Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-19
SET A DATE FOR
OPENING OF CLUB
New Building on Nineteenth
Street to Be Dedicated
December %.
WILL BE NO FoRMALITIES
Session VIII Be Open to All Mem
bers and Their Ladies and VIII
Be Entirely Informal.

The directors of the Rock Island
club met last night in their temporary
quarters in the New Harper and ar
ranged for the opening Of the new
club house on Nineteenth street, fix
ing the date at Dec. %. At s o'clock
that evening the doors will be thrown
open to the members and their ladies.
The opening will be entirely informal,
II being the desire and wish of the
directors and officers OF the club that
every member be present to inspect
the beautiful new home and to get
better acquainted among themselves.
There will be music in the ball room
and in the main lounge.
NO FORMALITIEs.
There will be no formalities or a
set program, simply a get together"
good time. The entertainment COM
mittee. consisting Of H. w. Cozad,
chairman; II. w. Litten, V. A. Berg
land. l.. NJ. Casteel and E. B. Kreis,
will be in charge. assisted by the
board of directors and the following
special committee: Lloyd Iamphere,
Harry Larkin, Dudley Marshall, Nor
ris Carlson. Lowry Blanding. c. P.
Skinner. Tim Murphy, Charles
Schiller and Swain Pearson
RAISE MEMBERSHIP FEES.
The directors, in compliance with
resolution adopted at the last men,
bership meeting, raised the member
ship fee as follows:
Resident members from $25 to $40.
Nonresident members from $3.50
to 500.
The dues will remain as in the past,
81 per month for resident members
and 81 per month for nonresident
members. The above fees are to go
into effect Friday evening at O'Clock,
30 any who are considering becoming
members must have their applications
in the hands Of officers before
o'clock Friday evening, Dec. %, or be
ready to pay the additional fee. There
is not another club in a city the size
of Rock Island In the United States
that offers as much as does the Rock
Island club. Twenty new members
were admitted to the club last night.
MAKE EXCHANGE LIST.
In addition TO all the conveniences
and amusements. the club now offers
an exchange list OF practically so OF
the best clubs in the country. to-wlt:
Business Mems association. Evans.
vile. Ind; Business Mems club. Dead.
wood. S. D.. Business Mems club
Memphis, Tenn: Business Mems
league, Montgomery. Ala; Chamber
Of Commerce. Dallas, Texas; Cham
Der Of Commerce. Denver, Colo.
Chamber Of Commerce. Oklahoma
City, Okla: Commercial club. Aber
deem. s. D.; Commercial club, Albu
querque. y. NJ: Commercial club
Austin. Mimi; Commercial club
Cedar Rapids. Iowa; Commercial club
Des Moines, Iowa. Commercial club
Duluth. Mimi: Commercial club
Fairbault. Mimi; Commercial club
Fargo. n. d., Commercial club, Indi
annapolis. Ind: Commercial club
Joliet. ILL.,: Commercial club, Kansas
City. Mo; Commercial club. Lincoln
Neb: Commercial club. Louisville
Ky. Commercial club. Menomonie
Wis: Commercial club, Minneapolis
Mimi: Commercial club. Mobile, Ala.
Commercial club, Muscatine, Iowa
Commercial club. Omaha. Neb.; Com
mercial club. Portland. ore: CONNER
dal club. Red Wing, MinnS CONNER
clal club. Richmond. Ind. ;: CONNER
cial club. st. Paul, Mimi; Commercial
club. San Francisco. CAL; CONNER
cial club, Sioux City. Iowa; CONNER
cial club. Springfield. Ohio; CONNER
cial club. Tacoma, Wash: CONNER
cial club. Toledo. Ohio: Grant clut
Des Moines. Iowa; Dubuque club. Dr
buque. Iowa: Keokuk club, Keokut
Iowa: La Crosse club. La Crosse
Wis: Marshalltown club. Marshal