Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-11-23
CLUB ADVOCATES
DAIRY CONVENTION
Commercial Orsanizstio APP
points Committee to Ar
range for Meeting.

Monday evening a regular meeting
of the Commercial Club was held in
the Club room. President l.. L.
Jewell occupied the chair and large
attendance of members were present.
A communication was read by Score
tary W. II. pattilo from the Cottage
Grove Board OF Trade asking that
delegates be sent from Grants Pass to
attend a meeting of representative Of
commercial bodies and shippers of
Oregon to be held at Eugene in De-
oember to consider methods of secur-
ing relief from the present freight car
shortage. Secretary Pattilo and II.
A. Rotermund favored the sending of
one or more delegates while H. q.
Kinney, Q. L. Mangum and Charles
Meserve held that the meeting could
hot do anything that would accelerate
the Southern Pacific in its efforts to
get more cars. There is general Car
shortage all over the United States on
every road notwithstanding the fact
that all the car and locomotive works
have been running night and day en-
deavoring to fill their orders. The
matter was left with the executive
committee to do as they thought best
in sending deleRates. L. B. Hall
called attention to the need of a
method of handling the petition and
contribution problem that had come
to be heavy tax on both the time
and purse of the business men OF
Grants Pass. Mr.. Hall recommended
that the Club have com nittee to
pass on all such matters and il ap-
proved then the business men could
act on them. AS a committee to
formulate a plan for handling petit
tiols and contributions Chairman
Jewell appointed H. L. Gilkey, T. P.
Cramer and h. @. Kinney.
That campaign of education for
the dairymen Of Josephine county
similar to that being carried on by
Grants Pass Fruit Growers Union
for the fruit growers Of the county
was advocated by L. b. Hall and on
his suggestion Chairman Jewell called
O., Charles Meserve to outline the plan
for dairymen's meeting which he
had proposed to be held in Grants
| IN, har
stated that the Oregon Dairy Associa-
tion would hold its annual meeting
in Ashland en- December II and 12.
1t will be attended by all the lead
ing dairymen of the state and the
speakers will embrace the best posted
men in Oregon on dairy topics. The
plan is to hold dairymens and fine
stock breeders meeting in Grants Pass
on the day following the State meet
ing at Ashland, December l3, aud
to get number of the speakers to
stop off on their return north an give
addresses on dairy and stock topics.
Mr.. Meserve offered to secure the
J speakers if the Club would meet their
: hotel expenses while here and also
provide hall for the meeting. This
the Club argeed to do and a commit.
, tee consisting of l.. b. Hall, r. L.
Coe and W. B. Sherman was ap.
pointed to act in conjunction with
Mr.. Meserve in arranging for this
meeting.
H. @. Kinney proposed that the
, Club hold an annual banquet and or
his motion it was decided to hold il
, in January and to arrange for it &
J committee was appointed consisting
OF II. c. Bobzien, Geo E. Calhoun
Joseph Moss, Roy Wilson and Lee
Calvert.
@. L. Mangum reported that he haC
secured the Advertising cabinets foi
the Club rooms, in which member
: can place their advertisements. Th,
rate was fixed at 80 cents per montl
and the AS spaces would yield suffi
cient revenue to pay the room rent
The cabinets are made of native Woo
and are very handome.
R. l.. Coe suggested that as Grant
Pass would soon vote on the adoption
of new charter. it would he well Il
change the name of the town, as tn
, pass of the name gave people az {
distance the idea that Grants Pas
was located in mountain gorge, thu
, injuring the value Of all advertisinI
matter. h G. Kinney stated tha
the proposition to change the nam
of the town had been voted on sooi
after the town was Incorporated AM
J overwhelmingly defeated and he wa
certain it would be impossible nos
to get the name changed.
Fine commercial nrintinp at III