The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-02-04
TREASURER IS SELECTED
E. A. Boo Is Placed In C..
And c. Position
Event ON JULY FOURTH
Celebration Is Proposed BY Fair
Board; Other Matters Are
Considered

J. B. Nelson was elected a director
and E. A. Boie was elected treasurer
OF the Civic and Commerce associa-
ton at meeting of the board of di-
,rectorS, held at the offices of the as
men were elected to fill the vacancies
caused by the death Of the late John
II. Holman who was a director and
also treasurer of the association, and
they are to serve for the balance OF
this fiscal year, which closes on May
]. Mr.. Holman was elected as di
rector for period of two years, so
a director will be elected by the
membership at the annual meeting to
serve the remaining one year OF the
term. The new board of directors
elect each year a treasurer following
the annual election.
Celebration July q.
George Atchison, NJ. F. Sullivan and
William Schultz, members Of the
Mankato Fair board, were present at
the meeting and asked the aid and
cooperation of the Civic and Com
merce association in putting on big
celebration on July 4. According to
these gentlemen, the idea is to make
the celebration an elaborate affair;
the plan is to have horse races, pos
es, ball game, special attractions and
other things that will go to make a
gala day. Favorable action was TAX
en-, and President w. A. Streater was
requested to appoint committee of
three to work with the fair board on
the proposition. The Civic and Com
merce association will handle the
publicity through Secretary w. E.
Olson.
Some Proposed Legislation.
1t was reported by the secretary
that considerable opposition has de-
veloped in the city to a bill that has
lating to the sale of goods, which II
enacted into law would curtail COM
petition. The bill is known as House
File No. 1877, but has been frequently
confused with House File No. 1877
which bill relates to proposed tax
on iron ore. Mr.. Olson stated that
although large number Of people
know about the vicious bill and have
written the Blue Earth county repre-
sentatiyes in the legislature attack
ing the bill, no one seems to have
the Civic and Commerce association
to interest itself in the bill notwith
standing the fact, that 1t is generally
conceded that word from an orga-
niZation such as the Civic and Com
merce association will usually carry
more weight than will word from in
dividuals directly interested and af-
fected by the matter in question. The
secretary was asked to again call at
tention to the fact that the Civic and
Commerce stands ready at all times
to work for the welfare of the COM
munity and that 1t has subscribed for
the House and Senate Journal which
gives a complete record of the hap
penings at the legislature. Citizens
who are interested in supporting or
opposing pending bills ought to avail
themselves Of the facilities offered by
the local association, and can feel
assured that their propositions will
receive careful consideration by the
association. The directors instructed
the secretary to write the representa-
ttyes from this county and urge that
. they work in opposition to the bill
referred to above.
A proposition to organize a profess,
sional base ball club for this city was
presented, but no action was taken on
It, due to the fact that there are so
many other things involving the rails
ing Of money, before the city at the
present time
The Armory Proposition.
It was decided to have a commit
tee appear before the city council in
support Of the armory project. This
was done last night, an account OF
which appears | in another article,
concerning the council meeting.
A report was made regarding the
money that was raised for band pur-
poses last Saturday. The secretary
was authorized to use the title Of
traffic manager" in connection with
&e4 xokf "~/
has had considerable training in traf-
&c work. Bills were allowed and 9TH
er routine matters received atten-
ton.
Trouble On Rail.-Rochester Post