Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1909-04-09
COMMITTEES NAMED
Commercial Club President Appoints
Good Men.

GOOu NIen.
The following committees were ap.
pointed by president, F. p Walker, at
last Monday evening:
Membership: l.. e. Highley, NJ. A.
Martin, G. b Flanngan, j. G. Hum
mel and r. Conner.
New Enterprise: H. G. Glattly, John
Parks, w. Reeder, j. j. March and e..
Elsey
immigration: s. e. Wilson. Henry
Marty, r. Nj. Wheeler, j. L. Marcoux
and VIM Hunter.
Advertising: L. s. Gull, G G. Smith,
III. l.. Braun, Geo. Turner and NJ.
Block.
Entertainment: w. S. Bentley, W.
j. McRoberts, w. Smith. G. r. Sage
and John Evans.
Public improvements: G. M. Cleve
land, A. 9. Stewart, s. L. Kirtley, r. A.
Hummel and l. o. Shirley.
Arbitration: j. A. Stanley, John
Gillespie. VIM Knowlton, w. r. Nor
gan and II. q. Matteson.
President Walker delivered an excel
lent speech that was enthusiastically
GENTLEMEN:
The history of any country is always
an interesting study, and the con-
stant progress of successful business
. whether individual or collective, is
3 romance, tragedy, pothos. From time
! immemorial men of all nations, Of all
: classes and~of every occupation have
s banded together to put into concrete
8 form the abstract ideas of Que OF
3 many, not for the sole purpose ot
i egotistical gain but more for the com
Z: mon good and the hope of laying {
= to future generations as we'll as to ad
(; vance i'm comfort and security the live!
b of the present.
= The history Of our splendid countr.
s: is narrative of more than ordinar.
.. :. interest and the development of on
own state of South Dakota has, and i
s now, more than ever, history of a
& { much Importance as that of its parent
s Hot Springs has its place too in tn
e growth and progressive developmen
= of the state and nation, and because o
s its unusual location its bounteous sup
8 ply of natures unlimited gifts is des
Z tined to become one of the most i'm
& portant cities of its kind in the United
q States. Geographically situated in
= quarter of the country far removed
3 from other great natural health resort
s it only needs the aggressive spirit of it
Z enterprising citizens to place it for
3 most among the best.
It would seem that an infinite mint
:. had so arranged the Black Hills as t.
3 break the bleakness of a vast basin
Y for the sole purpose of reliving it's owl
2 monotony and to provide the specifi
3 remedies of nature, climate, altitude
x sunshine, fresh air, mineral waters ant
Y scenery, for the cure and relief of it
d suffering population. That purpose
Y must have been we'll thot out alonj
Y these lines it is only necessary to poin
D to the health resorts of the New Eng
;s land states, the southern Atlantic, tn
z great south, the eastern states, tn
. lower half of the great Mississippi
4 basin, its northern half, which Ho
Y Springs represents, the southern
. southwestern, western and north
n western sections, all az we'll provive,
\, for. To further the good lying at on
y door and to bring into play all tn
X necessary forces for the constan
Y growth and development of this city
y would be more than mental or ply
B sical Hercules could do, for it require
x x the courage of Cid, the Imagination o
g Dante, the fitness of Hesiod, th
. eloqnence of Pericles. the wisdom o
Y Solomon, to com bine into one to effec
$ such a purpose and this individua
8 unit comprising many men of man
y minds is an impossibility. The neces
> sity therefore of concentrated bod
= of many harmonious and determined
men, having one purpose in view, pro
s mitigating policies for the genera
Z public and exercising the concentrate
> thot and acumen of diversified busi
8 ness channels and placing into activ
Z circulation thru proper mediums tn
> essence of the whole is clearly evident
s With this end in view we, as citizen
4 of Hot Springs have banded togethe
Z to bring about as rapidly as possibl.
s better city, better community,
Z better state and better nation, in S
Z far as we are able. Putting manfull
s aside all personal animosity, forge,
Z ting real or imaginary wrongs and eac
S one and all together working with tn
8 zeal of Peter the Hermit, we can an
Z will accomplish things; and it is no
: up to yon and to me as members q
& the Hot Springs Commercial Club t
I keep constantly before US the genera
5 purpose for which our constitutio