The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-05-15
COMMERCIAL CLUB.
Hereafter Such Will be the Name
of the Board of Trade.

The BOARD of Trade" in name Is
nc MORE. Hereafter it will be known
as the Oskaloosa Commercial Club,
which organization will continue in
the furthering of the interests of
Greater Oskaloosa.
On Monday evening at the annual
meeting of the Board Of Trade it was
voted to change the name under
which the organization has worked
for years, to that of the Oskaloosa
Commercial Club. The old name has
In many instances been misleading,
and especially so among strangers
and in corresponding with outside
parties. 1t has been taken by these
parties to be an organization dealing
in ''puts" and "calls," market quo
tations, commissions live stock grain,
etc., instead of it's real object, and at
times it has taken no small amount
of explanations and correspondence
to clear it of that which it's name
somehow implied.
In the absence of President Sam
Baldauf, the meeting was called to
order by Vice President N. ] Bentley.
The secretary's! report was then
read, giving a resume of the work
done blythe Board for the past year,
which report showed that twenty
meetings of the directors had been
held and that fully a half hundred
mattersshad been given attention by
them, that the various committees to
whom matters had from time to time
been referred had given much of
their time and had made most thor
ough and intelligent Investigation of
the subjects assigned them.
The t%reasurer's report, which had
been examined and approved by the
finance committee ,s.tshowed that a
year ago there was a balance on hand
of 1925 81; that during the year there
had been received from different
sources s1b9 95. The expenditures
have been s475.44, leaving a balance
on hand of SILL 80. This report does
not include the assessment on men,
bership now being collected and
which will bring in several hundred
dollars within a few days.
The committee appointed ONE
time since with instructions to report
at this meeting, on the reorganization
or amendments to the present con-
stitution : and bylaws, reported
through its. chairman, Richard Burke
that they had gone carefully over the
entire subject and had two changes
to propose-one the change of name
as abovesmention, and the otherIthat
each shareholder instead of each
share of stock be entitled to n vote
in the lproceedings-both were
adopted.
A committee OF flve-consisting OF
John r. Barnes, A. Rosenberger, Q.
O. Pike, IL. w. Clendenon and
SumnerI Hays-was appointed to
select ffteenl persons to act as a
DOdTu VI DlEcCIOEs lux IhO ChShAh6
year. This committee reported the
following who were elected:
Directors.
John A. Kalbach, John r. Barnes,
H. w. Lyman, Sam Baldauf,
w. r Lacey, A. P. Spencer,
G. V. Hoffman,, G. w. Shockley,
R. Burke, V. E. Hamilton,
N. j. Bentley, O. E. Lofland,
Ralph Burnside, F. d. Boyer,
w. l. Neagle.
The matter OF band concerts was
taken up and the matter referred to
the committee on city affairs when
further discussion and action will be
At the adjournment of the meeting
the directors met and elected as off,
GERS the following:
President-Sam Baldauf.
Vice President-N J. Bentley.
Secretary-H. W. Lyman.
Treasurer-John r. Barnes.
President Baldauf will announce
the various committees within a few