Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-27
START FUND FOR
new CLUB HOME
at Least 100000 to Be Invest
ed in Quarters for Rock
Island Organization.
MEMBERS RATIFY THE SALE
Men at Meeting Sign for $50 of
$4,000 Second Mortgage Bonds
1t Is Proposed to Place.

Rock Island Club members at a
meeting last evening pledged $500 OF
the fund to be raised for the erection
of modern home for the organization
and ratified unanimously the action of
the board of directors in selling the
present quarters at Sixteenth street
and Third avenue to the Royal Neigh
bors of America, the latter society pro-
posing to make the site the location of
its permanent head Office building.
Fifty of the more active of the club
members were present at the meeting
of last night, called by President w.
A. Rosenfield to submit statement of
the work of the board of directors and
to discuss plans for the future of the
organization. 1t was shown that the
directors have a two-fold purpose in
view: First, the insuring to the city
the permanent home of another of the
largest fraternals in the country; and,
secondly, the securing of a more mod
ern and centrally located clubhouse,
thereby taking the initiative in the
fulf1llment of a long-expressed desire
on the part of the membership gener-
ally. The north 80 feet of the club
property already had passed into the
possession of the Royal Neighbors,
having been purchased by the Rock
Island Industrial commission and pre-
scented to the society in keeping with
a promise made at the Chicago head
camp meeting two years ago that the
city would donate building lot if the
order would locate its headquarters
here.
100000 for Building.
When the question of financing a
new club project was preached, E. H.
Guyer proposed one that met with the
approval of all present. and it will be
followed in the preliminary work of
securing personal pledges from the
members. Mr.. Guyer's plan was en-
braced in a resolution, which was
adopted, that 100000 be the minimum
to be expended on a new home for the
club; that $4,000 in second mortgage
bonds be placed with the members,
the other $4,000 to be raised on a
first mortgage on the club property
When a subscription paper had been
passed around, the majority in attend
ance signing 1t, with the result already
stated, Mr.. Guyer offered another res
olution, which was concurred in also,
in effect that each member of the club
bind himself to bring in one resident
or two nonresident members, and in
default of such. pledge he shall pay the
equivalent in dues to the club. This
plan is meant to strengthen the earn
ing power of the organization, and
serve as additional security in obtain
ing the loan that will be required in
completing the building project. Leo
pold Simon was appointed chairman Of
the committee that is to place the sec
opd mortgage bonds among the men,
bers. Mr. Simon was authorized to Sc
lect his own assistants of the commit
tee.
Temporary Quarters.
There was an informal discussion of
sites, and the matter was deferred.
Three locations were offered as tenn
porary quarters for the club. The Sec
ond floor of the Rock Island house,
that portion of the Young & McCombs
building formerly occupied by the
firms grill room, and the Elks' build
ing. c. R. Nourse reported as chair
man of a committee designated by the