The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-01-25
BOOSTERS HOLD
HOUSE WARMING
FIRST MEETING OF COMMERCIAL
CLUB HELD IN NEW HOME
IN CITY HALL
Commissioner Ott1s IS PRESENT
And Makes an Excellent Boosting
TaIk-New Home Will Compare
FavorabIy with Any In State

The Commercial Club of Brookings
held its first meeting in it's fine new
home on Friday evening and it was
in the nature of a house warming.
Over two hundred members were
present and the occasion was one of
the best boosters meetings ever held
in Brookings. This was the second
annual meeting of the club and direct
ors for the coming year were elected
and other business transacted.
However, the principal interest of
the evening, for most Of the members
anyway, was the examination of the
new quarters and each and everyone
was delighted with the new home of
the club. The quarters are large and
elegantly furnished and equipped
throughout and will compare most
favorably with any other club rooms
in the state.
The club at this meeting took oc-
casion to do honor to Johnson T.
Sarvis Of the State college faculty
for his efforts in behalf of Brookings
city and county. Mr.. Sarvis had
charge OF the Brookings county ex-
hibit at the state fair and the Mitch
ell corn palace, and it vas largely
due to him that this county won
the first premium at both places.
Later Mr.. Sarvis was selected to take
charge Of the South Dakota exhibit,
which accompanied the Governors
special through the east and his work
vas highly appreciated by Governor
Vessey and other state officials. In
vitations to attend the meeting had
been extended to Governor Vessey, I'M
migration Commissioner Deets, Gen
eral Agent B. F. Farrell Of the North
Western, and others, but Mr.. Deets
was the only one able to be present.
Letters were receiver from the others,
each one praising the Commercial
club of Brookings and expressing their
regret at not being able to be present.
The early part OF the evening was
devoted to the reeting, which was
held in the large assembly room.
Prof. Christensen's orchestra furnish
ed several selections, to the delight
of the audience, and upon the o
clusion Of their part of the program
a vote of thanks was extended to
them by the club.
President Harris called the meeting
to order and after a short talk in
which he paid a nice tribute to the
work of Mr.. Sarvis, he introduced
Commissioner Deets. Mr.. Deets made
an excellent talk, complimenting the
club highly upon it's quarters which
he said were the finest he had seer
in the state. He said that the growth
Of the Commercial Club of Brookings,
was the talk of South Dakota and that
nowhere in the state were there a
better bunch of boosters. He called
attention to the advantage Brookings
has in having a great institution Of
learning in it's midst and said that
the interests OF the college and city
should be, and undoubtedly were,
identical. This statement struck a
responsive chord and was generously
a%pplauded. The college, said Mr..
Deets, should be a large influence in
the %upbuilding Of the state, and
Brookings, the home of the institution,
would reap a substantial reward.
Commissioner Deets highly compli-
mented Mr.. Sarvis, having become
acquainted with his work at the fall
fairs and on the trip through the
east. The South Dakota exhibit at
tracted marked attention on the trip
being largely due to the attractive
manner in which it was displayed and
the courteous and intelligent manner
in which Mr.. Sarvis answered the
thousand and one questions Of the Wis
itors to the car. The commissioner
said that 1t was particularly appro-
pirate for a boosting organization like
the Brookings commercial club to
honor a man who had done things for
his city, county and state, and he
stated that he was glad to be present
and pay tribute to the honored guest.
MT. Deets explained in detail what
the immigration department hopes to
accomplish for the state. This depart
ment, which Is in the nature OF a
publicity bureau, was authorized by
the last legislature. but has only been