The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-02-01
CLUB PLACES
LUCAS AT HEAD
Commercial Organization Selects
New Board of Officers for the
Ensuing Year
PUBLICITY AND ROUTINE
WORK HAVE BEEN LEADERS
Treasurer and Secretary Report
Showing the Condition to be
Excellent - Members Have
Brief Social Session

Fl. c. Lucas is the new president OF
the Commercial club. He was elected
by the members at the annual ballot
ting Tuesday evening. The officers
chosen to serve with him are the fol-
lowing First vice president. George
j. Listmann: second vice president,
A. B. Whitson; governing board; H.
f. Wight, John Ryerson, III. j. Luh-
man, ]. G. Gawler and Robert Rund-
strom; trustees, w. A. Bell, Charles
Heath, T, G.. Redfield, E. B. Leckey
and w. 0. Bradbury. There was an
unusually large attendance of MEM
bers, oyer 100 remaining until the
vote was announced which was 1890
o'clock Following the business ses-
sion there was served coffee and sand
witches.
Treasurers Report
The report of the treasurer showed
receipts for the year Of $5475.11 Of
which $32210 was cash on hand at
the beginning of the year the ball
ance being club dues and membership
fees, and miscellaneous receipts Of
$73S.5l. OF this miscellaneous money
1925 was a transfer from the pub
licity fund and $375 from D. M. Gren-
dNuc VI the utpOL ITultSldnu. Inc
disbursements showed total Of
$4SSS.55 paid by warrant and Of
$233.7S cash which, with bank ball
ance of $357.7S made the total. The
largest item of the cash payments was
500 for postage and the warrant dis
bursement showed $3.50 for rent about
$500 for salaries. $375 for the depot
fruit stand, $255 for billiards, s15S for
carpet.
Activity of tho Club
Secretary James in his report show
ed that the expense of the Spokane
Chicago fruit display business was
about $165215. The cash outlay for
the Spokane fair was $102.30 and there
were received in premiums 500
which left a balance of $500 The
Seattle fair about paid expenses. In
the publicity fund at the first of the
year there was cash on hand of $5S3.6e
and there had been collected to date
sufficient to make a total OF $5345.16.
ance in the publicity fund OF $593.71
and about $4,000 to be collected.
Against this there are obligations
which amount to about $3.50. There
will, therefor be a balance above all
obligations of about $500.
There were added to the club dur
ing the year 81 new members and the
present mem bership Is about $50 In
active service. The growth has been
steady.
Need Publicity Work
Examination of the reports of the
officers shows the club activity during
the year to have been along publicity
lines and in what might be termed
routine work The publicity work
took a large proportion of the funds
money being transferred for that pur-
pose and but a small proportion was
used in the club life. A great deal
of time has been given to fruit, ir-
rgation, legislation and such matters
and the club has cooperated with citi-
zens of the county and with the Com
mercial clubs of various cities of the
state in a number of matters. These
have taken a great deal of detail
work much of which is not apparent
except to those actively engaged in
the management of the organization.
Pending the report last night Of the
scrutneers of the ballot the club held
a round table discussion In which a
number of matters were taken up
and an idea given to the new di-
rectorate of the attitude of the MEM
Der on the respective subjects.