American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03
MEETING OF NORTHWESTERN
COMMERCIAL EXECUTIVES.


Great Preparations Are Being Mad,
for Meeting to Be Held at Boise
August 23 to 20.
The first meeting of the Northwes
Association of Commercial Execu
tives will be held at Boise, Idaho
August %. "a and 25, 1911. A yer.
strong program is being arranged by
the committee in charge and Bosses
Commercial Club promises somethin
Absolutely new in the way of enter
tainment. The Idaho State Press
Association Will also meet at Boise
at the same time and there Is reason
to believe that the newspaper men
and commercial club men will sue
coed in having a good time
among those who have accepted
places on the program and the sub
1ects assigned to them are Joseph E.
Caine, Secretary of Salt Lake Com
mercial Club, The Troubles of a
Commercial Secretary" A. L. Som
mers, Secretary of the Tacoma Com
mercial Club, THE North west As
sociation of Commercial Executives:
c. c. Chapman, Manager of Port
land Commercial Club, What Con-
stittes Good City Advertising" w.
B. Wells of Sunset Magazine, Rail-
roads as Community Advertisers; :"
w. r. Rothasker, manager of In
dustrial Moving Picture Company, of
Chicago, Moving Pictures and Lam
tern Slides;' A. J. Breitenstein, sec
retary Missoula Chamber of Com
merce. Magazines and Periodicals: -
Il nfop
washington Development associa-
ton, How the State in General
can Assist in Advertising Its Re-
sources" Rufus r. Wilson, secretary
Seattle Commercial club. i" hhrdlu
Seattle Commercial club, "The Eff
flclent Secretary A number Il
talks have not yet been assigned as
the committee is making every eff
fort to give to each executive chosen
to address the meeting that point
which he is best able to cover.
The COMMERCIAL executives who
have called the meeting intend that
1t shall be a school for those who
are anxious to keep up with the
times in the profession. All talks
Will be short and each will be fol-
lowed by a general discussion in
which the views of the leader will
be the round table discussions at
the noon hour. A special luncheon
Will be held each day in the rooms
of the Boise Commercial CLUB at
which only the memb bers of
the association will be present and
different ones will be appointed ev-
cry day to talk upon the different
subjects close to the work of the
commercial officer
Membership in the association
probably will not be restricted to
commercial club executives but the
Officers of the Ad clubs are ex-
pected to be admitted.
The address of welcome will be
delivered by Governor James H.
Hawley of Idaho and should con-
gress adjourn before that time Sen
ator William E. Borah will be on
the program,
Inc organization into a permanent !
association of those who are actively |
engaged in commercial club work is |
very important step in the develop |
ment of the northwest. 1t will ma
..erially assist in bringing the diff
terent states closer together and |
Will prove great help to each |
individual in his years work. The
exchange of ideas should prove par
-icularly beneficial to all espec1-
lilly the secretaries in the smaller
owns who experience great difficultH
II keeping themselves posted on Whit
others in their profession are doing /
% advance the interests of their re
'pective communities. The com
nittee in charge of the program is
\. L. Sommers of Tacoma. r. W.
Raymond of Portland and Reilly At
linson of Boise. The call to the
Meeting was issued at the last an
lual conviction of the Oregon De-
Telopment league, held at Salem, Nc
'ember 80 1910, and is signed by c.
:. Chapman, Francis Hope, j E.
3arnes A. L. Sommers, Reilly Atkin-
on and r. w. Raymond.