The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-27
TO Be A FINAL EFFORT
The Life or Death of the Board
of Trade.
IT is DYING OF DRY ROT
n Thsrs Il Not Enough Interest Mani
tested Monday Night the Movement
VIII Be Abandoned Has
Been q Great Benefit.

Missoula, Nov. 26.-On Monday night
at the old club rooms in the First Ma
tional bank building there will be a n
nal effort made TO keep alive the board
Of trade. 1t is the hope of those who
are interested In the work that has
been undertaken by the board that
there will be enough of the business
men Of the city present to encourage
them to renew their attempts to pro-
long the life OF the board. There have
but three or four OF the business men
of the city who have taken nm active
interest in the board for some months,
and the work that has been done ty
them has been undertaken in the hope
Of reviving the interest in n board so
that IL might not die OF dry rot. The
regular meeting of the board Tor the
election OF officers should have peen
held last Monday night, but there were
SO few present that IL was deemed adj
visable to wait till next Monday I'm the
hope that there would be more on hant.
The meeting has been set for $50
o'clock next Monday evening. N upon
the success or failure of that meeting
will depend the future OF the board. lf
there are enough present to give as
surance that there is still some general
interest taken In the organization there
will be an election of officers for the en-
suing year. and the work of the board
will be carried on with renewed energy.
on the other hand. IL there Is only a
small attendance, IL Is more than likely
that the few who do turn out Will con-
stitute themselves the chief mourners
for the demise Of the organization that
has, without doubt. been OF much serv-
ice and great benefit to the city of MIS-
soula.
That the board of trade has benefited
the city there Is no one who Is familiar
with the history of the organization
who will deny. IL has been through the
agency of the board that many bene-
fits have come to the city. and more
than one successful enterprise a be
traced to the efforts of those mbe
of the board who have attended to It's
business. The Western Montana fair
is one of the results OF the work OF the
board. This in itself should be sufficient
to warrant the continuance of the or
ganlzation. The fair has done more
to bring to the attention of outsiders
the wonderful agricultural resources OF
the valleys that are tributary TO this
city. IL has been through the means or
the fair that many of the later farm
ers now living here have been induced
to locate in this section. The cost OF
the fair &c the city has been trifiing.
compared with the benefits that have
The money mat mas oeen
spent upon the fair has been returned a
hundred fold.
The business men of the city owe II
to themselves to see that the board OF
trade is not allowed to die. The meet
ing Monday night should be attended
by every merchant. professional man
and farmer in the vicinity OF Missouri.
IL Is to the interests OF each one OF
them to see that the board is continued
and that its operations are enlarged In
scope. II is the general opinion here
the coming year will be the most
prosperous that Missoula has ever
seen. All indications point TO a most
season. There will be several
propositions to consider
within the next few months that a
taken care of through the board OF
trade more satisfactorily than in any
other way. The only way To do IL Is TO
have every business man in town and
all of the property owners take an in
terest I'm the board that viii make II
possible to carry on this work The
Monday night meeting will settle the
one way or the other. Ii will
not take much time from anybody, and
the hour that will be spent at the cleo
ton of officers will be spent to good adj
vantage. The hour is $50 o'clock in
the evening. and the place Is the old
club rooms in the First National bank
huilding