The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-06-20
BOOSTER CLUB
HOLDS SESSION
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING OF
COMMERCIAL CLUB HELD
FRIDAY EVENING
O|lING STREETS IS CONSIDERED
Proposition is Put BefoI he Club to
Learn Its Sentimen 300 by
1913" is the Clul ? ogan

HG lNSuiuI HlOAbhlS GUNS VI thC
commercial club was 5 | in the as
sembly hall on Frida 8 ening. The
weather was bad ant ere was not
the usual large turn : but the at
s tendance was very f ; nder the cir
President Harris called the meeting
to order, and the club listened to
some splendid music by the orchestra.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved.
A letter was read from immigration
Commissioner Deets telling of a plan
for advertising the state. Mr.. Deets
has made arrangements to have NOV
ing pictures taken in the principal
cities of the state and the Black Hills
and the local club was inform
ed that Brookings could get in on the
proposition by paying a certain sum,
not stated. The matter was left to
the discretion of the directors.
~ COIllllulllNdllOn Ndo lCdO
Secretary SchlOsser of the Sioux Falls
club relative to the coming trip Of
the National Press association through
the state. While the association
train will not pass through B~rookings,
Mr. Schlosser was of the opinion that
it would be a good stunt for the club
to have a supply Of some advertising
novelty sent to him and he would see
that they got into the hands of the
newspaper men. This proposition
was also put up to the board.
President Harris reported the
finances of the club to be in excellent
shape.
The president also reported that
the invitation extended TO the G. A.
r. encampment to hold it's next meet
ing in Brookings had been turned
down, but the name of the city was
presented to the old soldiers in a
favorable light and We may expect
better luck the mex time.
The president reported that ar
rangements had been made for a
good band to furnish the city with
music during the summer months.
The club helped to defray the ex-
penses Of the recent high school
track meet held at the college, meet
ing the deficit of 1914, reported by the
college students.
The club, it was announced, had
purchased a steel road drag and this
has been placed in the hands of Tom
Harmon and Fred Mailey who live
Just this side of Lake Campbell, and
they have agreed to use it on the
Campbell road during the summer.
This piece of road is always a bad
one in wet weather and if the
drag will help any it will be a mighty
good investment. If the experiment
works out all right more drags will
likely be purchased and placed in the
hands of farmers by the club.
The matter of street signs was
brought up and Alderman Hoy re-
ported that the council, to which the
proposition was referred by the club,
would in all probability have signs
placed on the streets within the next
two months.
The membership of the club was
i n ta -, GOOD ctanIinU
and the slogan from now on will be,
300 by 1918"
The question of oiling the streets
was brought up and a discussion
asked. The council recently had this
matter under consideration and they
wished to get an expression from the
business men, who pay a good share
of the sprinkler tax. The plan has
been tried at Mankato, New Ulm,
Watertown and other nearby cities
and several testified for and against
it. The plan seems to be as yet IN the
experimental stage. 1t was stated
that the expense for Brookings to oil
Just the business streets would be
about a thousand dollars the first
year, and one-half of that the second
year, after which 1t would have to be
oiled only at intervals.
Garnett Hedge, the new dean OF
music at the college, favored the club
with two or three vocal solos and was
heartily ~applauded.
President Harris stated that the i'm
preston seems to have gone out that
Brookings would celebrate the Fourth
OF July and was Of the opinion that II