The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-01-16


E. X. Meagher, treasurer.
e. 3. Soaring, secretary.
B. S. Boman, w. J. Merchant, Roy
Allison, members of the board of
| governors.
did you ever see such harmon
ious bunch, no politics here at ALL
| laughingly remarked Pres id n [
Charles T. Taylor at the meeting of
the SIankato Automobile club last
evening The remark characterized
! the meeting. Matters of important
| business, ncerning the road
| improvements for the coming year.
carrying out the fight for the Babcock
amendment, and other question S
which came up, were all dispatched
with promptly.
| When the election of officers came up
John H. Holman asked permission to
again make his annual motion, that
1.-The club dispense with the usual order
| of business and instruct the secretary
! to cast the ballot for all the old Of
| ficers. This motion was unanimously
carried and all former officers were
declared elected for the coming years.
| The terms OF three members OF the
! board of governors, B. S. Boman. w.
| J. Morehart and Roy Allison expired
/ at this time and on motion of j. B.
Richards the secretary was instruct
led to cast the ballot and declare
these reelected also.
Delegates to State Meeting.
President Charles Taylor, John H..
Hohmann, Roy Allison and John Ny
quist were elected to attend the State
Automobile association meeting as
! delegates Of the Mankato club The
election Of these delegates was un-
animous also. !. b. Richards ex-
pressed the hope that some fine re-
suits would be secured from attend
ance at the state meeting and that If
there were any fsspluinsy to bring home
that the Mankato delegates would see
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Secretary E. r. Soaring read to the
club his annual report and the an
nual report of the treasurer. Both
were accepted and placed on file. J..
IS. Richards declared that he felt the
club should take some action express
! ing appreciation for the splendid re-
port which Mr.. Soaring gave. Presi-
dent Taylor also spoke of the very ef-
| fcient manner in which Mr.. Soaring
handled his work. On motion of John
H. Hohmann vote of thanks was
extended the secretary for his serv-
ices during the past year
Mr.. Soaring responded, thanking
the club for the confidence expressed
| in his work. He stated that during
the coming summer he expected to
have more time to himself than for
| many years past and he offered his
time and services and the use of his
car to carry on a greater effort to
have signs and trails marked coming
into Mankato. The only expense for
the club to bear, he stated, would be
the cost OF the paint
Invited To Join Association.
Members of the Mankato club were
invited to attend the meeting of the
State Automobile association on
February 3, in a letter from that or
ganization, read by Mr.. Soaring. a
communication was also read from
the Sioux Historic Trail association
outlining the purpose of the organiza-
ton and urging the Mankato club to
| join. 1t was requested that Mankato
bear part of the expense of marking
the trails into this city.
Il think we should join the asso-
ciation because we have no well
marked trail to the northwest out of
this city," said John H. Holman.
Il move that we join the associa-
tion," said J. b. Richards. ITO my
mind there is nothing more cheerful
along the roads for autoists than
plenty of sign boards, marking the
various trails. don't think we can
get too many
The motion was unanimously car
ried, with an amendment to the effect
that Secretary Soaring act as the
representative of the Mankato club in
the Sioux Historic Trail association
Secretary Soaring reported that
Charles Thompson of Madison Lake,
who runs an auto truck line through
to Mankato, had informed him that
he had perfected snowplow which
had cleared four miles OF road and
made it passable. He offered to clear
the remaining eight miles if the club
would bear the expense of 81 a mile.
or about $50 in all. This, he said.
would make it possible for people
from that direction to come in to the
Mankato Winter Carnival The mat
ter was referred to the board of gov
errors with power to act.
Marking Hammond Highway.
On motion of Frank Browder the
secretary was instructed to go as far
as he saw fit in marking the trail of
the Hammond Highway through this
district. The trail is not well marked
at present. John H. Holman, speak
ing of the financial report of the year,
said he was well pleased but he felt
the club should spend even more
money for Improvement of important
roads leading to Mankato He urged
that the Lake Washington and the
st. Clair roads be improved at once.
Personally would like to see $500
spent on the Lake Washington road"
said Mr.. Hohmann.
Secretary Soaring spoke of the ex-
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