The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-10-22


Is to hire the engineer.
II is now the plan Of those who are
in charge OF the Omaha depot i'm
provement proposition on behalf OF
the Commercial clubs of Mankato and
North Mankato to hire an engineer to
look over the proposition and recon-
mend what should be done. A COM
mittee to do this has been appointed.
Yesterday a meeting Of the commit
tee Of the Mankato Commercial club
on the Omaha union depot improve
ments. together with a dozen North
Mankato business men and property
owners, was held in the Office or the
secretary. 80 .r.. O.. a..
n. A. Patterson told of HIS meet
ing with President Gardner, Of the
Northwestern system, and Vice Pres
ident Clark Of the Omaha road at st,
Paul earlythis week and Of the sugges-
ton that he made to these officials
that an unprecedented engineer, be se-
cured, competent to pass on the ques-
ton OF the flowage Of the Minnesota
river at the bridge. in connection with
the proposition OF narrowing the
channel, the railroads promising to
pay the expenses up to 5000.
-. VIII Engage Engineer.
The matter was entirely talked over
and It was the opinion OF all present
that the plan Of having such an en-
gineer was right and proper and this
should be done. A motion to this ef-
feet was made by r. w. Lossow OF
North Mankato and was carried unan-
imously. Judge Lorin Cray moved
that a committee of three be appointed
out OF each Of the two Commercial
clubs to act jointly in engaging such
an engineer
II is likely that an effort will be
made to secure an expert from the
engineering department of the state
university, as II is thought that the
university will be willing to loan the
services of such man at much less
than expert compensation. s.. 49,.
II was the opinion of all that who
eyerqis engaged should be absolutely
DISCONNECTED with the railroads. and
of such expert ability that his, report
viii command the respect and, cons
huehce. " ALL - .garrt .hi1sur
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MT W;n w poi;g oS,, am,giiiiipo,,atsa
gates 20 the Minnesota state Baptists
convention went on record Yesterday
norping fayorinsf the fye-year pro-
gram, calling on the Northern, Bsptist
eonference to, raise total of ,$3S, D0e,s
600, during the, next five, ,years.s,,E,,,,s
lg Minnesota Baptist, " churches must
raise ,s5S,S93 this year, according to
the report of the committee on .appor7
tionmefits. made, at meeting In the
TEMPLE, Baptist church, Minneapolis,
The purpose of the fiye-year pro-
gram were outlined by DIR. Guy C.
Lamson of Philadelphia. .......
Delegates to the convention decided
as the first step in the program to
have a campaign OF evangelism,
Park Rapids was selected as the
next place Of meeting. A resolution
was adopted pledging the Baptist
churches of Minnesota to support
statewide prohibition. -,...-I.y
Rev. F. X. Pratt was re- elected
president of the association Yesterday.
e. r. Pope was elected corresponding
secretary. Rev. C. Il. Smith OF y 81.
Paul. who has held the Office of re-
cordiug secretary for, several years,
declined re election.
Moorhead, Mimi, October l5.--A re-
port made public by city officials to-
day at the request of prohibition
leaders shows that there we're only
ninety arrests in this town during the
three months the saloons have been
closed. as compared with 2,145 I'm: the
same period last year. Z,
Moorhead voted out It's saloons in
an election held under, the new, Minne-
sofa county option law and they dis
continued operation June 80, last.
The report issued today contains the
following table compiled from rec
ords in the city clerks office: ~
1915 1914
July .............>... 81 49,
August ........... SO $40