The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-29
CHOSE MOTTO
FOR BOOSTERS
MEETING OF $4,000 CLUB" AND
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
MRS. SAMPSON WINNER
Action on Letter From Woman's Club
Asking Circulation of Petitions 10
Postponed-To Receive Proposals
for Site Of Public Building.

tluV AO3UVU Cluu dAu CndA4UOl VI
commerce held another joint meeting
at the city hall last night. The move
ment looking to the preservation of
the railroad park, a site for the pub
lie building and the mail order ques-
ton were among the things discussed
by the boosters.
The decision of the committee ap-
pointed to select an emblem for the
"25 5000 club from a number of en-
tries in the emblem contest reported
that Mrs. E. C.. Sampson offered the
design and motto which they believed
to be the best and she was awarded
the first prize offered BY the Billings
Hardware company. w. y. Denniston
won the second prize and Mrs. Stith
won third prize. Owing to the fact
that the number of the fourth selec-
ton had not been compared with the
list of names the winner Of the fourth
prize could not be asceftained but
the motto selected as the fourth best
was, "Thera's Brains, Bustle and Bust
ness in Billings"
Neat Design.
The design offered by Mrs. Samp-
SON was that OF a sugar beet with the
Sleeps head at the top. The leaves
OF the beet form the horns Of the
sheep. The motto on the beet reads,
I'VE boost for Billings" Bordering
the outlines of the beet r the
words, $4,000 in 1910" MI. Dennis
tons motto was Busy Billings" and
Mrs. Stith's motto, "Billings Beats
All.' The design which was adj
Judged the best was enlarged in oil
colors on canvas and shown last
night.
The discussion OF the park question
was brought up by 9 letter from the
Billings Woman's club asking the
chamber of commerce and the "25,00t
! club to appoint a. committee to cir
Sculate a petition asking the railroat
officials to preserve the railroad parl
between the library and Twenty-sev
enth street when the new depot ii
erected. Action on this petition was
postponed until a larger meeting
could be held to ascertain the view.
OF more of the citizens on the sub
jects as opposition developed to thu
question OF appointing such q com
mittee. \
Committee on Site.
As a. result of the discussions on /:
site for the public building a commit
tee OF three will be appointed b,
president Bever Of the chamber o
commerce today to receive proposal
and suggestions as to the site. Sec
rotary Decker Of the chamber Of CON
merce isg the chairman OF the com
mittee. ss
When the committee appointed Il
investigate She mail order question
reported, 1t developed that goods, es
pecially staples were being sold II
this city cheaper than they could b.
from mail order houses.
Hans MendelsonJ stated that as
result OF an Investigation conducte'
by him, he found that groceries coult
he purchased in Billings as cheaply a
Nm other cities similarly situated as T
location Of the wholesale center
where they must be purchased. MI
Mendelson secured prices on! grocer
des from towns in Colorado more e
Worably situated, as to location Q
canneries, found that Billings mel
chants prices on a few commoditie
were not more than 8 per cent highe
than In the Colorado towns Will
many OF the staples we're cheaper.
w. n. Denniston stated that the *
eret Of the success Of the mail orde
houses was that they told the peopl
what they had to sell, and strongl
advocated advertising to the loca
merchants. He concluded by sayin.
rLet the farmers know what 70
have to sell, and you have done
great deal toward solving the mail O.
der question"