Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-03-20
Commercial Clubs viii Work Together to
Advertlze the Country.


| The following paragraphs, a portion
of the proceedings of a meeting held ir
Lead, we copy from the Lead Call, tc
show our citizens that other towns are
awake to the importance of concerted
action in the way of inducing imigra
ton to the Black Hills,
| A successful meeting was held in the
Elk's rooms in this city last evening
when representatives from the CON-
merial clubs of Deadwood, Spearfsh
and Lead met together and effected a
permanent organization, and also dis
cussed plans for advertising the Black
Hills in an attractive and effective
manner.
A short time ago, the commercial
club of this city sent out Invitations to
the other commerce. 'sgaabs of nearby
towns asking them to send delegations
to meet with a committee from this
club for the purpose of seeing what
these towns could do in the way of
advertising this country by working
together to one end. The meeting
last night was the result of this laud-
able effort on the part of the Lead club
and proved to be all that was expected
of it.
H. B. Schichting thought that it
would cost at least $4,000 to advertise
this country for the season in the man
ner in which it should be done. He
said tina it might however, be possible
to do it more cheaply in connection
with the railroads.
r. B. Hughes of Spearfish thought
that we were missing something of i'm
portance by not advertising the country
as winter resort. In support of this
he instanced an occurrence to which
his attention had been recently drawn.
A family had come to Spearfish from
Minnesota for the sake of the health
of one of their children, having had
the winter climate of this country
especially recommended to them by
DR.. Mayo of Rochester. They were
so much pleased with the results that
they have decided to return here for
all the winters in the future. Mr..
Hughes thought that if this matter Of
advertising the country as a winter
resort were taken up that it could be
made business by itself.
w. E. Adams and Horace Clark
agreed that the one thing necessary
for the country was good roads, and
that the energies of the people should
be directed for the present towards
securing of excellent highways. They
both represented that one of the chief
attractions for tourists here was the
trips around the country and that
these were not practicable unless our
roads were put into better condition.
1t was decided that each club should
appoint committee of five to appear
before the county commissioners in the
matter of good roads
II. 3. Hughes suggested that a number
of fine pictures be framed and placed in
the principal railroad stations in the
west would be an excellent advertise
ment. He thought that they should
put out not less than twenty-five or
thirty, and would suggest placing them
in stations in Minneapolis, st Paul,
Chicago, and out in the northwestern
states.
1t was then decided to appoint a
committee Of six to confer with the
railroads and see what can be done to
secure their cooperation and assistance
in the matter of advertising.
1t was also decided to take up with
the railroads the question of securing
number of excursions from eastern
points with round trip rates that would
prove an attra.ion. 1t was also moved
and carried that the secretary be in
structed to ascertain the cost of films
to be used in the schools for geogra-
phical work.
T. D. Murrin then offered a resolu-
ton to the effect that it was the sense
of the Joint committees of these three
clubs represented that they frequently
confer, one with the other, and that
they work together in harmony, real
izing that whatever affects one COM
munity also affects in some measure all
the others.