The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-28
TO
!. MEET AGAIN
ORGANIZATION OF "2s,ooop CLUB
WILL 'sE PERFECTED.
BOOSTING CAMPAIGN
Meeting viii pc Held at City Hall
Next Thursday Nisht-chamber Of
Commerce May Ask Council to Re.
fuse Carnival Permit.

fuse Carnival Permit.
From Saturdays Daily.
Next Thursday evening at 8 o'clock
another meeting Of boosters will be
held in the council chamber Of the city
hall, to which every n is cordially
invited. At that time organization of
the $4,000 club will be perfected
and reports received from the ex-
ecutive committee appointed at the
last meeting. The success which at
tended the dollar dinner was even
greater than anticipated, and the re-
port of the committee will be an in.
teresting one.
It is purposed to organize q cam
paign of boosting sucn as Billings or
no other city in the state has ever
seen. Plans have been perfected for
presentation to the meeting Thursday
evening which will convince all that
the men at the head Of the move
ment for a greater Billings are very
much in earnest. Every element and
interest is to be lined up for effective
and lasting work, and the new spirit
lof enthusiasm awakened recently. Is to
be strengthened and encouraged in.
q way that will surprise Billings it
self. Different matters are being out
lined to advertise the city and ur-
rounding section and 1t is the ambi-
ton Of the promoters to make Bill
ings the best known Of oil the enter
prising and hustling cities OF the west.
Suggestion ls Approved.
The suggestion Of a carnival, made
by one Of the speakers at Thursday
evenings banquet, has been boring in
on the popular mind until a very gen
eral desire is expressed that 1t shall
be carried into effect. Secretary
Decker, in behalf Of the chamber Of
commerce and the "25, 900 clubs" ex-
ecutive committee, has prepared a pc
tition to the mayor and city council
asking that they, II within their
power, refuse a license to any travel
ing carnival concern this summer and
reserve the right for an entertainment
Of that sort exclusively for those two
organizations, who intend to give q
week Of amusement to the people OF
Billings and surroundings that they
will long remember.
The profits Of the venture are to
60 toward a fund for advertising Bill
ings to the world. The money usual
" given to outsiders will thus be
kept at home and the use to which 1t
will be put is one that will benefit
all. -
Favor Another Dinner.
Because Of the success Of the dollar
dinner and the enjoyment It afforded
to all who attended. requests have
been numerous for an early repet-
tion. This Is one Of the matters to be
discussed at Thursday nights meet
ing. Some Of the committee I Of
the opinion that probably some other
form Of entertainment might be better
and at the same time be productive Of
equally good results In the way OF
drawing out the crowds and bringing
the people together.
It is desired to interest the ladies,
for the committee Is not insensible
to value OF the assistance they can
render and the excellence of their
work as boosters. Hence some think
something In the way Of q gathering
in which they could participate act
lively would be the best. However,
1t will be for the meeting to decide.
But one thing is very evident-the
earnestness Of the men who have set
out to keep alive and give fresh
strength and vigor to the Billings
spirit and keep it up to the highest
pitch.