The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-31
Mankato Is to Open Doors to
Show May 70 to June S
UNDER own AUSPICES
City Fathers Transact Business
AT Their Session This
Morning
From Mondays Daily.

council this morning having granted
a license to Frank Carey of the Giant
Show company to bring its aggrega-
ton to this city The carnival viii
be held on the old circuS grounds
and the license fee is $50 a, day, the
company to pay for the special pol
ice necessary Lewis GrOgan, agent
of the company. and Attorney J. e
Regain appeared before the council
in regard to the license. Mr.. Grogan
nesota concern of highly moral
character, which has appeared at diff
ferent places under the auspices OF
the Red Cross, the Red Cross get
ting a per cent of the gross receipts,
and that the government had given
remission to transport the company
on the railroad. Councilman Mic
Petersen moved that the license be
granted, which was seconded by
Councilman Chris. Steiner, and pass
ed by majority vote, Councilman A.
G. Lack voting no. The carnival
comes here under its own auspices.
Liquor licenses were granted to
Frank Mettler, Chris. Polchow, Klas-
Gus q Pollei, E. b. Trosky, Carl
Huhnstock, and Huettl & Wagon
halls. G. NJ. Masters plumbers bond
was accepted The report of the
health officer for the month of April
was read, showing twenty-one births
and twenty deaths. 1t was accepted
and fled
Bids on the official city printing
were opened There were two bids
the first being that of the Free Press
Printing company, at rs cents folio
first insertion, and 35 cents for adj
ditional insertions The second bid
was that of the Mankato Daily Re-
view, at exactly the same figures
Mr.. Lack stated that inasmuch as
the Free Press company does much
of the book work and other work for
the city he moved that the Daily
Review be designated as the Official
paper. Resolutions to that effect
were prepared by Clerk w. F. Bates
and passed. The Review has been
the official paper for the past two
years.
Milk Being Investigated.
Councilman A. G. Lack presented
letter written by H. M. Bracken OF
the state health department to Dr.
A. V. Denman, city health commits
sioner, in which it was stated that
the state board of health is iryesti-
eating lie milk supply OF the state
and offering to furnish milk in
vestigation for Mankato. Mr. Lack
moved that the matter be referred to
the health department to report back
TO the council, the motion passing
UNANIMOUSLY
The state report on the water sup
ply was read, showing the conditions
satisfactory, sanitation good, and
water safe for public consumption
The report was accepted and filed.
The request of the Armour com
pany for permission to extend its
side track fifty feet toward the end
OF its building was granted, on mo-
ton OF Councilman Steiner. The
council decided to provide a man
to take care of the small park near
the Northwestern depot, the railroad
company to stand the expense
Councilman Steiner presented a
sketch showing that on the st. Peter
road the blasting operations of the
Coughlan company is encroaching on
the street. On motion of Councilman
Lack the matter was left with
councilman Steiner and City Attor-
ney c. e. Phillips with power to act
Opposed Street Flushing.
John lfohmann and e. F. Soaring
of the Mankato Automobile club ar
feared before the council as COM
mlttee of two in regard to the nui
sance of the street fiusher operatins
on Front street in the day time. Mr
Hohmann was tie first speaker, an(
stated that the Automobile clut
wished to make the request that the
street flushing be done at night or
front street especially, instead of in
the day time. He described how the
dirt and .ilth frola the spray raised
from the street by the fiusher con
tanlinated any automobiles if passed
spatterlng up the garments of peoDlc
covering the passing autos with filth
and causing people passing on the
sidewalks to seek refuge in store.
ana doorways to get out Of harms
way. He stated that visitors in tb,
city who were spattered in this man.
ner left Mankato with a sour feelin.
against the city, and suggested tina
the HuSnlng be done at night q,
Front street from Byron to Vine
street, and on some of the sid,
streets. He remarked that stree
flushing was done at night in tn,
larger cities.
Complaint About FIusher.
MI. Soaring described briefly th,
great annoyance caused bv the stree
nusher going down the street in til,
day time, and scattering autos an,
pedestrians with filth and dirt from
the streets, spelling freshly washe,
automobiles and the gowns of wome,
VINO were unfortunate enough to h
ON Front street at the time. miles
they ran into a doorway to escap
me dirty water thrown by th
fiusher
Mr.. Steiner stated that the cit,
needed another flusher in order r
handle the street work properly
City Engineer Blomquist said tha
last year the street was flushed =
z night, and that it would be done thi
as year AS soon as convient.
The council decided to proceed a
once to get the deed to the land TO
the right-of-way over the property O
High r Tonoc opd ~,o,oas