The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-07
FINAL REPORTS To
Be MADE NEXT
TUESDAY
Now Appears That 800 Will
Be Ultimate Result of
the Movement
NOON E
Griffith Committee Gets Re-
venge-Dinnie Leads For
Series

.Fondest hopes and widest antici-
pations were realized by the Grand
Forks Commercial club membership
workers when, at the moo luncheon
today, reports were made by commit
tee chairmen boosting the total men,
bership roll of the organization to
651.
N%fty-one more members had been
secured at IL o'clock today than had
been fixed as a goal by the club d.
rectors when the plans for the big
campaign were made.
Eight hundred members, it now
appears. will be the final membership
mark of the club, rather than 500.
Next Tuesday, when the campaign
ers meet once more at noon luncheon.
and by which time it is expected that
every campaign committee will be
ready to make it's complete report
on every name presented to it, it is
membership will be raised to at least
ESQ, with 500 as the outside mark.
Griffith Committee Gets Reward.
Today, the third day Of the CAM
paign, was made memorable by re-
ports from the committees showing
a total of nfnety-seven new members
as the crop reaped from the last
twenty-four hours of labor. Yester-
day noon the bars were thrown down,
and during the afternoon and this
morning. before the hour of 10
work to commence, the campaigners
were about.
1t was a big day for the r. e. Grif-
fifth committee also. for they lead all
others in the total III secured
today. That committee. which had
the distinction of tying the James
Dfnnie committee one day, but which
was badly beaten the second day.
came back today with a. majority Of
six over the Dinnie committee, and.
naturally enough. the chairman and
Sig Wolff-were elatcd.
/ Another committee that came to
the front strong today was that of F.
D. Cameron reporting sixteen mem
bers, only two under the Griffith COM
mittee.
Dinnie Leads for Series.
To the Dinnie committee. however,
must go the distinction of gaining
the last number of new members, for
that committee secured fifty-one
members in three days of work. The
pressed them hard, was only two be-
hind. The James Dinnie committee
was composed of the chairman, DR..
r. P. Robertson. and w. j. Ed
wards.
All Are Interested.
r.. b. Griffith voiced a healthy sem
timent today when he declared that
1t had been the experience of himself
and his committee during the cam
paign. to find that every business
man OF the city was interested. Not
nnIv tho man Srsh~ ~~~l,-A. IT.
place OF business. but the men who
conduct very much smaller places of
business. are thoroughly awake to
the advantages that will accrue to
the city through the PRONUNCIATION
of good work by the club.
After Travelling Men.
Chairman w. w. Fegan Of the
committee to which was entrusted
n question of gaining the support
of the travelling men as members re-
ported today that his committee has
the situation we'll in hand. and that
he expects-in fact, declares that he
will-secure enough members to dou-
bio the greatest number secured by
any other committee.
The university list, in charge of ].
ID. Woods. has not been completed
yet. and additional members are ex-
pected from thai branch of activities.
|. other committees also have mem-
bership cards in their possession, and
between now and next Tuesday will
bend their energies towards complet-
ing the task.
Added to Enthusiasm.
Col. Long of Nevada, Mo-, who is in
the city on professional business. add
ed greatly to the enthusiasm of the
noon luncheon, declaring that his first
insight into the progressiveness Of the
n%ortherners was q big surprise to him.
He spoke highly of Grand Forks, of its
lighting system. of its very evidence
OF progress on all sides, and the men,
bership campaign. just closed. he said
was thorough evidence of the fact that
Grand Forks is up and doing. and that
its business me- are made of the right
kind Of stuff. Col. Long, a good talk
er. brought the house down and was
given a splendid ovation.
Opens Way to Bigger Things.
l.. The splendid success which has
the way to greater usefulness on the
part of the Commercial club said
President L. ]. Lander this afternoon.
1.-The fine spirit that prevails through
out the city toward the clubs efforts
all point in one direction. We have an
unusually fine citizenship. and the
arousal Of that citizenship. through
our membership campaign. will work
wonders for the community"
Another decidedly happy Grand
Forks man is G. N. Barnes. chairman
of the executive membership commit
teet MI. Barnes. who usually a
smile at the slightest ~provocation, had
an unusually broad smile today, and
declares that he expects to kept it for
some little time. This progressive
club member has always been an ar
dent supporter of membership cam
paigns. and the unusua success which,
has attended this campaign has made
him exceptionally happy.
YEOMEN ELECT.
at the regular meeting of the Yeo-
men on TucsdaN evening the following