The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-10
.BOOS TIERS
DOLLAR DINNER
BILLINGS PEOPLE WILL GET ~.
cETHER MARCH IS. 81
GREAT INTEREST TAKEN

BY Men of Every Vocation N any
Talk il Inspiring Language of Boost
ine the City.
Get together and let every man,
woman and child In Billings unite ii
boosting the city" was the sentiment
unanimously expressed at the meet
ing Of the 100000 club, held in the
city hall last night. wLeu plans were
made for holding dollar dinner
at the Coliseum rink March 23.
Every one ii the city viii be asked
to attend the dinner, which will be .
decidedly informal AFFAIR and more In
the nature Of q big family gathering.
It is expected that at least 1000;
tickets for the dinner will be sold
and arrangements will be made to ac-3
commodate between 100 and 900 per
sons. The tickets will be placed on
sale today at 81 apiece.
& The meeting was attended by more
than 100 business and professional
men Of Billings and was the most en-
thusiastic gathering that has ever
been held in the city. It is safe to
say that nearly every vocation was
represented. "a
All Asked Opinion.
President Bever Of the chamber Of
commerce presided, and stated the
object Of the meeting. He asked
many Of those present to give their
views on the subject Of q dollar
dinner" s5. .3 s 9.S
w. a. selvide was the tirst to re-
spond. and in a short talk filled with
enthusiasm struck the keynote 81 the
whole situation when he said, Lets
get together :,
w. A. selvidge was the first to re-
preached many Of the business men
on the subject Of the dollar dinner"
and without 8 single exception had
found that all desired to have din
ner Or some function where business,
professional and laboring men could
get together and discuss ways and
means Of promoting the welfare Of
Billings and increasing the popula.
tion Of the city to 10000 " 1910.
Urges co-operatlon.
I'VE have been pulling away from
each other said Mr.. selyidge. .In
doing so we have lost sight Of and
have: heen drawn away from the best
interests Of the community. What we {
want Is to get everything for Billings
that Is possible, and the only way tos
get It is for everybody to work To-,
gether. ,
"In discussing the idea with the
promoters Of the movement on foot
for 4 dollar dinner we came to the
conclusion that the best way 10 set !:
the people together and to forget the
old feeling ofsantagonism was to give
q dinner where every one. irrespective
Of calling, could eat q goodv dinner
and discuss things which would even
tually result in promoting the welfare
Of Billings.
''All Of US here have business inter
ests in Billings. With some Of US
everything we have in the world is
invested in the city and we expect to
live right here all Of our lives. We
need an organization which will look
out for the interests Of everybody.
Don't Believe Ii Recedlng.
Applause greeted Mr.. selvidge's
talk. and W. B. George was called
upon. Mr.. George stated that he had
only one objection to make to Mr..
talk. and that was that the
figure set for the increase IN popu.
lation BY 1910 was too small.
eve have already advertised that
we want population Of 5000 By
1910, and I don't like the idea Of re-
ceding in this" said Mr.. George. f
r. q. Shepherd spoke about the
committee Of business men sent to
Helena by the chamber Of commerce
to Interview the state railroad com
mission in an effort TO remedy the
discrimination IN local freight rates
against Billings. He said that It VAS
a we'll known fact that the policy Of
most railroads was to develop their
terminals at the expense Of the inte-
rior, but believed that some action
would be taken whereby the discriIn-
ination would be reme0ied as result
of the conference with the railroad
commission and representatives q
the railroad company.
AZ Distributing Point
'sBillings occupies . uniaue posi.
tion." continued 0lr. Shepherd. Con
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