Fergus County Democrat., 1910-12-13


none in the country.
1t being practically the center OF
the state and with the increasing OF
the railroad facilities which are now
under construction, will make it an
ideal site for manufacturing and
wholesale houses, and will in a few
years become the natural center tor
all such things.
The Commercial Club is working
along those lines and is on the alert
for the welfare and the prosperity of
the town.
The Lewistown Commercial Club
was incorporated in February, 1910,
and became actively interested in this
work about April, 1910, iwth a |
membership of 1872 good live-wire |
boosters, which percentage, according |
to the population Of the city, is the
largest in the state of Montana.
The first six months of a new Or
ganization of this kind runs into many
distractions, but the work is only
just begun and so far they have been
very successful.
Some advantageous work has been
mapped out, and one accomplishment
that was gained by the Club was the
uniting of trunk lines from the switch
board of the Rocky Mountain Bell
Telephone company to the board OF
the Lewistown- Billings Mutual Tele-
phone company, which gives to the
patrons Of the latter company the
use of the long distance lines and cuts
out the expense of one telephone from
all users of the Lewistown-Billings
line.
Progress has been made by the
Commercial Club in having the rail
roads now building through the
county put their shops in this city
when the completion OF the line is ef-
fected, and assurance has been given
to us that every effort will be made
saying that with what Lewistown will
do, if they accede to our wishes, it
will be known as railroad center.
The agitation taken up by the Club
for street lighting, to make it uniform
over the city, was success, and
lights have been put in on few OF
the corners to show the citizens the
beauty and effectiveness Of this sys-
TEN.
The push and energy put forth by
the Commercial Club, commencing
last May, for the cleaning up of the
city and putting it into sanitary con
dition, has succeeded, the Honorable
Mayor and Council having passed an
ordinance creating Board Of Health,
which has become active in handling
all questions for the best interests Of
the city and in making the words
"Lewistown, the City Of Homes
stand out prominently in the state:
The building of homes in the city
during the last year has been ex-
tensively carried on and it is our pre-,
diction that more than one hundred
residences will be erected in this city
during the year 1911.
One of the great advantages to the
builder during the coming year will
be the manufacturing OF brick, as {
brick-yard will be placed in the city
bv enthusiastic local capitalists, tina
will be Of such capacity that brcl
can be shipped away from Lewistown
which will still further the advantage
of the city as commercial center
Men today are Hooking at our cit!
with view Of establishing WHOLESALE
houses on the completion Of the rail
road, and this will make of it whole
sale and jobbing center.
In the early part Of October, tn
Commercial Club OF Lewistown tool
up the handling of the freight into tn
city with the Milwaukee railroad am
also with the Commercial Clubs 0
Minneapolis and St. Paul, throug
their traffic departments, and we ar
assured by the merchants that tn
freight is being delivered NOR
promptly and that goods ordered TO
the HOLIDAYS have come through j
rapid time.
The publicity of any city depend
greatly upon the members OF TN
Commercial Club and especially ur
on the literature put out by them an
BY the real estate dealers. 1t is com
mendable that the class of advertisin
done here is good, and that facts ar
published and hot-air entirely elm,
mated. so that prospective buyer
coming into the city and looking owe
the lands Of the Judith Basin and tn
city property know that the literatur
sent to them was facts and do not
awav from here with the idea in the
minds tha tthey have had anythln
handed to them but the truth, an
every settler coming into Our mia
has a feeling that he is among bus
ness men whose word is kept, an
they at once become builders IN tt
"Granary of Montana"
The commercial clubs of this stat
in their organization of the Comne
cial Secretaries Association of MOI
tana, in each and every county hay
asked for the cooperation of con
mercial clubs in all the larger town
In Fergus county it is the desire
the Comm mercial Club in Lewistown
put forth every effort to assist ar
cooperate with all clubs that ha,
been formed and throw away all stri
and jealousy and have them all
auxiliary to the Commercial Cl,
here, and We desire to have CONNIE
cial clubs organized in every town
the county.
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