The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-03-15

raj committeeman and the farming
community surrounding Mankato,
and their attendance at the auctions
entities them to great praise from
the committee.
High school cadets under the
leadership of Professor Bate dem
onstrated their interest in the sue
cess of the Red Cross wood pile by
piling and making it the better for
sale.
The breeders of high grade stock
/ who willingly and in most cases
gave without solicitation have the
grateful thanks of the committee,
| for il was the sale of their stock that
greatly swelled the Red Cross treas
ury in addition to encouraging the
better grade OF animals, which in it
| self is patriotic and a resultant
monetary value to purchasers in
Blue Earth county.
| The rural committeeman soliciting
donations were, A. H.. Spaulding,
| John G. Gerlich, Math. Saenger. e.
+! l.. Domberger, w. r. Adams, Charles
Brooks. H. A. Young, F. NJ. Wash
burn, D. E. Crane and c. H. John
son. They did lot of work and ac-
complished good results.
Fowler and Pay can always be
counted on to give and help in every
worthy cause inaugurated in the
city. They assisted with men, with
teams, with tools and conveyances.
They can always be counted on.
Company C members sacrificed
much time. assisting both in the
timber and at the auction sales.
They are always ready and willing
and the city is proud of them.
Among the committee workers
who assisted in various capacities
special mention should be made of
George Pond, o. w. Walker, F. w.
Hunt, Harvard Diamond, Sherman
Rouse, S. B. Wilson, E. F. Soaring,
c. w Fisher, f. d. Sleight, p NJ.
Ferguson, Captain Roy Allison of
Company G, and others.
The several auctioneers donating
services and under the direction of
Jack Martin, are kindly remembered
by the committee. The clerks and
collectors at both auction sales did
splendid work and their services
We're much appreciated.
Henry Madison demonstrated his
loyalty by giving the committee the
use Of his building for two weeks
10 store the produce and as re-
ceiving station for the many dona-
tons
Theodore Williams. the enter
prising insurance man, volunteered
to protect the stored donations with
insurance until disposed of at the
auction sales.
Baneerter & Zimmerman, the
hardware dealers, furnished many
items used in cutting the wood and
showed true patriotic spirit in
more WAYS than one.
The Daily Free Press and Daily
Review as usual devoted several
columns Of valuable space in eT-
plotting the doings Of the OrganiZa-
ton while carrying on this patriotic
work, and TO them in this instance
as in hundreds OF others during the
year, is due much of the success Of
the various cit yactivities and new
undertakings. Without these valued
papers to exploit patriotic matters and
those OF general interest TO this and
ether organizations, little could be
accomplished in community. These
messengers Of news made the Won
derful sale OF Liberty bonds, Ma
tional Y NJ. G. A. subscriptions and
Red Cross drives the phenomenal
successes they were. In fact. the
government today is using these
mediums practically alone in ex-
plotting war work and in heralding
to the public, general conservation
orders and edicts. Without the
newspaper little could be accom-
lished in q community way. The
public has long since recognized the
value of the local newspaper, but
not until the present war has the
government shown by its acts the
wonderful medium it is in eXpound
ing information to the one hundred
and ten millions in this nation.
George NJ. Palmer chairman of the
Blue Earth County Red Cross society
rendered valuable aid to the officers.
He was liberal contributor and has
done more perhaps than any other
man in Blue Earth county in the
interest Oh the heu ofooS Ills CHAR
ity and patriotic gifts amount to
several thousand dollars each year.
Mr. Palmer is an ex-officio member
of the official board of the Anal
gamated Order of Wood Choppers
and Sawyers.
But above and beyond all else is
the Red Cross society itself 1t is a
remarkable organization and it is do
ing such wonderful work. It's mem