Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1910-02-17
COMMERCIAL CLUB HOLDS
INTERESTING MEETING
Many Affairs of Public Interest Ia
ken Up-committee Appointed for
Market Day sales-campaign for
Membership to Begin.

The Commercial club held an interes-
ting and important meeting last Mon
day night at which a representative
crowd of business men were present.
The committee appointed some time
ago to sell the furniture of the back
room of the club reported that the
same had been disposed of at a fig
ure that paid all bills of the club and
left neat balance in the treasury.
The committee appointed by the pub
lie affairs committee to view the wa
gon bridge across the Payette and
ascertain as to it's safety during the
expected high water this spring re-
ported that the bridge was believed
to be safe for the present but adyo-
Gated taking steps to have the county
commissioners raise the same two
feet or more as a safe guard.
John Giesler of the firm of Giesler
Brothers brought up the subject of
again arranging for market day sales
such as were carried on in Payette
a short time ago. The idea advanced
by Mr.. Giesler is to have the club
hold a public sales day every two
weeks and provide an auctioneer at
which time anyone having anything
for sale can list it and have it han
died by the sales committee. Such a
plan was carried on successfully a I
few months ago in Payette but was
dropped. A committee will be ap-
pointed by the president of the club .
to again arrange for these sales.
It was also resolved by the club
that a campaign for membership to
the club should be inaugurated. New
er before has the club been in such
a prosperous condition, all bills are
paid and a nice balance in the treas
ury. With a few new members pay
ing dues and taking an active part
in the club much good could be ac-
complished 1t was moved and sec=il
onded and unanimously carried that
committee of ten in addition to-
the present committee of three be apt
pointed to make campaign for new 4
members. Washington's Birthday win
probably be the day selected by the
committee as the time to get out az
ter these new members. If you do
not belong to the club now you had
best hand in your application on hide
out as the committee is going out
with blood in their eye. Everyone
is enthusiastic and results are bound
to be successful.
Messrs. Wilcox e Straub, the pro
prietors of the two Payette butcher
shops appeared before the club in
the matter of the meat peddlers who
live outside of the city and butcher
and peddle meat inside the city linn
it's without paying license. Both gen.
tlemen stated they were in business
in the city under the usual expense. l
They stated that every other busi-
ness was protected by a hawkers'
or peddler's license with the excep-
ton of the butchers. They asked l
an expression from the club as to its
views. After considerable discussion
a resolution to the effect that the
club favored the protection OF all men
engaged in legitimate business enter
prises in Payette and calling upon
the city council to take such legal ac-
ton as was consistent in the matter
was passed. The two butchers claim
ed they had no objection to the
rancher who butchered and sold stock 1
that he raised but their main objec-
Jon was to the peddler who bought
stock on foot and then peddled it in
the city having his place of business
outside the city limits thus getting $
away from considerable expense.
Or. Hamilton Leaves Payette. d