Bisbee daily review., 1911-11-02
PRIMER FOUNDATION
 OF THE COUNTRY CLUB
Amendments of Bylaws to That End Were Un-
 opposed
AFTER BUSINESS


 thusiastic meetings of the Warren District Country club in a long time vas held last night at the club house. Though the business of the evening was matters Of finance, the program was so arranged that business was not allowed to interfere with pleas ure and vica versa.
 As a result of amendments to the clubs bylaws. the club is placed on a solid financial Footing and incidental ly is able to accept the generous gift of Walter Douglas and other members 4 the board of directors of the Cop per Queen and C. & A. mining com panies without embarrassing itself in it's part of the contract.
 The amendments to the bylaws per nit of raise in the monthly dues Of fifty cents per month, making the dues now S2.59 per month. Also every candidate for membership in the club must become limited stock holder in the corporation, which is automatically surrendered to the cor poration after l2. months following a resignation. This is to keep the stock in the district so that quorum may be obtained at any time. It had been reported that opposition might develop to certain of the amendments but after II. T. Hamilton explained the object of the amendments and the results hoped for thereby. the opposition vanished and the amend nlents were adopted by a viva voce vote.
 With the machinery set in motion for the increasing Of the revenues of the club. it felt that it could accept the offer of MT. Douglas and others, totaling approximately S3.500. and make every dollar of it count towards the upbuilding of the club. With the increase of revenue the club will be able to pay current expenses and also decrease the debt of the organ ization. which has already been cut down from s6.0O0 to s3.0OO.
 Among the plans that will shortly be carried out is an extension or ad dition to the club house, m which a pool and billiard room will be equip ped. Other improvements are planned in the locker rooms, kitchen. dining room and other parts of the building
 The meeting was presided over by President Gerald Sherman and about seventy of the members were present. Among those who made enthusiastic speeches were E. E. Ellinwood. II. IT. McVay. H. T. Hamilton and others
 At the close of the business ses- sion the meeting voted thanks to the board of directors for its work, and to NIT. Hamilton and his committee. which was instrumental in obtaining the generous gift, which the club will be able to place the quarters in first class condition and to enlarge its usefulness.
 Mir. McVay was autohOrized by the meeting to tender the use of the club ground to Aviator Fowler, the trans continental birdman who is ou his way from San Francisco to New York. should he decide to stop in Bisbee.
 The business meeting followed a golf dinner, attended by over half a hundred guests at which a number e toasts were drunk. The entertain ment program, of which Jack O'Brien was the impTessario, followed the business meeting. A mat was placed in the center of the hall and two live iy bouts, boxing exhibitions. were pulled off while the audience enjoyed black perfectos. all seats being at the ring side. Pert and Freeman were the opponents in the first match. Pert is one of the liyest and lithest little propositions in the district and had Freeman sale in hand for the four two-minute rounds of the exhibition. Freeman grew stronger as the affair progressed and Referee Solomon pro nounced the match a draw.
 The colored supplement exhibition was between Happy Howard and Mississippi" Lett The latter, who greatly outweighed his opponent. quickly won the nom de glierre or 'Steamboat Bill' but it must be ad- mitted that the honor all belongs to the original possessor of the title.
 Happy waded into the big black with ginger and had him buffsloed for the first three rounds but later he got Happy's number and mixed it. Final ly Happy got a light jab over the eye and the optiral nerve felegraphed to inc brain that Happy had had enough and he refused to finish the bout, so it vas declared a draw
 A buck and wing dance by a real Georgia coon followed and AIessrs. Goad and Dart, two comedians com nected with the tent show at Lowell. rendered several humorous songs and conversational hits.
 inNG EARTEOuAKE SHOCK