The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-04
Girls of High School Cooking Class to
Serve Bemidji Business Men
With Dinner.
COMMISSION PLAN INVESTIGATED
City Council Will Be Asked to Take
Action In Regard to Sale of I'M
pure Milk.

At the regular monthly meeting
of the Bemidji Commercial Club last
evening, at the club rooms, every
member was present, crowding the
rooms to such an extent that it was
impossible to seat all present.
After the regular business had
been completed the matter of sending
a delegation to St. Paul to attend
the meeting Of the Minnesota FEEDER
alton of Commercial Clubs was dis
cussed and it was decided that COM
mittee consisting Of K. K. Roe and
T. J. Burke with F. S. Lycan and w.
l.. Brooks as alternates, should at
tend.
The meeting of the Minnesota Fed
Grafton of Commercial Clubs is to be
held in St. Paul on Wednesday and
Thursday January rs and 26.
AS to the matter of obtaining suit
able club rooms, a committee was
appointed to look into the PROPOSE
ton. G. E. Battles said during the
discussion that he intended to re-
hit n Il
be willing to arrange it that the club
could have the second story built as
they saw fit. The building is 20
feet long and rs feet wide and in his
opinion would make ideal club rooms.
President Wedge of the Commercial
Club has appointed building COM
mittee consisting of E. II. Denu,
chairman, DR.. E. H. Marcum, M E.
Smith and R. L. Given, to attend to
the mater.
DR.. Gilmore recommended that a
committee be appointed by the club
to wait upon the city council and
see that they take some action in re-
gard to the sale of impure milk in
the city, Dr.. Gilmore said that
there were several cases of sickness
in Bemidji that had been caused from
impure milk. He also proposed that
all cattle be properly inspected. A
committee to be composed of DR..
Gilmore, w. N. Bowser and w. G.
Schroeder was appointed, This
committee was also instructed to see
that an ordinance governing weights
and measures be adopted.
Attic December meeting it was de-
cided that committee be appointed
to arrange banquet for the business
men OF Bemidji.. This committee
made it's report last evening to the
effect that they had arranged for a
banquet to be held Friday evening
January 20. The banquet will be
given at the high school building
and will be served by the young ladies
of the cooking class The main OBJ
ject of this meeting is to get the bust
ness men of Bemidji interested in
public affairs and also in the Com
mercial Club. D. M. O'Neil, of Red
Wing, president of the Minnesota
Federation of Commercial Clubs has
accepted an invitation to speak at
the banquet.
Secretary H. E. Reynolds, of the
Bemidji club, recently received let
ter from Mr.. Neil portion of which
we quote:
"It is my effort to aid the Clubs in
every way possible and if your people
feel that l can do them some good
by coming up and talking "turky"
to the business men of Bemidji who
do not belong to the Commercial
Club I'll be with you on January 20.
Besure and arrange to have all the
kickers and hangers-back attend the
dinner, don't care whether they eat
or not, want the pleasure of talking
to them and when I get through they
will acknowledge that 1 can tell the
truth whether l can make a speech
or not"
A discussion concerning the COM
mission plan of City Government was
taken up. The report of the organi-
cation of the Commission Form Of