The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-14


the business and professional men of
this city who so literally subscribed
to the institution. II do not believe"
said he. that there is another city OF
the size in the country where a COM
mittee of three men could go out and
in so short time and with SO little
difficulty raise $4,000 to give away to
some one to run a.hospital." Mr.. Gibbs
stated that the committee had taken
up the matter Of the conduct of st.
Michaers win societies and bishops of
the Methodist. Episcopal and Catholic
churches; that the latter named was
the only one of the three to exhibit
any great interest in the matter, and
that the Catholic sisters had been pre-
vailed upon to assume charge of the
new institution. 1t will be handsome
pressed brick structure, located upon
a beautiful site overlooking the Red
river purchased at a cost of $500 and
of a capacity of nearly 100 patients.
There will be sixty-five beds and two
operating rooms when the building is
first opened, but later this number
will be increased to a hundred or one
hundred fifty.
Father Conaty's Address.
Father Conaty next entertained the
club on the same subject introducing
his remarks with several short and
pointed stories. Father Conaty dis
cussed the benefits and advantages
which this city might hope to obtain
from the location. of the new institu-
tion here.
job. Soriey'A Address.
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He had for his subject Prospective
Manufacturing for Grand Forlu.6 Mr..
Sorley called attention to the un-
deniable prosperity enjoyed by every
manufacturing concern which had
ever located in this city: Every one of
them has from time to time increased
its capacity and its output. Every
factory of note ever established in
Grand Forks. is here today and pros
pering. The speaker stated he be.
lfeved very few people in Grand Forks
appreciated the immensity of some of
the manufacturing industries already
located in and around the city. Take
for example the Grand Forks Lumber
company. It employs during its sea-
son 25O men daily, pays out $4,000
a month in wages, $500 in freight,
and its annual sales exceed 81, 900, 900.
Then there is the Russell Miller Mill
ing company, which is operated at an
expense of $4,000 annually and the
value Of whose product approximates,
$1,O00.000. Then. too, there is the Red
River Valley Brick company, which
employs daily during. the season sew
enty men, has an annual pay roll Of
$4,000, and the value of whose out
put is 100000 year. The iudepehd-
ent Brick company and many other
concerns might also be mentioned Mr..
Sorley believed that this city offers a
most excellent field for investments
In manufacturing enterprises.
Don McDonald's Address.
Don Mcdonald, whose subject was
Prospective Manufacturing for Grand
Forks" thoroughly agreed with
the preceding speaker that this city Of
fers most excellent field for invest
ment, but" said he, ito make a sue
cess in the manufacturing line the in
weston must first select an article for
which there is demand and a mar
ket7 he must take into consideration
1.-THE competition which he will have
and guage his profit so that on the
start he may be assured of the success
or failure Of the project"
The speaker believed there was an
excellent opening here for a plant for
the manufacture of denaturized alco-
hol-there is plenty Of the raw mater
ial, such as the potato and the sugar
beet. Canneries could also be built
and operated with profit, as well as
creameries and tow mills. The manu.
facture of building paper and fuer
from flax straw is an enterprise that
would. and has done we'll. wherever
established in this state. There is
small tow mill at Reynolds which does
a very successful business. The refuse
Is sufficient in quantity to supply the
Reynolds mill with fuel the season
round. thus giving the proprietors an
additional source of revenue. Mr.. Nc
Donald's talk was very interesting
one and teeming with much good in
formation.
The Club and the Council.
The topic assigned to DR.. Healy was
THE Relation of the Club to the
Council" and the doctor prefaced
some very pertinent suggestions with
humorous references to his own ex-
periences as a member of village
council, and to the trouble which the
town pump gave that august body.
He told of various ways in which the
club could be an aid to the council, in
bringing to the council through its
membership and its broadly represen-
tative character such an expression of
public opinion as could not be obtain
ed in any other manner. and of the
helpfulness OF the club in studying
and sitting various matters of impor-
tance and presenting them in good
form to the city council.
The Council and the Club.
The last speaker of the evening was
X. NJ. Carothers. for many years
member of the council, and his sub
ject was appropriately "The Relation
OF the Council to the Club" He dealt