Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1910-04-21
.CL LUB NEE TING
Years Report Shows Snug
Balance in Treasury
SIMS ELECTED president I
Retiring President Has Done a
Great Work

At the regular meeting of the Com
mercial Club held Thursday evening
the annual election Of officers was held
and the reports Of the various officers
of the work done during the past year
were read and approved.
The report of the secretary showed
the sum of 81, ,560.95 had been collect
ed during the year and of this amount
there remained balance of $11S.S5
and no debts against the club. The
report Of the treasurer correspond with
that Of the secretary in regard to the
financial affairs of the club and showed
the proper balance. Besides this
amount on hands there are consider
able bills due the club, in the neigh
borhood Of forty dollars if our memory
serves us right.
To no one man in the entire organ
ization is more credit due for holding
the club together and guiding it care
fully through the troubled waters than
to its former president, |. c. Hatta-
baugh. Mr.. Hattabaugh was elected
president of the association year ago
and at time when debts to the
amount of $3.50 were hanging over it
and to Offset which was balance of
S4.30 and the feeling of a number of
its members was at low ebb. gs Hatta-
baugh was selected for the place be-
cause of this condition and has served
as its chief officer with more than or
binary ability. Being President of a
Commercial Club is no snap and es-
pecially is this true when the enthusi-
asm is put luke warm. Hattabaugh
had had many trials and his patience
has been sorely tested time after time
but still he clung on and his satisfac-
tion of retiring at time when the or
ganization is on its feet and breath
ing.
The meeting was well attended and
many were the kind words and eX-
pressions of satisfaction made to the
retiring president. Before the ad-
journment resolution expressing sat
isfaction in Mr.. Hattabaugh's admin
istration was unanimously passed.
In the election of new officers Mr.. j.
Frank Sims of the Crosby Co., was
selected and received every vote in
the house. Mr.. Sims has been in
! business a number Of years in the city
and has shown more than ordinary
, ability in the business world and a
worthy successor to Mr.. Hattabaugh.
He is alive, modern and aggressive
and Just the man to keep things NOV
ing in the club.
II DR.. II. j. Smith, who was elected
} first vice-president, is one of the young.
, er business men of the city and has al.
/ ways shown a marked interest in
Grangeville's progress.
$ The second vice-president, Frank
f VanDeventer, has helped pull the
' club through many a difficult place
: and kept life in it at time when
\ many were discouraged and just the
h man for the position to which he was
o elected.
Y The only man who was elected te
! succeed himself was joni Norwood
n the treasurer. So far this has moi
4 been a very heavy job as far as taking
care of the surplus funds was concern
/ ed, usually there being no surplus but
q an over-draft.
e The following other six gentlemen
were elected on the board of directors
al Martin Wagner, of the First Nation
e al Bank; John Eimers of the Eimers
Wood Co.; w. w. Brown of the Banl
of Camas Prairie; j. |. Overman
auditor of Idaho county; Frank Nc
Crane of the A. Il f. Co. and f. L
ID Leonard of the Grangeville Saving
a and Trust Co.
he These gentlemen with the presiden
se the first and second vice president wi
= constitute the board Of directors an
at look after the affairs of the club I'll
r. coming year. Let everybody regar'
er less of how you feel on this or th;
be question get in and help make Grang
1p vile something besides a town OF ia
ld tions.
an Before adjourning the club voted
IL resolution of thanks to those who
kindly took part in the home tale
play and also ordered a check
ce | txya,,4 ~ Gxa dolIa re drawp and nraSa,