The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-10-20
Fred Mann Of Devils Lake
Fame Tells Old Neighbors
H0wt0Liven Up Business

Inc dinner gwen by the Sauk Cen-
tire Commercial Club at the Palmer
House Tuesday evening attracted a
capacity house, every seat in the
large dining room being filled.
Theodore Void, first vice president
of the Northwestern National Bank,
Minneapolis, was billed to address
this meeting, but Sunday morning
the Herald received letter from Mr..
Void stating that he had been called
to New York and that it would be
impossible for him to fill the local
date.
After comforting, President Parker
and Secretary Gingery decided to
send an S. O. S. call to Fred Mann,
Devils Lake Merchant Prince, and
former Sank Centre citizen, to ad-
dress his former townsmen. Mr..
Mann kindly consented to come to
the rescue of the local club.
Long Prairie and St. Cloud sent
live wire delegations to the dinner,
being represented by the following
persons: Long Prairie-Raymond
Lee, Chas. Koonze, bankers; H. E.
Hart an M. S. Hillman, Hart Store;
and Rudolph Lee, editor of the Long
Prairie Leader. St. Cloud-Don Free
man, president St. Cloud Paper Co.;
Hal. Erwin, head of the Erwin Mill
ing Co., and president of the Kiwanis
Club; A. A. Wright, district agent
Northwestern Life Insurance Co.;
Frank Lee, secretary Of the st. Cloud
Commercial Club; and Wells Levison,
st. Cloud wanager for International
Harvester Company.
President Parker first introduced
Don Freeman, who called attention
to the celebration to be held in st.
Cloud on Nov. 18th in commemoraticn
of the completion of the paved high
way from Minneapolis to St. Cloud
st. Cloud is making great prepar-
tions for this event and he asked that
Sank Centre and other towns give
the celebration their heartiest@ co-op-
GRAFTON. He also stated that ST.,
Cloud would use every effort to see
that Babcock Highway No. 8 was
paved through Steans county to
Sank Centre next year.
Wells Levens, district manager of
the International Harvester Co., st.
Cloud, commended the spirit of the
Sank Centre Commercial Club as ex-
hibited by the splendid attendance at
the dinner. He Endorsed everything
Mr.. Freeman had said.
Hal. Erwin boosted the Highway
celebration as did Secretary Frank
Lee. Double A. Wright told "closed
door, yarn that had plenty of punch.
Rudolph Lee extended the thanks
of the Long Prairie representatives
for the invitation to attend the ban
quet and also promised that Long
Prairie would have a big delegation
to attend the highway celebration at
st. Cloud. Short talks were also
made by Elmer Hart, Raymond Lee,
C. S. Keonze, and M. S. Hillman Of
Long Prairie. -. ;.
Mr.. Parker then introduced Fred
Mann, the principal speaker Of the
evening. Mr.. Mann first came to
Sank Centre with his parents in 1878,
remaining here u years. The family
then migrated to Devils Lake, where
Fred later became interested in the
mercantile business which he has
conducted with signal success.
He said that he had always kept
IN close touch with Sank Centre
through the Herald, and that some of
the things he was going to tell the
business men might hurt, but the
business condition of this city needed
drastic treatment. The business life
of Sank Centre, he said, was con-
tinuous tragedy. He depressed for
moment by referring to the Social
istic conditions with which the people
of North Dakota were afflicted, but
he said they expected to get out from
| under at the coming recall election
Oct. %, at which time North Dakota
"would be admitted back into the
Union"
Mr.. Mann insisted that now was
the time to have the true American
spirit, and instead of whining about
conditions, that we keep our eyes to
the front and fight the harder. II
things are not coming our way the
fault is largely our own. He said
that the time had long since passed
when business man could wait fol
business to- come to him. The bus;-
ness man of today must give service
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