Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-12-15
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!. !, i. ANNUAL NJ |. Meeting L: II u
SOCIAL, BUSINESS AND THEATRE
CA LsEssIoN HELD LAST J.
"&% EVENING. 80
Progress of Work Of the Club Shown
In Speeches and Reports - Fine
Vaudeville Performance.

The annual dinner and meeting OF
the Bismarck Commercial club was
held in the dining rooms of that or
ganization last evening and a large
representation of members and some
few guests were present. The first
number on the program was a feast
and after Rev. Newcomb had invoked
the devine blessing all fell to with
a hearty good will and appetite.
After the meal was concluded
President Conklin delivered short
and appropriate address calling at
tention to the work of the club for
the past year and telling Of some OF
the accomplishments Of the organ1'
cation. He stated that while there
was a great deal doing the past year
there yet remained big work for the
club and he was assured that the
next year would see greater enthus-
iasm and a better spirit than even
had developed in the past twelve
months. He spoke OF get together
spirit that has been engendered dur
ing the past year and stated that In
his opinion this would lead to even
greater things in the future. He
thanked the members Of the commit
tees and the board of directors for
their hard and efficient work and
also extended congratulations to the
individual members for the way they
had encouraged the more active of
the organization. Mr.. Conklin's re-
marks were greeted with applause
and it was evidence that he but
echoed the opinions and desires Of
the rest of the membership.
Capt. H. T. Murphy presented the
secretary's report and gave in a
more detailed form the work of the
association for the past year and
also gave the financial standing Of
the club. While there is not a great
deal, of cash on hand the club Is
nevertheless in good shape and
there have been number of expen-
ses met this year that we're not in
CURED in other years. The club has
been doing great deal of enter
tanning and had considerable expense
in connection with the opening of
the reservation here during the fall
There has been a good deal of
money expended in advertising and a
detailed account Of this was given
in the report of the secretary who
also told Of the increase in member
ship of over 80 during the past year.
He called attention to the work that
had been done by the club and spoke
especially Of the interest that was
worked up in the Market Days. six
of which were held during the sulIrF
mer and fall. There was an expense,
Of more than thousand dollars att
tached to holding these days but it
is the opinion of the secretary. that
the advertising resulting to the city
more than paid for the outlay Of
money required to make them a sue
cess. The report stated that one Of
the greatest accomplishments was
the obtaining of the location here of
the great Stone-Ordean-Wells' COM
pany and also called attention to the
fact that the International Harves-
ter Company Of America had made
an appropriation for the erection OF
a building in Bismarck that will be
bigger and better than anything Of
the kind ever erected in the west by
that company. Mr.. Murphy called
attention also to the magnificent new
building being erected by the Bis
marck Grocery company and the &C.
QUESTION of the new hide and fur
company which means an entirely