The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-06-25
from Mondays DAILY.

"What we need here In Manka-
TO 10 CO. operation"
"Push, don't knock"
"seii your hammer and buy
horn"
"More boosting, and less bust
| ing"
"More cooperation and less
competition"
The above were among the many
live remarks made by Rev. w. II. Kee-
sey last night In an address on What
Mankato Needs" delivered before q
large and appreciatiye congregation at
the Centenary Methodist church.
Rev. Keesey took his text from the
- verse. n chapter. Acts OF the Apos-
3 ties. the words Paul spoke when about
tn he into prison at Jerusalem. Il
am Jew OF Tarsus. a city In Cilicia.
citizen OF no mean city," laying
particular stress upon the fact that
I Paul. who. II anyone had the right to
criticize his home town. possessed that
right. but yet spoke of Il I'm words of
praise.
IL do not profess to be invaluable. -
said Rev. Keesey, and claim that
know the thing that Mankato needs.
but do claim the privilege that others
possess of guessing what Man.
kato needs. We have reason to sup
pose that Tarsus. Paul's home city.
was not any worse than the average
Roman city. and no better or worse
than the average run Of cities. Paul.s
! IL - lot.
loyalty"
See Life From Point Of View.
People see life from their own
/ point or view" he said. "MankatO
isn't much different than other cities.
| ! doubt not but that you can find I'm
MankatO just what you go out 10 look
| for. People label the town from their
own standpoint Some people In the
worll are like the muckraker of the
/ story they never look up TO the sky.
There a-e some thinos I'm MankatO.
the absence OF whi''I would improve
the town. Tut vi not talk of those
things. which have already been Gov
cred quite Complementary. My pur-
pose tonight Is to set before you the
eXCellencies of Mankato. One thing
' ! like about a man Is his civic 10y
| atty. We admire loyalty. ! will call
to your mind some of the things that
! you know, the natural beauty of Man
kato's surroundings. People are COM
PEELED to admire this paradise of God.
The beauty of the buildings. lawns
and residences. No town anywhere I'm
proportion To it's size Is better paved.
4 have waded through the muddy
! streets I'm many other towns. and
came back to Mankato to clean my
, feet The sanitation is almost perfect.
thanks to the ladies of the Civic
! league and the white list by which
business places are compelled To keep
clean or lose their business" He al
so commended the city health officer
! I'm his efforts for better conditions and
the securing of the best of meat for
consumption: the skilled physicians.
the educational advantages. railroad
facilities, and manufacturing enter
prises. saying that the public school
system was the best. and that he knew
OF none better The continual forward
movement and the establishment of
| the six-si system I'm Mankato schools
/ was warmly praised by Rev. Keesey.
and he spoke equally we'll OF the nor
NAL saying that everyone was proud
, OF the school and its expert teachers.
and that II was an asset to the city.
Cetter to Lead Than Drive.
I'VE should give to those In au-
thority q chance to prove what they
intend to do. before we chastise
them" said Rev. Keesey. 1T Is bet
ter to lead than to drive. and we can
get more by communication than con-
domination. We can get more flies
with molasses than with vinegar. sc
let's try the molasses first anyway"
He also called attention to the beauty
Of the church buildings. the goodness
OF the citizens and church members.
What do we need here in Man
kato? Here Is one thing we need
We need corporation. Here Is n
motto saw on a door one day. and II
is good one, Push. don't knock.
Another one I saw was Sell your
hammer and buy horn Don't
knock. Blow up your town, not with
dynamite. but with good words. Co
operation Is what we need. More
boosting and less busting. more CO.
operation and less competition. We
reed cooperation I'm the churches. CO.
operation among our citizens, COOP
Grafton I'm our civic life. We had our
county option election and lost. and
we all feel badly about II. Let's be
good losers. We did all we could to
make Il win but we didn't. did we?
Our duty now is to cooperate with
those I'm authority"
"our Greatest Need"
Rev. T. Ross Paden delivered a
comprehensive and eloquent twenty
minute talk at the Presbyterian church
last evening on "Our Greatest Need"
taking for his text 1.-The woods have
devoured more people than the sword
has devoured." and showing how peo-
pie are lost I'm the woods OF doubt
and uncertainty, which are more to
be feared than aggressive assaults
against their religious belief. He held
that there was less to fear In the
battle OF life from the direct assaults
OF disbelief I'm God than from the In
ability to distinguish the correct idea
Of right and wrong. and the confusion
n