The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-28
WESTERN CLUB IN NEW YORK.
Rocky Mountain Organization Pushes
Into Great Eastern Metropolis

"A number OF weSternerS residing in
New York have organized the Rocky
Mountain club of New York. The idea
of organizing and maintaining a west
ern club in New York was suggested
about a year ago at the annual dinner
of the Montana society of New York
The officers of this society were in
structed to take up the matter with
representative citizens from other
Rocky Mountain states and the result
of their efforts was the organization
in January, 1907, of the Rocky Noun
tain club of New York, with the fol-
lowing officers for the first year:
john Hays Hammond. president: A.
]. Seligman, vice PRESIDENT: w. b.
Thompson, treasurer: j. j. McEvilly,
secretary, each of whom is director
together with F. r. Burnham of Cal
ifornia. and J. Campbell Cory, of Mon
tana.
Membership in the club is limited to
residents and former residents of the
following states: California, oregon,
Washington, Montana, Idaho. Wyo-
ming. Utah. Nevada, Colorado, Arizona.
North Dakota, South Dakota, New
Mexico and Alaska. In order to insure
the clubs success, number of gen.
tlemen have subscribed to fund which
now amounts to over 100000. as a
guarantee. This amount has been Sc
cured with little or no effort and the
officers of the club expect that $780,
900, will be secured in short time.
The purpose of the club is to promote
good fellowship among its members
and to further the interests of the
western states particularly in the east.
The need of such an organization has
long been felt by those Rocky Noun
tain men who have removed to New
York and by westerners who visit the
city. The club proposes to maintain
IA commodous and comfortable head
quarters and to keep on file all of the
prominent western newspapers and to
maintain bureau of information in re-
spect to the resources and various in
uuSlTleS anu enterprises WHICH, oil pf'i :
ticularly of interest to the west. A rec
ord will be kept of all visiting west
erners so that stranger in the city
can quickly and easily locate his friends
who may be in the city.
The club is about a month old and
more than 300 applications for MEM
bership have been received. At a
meeting of the California society OF
New York, held at the st. Regis hotel
February 9, 1907, A. J. Seligman, the
vice president of the Rocky Mountain
club of New York. was guest of honor
and in a brief speech outlined the plan
of organization and purposes of the
Rocky Mountain club. The Cal1for-
mans approved of the plan and they
promised to cooperate with the Mon.
tana men in making the club a sue
cess.
The directors are now considering
several available houses for use as Il
club house and also have before them
prOposition of one of the leading hotels
in the vicinity of 34th street and
Broadway. The hotel proposition con-
Terminates the turning over the second
floor to the club and placing at the
disposition of the members 115 rooms
with baths. At any rate. whether
club house is rented and furnished or
a temporary arrangement is made with
this hotel. the Rocky Mountain club
will have club rooms available FOR the
use of its members at an early date.
J. J. McEvilly, of 80 Liberty street
New York city, is the secretary, 10
whom ino,iries NAV be addressed and
applications for membership may De
mailed.