The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-02-22
SECRETARY WILL Be BUSY
COMMERCIAL CLUB SECRETARY
MUST BE MORE THAN A CLERK.
MUST HAVE EXECUTIVE ABILITY

ton Of the Time Of the Secretary
Must be Given to the Work Of the
Commercial Club.
At a meeting of the directors of the
Commercial club held Tuesday morn
ing it is expected that a secretary of
the club will be elected Anent the
secretaryship, the following communi-
cation from one of the most prominent
and aggressive business men of Nor
| folk which was published two years
| ago concerning the duties of that Of
| fee, will bear repetition as the condi-
| lions now are not dissimilar to those
which existed at that time. Following
| Is the letter which appeared in The
News April 81, 1905:
There is an impression in the minds
| of some of our citizens in regard to
| the work ahead of the secretary of our
| Commercial club which | want to dis
cuss briefly. For instance, from what
several gentlemen have said to me
about this they evidently think that a
| little personal attention to miscella-
neous things that come along, a few
| letters perhaps daily to correspon-
dents, and few more fired in the air
toward some fellow who is supposed
to be ready to be dislodged, with two
or three trips during the year to neigh
boring cities that will carry an Incl
dental cigar with at least a bottle of
| White Rock on the side, will consti-
tute the chief duties of our secretary;
| that his work for our club would not
much interfere with any other bust
ness he might have nor with his daily
round of pleasure
| Now my idea is, Mr. News, that
our secretary should employ practical
| ly his whole time in the business of
the club; if he is the right kind of a
mainland | want to say right here
that the stockholders absolutely won't
have any one else-he will immediate
ly find as he gets into his field of work
that there are no fences in sight; for
instance he will have not less than
200 partners to interview about pay
ing in the capital of the enterprise
and to interview him as to it's dis.
bursement, his Office work will be to
put in shape, he must look up news
papers and their rates in order to
know whether to use them, he must
get in touch with all matters CONNER
cial, educational social and political
that are happening and are on the
tapis in northeast Nebraska, attend
ing every convention in this territory
of sufficient Importance to be moved
to Norfolk. If there are twelve con
ventions during the year that NorfolF
wants, and this number is probably
conservative, and each takes say or
the average of two and one-half days
he will use a month for this branch o.
his work. Of course he must be il
Norfolk when convention is helt
here to entertain his guests and know
that any little frictions that may arise
DO not become congested; then there
is the road situation, our merchants
will insist that every road leading into
the city be placed and kept in goot
condition, not only as it nears the towr
. but clear out past the natural edge O
our territory because it is the outel
end of this road that pulls the mos
business to Norfolk, and there is NJ
place where the good results of hi!
work can be seen so plainly or 81
quickly as here; it will be necessar!
for him to personally interview thes,
? road bosses and some others possibly
: going out once in awhile to get tn,
! work started and even furnish team
!, to help it along. My judgment is tina
S to initiate this work this summer will
: require at least one month and posi-
I bly, two of the secretary's time. Thel
D there is the street railway bonus to b.
: raised and by the time he gets tn
: $4,000 that is said to be in sight 70
!. this purpose he will at least be out O
: wind; then our sugar factory plant
n to be occupied by some live, goin
enterprise, employing say 100 of GU
T. people, and whether this shall be al
other sugar factory or packing hous
:. or canning factory, glucose factor
= or brewery or what not, will give hir
|. some worriment and use some of hi
time; then, too, the aesthetic side c
|
J. public places improved if ever S
slightly, and more of them gotten III
J. der way; the city library commissio
must be reinvigorated; in due tim
the legislature must be looked afte
y again, the needs of the asylum pr,
ID vided for and possibly normal schoc
picked out of the whirlpools of legi
lation in fact if the reader will car
fully read over the objects which tn
% club is aiming at he will be convince
ID that any secretary who will conscie
e tiously try to follow these suggestion
n will surely have no sinecure. Thes
items of work mentioned are {
10 course only part of it, and are real
re only preliminary to his really impor
10 ant duty which is to get a railrOa