The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-29


w. Hubin. Advocate. Butterield:
Carl Rawson, artist, Tribune. Mime
apolis; John ID. Douglass, Argus
I.eader. Sioux Falls. South Dakota:
DIR. Caryll b. Storrs, Tribune, Min
neapolis: Mr.. and Mrs. A. f. Tas-
ker. News, Lake Benton: Il. NJ.
Wilson, Star, Lamberton; ]. NJ.
Kane, Graphic. Round Lake: Major
William Wiley. John Leslie Paper
company. Minneapolis; Harry Van
Der Sluis. Barnhart Brothers G Spin
dler. ST Paul: Ill. C. Hotaling. Blue
Earth County Enterprise. Mapleton.
All of these we're glad TO enjoy
the festivities of the Burns celebra-
, ton. while they came to attend their
, convention. They were given ban.
guent by the Mapleton business men
during the noon hour in the par
Tor of the Congregational church.
In the afternoon the ladies OF the
Mapleton Study club entertained the
visiting ladies of the editorial dele.
CATION. these being mostly the wives
of editors, with n reception mt the
public library.
The association elected officers for
, the ensuing year as follows: Presi-
dent, F. f.. Hadley. Winnebago: vice
president, Miss II. Payne, New Ulrr;
secretary, Robert ID. Forrest. Lake
Wilson: treasurer. w. f. Mailer,
Springfield. A. NJ. Welles OF Worth
ington extended. an urgent invitation
to the association to hold its next
annual meeting i'm that city, promis'
ing the editors tours over the beau
tiful lake and by automobiles about
the city and surrounding country.
, His invitation was accepted with
the same mGnimity with which the
officers were elected and the reso-
lutions were adopted. These resolu.
tions are as follows:
Resolved. that a minimum charge
of fifteen cents an inch for display
advertising is reasonable and should
! be adopted mt rs carly date as
possible by the newspapers OF the
second district.
Resolved. that members OF the
Minnesota legislature be urged to
work for the enactment OF law
rovidlng for the official publication
of the personal property tax lists
in the legal newspapers of the state.
Resolved. that We tender our
thanks 10 Herman Rose. publisher
Of The Mortified News and secre.
tary OF the Minnesota Editorial as
sociation. for his able and instruc-
tive paper on advertising rates.
Resolved, that We extend our
hearty thanks to Editor and Mrs.
III. c. Hotaling. the Mapleton Com.
mcrcial club, the Maple River club,
the Masonic lodge and all other or.
CARNATIONS for making our stay. In
Mapleton one OF unalloyed pleasure
and day long to he remembered
for the many courtesies extended"
These were drafted by a commit
! tee consisting of a. NJ. Welles. i.
E. Hadley and 4. o. Moreaux
Early the same afternoon. the Ma.
pie River Burns club held its an.
nual election OF officers nj the opera
house, re.electing all the old In.
cumhents, as follows: President,
Thomas d. Taylor: vice president,
n. c. Hotaling: secretary. A. J.
Ellis and treasurer. William Nor.
row, all OF Napoleon. Mr.. Ellis has
been elected secretary of the asso.
citation for the thirty-second consecu.
tive time. The following were chosen
as the executive committee: w. l..
! Mcqueen, r.. ID. Hanna. John Nor
row. ID. r. McGregor and Il. +. Tay-
| lor, all of Mapleton.
Curriers' of the club had been hold
! ing their annual, bonspiel during the
past three days. There were three
separate events. The first and third
were won by the rink OF William
Rorman of winnebago, who thus Sc
cured the trophy cups of the First
: National bank of Mapleton and the
Mapleton business men. The win
ner of the second event has not
! been determined. II lies between
the Kinks of William Morrow and
b. F. Taylor, both OF Mapleton, and
the event must be played out. The
trophy. that OF the Mapleton State
bank. Is sure to remain at Maple
ton, since all contestants outside OF
that village have been eliminated.
The skips whose teams entered
the various events were as follows:
First Event-Harry Jones, Winnie
bago; Ed Moore, Mapleton; c. s
Sellers, Mapleton; Thomas Thomp
son, Mankato: B. F. Taylor, Maple
ton; William Rorman, Winnebaeb;
William Morrow. Mapleton, William
i! Mcdonald, Winnebago; II. ID. Han
ma, Mapleton; Peter Sharp. Winnie
bago: j. II. Snow. Mankato; Byror
McGregor. Mapleton: J. S. Taylor
Mapleton.
Second-McDonald, Hanna. Nc
|. Gregor, Jones. Snow, ]. S. Taylor
Thompson. Morrow, ID. +. Taylor
Norman Sellers. Sharp. Moore.
i Third-Moore, Sharp, Jones. Nor
row. Mcdonald. McGregor, Snow. Ror
man.
| The club building where the bon
spiel was held was beautiful!
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