The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-11-21
THEY ARE BROUGHT BE-
FORE CLUB MEET
BUSINESS men ENTHUSE
Proposition Very Well Received
Will Go Through; Multiple
Membership

population within FIVE years." was the
enthusiastic slogan which guided the
activities of ahe Mankato Commercial
club at one of the most successful
meetings of recent years, held at the
council chambers of the city hall last
evening. Eery man present appear
ed to grasp, the vision of bigger and
better Mankato in the near future and
this spirit of optimism was enthusiast
ticaliy manifested in every matter
that came up for attention.
Pledges of $3.50 were given by
the businessmen and farmers toward
shares in the Mankato Fair associa-
tion to be used toward the erection OF
a fine stock pavilion ut the fair
grounds. Merchants and farmers alike
were firmly in favor of the idea of
having such a pavilion and one OF
the finest in this part OF the state,
erected on the Mankato fair grounds
Reported BY Arthur Mitchell.
Arthur Mitchell of Rapidan brought
up the matter reporting for the COM
mittee on this subject Mr., Mitchell
stated the breeders had gone together
and pledged their support to such a
plan because they realized if they
after larger quarters, would have To
be provided He praised the excel
lent stock displays at the fair dur
ing years heretofore.
"The wealth of community is in
its raw materials" he said THE
raw materials in Mankato are the
farm products. stock and the like.
Boosting these lines is boosting Man
Al, a se.
tricts," Mr.. Mitchell said.
The speaker also spoke of the value
of sales pavilion to Mankato. He
said some of the finest sales of live
stock in this part of the state could
be held here and buyers from all
parts of the United States and ali
parts of the world, would come here
TO buy tH
Breeders Pledge Their Support.
DIR. M. b. Wood asked how many
breeders had pledged their support
5 and NJ r. Benedict responded that
the matter was not definitely settled
buf nearly all had pledged 500 and
that the township of Sterling, thor
oughly canvassed, raised $3.50. DR.
Wood spoke of cattle shipped out. of
the county to South St Paul for
SALE. remarking, that South ST. Pad
gained all the advantages. of these
sales to the loss. of Blue Earth county
: W. r. Adams, well known hog
breeder, pledged his support TO, thu
idea of erecting. pailion. J., c.
NARROW also expressed the hope that
the pavilion might be erected. He
pointed, out that smaller towns were
putting up such buildings l1d wer.
reaping a we'll earned benefit there.
from. 1t was his opinion Mankatc
should not let the small towns get
ahead of her.
Sales attract buyers from a wide
field, Mr.. NARROW, said A fine paw
lion erected at the fair grounds would
prove an advertisement to the city
for all people coming into Mankato
by train.
DR.. Wood explained his experiences
+, in finding how far pure bred cattle
sales would attract buyers.
George Atchison then explained to
The men present the proposition the
fair association had TO offer. He said
I. the grounds and property of theias-l
ISOLATION had been acknowledgements
ed at $4,000 and>that'the directors
were now ready tofsell- that much
stock Purchasing the stock, he
pointed out. was not'ia donation be ,
cause the fair 4 is certain to grow
larger and the holdings in the asso-,
citation to become. moreu and more
valuable. s. aI9B vsnt iAHs .1fr- .
LET the breeder take all the stock
they can in this proposition and then
let the businessmen of Mankato take
the rest said Mr.. Atchison. ,,sf.y II.
Mr. Atchison moved that the Com
nercial club be and is empowered tC
secure enough stock subscriptions,
to put with the subscriptions of the
livestock breeders and erect paw
lion.
Pass the Motion.
Lets pass that motion and pass IL
SO people will know we will not only
put up a pavilion to serve all needs
but one a little better than any city
in this part of the country has" said
i. N. Tompkins The remark was
greeted with applause and a standing
vote brought everyone up unanimous
ly in favor of the move.
DIR. NJ B. Wood stated such paw
lion would cost from $4,000 to $685.
600, depending on the nature of the
lDullQl0S. OeOTS6 AICnlSOu ucCidiSu
that one costing $4,000 would about
fill all the needs here.
Let's have it the best in this part
of the country" remarked JAZZ Brett
Pledges For the Pavilion.
Pledges were then taken for stock
TO erect the pavilion. Following are
the amounts pledged: Eberhart Bros
800; OgTe Bros. 800; Karp Hotel
company. 800; Charles Brooks, 500;
Charles d. on, 500; Fisher Clothing
company, $50: Arthur Mitchell, 800;
Draper and Peterson, 800; George
Sugden, $500; The Bee Hive, 500;
Powell. Auto company. 500; John r.
Snow, 800: w. A. Streator, 800;
George Atchison, 800; Louis Yaeger,
$780,: NARROW and Randall, 5000; ].
Z n. Tompkins, 100; DIR. M. B. Wood.
500; Albert Gender, 500; Theodore
williams, s10e: F. w. Krase. $500;
Otto Mendenhall 500, d. W. Radi-
chel. 5000.
4. C. HSHazel of Sterling township
remarked that he believed every beef
breeder would rake stock in the prop
osition. He said that Sterling had al
freadySpledged $3.50. II. Hanson of
Al.