The evening times., 1911-08-23
COMMERCIAL CLUBS
Of THE STATE
ACTIVE
Many New Movements Launch
ed By Them Will Bear
Fruit

-eeoOAoS
Fruit
That North Dakota Is supplied with
particularly live commercial clubs is
evidenced by review of the new
fields of work into which they are con-
Gtantly entering. Not single en-
deavor, however, is directed along
any other line except local and
state advancement, and with the
force Of all the clubs united, big re-
suits are being obtained everywhere.
To the Mayville Commercial club
falls the honor Of originating the
latest new idea In local or district
improvement. That club was respon-
sible for q meeting that was held in
the city Of Mayville. attended by busi-
ness men Of the various cities Of Traill
county at which the Traill County
Improvement league was launched
This league occupies or will occu-
py a unique position in the general
work of betterment, as its work will
be countrywide.
More cooperative methods are urg-
ed by the organization as between the
various cities Of the county, it being
proposed that every city and every
village shall have hand in the man
agement of the affairs of the club.
Home development is to be urged in
every instance, the idea being to
build up home markets and make
Trail county better place to live
in. The Trail county organization
is really nothing more or less than a
county commercial club, as 1t occu-
pies the same relative position to the
county that a commercial club does
to city.
Fargo Gets Busy
Fargo is about to enter a new pc
riod of activity SO far as its COM
mercial club is concerned, plans be
, ing laid already for the holding of a
booster banquet September %. The
plans for the program have been
left to the Town Criers club, an or
J ganization that has publicity for its
/ purpose and as a result of that fact
It is expected that the Fargo busi-
ness men will hear great deal on
that subject, The newly organized
executive committee of the Fargo
Commercial club Is responsible for
the booster movement.
Plans of the North Dakota Fedora
ton of Commercial Clubs are being
pushed forward rapidly by the officers
and at meeting held in Fargo more
definite and complete organization
was effected, One Of the objects
undertaken by the club is that of
providing a statewide corn display
for the st. Paul show of the North
western Development league. The
corn that is proposed for the state
exhibit will be secured in the various
local corn contests that are now
held annually and which, this year,
promise to be more successful than
ever before on account of the In
creased corn acreage in the state.
The federation has as its object the
attainment of population Of 100000
in 1915, and will bend every energy
with that end in view. Advertising,
of course, is the plan through which
this population is hoped for.
Efforts are being made to have one
day Of the. North Dakota Industrial
exposition at Bismarck set aside as
Commercial Club Day." Plans for
the fixing of number of days are
being made, and the commercial clubs
of the state believe that they are en-
titled to recognition and will make
request on Commissioner Gilbreath
that he take such action.
Bottineau's Commercial club is
waging an active campaign for new
membership, and for the purpose of
materially increasing the number en-
rolled in it's work, is asking that all
business men join. The membership
fee has, for the time being, been re-
,duced in order to make the campaign
more successful.
A big cleanup day was celebrated
this week in New Rockford under the
direction of the Commercial club of
that city. The day was devoted to a
general campaign of making the city
more cleanly and beautiful.
Plans are progressing satisfactorily
in the city of Enderlin looking to the
merging of the several mems clubs
that exist there now. There are three
distinct organizations at the present
time, and it is the plan of those inter-
iested in the new movement to bring
all under the same head to be known
IAs the Commercial club.
The DonnybroOk Commercial club
was successful in holding big mar
Iket day festival, over 1900 people at
tending. Every feature of the days
program was successful.
The Bismarck Commercial club has
undertaken the problem of providing
the special attractions for the indus
trial show in that city next month,
and has already been successful in
securing several big numbers.
c0IIReF WAS WESTWARD