Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-11-21
COMMERCIAL
CLUB ACTIVE
Campaign will be Started 10
Greatly Increase Mem.
belshlp
Committees will Soon be Ap.
pointed 10 Arrange In.
augura| BAL.

The Commercial Club directors held
an important meeting last evening at
which a large amount of business was
transacted. Plans were laid for a
membership campaign to begin at
once. Lists had been prepared show
ing a number of business and profes.
sional men of the city who ought to
belong to the club, but who do not, and
IN the course of the next uew days all
OF these people will be visited.
The club now has las members and
strong efforts will be made to make
this 200 before the date of the annual
meeting on December Srd. The city
has been divided into three districts
for the purposes Of the campaign, one
being west Of Fourth street and south
of Broadway. Another east on Fourth
street and south of Broadway and the
third all of the city north of Broadway.
The first district will be canvassed by
Aessrs. Conklin, Battey and George
WEIGH. The second district by Messrs.
John A. Larson, Finney and Dueme-
land; the third district by Messrs.
George Will, Hoskins and Bell.
The Commercial Club has done a
wonderful amount Of work in adver-
Using and building up Bismarck.
Scarcely a thing of Importance has
happened in the city during the past
six years that the Commercial Club
has not had a hand in, or which it has
not backed III in some way. 1t is only
due those who have been active in
this work during all these years that
every business and professional man
in the city should belong and help
along with the good work. If Bismarck
did not have a good live Commercial
Club there would not have been nearly
the progress made in the city or the
amount of business done which has
been.
Arrangements were made by which
the club rooms will be renovated and
greatly improved; new fixtures put in
and many other improvements made
for the use and benefit of the mem
bers. The lease on the building ex.
pires next summeE and plans are OIL
foot either to have the present quar-.
tiers modified and improved in many
ways OK to. seek new and larger quar-
tefs.
Primary arrangements for the com
ing Inaugural Lall were also talked
| over and at the annual meeting com
mittees will be appointed to take
charge Of this matter. Indications al
ready point to this affair being the
best and greatest ever held in the city.
The matter of a minstrel show to be
given during the winter by members
of the club was also brought up and
at some time during the time Of the
legislative session a show will be
given.
The annual banquet and meeting for
the election of officers will be held in
the club rooms on Tuesday, December
3rd. Reports or the work for the past
year will be read and the work Of the
club and the results accomplished will
surprise anyone who has not been ac-
tive in the work or who has not kept
track Of what has been doing right
along. In looking over the club rec
ords since it's existence 1t is shown
that every year has been an improve
ment over the year preceding in work
accomplished and there are enough
matters lined up for 1913 to make that
year a vast improvement over 1912.