The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-01
DULUTH CENTER
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" OF WINTER SPORT
Curling Club Is Increasing
It's .Mernbership-Win
Build Home

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Of Duluth seems vitality interested in
the new membership campaign of the
Duluth Curling club. which. Will open
early tomorrow morning. No money
will be solicited. n only a pledge Of
membership is sought.
In business circles today the cam
paign is being discussed. One bust
ness man said this morning:
For the past decade we have gone
along without a civic spirit. We have
been for individuals and not for the
city. We have let other cities sur
pass us simply because we have not
paid any attention to tho. needs of
Duluth. Now we are awakening. We
are going after some of the oppor-
tunities we have lost through u w
neglect. The new civic spirit Is sitting
up and taking notice. SO to speak. The
campaign Of the Duluth Curling club
should be thoroughly typical of this
awakening spirit. The new curling
house is for the city of Duluth: let's
and boost"
The meeting Of the membership
committee will be held. at the Com
nercial club this evening. Various
committees will be appointed to go
out and hustle for members. Import
ant among the list of committees will
be the publicity and press committee.
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keep the progress of the campaign
we'll in the public eye. The effort to
add 700 new members to the roster
of the club will be n thoroughly
characteristic of the curling club spir-
it. n typical of the ability to do
things that the club has shown in the
past.
Already subscriptions for member
ships are coming in to the officials of
the club. Business men who have
witnessed a curling game in
their lives, who have been in
the present quarters of the club, n
who have known that Bobby
roartn' game. are showing that they
are behind the campaign, by sending
in their for membership.
Behind this movement is the desire
to make Duluth the home of winter
sports. Tho construction of the new
home of the curling club means inter-
national hockey, games. means the
American side of the boundary line
between the United States and Can
ada, and NEAR the ideal hall for the
holding of the largest conventions that
the business men and the Duluth Ho-
tel Mems association are going after
in the coming year.
At the committee meeting this
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thoroughly the city. Various
committees will have charge of every
department. of tho campaign. The
clubs best, hustlers are going to jump
II h campaign, and with the bust
ness men so thoroughly in accord
with the movement. it looks as If the
securing of the sufficient new men,
bers to bring the total membership
of the club up to 1000 is but a matter
of time. If 1000 members are Sc
cured. the necessary funds will be
advanced to finance the new build
ing.
With the completion of the new
house. plans of which will he placed
on exhibition for the general public.
Duluth will have one of the finest in
closed. ice Kinks in the United States.
With such a rink this city could give
the lovers of h great winter sport a
fine sheet of ice. covered and free from
the intense cold that robs skating of
many of Its. pleasures. In addition to
for some of the national ice skating
races. the twin cities having Just COM
pleted one of the biggest meets at the
hippodroma at the state fair grounds.
The little booklet that is intended
for the general public will be out to-
day and will be distributed to the
citizens Of Duluth. 1t has some facts
that will prove of interest and COM
ing the day before the starting of the
campaign for the increased member
ship. should further stimulate inter-
est in the undertaking to give the city
the long needed building. the absence
of which has seriously initiated
against the chances Of Duluth secur-
ing some of the large conventions.
both state and national.
The young men of the city are nat
urally behind the effort of the club,
for its successful issue means the long
awaited hockey rink. with the big
business man. the merchant. the
butcher, the baker. and even the cam
die stick maker. IL there be any here,
not to mention the hotel men, the
railroad men. and every class of citi-
zen in line. the campaign will start
tomorrow with the thorough indorse-
ment Of the city. :