The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-21
BOOSTING SPIRIT
hits FARGO RIGHT
EVERY BUSINESS MAN IN THE
CITY Is GETTING INTO THE
GAME IN THE PROPER SPIRIT
HISTORY or THE PRESENT
MOVEMENT.

The boosting spirit has struck Far
go full force.
The Fargo Commercial club has aft
er series OF booster campaigns. now
launched final effort for the build
ing OF better and greater Fargo
The present membership campaign ID
only a step in the work OF the club
for the advancement OF the biggest lit
tie city in the world.
History Of Movement.
For many months it had been an
parent that the commercial club was
not the factor In the advancement OF
the gate city as 1t should be. The
real live business men OF Fargo under
took to do something which would
ultimately mean the up-building of
Fargo and bring It to the position
where it would stand out as one OF
the greatest cities in the United
States, one of the Invest municipalities
In the northwest, and the real metrop-
oils Of North Dakota.
The commercial club, for the be-
ginning Of this campaign, was reor-
organization was entirely changed. the
dead tissues were removed. and live
blood instilled In the organization. Tha
old lines OF work were forgotten, and
new methods were adopted for new
era in Fargo.
It was planned to place the COM
mercial club on a basis 80 that every
element OF citizenship in Fargo would
be represented. This plan. to a large
degree, is now in operation. The COM
mercial club is made up of representa-
tives Of almost every line Of COM
mercial and Industrial activity in Far
go. Each one of the different busi-
ness and professional clans In the
city are now represented In the main
body
An executive COMMITTEES now governs
the organization. This executive com
mittee Is composed of one representa-
tive from each associate organization.
The credit men. the bankers, the trav-
cling men. the lawyers and other lines
OF Fargo boosters are only q small
portion of the commercial interests
represented on the executive commit
tee. This committee has, in a large
measure complete control OF the in
nermost workings OF the detail Of the
organization.
The Booster Banquet.
The commercial club took on its
new life when the booster banquet
was held here Oct. 10. The executive
committee secured the services of
Hugh Chalmers Of Detroit, as the
main speaker Of the evening. The
banquet was staged at the expense
of the club, free to every business
man In Fargo. and was so staged as
to allow no elements of pessimisnn to
enter the spirit OF the function, and
the enthusiasm evidenced at che
meeting was wonderful
Every citizen of Fargo who attended
the booster banquet became boost
er for Fargo Hammers were laid
down, the hatchets were buried. tina
knockers crawled into their hole. and
boosters were manufactured by the
minute.
Mr.. Chalmers, In his address. gave
the business men OF Fargo some rich
ideas along the line Of civic and COM
Tnercial Improvement. His address was
filled with bright ideas, driven home
with forcible language. which with his
own personality and enthusiasm in
stilled into the FarEoans the boosters
spirit, which is now so evident in Far
go.
Every man who left the banquet hall
was q Fargo booster, and IL today.
The announcement that O. r. Slime, |
of ST. Paul. would become the secre-
tary of the Fargo Commercial club |
Nov. /. was an added impetus to the
boosting element He Is known as
an experienced man In commercial and
Industrial activities. There is no rea- !
son why, under his direction. the |
Fargo Commercial club should not con-
tinue to be the primary factor In the |
Advancement OF the city.
Membership Campaign.
Last Tuesday, President Hardy of |
the commercial club called together
forty OF the live business men Of Far
&C, at q luncheon given at the club. |
H. p. Beckwith was named the chair
man OF the membership campaign
committee, and he outlined to those /
at the banquet a plan OF operation
for securing members which Is meet /
ing with phenomenal success.
Under Mr.. Beckwith's idea, the city /
has been blocked into seventeen dis
tricts. Two energetic campaigners
are cleaning each district for new
members. The success OF the cleaners
has been marked. The returns show
increased membership in every dis
tTict laid out by the chairman.
Already the membership OF the com
mercial club has been more than
doubled This increase In the persons
y 4. 4
by the new spirit Of the club, and
the ardent work OF the campaigners.
When the campaign started there
were but 1s4 men OF Fargo. who were
members Of the commercial club In
three days 1s4 members were added
to the club. and by tonight the mem
bership will be over 500.
The Boosting Spirit.