Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1910-03-17
OPPOSE COUNTY DIVISION
Commercial Club Pass Re.olutions On.
posing County Division AT Their
Meeting Monday Night.
Hot Springs After Methodist Hospital
For State of South Dakota...other
Business Transacted.

Monday, March IA, 1910.
The meeting was called to order and
the minutes of the previous meeting
were read and 80 amended as to con-
tain full copy Of the report Of
the Committee on immigration
comforting upon the Executive Com.
mittee full and exclusive power to
raise money for public purposes in Hot
Springs.
On motion the report of the Execu-
tive Committee on the question Of
county division was laid ON the table,
That portion Of said report delegating
to the Advertising Committee full
power to raise funds for advertising,
was on motion adopted. The following
resolution upon the subject of county
division was then discussed and on
motion adopted towit:-Whereas, the
Commercial Club of Edgemont has re-
quested an expression of opinion from
the Hot Springs Commercial Club con-
cerning the question of county division,
and
Whereas, After thoroughly and care.
fully considering the said question in
spirit of friendship, good will and
kindness, but still in spirit of candor
and absolute fairness to the Com
meroial Club Of Edgemont, desiring to
represent the sentiment of this COM
munity, and believing it will not be
conducive to the best interests of the
communities interested to favor di-
vision of the county, therefore be 1t
Resolved, That the Commercial Club
Of Hot Springs is unanimously opposed
to county division.
1t was moved and carried that the
Commercial Club give its sanction to
the organization Of base ball team
for Hot Springs for the coming season
upon condition that the season for
ball games be limited to four months
At this point general discussion
was held in which nearly all Of the Hot
Springs merchants and others joined,
in which many points and business
methods we're suggested and discussed
which it was thought would tend to
discourage people in the territory
tributary to Hot Springs from dealing
with mail order houses in preference
to patronizing the home merchants
and building up Hot Springs. Some
Of the best arguments introduced in
favor of patronizing the b m Q
merchants were that said merchants
pay taxes here and contribute literally
to the building up and maintenance of
schools, churches and other public in
stitutions for the benefit of the city
and that in spirit Of loyalty to our
town, people ought, as much as possible,
to spend their money at home and not
send it away to concerns which have
absolutely no interest in the welfare of
our community or the upbnilding of
ou: Institutions.
Rev. Dolliver then presented the
matter of the location of a Methodist
Hospital for the state of South Dakota
at Hot Springs, stating that such q
hospital for this state has been decided
upon and calling upon the Commercial
Club to render it's sanction n d
assistance in the matter. Whereupon
it was moved and carried that the Club
sanction the raising of money in Hot
Springs for the purpose of securing
the location of Methodist Hospital
here and the matter was referred to
the Committee on New Enterprises
and meeting of said committee was
called to meet at the Club rooms the
following morning at ten O'Clock to
consider the matter.
DR.. Stewart suggested that the
Committee on New Enterprises at once
communicate with the president of the
Chicago & Milwaukee Railway with q
view to procuring line of said road
to Hot Springs, which matter was also
referred to the Committee on New
Enterprises.
There being no further business the
meeting adjourned.
g. M. CLEVELAND, Secretary.
SPRING IMMIGRATION.