The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-06-04
Mankato Will Entertain
Gov. W. S. Hammond
From SATURDAYS Daily.


will come to the city with the presi-
tents tour. which will be held by
the Minnesota Automobile association.
governor at st. Paul yesterday after
Ion by John n. Hohmann Of Man
kato, president Of the association, and
was promptly accepted.
To this tour all the clubs OF the
state association will be invited. The
start will ebe made from the twin
cities at a. m, and the tour will be
by way of Pennington, Mortified,
Faribault and Madison Lake.
The st. Paul delegation, together
with Mr.. Hohmann, called on Gov
ernor Hammond yesterday afternoon
and called his attention TO the Man
kato run. Mr.. Hohmann presented
to the governor an invitation to take
part. The governor said lie would
indeed be very glad to join.
On Saturday afternoon, the COVER
nor will be taken by auto to st.
James, where he viii speak on Sun
day.
Attended Committee Meeting.
Mr.. Hohmann attended a meeting
OF the executive committee OF the
Minnesota Automobile association at
Minneapolis Thursday evening. At
that meeting four new clubs were ad-
mitted to the association, namely,
Fairmont with so members; Wells.
with 20: Two Harbors, with i5, and
Browns Valley. with 20, making a
total of It's.
The state association now has a
membership OF forty seven clubs. The
reports from these affiliated clubs
show an increase I'm membership. st.
Cloud reports 203 members. and bids
fair to increase its membership to 800
this year. Mankato at present has
210 members and the Mankato club
will have to do some active work to
retain its position as the third larg-
est club in the state.
Yesterday afternoon while in st.
Paul Mr.. Hohmann met with Henry
III. Orme, president, and J. M. john
son, secretary. and several other Of
ficers OF the St Paul club to perfect
plans for the reception to be ten
dered by the Minnesota Automobile
association to Governor w. S. Ham
mond on Saturday. July 10. This
event will take place at the new club
house OF the st. Paul Automobile
club at White Bear lake. The re-
ception will be preceded by an au-
tomobile parade, beginning at 2 D. m,
and going through the principal
streets of st. Paul, and thence to the
club house at White Bear lake by
way of Como park and the elegant
large farm of james J. Hill. The
parade will be headed by mounted
squad. the motor cycle police of st.
Paul and brass band. After arriv-
ing at White Bear lake, tho parade
will be reviewed by the governor. and
then there will be program of short
speeches and amusements. Then
there will be a picnic dinner and the
festivities will be concluded with
fireworks i'm the evening.
Further particulars concerning both
the Mankato and the St. Paul cele-
brations will be announced i'm more
detail late on. Autoists of Mankato
and vicinity, Mr.. Hohmann says.
ought to be enough interested in both
of these celebrations to make them
a big success. IL will be quite an
event for Mankato when the COVER
nor Wits here.
Auto Club Annual Meeting.
Secretary q. Roy Hill of the Auto
mobile club of Minneapolis and G. A.
Kortsch. president of the Douglas
County Automobile club, returned
from Boston last week where they at
tended the annual meeting of the
American Automobile association. Mr..
Hill was the delegate from the Auto
mobile club of Minneapolis and Mr..
Kortsch represented the Minnesota
State Automobile association and the
Douglas County Automobile club.
John A. Wilson was unanimously
reelected to the presidency of the
National association. The fiscal year
was changed SO that hereafter IL will
begin June 1, thus assuring a yearly
gathering i'm May in which month
motoring conditions arc most pleas
ing and at a time when congress may
have i'm process much legislation af-
fecting the use of motor driven vehi-
Giles i'm one way or another.
Seventeen states and the District
of Columbia were represented in the
meeting. The reports OF the several
chairmen were most re-assuring.
Chairman Diehl of the good roads
board predicted positive highways
legislation in congress when IL reas-
sembles in December next. Chairman
Kennerdell of the contest board re-
ported that there would be more rae
ing the present year than ever before.
Chairman James OF the Legislative
board regretted his inability to be
present and his report was read by
Richard II. Lee OF the Ohio associa-
tion. when Mr.. James recommended
as his successor. which recommended
ton was subsequently passed upon
favorable by President Wilson. Mr..
James also recommended that an eli :
fort be made to have the double tax
alton case In the United States SUI
preme court advanced on the calen-
dar. Chairman Frank X. Mudd was
another who could not be present and
he put forward a successor In the
person of David c. Joyce of the Chi
caao Automobile club. Again Presi-
dent Wilson concurred and Mr.. Joyce
is now the new chairman. Treasurer
Bonnell reported unusually prompt
collections in dues.
The Resolutions Adopted.
Among the resolutions adopted the
most important had references to
roads construction. roads travel and
motor vehicle taxation. George c.