The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-05-05
COMMERCIAL CLUB
MAY GO TO COAST
PROPOSITION SPRUNG YEsTER-
DAY TO HAVE JuNkET TRIP TO
ALAsKA-Yu YUKON EXPOSITION
ROUTINE BUSINESS PREVAILED
AT THE CLUB MEETING.

The Annual Junket trip OF the Fargo
Commercial club may be trip to the
Alaska Yukon exposition this year
A committee was authorized yester-
day to investigate the possibility and
feasibility of such a trip and George
Hall will be the chairman Of this COM
mittee. The other members will be
appointed later by Vice President
Sweet.
The proposition to go to the Alas
ka Yukon exposition in a special car
or train was the result of the hustling
propensities of the Northern Pacific
road. This road through their local
agent Mr.. Johnson, submitted to the
club a statement of a similar trip
which is to be made by the commercial
club of Worcestire, Mass They urged
that the Fargo club should consider
such a proposition and on motion of
w. w. Smith the committee was au-
thorized.
$500 For Publicity Committee.
AS the result of a petition which
was submitted to the club by the pub
licity committee asking that they be
granted some funds to get out pamph-
let's advertising the city, the sum of
$500 was authorized for this purpose.
The publicity committee intend to take
enough of this sum to get out several
thousand pamphlets which will con-
tain in a condensed and abbreviated
form some of the advantages which
Fargo has to offer, as a business city.
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plus fund which will be used as emer-
gency calls. ... .a ...
Secretary Baernstein has gathered
a great deal Of data regarding Fargo's
business institutions and other odvan-
tages and these pamphlets will be of
incalculable value to the city.
Aside from this the regular monthly
meeting of the club held yesterday
resulted in little outside of routine
business. ......-.-.
In the absence of President Lewis,
Vice President Sweet presided. In
opening the meeting he called atten-
ton to the fact that this was the last
regular meeting of the club before the
proposed organization and was the
last meeting of the club yea. He call
ed attention to the large amount of
good which the club had been able
to do in an ex-officio manner. That
is the many organizations which work
through the club, use its rooms and
its officers, etc.
Secretary Baernstein in response to
inquiries stated that the committee
on enlarged membership for the re-
organized club had now 20S names on
the list. He read off this full list OF
mans Of those who will make up the
membership of the club with the new
organiza ton.
There was much satisfaction ex-
pressed after the meeting over this
fine showing of membership. When the
club decided to have only one class
of membership. the active class. and
to charge each member $25 annua
dues it was decided this could only
be success if 200 members could be
secured. AS there are already eight
more than this pledged the officers
are feeling greatly enthused over the
re- organization movement. ..
A letter was read by Secretary
Baernstein from the commercial club
of Cando, N. D., which asked the
cooperation of the Fargo club in Sc
curing an extension of the Casseltor
branch passenger service on the Great
Northern to run from Devils Lake
the present terminus of the train, tc
the end OF the ST Johns branch 4
committee consisting of Mes5rs w. w
Smith, Geo. Holl and H L. McGraw W
was appointed to investigate the mat
ter.