
ing letter from Congressman w. s.
Hammond, dated February IL, at
Washington, ID. c.:
"Your letter Of February 9 is re-
ceiyed. a..
Governor Eberhart was here to-
day and we called upon Mr.. Page
and with him went to the office Of
the fourth assistant postmaster gen.
eral. II seems that the estimate of
$4,000 was not the estimate of Mr..
Wonders; that engineer made but
one estimate and II was something
like $4,000, not including expenses
connected with the cut near st.
Peter, nor the all of two feet near
lie Sueur We found that the de-
partment had withdrawn its offer
and had made another apportionment
of the money, but after considerable
discussion 1t was thought that ar
rangements might be made so that
in a few days the department would
still hold its offer open and await
the contractors bids. AS soon as
any decision is reached, the depart
ment will communicate with me and
I will send word to you and to
Governor Eberhart."
Mr.. Hohmann said nothing more