The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-06-11
ROAD REPAIR WAS TALK
COMMERCIAL AND AUTO
COMMITTEES MEET
Several Highways Will Be At
tended To This Season; Notes
Of Organizations

The good roads committees OF the
Commercial and Automobile clubs
held a meeting Tuesday afternoon.
jointly. this being the final meeting
to be held by the Commercial club
committee. The condition of the Ma
olson Lake and Mapleton roads and
one or two other roads was consid-
cred, and 1t vas decided to take
ride over the roads about which COM
plants have been coming in, in the
evening, and this was done. 1t was
found that the Madison Lake road Is
being temporarily bettered by hauling
some Indian Lake gravel and spread
ing it on thinly where most needed.
This road Is in much better condition
than it was three weeks ago. before
a tractor and grader were run over
it. AS to the Mapleton road. 1t was
places the first three miles
out, and that it would take several
hundred dollars to bring it back into
shape. In order to Save larger ex-
pense a little later, it was thought
that the county ought to make the
needed repairs as soon as possible.
soliciting Is being done is shown by
the efforts of commercial organiza-
tions everywhere to check it. The
Chamber of Commerce bulletin of
The Tonayandas. N. Y, contains the
following:
Recently woman successfully So
licited funds through the sale of a
magazine by stating that the funds
were for the benefit of blind babies.
An investigation made by the Cham
Der of Commerce discloses the fact
that not penny of money so contri-
buted ever reaches blind baby. Halt
of it goes directly to the solicitor and
the other half to help pay the ex-
pense of the magazine itself, although
the blind baby charity must contri-
butte some funds directly from It's
treasury to help make up the deficit
entailed by the magazine"
The following is from the official
bulletin of the Rochester. Mimi. Civic
and Commerce Association:
endorsement cards were issued to
two young lady solicitors for maya
credentials. Shortly later it was dis
copered that the ladies were regis
lered at local hotel under different
names than given on their creden-
tials. Through the assistance of Mrs.
Grassland their cards were returned.
and the matter reported to the COM
pany they represented. The company
their service "A soli-
citor for the Northwest War
riors Magazine having proper creden-
tails and full authority from that pub
LEGATION, was given an endorsement
card of the Civic and Commerce as
ISOLATION to solicit for subscriptions
in this city. Numerous complaints
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ton, and the facts were communicate
ed to the publishers of the magazine.
The solicitor was Immediately dis
charged, and later was arrested at
Winona. The Northwest Warriors
Magazine volunteered to make good
on all subscriptions in Rochester that
were secured through misrepresenta-
ton and to date the association has
furnished about twenty-five names OF
Rochester people, all of whom have
been credited with a years subscrip-
ton to the publication"
A few years ago the Lockport, N.
Y, Board of Commerce formed a cor
poration, raised 100000 by popular
subscription and built one hundred
houses in which her industrial work
ers might live. Now there are re-
ports that it is about to form a new
corporation for $1,00O.000 to build
one thousand houses.
Recently a proposition for the es-
Enlistment of dry milk manufac-
turing plant was presented to the
manufacturers and jobbers bureau, at \
Rochester. Mimi. 1t was proposed
that $150,00O of stock be sold in the
city and the promoters would invest
$4,000. A committee visited Anoka,
where plant is in operation, and
which was att one time managed by
the gentleman promoting the Roches-
ter proposition, and they also confer
red with twin city men who are in
terested in the business. AS a result =
OF their investigation they submitted
report advising that the dry milk
industry was worthy of further in
vestigation, but they could not rec
ommend acceptance of the proposal
submitted to Rochester. AS a result
of their investigation, the manufac-
tnrers and jobbers bureau did not
tuerer's and jobbers bureau did not
against the proposed stock selling
scheme.
The Civic and Commerce Associa- =
ton today moved its Headquarters
from the basement of the Mankato
State Bank building to the second
floor and will take office space with
the Commercial club until the latter
vacates it's rooms next Tuesday, when
1t will take over the rooms until its
permanent headquarters are ready
for occupancy. The Automobile clup
will yacate its headquarters at the
same time that the Commercial club
does.
CANNING WITHOUT SUGAR.