Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-06-25
LAST CLUB DIN
NER A WARMER
President Has Vision of Bears and
Other Things


luncheon Of the season last night at
the Hotel Idaho, and were It not for
the fact that two of the members OF
the organization untilized the session
ior the purpose OF vindictiyely as
sailing the character of a member
who was absent, and sought to inject
into an organization that has labored
tremendously and industriously for
the welfare Of the city, a spirit OF
discord and dissension, the session
might have been pronounced, as the
others have been in the past, a sue
cess-a fitting conclusion of a SER
les Of meetings the purpose of which
has been to boost and labor for the
welfare of Occur d'Alene. The circu-
lar calling the meeting set forth the
fact that business of Importance
would be transacted, and urged a
large attendance. Ii was naturally
presumed that matters pertaining to
the welfare of the city would come
up for discussion, but If there were
in the beginning any matters of this
character to be considered they were
lost sight of, and the purpose of the
meeting seems to have been, at least
was. to give two members an oppor-
tunity to air fancied grievances
against the editor of the Press, and
in doing SO exhausted the English
language of expression of vitupera-
ton, abuse and SANDER. During the
course of the speeches of both ]. c.
White who by the way was in at
tendance last night for the first time
since the booster luncheons were in
augurated--and j. L. McClear. pres
ident of the club, the editor of the
Press was made the target OF the
shafts of their malignity.
Mr.. White, ever sensitive to legit-
innate newspaper criticism, has for
some time fostered and fed griev-
ances against the paper and its edi-
tor, and it has never mattered where
he was nor what the occasion might
be-whether in private conversation
on the streets or in the market plac-
es; whether riding on a railway
coach or whether at a public meet
ing-no matter what its purpose, he
has always made 1t his business to
vindictively abuse and assail the pa
per and its editor, and it was natur-
ally expected from HMM fact
those present would have been dis.
appointed had it not occurred. But 1t
was different with the president of
the club, j. L. McClear, and there
seems to be a disposition upon the
part of the members to overlook the
irrational outpourings of abuse and
SANDER last night on his part, as it
is believed that he was not really
aware of what he did. but that he
was made the plant tool upon the
occasion of stronger minds.
Mill Wants Location.
The members gathered promptly
last night for the meeting and sat
down to the luncheon tables a little
before I O'Clock. The service on the
part of the hotel management. as l.
has been upon all other occasions,
was excellent. and the luncheon was
enjoyed by all. Upon Its
President McClear an
that the Gable Milling COM
pany had disposed of its site at Post
Falls, and desired to locate in the
city. and a committee consisting Of
Messrs Wells, Peterson and Fitze.
was appointed to secure options upon
available sites. II was announced
that he was convinced that there
we're members of the club who would
like to make some speeches, and he
evidently spoke advisedly as he inn
called on J. C. White. and
It was Immediately made apparent
that he was anxious and willing to
make a speech.
Makes Attack ON Press.
The burden OF Mr.. Whites speech
10 commence with was that the sec
Rotary was experiencing trouble in
collecting the dues from the mem
bers. and he appealed to them to
pay up-not only the monthly dues
but dues for months in advance,
and then came an eloquent eulogy on
the Panhandle. a pamphlet issued un-
der the direction Of the Commercial
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