Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-28
CLUB DIRECTORS
TALK BUSINESS
SPECIAL MEETING CALLED LAST
NIGHT TO CONSIDER IN
posTaNT AFFAIRS.
Commend andrews
Urge Passage Of Appropriation Fer .
New Federal Bulldlns-wGIi Hold
Monthly Meetings hereafter.

A special meeting of the board Of
directors Of the Commercial club was
held last night mt the club rooms and
considerable business Of importance
was transacted and matters of interese
TO the community were discussed. The
members present were President w.
A. Buddecke. Secretary George A.
Fleming and Directors NJ. w. browne.
Max Nordhaus. I'D. d. Raynolds. Robt.
J Taupert. n. Bacharach. and Ika
Davis.
The minutes Of the previous meet.
ing were READ and ordered approved
after which applications from the fol.
lowing persons for club membership
were read: II. W. spieiman. n. II.
Hoke. II. A. Eisenmayer. ID. l. Cham.
bers. r. J. Taui. A. p. Luckett. ]. II.
Minor. Jr. and ID. winternitx The
applications were fayorably reported
on by the membership committee AMI
all were elected
A fun discussion OF the financlaI
status OF the club was then held and
II was agreed that active steps must
be taken TO place the club on more
sound financial footing.
II was ordered and resolved that
there be prepared by the secretary to
DO forwarded TO Hon. w. II. Andrews.
delegate I'm congress. a letter COM
mending his action I'm introducing a
bin for a federal building for Las
Vegas and urging him to use every
means I'm his power to insure Its pas.
sage. Teiegrams win also be sent by
the club and businessmen OF the city
to the delegate and 10 members OF
congress with whom they hare fnfln.
tence. urging that the appropriation for
the building be passed nc this session.
The time In very short as congress
adiourns on March 9Th.
A telegram as follows was sent TO
the delegate late this afternoon:
Hon. W. Fl. Andrews, NJ. c.. House OF
Representatives, Washington. ID. G.
Resolution passed by Commercial
club on behalf OF citizens commend
ing your action introducing federal
building bin and urging its passage.
w. A. Buddeeke. president,
George A. Fleming secretary.
It was moved seconded and carried
that there be inaugurated a meeting
OF club members to be held every
month to discuss questions Of vital
interest to this community, such meet
ing to be held subject to the call Of
the president. The purpose Of these
meetings to be for the purpose OF pro-
noting commercial and agricultural
interests and the general welfare Of
the community and to bring up any
question that may be of popular in
terest. Upon motion 1t was ordered
that the subject for discussion at the
first meeting should be dry farming
and that the secretary be authorized
to secure speakers for the meeting to
start the discussion.
Mr.. Ike Davis requested on behalf
OF the Business Mems Protective as
sociation, the privilege Of holding the
meetings In the club rooms and it was
ordered that the request be granted.
1t was also moved, seconded and
carried that the membership commit
tee be requested to go out in force
within the coming week to make an
attempt to secure a number of men,
bers. Should the membership commit
tee not be successful In this it was
decided that the board take up the
matter themselves and make an active
canvass of the town as soon there.
after as possible.
The designations of Dr. Mueller and
F. o. Blood were presented but not
accepted. and the gentlemen we're
asked to reconsider the matter.