The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-13
TOOK ACTION ON
The ROAD GRADER
COMMERCIAL CLUB AT REGULAR
SESSION LAST NIGHT ADOPTED
REPORT or COMMITTEE TO IN.
vEsTIeATE BOWERS ROAD
GRADER PROPOSITION.


At its regular monthly session last
aight, the Fargo Commercial club de-
cided to endorse the movement to-
ward making this city a manufacture
ing center for the northwest and as
sist in the location and organization
Of the Alvin. o. Manufacturing Co.,
which makes road graders and
drags. This Is the proposition which
has been presented to the club at one
OF the earlier summer meetings and to
the citizens or Fargo by A. o. Bowers
OF Brainerd, MINI.
brief though complete report was
submitted by the committee appoint
ed In July to investigate the PROPOSE
ton which endorsed both Mr.. Bowers
and the road grader. On the commit
tee were appointed the best known i'm
plement men in the city and their
report follows:
Your committee appointed to in
vestigate the proposition OF locating
the Alvin. O. Manufacturing Co. re-
garding its merits along line of manu- |
featuring road graders and road drags
beg leave to report that we have care |
fully investigated the integrity of Mr.. |
Bowers. Letters to Inquiries are on /
file with the secretary and are very /
satisfactory 20 your committee. we /
also witnessed the operation of both /
machines In action and believe them 1
to be all that MIR. Bowers claims for
them and that they are superior TO
anything OF the kind on the market"
On motion of l. L. Twichell, the re-
port was adopted and the matter was
referred to the standing manufactur-
er's committee which was instructed to
give Mr.. Bowers all the assistance
possible In the raising OF his stock
in the city. The manufacturer him
self appeared before the club and in
few remarks thanked the members
for their endorsement and presented
the business proposition of the raising
Of the funds and the floating Of the |
stock among the business men Of the j
city.
Sidney d. Adams moved that when ,
the committee starts in fits activities
in assisting the Bowers road grader I
proposition that IL also be instructed :
to do something toward the estab- /
lishment of guarantee fund in the I
city which would be reserved for just /
such worthy concerns as the road !
grader proposition so that their back q
ing could be made easier and with r
out being felt by the business men r
who were opposed to the bonus idea. 8
The idea was adopted and the commit a
tee Instructed to act in accordance
with Mr.. Adams suggestion. h
Coming Conventions for 191f.12. r
list Of conventions to be held in Il
this city during the coming year was
read and includes the North Dakota e
association, grain grow
ers, hardware dealers, Tri-state Post G
association, State Postmas-
ters' association, North Dakota Jewel r
ers' association, North Dakota County D
Commissioners association, North Da- b
kota State Elks association, Supreme a.
Lodge Of the Sons OF Norway. and the c,
Northwestern Norwegian saengerfest Il
which win bring in delegates from Ave h
states. w
Putnam's Band Proposition. tc
A proposition was submitted by DR.. 81
2. 5. Putnam, who has an offer to ~
conduct citizens band at Aberdeen. ~
). d., in which he offered to furnish --
} symphony orchestra and a band for y,
he city for $4,000 a year, $50 to be IL,
paid monthly and the balance with
he rendition OF the concerts as they
nay be given.
DR.. Putnam offers to give thirty con- m
;erts year in all, ten to be given m
Turing the winter in the nature of b.
orchestra concerts with W
hirty pieces, and twenty during the Fl
months in the nature OF band w
concerts in the parks.
9. r. Stone was heard on the pro- Fl
'osition and stated that in Grand Forks m
he proposition had been foated there III
lmong the business men who main
aimed the city band at cost OF So.
100 year. He said that the money
vas raised by levy upon the merchants -
4 the city. In Fargo the park board 20
4 commissioners will contribute a Z.
hare OF the expense toward the main ~
enance of the band. Mr.. stone moved -
hat the proposition of DIR. Putnam be :. -
ccepted and committee OF three be =
ppointed to cooperate with the park
GARD for the raising Of these funds sc
be made up from subscriptions from, -
he business men OF the city. ue
w. A. Scott moved that the commit IA
ee be empowered 20 sign a contract W
nth Dr. Putnam when sufficient names "a