New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-04-10
MUSEUM SUGGESTED
FOR ClTY'S RELICS
COMMERCIAL CLUB WAKED Up
BY FORMER PRESIDENT
C. A. OTTOMEYER -:
PARK CONCERTS ARRANGED. FOE
WEEK NIGHTS DURING THE
SUMMER MONTHS

ooMNEN MONlHS
Ii G. A. Ottomeyer had not attended,
the meeting of the Commercial Club
Monday evening there would have been
practically nothing doing' at all.
BY his interest in the affairs of other
committees he aroused enuf discussion
to make the meeting fairly interesting,
There was absolutely no correspondence
ana there were no committee reports.
Just about the time the routine work
had been disposed of and it looked as
tho the meeting would adjourn without
any discussion Of any kind, Mr.. Otto
meyer inquired into the work of the good
roads committee long enuf to find OUT
why it was that the Yellow Trail had
only been marked thru New Ulm as far
as the LorettoN Hospital and that from
there on the telephone poles were minus
the yellow trail mark. The only reason
advanced was that the trail had not
been marked to Sleepy Eye because
OF the fact that the committee felt thai
Sleepy Eye should meet them half wsx.
There seems, to be no question but
what the matter will be attended to
shortly and that Sleepy Eye will do itx
share in the marking of the trail
Museum Idea Advanced
While on his feet Mr.. Ottomeyer alse
spoke about the nice little museum thai
there is in the Herman monument but,
suggested that there ought to- be some
place down town where relics and other
material of historic Importance could
be placed and made accessible net only
to the citizens but especially to the great
number OF tourists that are apt tn cDn,e
to New Ulms$during the coming yearz
because New Ulm's historical M
portance.( President Stolz called upon
Albert Steinhauser who is president OF
the Junior Pioneers and asked him Whas
had been done by the Junior Pioneers
along that line. Mr.. Steinhauser stated
that altho a committee had been ap-
pointed more than year ago, that
nothing tangible had been done as vet
mainly because there was no building
in which any relics could be housed.
He told the members present that he had
just come from the city council meeting
where he had urged the council not to
sell the Forster property at this time
but save it because possibly the Junior
Pioneers might want to have this build
ing for museum.
Hofneister Benefit
Considerable discussion was brought
about thru query of one of the mem
bers how soon the benefit for Capt
Hofmeister would be given. H then
developed that there were some members
present who were of the opinion that the
recent annual concert given by the
band was the Hofmeister benefit. Al
tho it was generally understood that the
annual band concert had nothing to
do with the Hofmeister benefit still ne
one there was ready to make this state
ment positively.
Saturday Evening Concerts
While this matter of concerts was
discussed it was reported that arrange
ments had been made by the park
committee to have the Hofmeister band
play in North German park Saturday
evenings. Albert Steinhauser suggested
that possibly it might be of more ben
eft to the business interests of the city
to have the concert on different night
than Saturday evening because the
people came to town that evening any
way. He also stated that in some
cities the storekeepers kept open one
evening in the middle of the week
during the summer months, to ae-
comodate the farm trade and that the
clerks were given a half holiday to
make good the additional time they
had to work that evening. No action
of any kind was taken, altho the sug
gestion met receptive minds.
Annual Banquet Plans
Again just before the close OF the
meeting, Mr.. Ottomeyer secured the
floor and wanted to know why It could
not be arranged to have the annual
banquet to be held this nsnth to IN
clude not only the men folks but alss
the ladies. This led to quite a spirited
discussion and Mr.. Schulh who had
just been taken up. as manber vas
asked how the banquets were conducted
in the city that he came from. He
stated that the banquets were always
attended blythe ladies; that they were
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