The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1908-05-23

make our city an ideal city and the
Commercial Club is the agency to very
large extent to accomplish this end.
The club desires more members and is
willing at all times to entertain sugges-
tions conducive to advancement along
lines of education, commerce, beauty,
stability and cleanliness of the city. If
all put their shoulders to the wheel and
continue at the wheel, there will result a
city beautiful, moral, clean, healthy and
growing, city where strangers as we'll
as citizens will find it good to be.
The toastmaster in introducing Mayor
George M. Frye said the mayor was too
we'll known to need an introduction.
Since the days of Quinion he had worn
his discarded mantle, he was land man
who believed the Missouri Slope as good
as any other slope; who invested his
money here and tried to induce others to
do likewise. He had been unanimously
elected to the highest office in the gift
of the city and DR.. Stickney was sure the
choice would prove beneficial to the
city's interests.
Mayor Frye said that two hours before
he was happy man when he learned
that Senator Simpson was obliged to
leave the city and he conceived the idea
of securing the senator's speech. But
refusal had plunged him in gloom and
despair. Taking up the topic, "The
City's Relation to the Commercial Club, "
Mayor Frye said the relations were close
and should be so; that the Commercial
Club had more influence in the city's
government than most people realize. A
resolution passed by the club, represen-
tative men of the city, presented to the
council had great weight. He was
pleased with the clubs selection of
president and directors and predicted
that the relations between club, mayor
and council would be harmonious and
| beneficial to the city. He prophesied
an era of activity for the club with a
president accustomed to fine inactivity
with $50 or ten days." The CONNER
cial Club had done much for the city and
it should do more. 1t should have more
members More members means more
boosters; and more boosters mean a
better city.
To Rev. w. ]. Brown was assigned
"The Library" The master of cere-
monies introduced Mr.. Brown as one
who knew of his own personal knowledge
from residence in library town the
benefits to be derived, and suggested al
so that Mr.. Browns position on the pro-
gram was to prepare the audience for
the ordeal of three lawyers to follow.
Mr.. Brown felt like the Russian gener-
al who would make "sagacious retire.
ment," but went on to speak of the "home
feeling" it gave him to meet, as he had
been won't to do in another city, with a
commercial club in annual banquet. He
said Dickinson had the reputation, even
beyond the confines of North Dakota, of
being an enterprising city, and the
speaker had found this reputation we'll
deserved. Its public buildings and resi-
dences indicate thrift. To the public
buildings, citizens point strangers with
pride, and they speak for the city. To
Dickinson another fine building will soon
be added, library-a building of which
every citizen will be proud. Mr.. Brown
said the advantages of a library, OF which
he might have spoken attoo great length,
had been so thoroughly placed before
the people already, each cutting of
some phase of the question, that there
was little more left for him than of the
farmers long trousers which each of his
six daughters shortened unknown to the
others. The spirit of cooperation which
exists in Dickinson gets things done.
Like the alderman who said the council
could pave with wood blocks certain
street by getting their heads together, il
the people of Dickinson get their heads to-
gether, anything can be accomplished.
DR.. Stickney said that several years
ago young man came to Dickinson
from the University of Minnesota. He
was not taken seriously at first, excep,
his clothes. But soon people found there
was something in him as we'll as on him
and he has twice been honored by coun
ty office which is an honor to any man
He still sets the pace for style for the
men OF Dickinson and may sometimes be
seen walking the streets with his trous
ers turned up because it is raining in
London; yet he has won an enviabls
position in the community. The
committee made happy selec
ton, for man who knows how tc
dress we'll ought to know how the cit!
should adorn herself. And with this in
PRODUCTION, he called upon States Attor
ney M. l.. Mcbride to respond to th'
toast, Dickinson Beautiful
Mr.. Mcbride thanked the master o
ceremonies for the remarks about hi
clothes and said he agreed with the one
who said "Clothes don't make the maj
!; but he wears them eighteen hours out 0
the twenty-four, and they help who'll
} lot" After telling laughable stor!
about Ex-mayor Manning's buckskir
breeches, the speaker became seriou
and earnest in advocating more beau
. tiful Dickinson. In the old Grecian re
: publics beauty was studied. In the Uni
, ted States the haste and scramble afte
the almighty dollar is the absorbing
theme but certain forms of beauty ap
peal to us. Mr.. Mcbride paused to pa
tribute to the beautiful repast served b.
the ladies and then discussed a few Q
the practical phases of civic beauty.
, remains for the new comers to sho1
some of the old timers what can be don
: in the way of lawns and trees and to pei
: severe, re-plant and make new selection
: until the successful varieties are secure'
) and not blame failure to the weather lik
the poet who, when turned down by
critic, found comfort in the adage 'poet
are born, not made; to which the criti
| replied; "Don't blame it onto you
| parents" Creation Of ward i'm
t provement clubs, Mr.. Mcbride advc
| Gated; also prizes by the Commerce.
I Club for the best lawns. best flower