Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-11-17

IS ORGANIZED
Younger Business and Professional
Men Of the City Complete Organ.
ization to Work for Fergus.
WILL BEGIN WORK At ONCE
Simple Plan Adopted for the lmmedi-
ate Future-WiII Produce Results
Officers Elected.

The efforts of the younger business
end professional men of this city to
establish an organization whose mis-
sion shall be to boost for Fergus
have met with success, and the Fergus
County Commercial Club was formally
launched last night.
Objects Of Organization.
The meeting was held at the city
tall last evening, and was we'll at
tended Jack Edgecombe presided,
and E. w. Mettler acted as secretary.
The general purposes of the organic
alton were presented by Mr.. Edge
combe, of the committee appointed
at the first meeting to formulate q
plan. The chief object of the club,
he said. would be to advertise in a
legitimate way, the resources of Fer
gus county. This would be accom-
plilshed through getting information
regarding this section into the hands
OF the people east and west in such
a way as to attract their attention.
This information would relate espec-
tally to mining. agriculture, stock
raising and the climatic conditions.
Attention would also be paid to the
educational facilities and the prices
OF farm and city lands. AS starter
in this direction, the club proposed to
get up small folder, such as would
fiji business envelope. This folder
would contain, in brief way, all of
the information indicated above, and
business men throughout the county
would be supplied with them. Every
letter sent out by these men would
contain one of these folders. Let
tiers would also be furnished to a Sc
lected list of papers in the middle
west. Some advertising might also
be done in the railway guide publica-
tions. The copy for all this should
be furnished by committee of the
club.
To Meet the Expense.
To meet the expense of the work,
1t was proposed that a membership
fee of IS be fixed, with monthly dues
of 81. This would provide the club
with ample means to meet the ex-
pense of the plan outlined, and with
the full support of the community,
would enable the club little later,
to put out a pamphlet, which could
be sent to those persons whose in
terest was aroused by the preliminary
work and the small folder. It was
proposed to get the mining men and
large land owners, who would receive
much benefit from the efforts of the
club, to become subscribers to the
advertising fund.
The plan as outlined, met with gen.
eral favor. and it was decided to pro-
ceed at once with the organization.
Officers Are Chosen.
The following officers were chosen
by unanimous vote: w. ]. Edgecombe,
president; Halsey r. Watson, vice.
president; f. w. Mettler, secretary;
Charles M. Kelly, treasurer. The pres
ident was instructed to appoint COM
mlttees to wait on the business men,
and to prepare the matter for the
advertising, the president and Sec
rotary to be ex officio members of the
latter committee. Mr.. Edgecombe
named as the other members of the
advertising committee Tom Stout, ].
+. Ritch and Bert d'Autremont.
Considerable time was devoted to
a discussion of the matter to 20 in
the folder and to the general policy
to be pursued, and there was also
some debate over the name of the
organization. 1t was finally decided
by unanimous vote that the name
should be the Fergus County Com
mercial Club.
The meeting then adjourned, sub
ject to the call of the president.