The Mankato free press., 1916-12-29
SENDS BOX OF CHEER
THOSE IN THE MILITIA
PRESENT FOR EACH MEMBER
OF COMPANY H
Packages Will Be Distributed Among
The Soldiers On Sunday; Every Man
Is To Be Treated To Remembrance
From Commercial Club of This City;
Activities That Organization Along Line
From Saturdays Daily.

Activities That Organization Along Line
From Saturdays Daily.
| Members of Company H, at Llano
Grande, Texas, are to have a Christ
mas celebration, in common with all
of the citizen soldiery there, Sunday
Besides other exercises appropriate
, to the day, every member of the
company will receive some gift
Most of the members, if not all,
will undoubtedly receive packages
from home, but aside from these
gifts, the Mankato Commercial club,
as representative of the people OF
, Mankato as a whole, has sent a box,
to be opened Sunday, when the 9TH
er gifts are distributed In the
box is a package for every one OF
the fifty-six Mankato members of
the company still on the border
pounds of assorted chocolates. Just
under the cover and over the candy
is an envelope, addressed to the one
whose name is on the box, and in
the envelope is nice Christmas
greeting from the Commercial club,
and also crisp, new dollar bill.
Work of Executive Committee.
The executive committee of the
club took the matter Of remembering
the boys up when a letter was re-
ceived from First Lieutenant II. NJ.
Hauck, by George M. Palmer, saying
among other things: "The officers
of the Second Minnesota have an
organized plan to give each member
of the regiment gift on Christmas,
, and I would like it very much if you
could get the people of Mankato to
take hold of this at once. / want
every member of Company H to feel
that the citizens of Mankato are in
terested in their welfare, and hope
that Mankato will treat her soldier
boys on the border as well as the
other towns have done and are do
ing. 1t is our intention to have
Christmas exercises on the day be-
fore Christmas, and to distribute
the packages at that time. The
packages to be of as uniform size as
possible. Of course, the presents
are not to be limited in number, but
the extra ones can be sent to the
boys individually. Have telegraphed
and written to Mr. Corcoran of Wat
erville, asking him to look after the
WateTville end of it, and also Ntold
him to get in touch with you. The
gifts should all be sent in one large
box to our captain, and should leave
Mankato so as to arrive here on the
23rd."
Turned Over to President.
Mr.. Palmer turned the letter over
to President Currier of the Com
mercial club, and he called the ex-
ecutive committee together, and it
was decided to appropriate from the
club treasury enough to pay for the
gifts, so as not to have to solicit
the merchants. The committee then
turned the matter of securing, box
ing and sending the gifts over to
the special committee on the well
fare of Company H, composed of A.
E. Quimby, T. H. Foley, DR.. l.. 7.
Dodds, Charles H. Wagon, j. j.
Flachsenhar and George Wieden-
mann, and everything was attended
TO promptly and satisfactorily, and
the box was gotten off by express in
time to reach the camp by today.
1t is hoped that the boys will enjoy
their remembrances as much as the
club members have enjoyed sending
them.
Some graveling is being done on
most of the principal roads leading
out of the city, this winter, and a
marked improvement in the condi-
ton of them will be noticeable next
spring, especially as the ground
froze dry. The Commercial and
Automobile clubs yesterday made
good their promise of 5000 to aid in
graveling the Oshawa road. The
township of Belgrade has expended
about $500 in graveling this road
this winter, and the farmers donat-
ed sixty loads, and with what the
two clubs have paid for, the gravel
ing has been extended beyond the
Swedish church, some five or SIX
miles from Mankato. Nearly three
miles has been glaveled this winter.
The st. Clair road has been grav-
eled for some distance beyond the
Dickinson school house this winter,
over the part that was recently
graded. The Commercial and Auto
mobile clubs promised to assist to
! the extent of $100 if this was done.
The county board has decided to
gravel Welsh Lane from the top OF
Pigeon hill to the place where the
Lake Crystal road leaves the Garden
City road, doing this work by the
day. This will take care OF very
, bad piece of road, which has been
recently graded. The Nicollet ROAD
in Belgrade is to be re-graveled Ior
several miles from the top OF the
hill. The st. Peter road has recent
Iv had some re-graveling. No
doubt the Madison Lake and other
roads will have some attention dur
, ing the winter, also