The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-04-20

| front tnat tneSe cities nave deNel-
| oped through their personalities or
spiritual attributes, and curing the
next ten years these cities and com
munltles in America will be paying
more and stricter attention to the
faith OF the citizenship. The deport
ment OF its citizenship and the spirit
or cooperation and mutual aid pos
essed by citizenship Will also be
| given more attention.
The modern chamber OF com
merce is school master TO teach.
| educate and develop the public mind,
and the public spirit. The church
does not do it. because it is sec
tartan; the lodge does not do it be-
cause II is political. 1t remains
for the fourth established American
institution, the chamber of com
merce. to teach the community these
Vital lessons upon which success Of
material business depends
| Il know that a good many business
men will consider this idealistiC pro
poganda. and win say that it has no
practical use for every day use. But
| have seen it tried out successfully
many times in many communities.
and to- day am uneQuivOcally a
stand patter on the fact that the de-
ivelopment of the intangible attributes
in the community are Of paramount
importance. and that all material
progress is dependent thereon.
Take for instance the subject OF
faith There are three words mat
have stood out prominently before
j the world ever since the great leader
Paul wrote his famous letter To- the
citizens of the ancient city of Cor
NTH. Now abideth faith. hope and
love. These three, but the greatest
Of these is love
! Faith is a necessary element in
the progress o! any community. The
man who invests in Mankato has
faith--He believes the city will go
forward. He thinks that his real
thinks Mankato will grow. Pioneers
must have had faith or Mankato
would not be here.
Hope is our thought about the flu
ture. Some people think that they
have reached the apex OF things. AMI
nothing will ever happen again to
. isupercede the good old days. The
past has been glorious. but the future
holds in store many more wonderful
things than have yet happened. The
last twenty five years have been re-
plete with miracles. until to dan the
untutored boy can take a machine
erse and hear music that has trav-
ersed the air Tor thousands OF miles.
the airship and the subship vie with
the leViathan, in crossing the sea.
. The auto and the tractor have re-
placed the horse-all in twenty five
years.
. Hope means that We are not yet
through. There Is more TO follow.
1880 will be better and greater than
TO day. Men OF hope prepare for
TO morrow.
"Confidant of the future love is the
spirit Of cooperation which works
together helping each other to put
the big things over. Love drives out
. jealousy. envy and hatred-lt means
; CO operation.
. "A city of faith, hope and love,
. will become a rich. prosperous com
. munity, and will have no difficulty
. IN attracting to it people who want
; a good place in which TO live.
; "A city must first believe in itself
, then others will believe in it. A city
. must imagine the future, before II
; can realize the bigger things. Neigh
; bors must CO operate with each
, other before the impossible may be
; accomplished"
Music BY Orioles
$50 and during the first part of the
program the OrviS Orioles. a musical
, organization headed by Harold Orvis
Ross, rendered some very pleasing
music. One of the outstanding mum
bers of the program was xylophone
, solo by Ray Krause This young man
is an artist in his line. He was re-
quired to respond TO an encore.
. DR.. NJ r. Coulter read a letter
from the Chamber OF Commerce OF
: the United States requesting that the
would get back OF Poppy Day activi-
ties on Memorial day with the
American Legion. On motion of Ed
ward V. Nyqulst it was voted to fur
1 the the movement for the sale oil
= peoples on Memorial Day, May 80
, Chairman c. X. Mayer announced
) that a sale OF those flowers would
). be held a short time previous &c
f Memorial Day.
3 John .Nyquist was called upon &c
t express himself as TO the necessity
of a second bridge across the Mime
4 sofa river in this city. Mr.. Nyquist
/. said that Mankato is no more IN
D need of a second bridge than a wa
Y gon is in need Of fifth wheel. He
/ thinks that the present bridge al
Main street is amply sufficient &c
satisfy the needs Of traffic for sew
eral years to come.
t President A. } Veigel announced
r that the officials of the Standard Oh
e Company of Indiana would arrive in
s this city next Wednesday, April Is
and would be entertained at dinner
Y by the Civic and Commerce assOci-
Z alton at Masonic Temple. The names
/ or those who will visit here are a:
follows: Colonel Robert w. Stewart
! chairman OF the board; W. NJ. Bur
ton, president; E. G. Schubert, vice
president, secretary treasurer; Altar
Jackson, vice president; John d
2 Clark, vice president; X. H. McEl
roy, traffic manager; +. J. Bullock
director OF purchases; T. J. Thomp'
son, general manager Of sales
: George NJ. Cook. director of public
e relations; n. X. Grimshaw, assistant
general manager, northern division
+ Chairman G. X. Mayer called on {
. number OF ladies and gentlemen t
7 say something in regard to the drive
+ for new membership in the assocla
Z ton when commenced today.
q Covineton Urged Action
J. c. Covington. chairman OF th'
v membership drive, said that the re
/ port Of Secretary Olson should b.
K enough to impress upon the member;
what a vast amount Of work is done
4 in year by the Civic and Commerce
70 ,,r1od that tina pOrn