The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-07-02

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prayed. he should pray for good
weather. That was last Tuesday. MIR.
Carmichael said he began to pray on
Wednesday. and when Friday turned
out to be a nice day. he thought he
had overdone the matter. for II was u
great deal 10 expect two nice days In
succession.
Mayor A. G.. Meyer In welcoming the
guests TO the city, said that the felt
that the tourists. I'm coming to Man
kato in honor OF the president of the
state association. Mr.. Hohmann. were
paying n high honor to this CITY as
wcll. The mayor pointed with pride TO
the general aspect of. cleanliness. pre-
scented by the city. and declared that
rich and poor alike were anxious TO
have their home surroundings neat
and tidy.
Mayor Meyers promise that the ice
cream parlors Of the city would remain
open after eleven o'clock was taken up
by Mayor Nye of Minneapolis, who re-
Joined that he could make the same
promise for Minneapolis. when any OF
of the people who heard him should
come and visit there. Mayor Nyc spoke
of the well-dcveloped roadway be-
tween the twin cities and Mankato,
but he said that over the state at
large the people had scarcely begun
to wake up to the economic value Of
good roads. lie declared there were
thirteen states TO the south and west
of Minnesota that were ahead of this
state I'm that respect. At the same
time he declared that during a recent
trip that he made through the south
west he found no city of the size Of
Mankato that could compare with this
city in general attractive features.
Mankato exccllcd any other city OF its
size that he knew Of
She Married Another.
Julius SChmahl. secretary of state
told how he came 10 Mankato when
he was sixteen years OF age. and that
he first saw light only few miles
from this city He said he attempted
to court a Mankato girl. md hap
pencd under these circumstances to
walk IN upon her wedding TO another
| fellow.
Mr.. SChmahl spoke Cr the vast In e
crease Of the use of automobiles in
| Mmnxdtr lie said tha' n the year 1908
| there wCr" approx lately 1850: In
| 1909, 1876 y: ~ go. 2S.0CO: in 1911,
$4,000: in 1912. 5000. and tho number
IF licenses issucI thus far this year
| reached 10000
Mr.. Schmahl spoke Of the vast
sales OF American horses for the war
service I'm Europe and he said good
horses were getting scarce in thin
country. A good horse would now
bring $40. This condition had been
watched by the automobile manufac-
: turers. and they had been enlarging
their manufacturing plants, with the
result that the enlarged output was
bringing down the price of automo-
biles tnd getting them more and more
within the reach Of people whose
means were not large. He spoke oil
the vast increase i'm the use Of au-
tCmObiles by the farmers and believed
| the time would come when every
farmer In Southern Minnesota would
have an automobile. The result waa
that the farmers were getting more
and more DESTROYS Of having good
roads. He spoke of the wonderful dc
| velopment or roads In Northern Min
pie OF the southern part OF the state
To see that they were not outdone.
Louis Nash Of st. Paul. city com
missioner OF parks. Fairgrounds anC
public buildings, referred To the enpr
getic work that Mr.. IIohmann hat
| done for the benefit Of the good road.
cause in this state. and said that 4
this state had a few more men lik,
him. after "A few years this state woult
be second to none in the Union i'm tho
quality OF its roads
| Got No Broken Bottles.
| Mr.. Nash said he could remem
Der the time when automobilists
along the country roads were greeted
by farmers with Grunts and some
times with broken bottles, but toda,
the farmers had only smiles AM
greetings. and they waved as II q
say. Boys. you are engaged in a goot
cause. and we are with you" Not q
single broken bottle did the autoists
get that day.
Henry II. Orme. president of tho
st. Paul Automobile club. laid empha
sis on the declaration that Mr. Hob
mann had never missed an opportun
ity to boost for good roads. He ex.
tended TO all an urgent invitation tC
the reception that would be held or
saturday. July 1C. in honor of Gov.
ernor Hammond. under the auspices
of that club.
Congressman +. +. Ellsworth de-
| clared that within the next ten years
or thereabout. the development OF au-
tomobiles would revolutiOninZe tho
traffic of the country. Goods would bt
transported from coast to coast by
means of automobiles. He spoke o
the great development of good auto.
mobile roads through the nation. Hs
estimated that two million automo-
biles were now I'm use I'm the United
States. or one for every fifty people
counting men, women and children
He spoke of John H. Hohmann as
one of the pioneers of new economic
condition.
The tourists were escorted into the
city Saturday afternoon at 4:40, by
the various committees that had
charge Of the different departments oI
activity In preparing for the enter
| tainment of the guests. The escort
rode I'm fifty automobiles and was at
companied by the St James band.
| Movie Machine There.
A stop was made by the governor
and his party at the home of John n
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