The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-05-28
From Thursdays Oaliy.

For the purpose OF compiling n re-
port on the proposition Of an indie
pendent chautauqua at Mankato. the
committee OF the Mankato CONNER
cinl club with that matter i'm charge
will hold meeting tonight In the
Office Of the New York department
store. This committee consists of =.
G.. MOrrell. chairman: DIR. ]. A. Ham
cock. F. J. Sperry. benjamin Taylor
and ID. VI. Jones. The report will be
presented at the meeting OF the Com
mercial club ut the Elks' building
next Tuesday noon.
The committee hopes that all those
that have an inter' 1t In the independ-
, ent chautauGua ,dovement will be
present ut the meeting Of the club
on that day" said Mr.. Morrell today.
I'VE desire to take definite steps In
, the direction Of having a Mankato-
owned chautauqua. The local citizens
who have been subscribing for the
Redpath Vawter system will be asked
, To do the same thing for In independent
chau'auGua. The committee would
like TO hear from those people as to
how many tickets they wonld pur-
chase for an independent chautauqua
, To he held In Mankato In 1916.
ut has been estimated that the
Redpath -Vawter system has been taxi
ing out of the CITY of Mankato yearly
about 50 600 profits. II Is the purpose
of the indeDendent chautaudua to
keep the profits and build In Mankato
ont of them auditorium for the
chautauqua and other PURPOSES. VAL
ley City huilt $1,000 auditorium out
OF its independent chautauaua profits
and Worthington did likewise. besides
"The independent chautauqua has
great educational value and ought IN
enlist the interest of everybody. At
the Commercial club meeting we shall
probably have some Of the prominent
st. Peter chautaunua members We
think William Mallcren the secretary
Of the st. Peter chautaunua. will he
present. He will he able tn give the
, club some interesting data"
a-e-, Thur-Sav's paf'S
Some of the changes; made In the
Dunn road law bv the last legislature
are as follows: There may he as many
as four road overseers In each town !:
NbttES w utttfuiiut tNt uui1DtT ~
| town meeting. For the year 1915 the
supervisors may appoint additional
road overseers of their own volition.
| Town and county boards are given
complete control OF town and county
roads. The highway commission ~
obliged to defray all the expenses of
assistance state highway engineers.
State money can be expended on
state roads within village limits to the
extent of $500 Il the board or county
commissioners so determine. The pro-
vision that required counties to con-
siruci or improve all bridges that or
iginally cost $1,000 or more has been
eliminated. In cases of emergency,
where roads have been rendered i'm
passable from windfall of other cause,
the overseer of the district In which
the road is located is required to
forthwith render the road passable,
and n It is state road the county Is
required to pay the cost thereof.
IL Is made the duty OF county at
torneys to prosecute INSTRUCTORS of
roads. County boards are given the
rirht tn construct bitches for the pur-
pose of draining state roads. Town
boards can improve cartways when
they deem II necessary In the inter
est of the public. Final payment can
not be made on any contract exceed
Ing 5000 until certificate Is filed by
the town or county auditor or the