The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-08

Opening address
 President A ] NordaIe. Report of Business Transacted
 Secretary R. :. Mcdonald Song Mir Albert Bell
 The Town of Fairbanks
 Mayor F. s Gordon. Duet-Messrs. Whitely and Huokins Addrt ss-Judge Overfield. Song and Chorus
 The BattleCry Alaska" Outlook for Quartz
 MT. L. NJ Drury.
 Get Together Mir John 4 Clark Whistlng solo-Mr W. F Whiteiy. The Press MT Fred Heilic
 Short Business Talks
 MT A R Heilig.
 Dr NJ F. Hall
 Mir. R J. Geis,
 Mir. T. C. West,
 Rev l.. Buisch.
 Mr R F Roth.
 MT Peter EaChon.
 MT Theodore Johnson
 The secretarys repzr; was as fol. lows
 As many of you are aware the organization of the Fairbanks Com mercial club was completed OF July 20 its purpose being the ad- vertising, and advancement or the interests. of the Panama wall y Ou, hundred and four signed the mem bership roll. and since that timn -iN have been added, but aS - nam have been stricken from rhe roll there is at present memb I-Ulg of but SS. A number If those wuo have been dropped are out of tHe city temporarily and will andoaba edly rejoin the club on their rcUu In pursuance of is adycrti5iua campaign one of the first things done by the club was the adoption of a slogan, this being chosen as the result of a prize competition. This slogan Fairbanks. Alaskas Golden Heart" has been embodied in a seal and. to date, nearly "o,- GOO of these now well-known stick CTS have been distributed free 10 those who called for them.
 Five hundred copies of the Quartz edition of the Alaska Cid- zen were purchased and most of these have been given very com prehensive distribution. There is still considerable number on hand and these are being sent to per sons who inquire regarding the dis trict.
 A pamphlet descriptive oI the district was prepared and 4,ooo copies printed. Or these more than 5000 have been sent Outside and in each reply to letters of in quiry one is inclosed.
 As it was realized that a large number of hard rock men had been attracted to the coast towns the sum of one hundred dollars was expended in the advertising of the at Valdez, Seward, Cordoya and Juneau. l may say that a con. siderable number of inquiries were received as result of this adyer- Using
 A description of Fairbanks and the vicinity, illustrated, will ap- pear in an early number of the Alaska Yukon Magazine. as re suit of an agreement arrived al between the club and the publish CTS of that journal, and subse- quently other articles calculated to advertise the district will be pub lished.
 There is also in course of pre- more ptetentious scale than the pamphlet already issued, This will be profusely illustrated, more than forty very appropriate views having already been collected It Is probable that this will be ready for distribution early in March.
 Under the auspices of the Com mercial club and under its direct management, the second annual Panama Valley Fair was held in the roller rink on September and , Its complete success was, l believe unquestioned and it has undoubt edly paved the way for the hold ing of larger and better fairs il the future. Posters were sent tc every town in Alaska and, so wei was the success of the fair adver tised later, many of the cities or the coast have signified an in tention to emulate Fairbanks ex ample and hold a fair themselve: this year. As indicative of tho usefulness of such an organization as the Commercial club for con ducting such things I would men tion the fact that the exhibition gotten up for the cabinet minis ters the year previously cost il