The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-04-22
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW
HOW BUSINESS LOOMS UP
IN THIS STATE
Cleanliness and Paint The .
Buildings Idea Prevalent
In Minnesota


There is not section OF the stars
but which is making preparations for
a record stream of visitors during
tourist months, If data obtained dur
ing the past week py Tine Merchants
National bank of Sains taul, is a
criterion.
so prominent are cleanup and
paint up activities In many sections
that spring agricultural develop
ments nave attracted secondary at
tenuon. Farmers are doing their
seeding quietly, while road work &C
Invites, city park and summer resort
and commercial ciuD programs ana
tag day plans for clean up lnoVe-
ments are well under way:
In a'Score Of cities and numerous
villages, woman have taken over
direction or city beautiful work.
Several cities have mad successful
tag days; others are impending.
One beautiful innovation-in memory
OF nero dead-ls winning a IerVent
response tlrougout the state Beds
OF Flanders peoples are being plant
ed in city PARIS frogn the Canadian
border to the Iowa line and it seems
certain that hundreds OF private
homes will be graced by a plot or
these memory flowers. Some cities
are planning floral designs, made OF
popples, to form service stars; each
star group to represent one youth,
man, or woman, who said the SUI
preme sacrifice.
Bankers, newspaper publishers and
editors, and civic leaders who maze
reports OF their local activities, un-
consciously cooperated in stressing
the fact that city and county 9th.
Gals realize concerted action must
be taken 10 regulate automobile traf-
tic, particularly on Sundays. One
movement Is under way to call a
series OF traffic meetings, possibly
by congressional districts. Traffic
officers or the Iron Range counties
Will probably, hold the first meeting.
Uniform rules and regulations are
desired but Il also IL understood thal
the officials desire to discuss matters
of tourist convenience.
number OF cities have taken to
the community service idea. Sew
eral OF these municipalities have hir
ed community leaders. Bands are
being organized In villages and towns
their music. 1t has been noticed,
also, that modern motion picture
theatres are being built in quite a
number of villages which have popu-
lations OF less than 1000. Additional
summer resorts are TO be opened In
the Northern lake country.
So far as agriculture is concerned
there has been reported marked
increase In purchases Of blooded
cattle and hogs. Minnesota's pure
bred stock resources are attracting
national attention and Holstein cows
in Rice county and other districts of
Southern Minnesota has been break
ing record after record. Land clear
ing activities are spreading through
ant oil Of Mfnnnanto
many business associations are COM
bining with county boards of COM
missioneTs to promote such projects
on board scale.
The Benton county agent, COM
ment upon the report OF the Foley
cooperative creamery, announced
last year produced s1s2 worth Of but
ter fat. The Masonic Temple at
Cloquet vii be rebuilt. Construction
Of the Northwest Paper company's
dam and power plant at CloQuet Is
nearing completion G. P. Wegner, Of
Two Rivers, has been elected presi-
dent Of the Two Rivers Community
elevator, with a capacity of $4,000
bushels will be built at Sleepy Eye.
The state Americanization conference
will be held at Duluth, May 10 to 81
Lumber concerns in the Northern
counties report heavy demand for
ties and pulpwood. H. e. Phenicie,
OF Lincoln, Nebr.,, has been appointed
quet.
Martin County's 143 drainage sys-
TENS involve bonds aggregating ST.
100000. Bess Oak, Mortified Hol-
stein, produced 1913 tons of milk and
- t.
Twenty six Rice county breeders will
consign IS head Of stock for the
big sale at Faribault, May S. Oar
fur, Waterman county, will soon vote
on bond issue for electric lights.
The creamery at Motley made 49,
600 pounds of butter last year. Pope
county Holstein breeders are boost
girls dairy calf club. Traffic officers
Of the Mesaba range are to meet,
shortly, to discuss plans for regulat-
ing and safeguarding heavy traffic
this summer. w. e. Wardall, a noted
Iowa stockman, will move to Free
born county and locate on farm
near Gordonsville. Six community
organizations were formed In Stevens
county recently. The Wadena- Fer
gus Falls bus line may be extended
to Wahpeton. 1t is expected that a
freight transport service will be
maintained between Grand Forks,
Crookston. Red Lake Falls, Thief
River Falls, and Warren.
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The Blue Earth county board has
let a contract for three and one half
miles of state road west of Amb0y.
Bids have been sought for improve
, ment Of the Eagle Lake road be-
tween Mankato and Madison Lake.
The Austin Clay Works, at Albert
Lea. has re-opened. Ground has
been broken for the Stevens county
memorial armory at Morris. st.
Cloud is getting ready for several
important conventions. Numerous
real estate trar factions have taken
place in Southern counties. A hospi-
tai will be built at Hallock this sum-
mer. Clearbrook farmers made i'm
portant blooded stock purchases at
Warren. Contracts have been let
for the construction Of st sMarys
church at st. Cloud, which will cost
100000 Austin business men have
pledged a considerable sum to sup
port the Oakdale trail project
2 highway from Chicago to the Twin !
Cities.
Chisholm pays its superintendent
of schools $1,000 and Hibbing pays