The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-11
NEW CIVIC CLUB HOLDS
SECOND MEETING
NINETEEN PEOPLE ASSEMBLE
AT CALL - o oPEN.ToWN
SPEECHES MADE.

!
IN this city On last Wednesday night,
opened AZ the county court room in
the court house last evening, with DR..
NV, 6. Logan, presiding again, and A.
Dunbar again IN charge oi the rec
ords. Beside these gentlemen, there
were present Messrs. /. Bergman,
Andrew Birch, Paul Badollet Fred.
Karinen. Jens II. Hansen, Thad
Trullinger G. ]. Treuchard, Charles
i. Wise, Aug. Hildebrand. Fred Len
hart, John Frye, George Kaboth, w.
In Smith Leander Lebeck, John
Gratke, Charles Verschuren L. M.
Crawford and Lee cadonau, and a
reported for the Astorian
| The meeting was opened By Dr.
Logan in brief talk along the Lines
Of civic advancement for Astoria; and
was promptly followed by George
kaboth who arose to express his re-
gret that certain local paper was SO
quick 10 misjudge the purposes Of
this assemblage, and to express the
hope that il might soon learn bet
ter, and profit by il, etc, etc. MIR.
Crawford addressed a few leading
questions to the chair as to the real
object Of the organization which were
responded TO In trite terms by Or.
Logan as 10 the sole and avowed pur-
pose Of uplifting and advancing AS
toria in all ways. He said that no
permanent organization had yet been
effected, and that that would be left
TO the business men to decide and
perfect in due time, after which Il
was proposed 10 start campaign of
education, presumably for the COM
mercial good Of the city.
Mr.. Gratke made the most telling
address Of the evening. He reviewed
! 1.-THE work Of the old Push Club, and
spoke encouragingly Of the work IN
hand al the present time; referred 70
the Chamber OF Commerce, and sug-
pested that the best thing this orga-
nization could do was to unity itself
on some genuine plans for the city
and 90 straight 10 the Chamber Of
Commerce and urge their wishes. He
spoke Of his own experiences in civic
work, and stood by the local papers
, al the best helpers Of all such move
. ments. He believed in doing the
small things first and growing TO the
better and bigger standards with ae-
cumulated strength and experience
i He was followed by Isaac Berg
/ man, who was not a bit backward
about declaring that what was wanted
in Astoria more than anything else
! was a more "liberal" town than this
is at present; he charged that the
newspapers were responsible for thS
, lethargy Of the city and commercial
. non.success (this, presumably, on tht
= score that the press OF Astoria ha'
: worked unremittingly for the decenc,
n and good order OF the city for th'
past two years and against the ma
= chinations of the extremely liberal
r. element Of what he is so well know
. champion). He said that only OF
n last Sunday he had witnessed the dis
: comhture OF lot Of soldiers iron
i the forts at the mouth of the rive
n who had come up to the city, OF
! leave, and the place was tightly seal
q ed against them; they had no plae
n 10 90 nor TO spend their "littl
in money; aud he thought i sham
"a that such things could be.
+ Charles Verschuren spoke pointed
" in support Of Mr. Bergman, an
EXPRESSED the idea that Astoria, as
seaport town, should show more lib
:. erty to a floating population than
q does; all seaports were open and I'D
! eral beyond what was expected OF II
~ Hand places; as things are now, ther
= Is no place for the sailor nor the log
IL Ger 10 90 and have their "little time
H. Il Astoria is to be made into
n "church town. these men will all 6
he elsewhere and spend their money; 3
ba thought the saloons and places {
a. entertainment" might be regulated, 9
- they are in other seaports' This plaC
4 should be a ''little more open; and
= We continue to tolerate all this "hypt
a. critical stuff about closing the towr
Il We could only expect it to stand stll
,ly etc,
d George Kaboth again took the tio'
Il II desultory maintenance Of M
NJ Verschuren's attitude, and said ~
IN enough to show how completely
IA was in favor of such program !
u did admit, however that he had liv'
Ne here for the past 20 years and TN
saving the past two years or MOI
IL the laws Of the State against OPP