The San Francisco call., 1895-07-20
INCREASING ITS SCOPE.
The Half-MiIlion Club Will
Soon Begin to Boom Cali
fOrnia.
A Plan for Creating Improvement
Clubs In Every Town In the
State.

At the time of the Half-million Clubs
a convention was held in the Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce. 1t was then de-
termined that committee of fifteen repre-
sentative men from various parts of the
State should be appointed to carry on the
work of the Half-million Club, and in order
to do so TO form similar clubs all over the
State. Pursuant to instructions, William
NJ. Bunker, the chairman of that conven-
ton, has appointed this committee, and
the following gentlemen have accepted
with letters expressing their hearty in
dorsemenu of the plans: Max Meyberg,
director-general of Los Angeles fiesta and
w. G. Patterson, president OF the Chamber
of Commerce of Los Angeles, G. II. Balou
of San Diego, J. f. Madden of Newcastle,
E. F. Woodward, Mayor of Santa Rosa,
David Rich and D. M. Carman of San Fran
cisco, and Alexander Goldstein of Fresno.
The Half-million Club on arriving in
San Francisco at once created promotion
committee consisting OF w. M. bunker,
A. Z. Castle, l.. G.. Harvey, Alfred Bouvier
and D. NJ. Carman, to take the matter in
hand and push the work along. Yesterday
this committee held its first meeting and
outlined plan of action.
The secretary was instructed to send
copies of the outline of the plans to each
of the mercantile organizations OF the City
and to specially request their consideration
by the Merchants Association and the
Manufacturers and Producers Association.
He was also instructed to communicate
with the Mayors of cities, Boards OF
Trustees of towns and Supervisors of
counties, with the view of securing their
cooperation.
The first project in the plan is to estab-
llsh improvement clubs in the interior to
develop an interest and pride in local sec
tions that will result in the Improvement
of every town; to establish real estate asso-
Citations in the interior, raise funds for the
entertainment of excursionists and to list
property and assist in locating people from
the East
The next move, according to the plan,
will be the establishment of headquarters
in Chicago, with view of promoting de-
sirable immigration. There permanent
exhibit of California products will be kept.
All matters of interest to tourists will be
explained by lecturer, who will be assisted
with stereopticon views. In other large
cities and towns in the East illustrated lee
lures will be given.
There will be piles of dvertising litera-
ture at the Chicago headquarters. The
lecturers can arrange for excursion parties
to this State. A special feature will be to
increase the market in the East for Cali
fornia products, and in this the lecturers
will be requested to canvass the grocery
trade for California products.s Another
feature in the plan proposed is to excite in
the people of the East an interest in the
carnival season OF this State, as few
Eastern people were present at the recent
festas. To accomplish this it is proposed /:
To secure the cooperation of all carnival
committees and arrange the dates of each.
To have each of these furnish for distribution
in the East illustrations of what was done this
year, these to be grouped in pamphlets for such
distribution.
To have magazine articles written and illus.
trations communicating ideas of what was done
this year and what was likely to be done next
To make an effort through the clubs and
other social channels to make visiting Califor-
MIA during carnival season fad. This may be
supplemented by inaugurating q series o1
Notwithstanding and camping excursions in
the higher Sierras, thus inducing people to
come to and remain in California during the
summer season. To aid in this ascertain points