The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-02-15
COMMERCIAL CLUB MEETING.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Commercial Club of Bookings was
held in the assembly room at the city |
hall last Friday evening. A number OF
different subjects of interest to the
city were brought up and discussed,
and there was some talks of interest. !
A crowd of nearly two hundred boost
ers was present. Following the pro-
gram an excellent buffet lunch was
served.
After the reading of the minutes Of
the previous meeting President Harris
introduced Prof. H. c. Solberg, who
wood Good Roads convention. Prof.
Solberg gave a short account Of the
meeting, but deferred a complete de-
scription Of the cross-state highway
until a later meeting.
DR.. A. w. Hyde, chairman of the
city board of health, gave a short
talk on i~ncineration, telling in an in
teresting and enlightening way Of the
value of this method OF refuse dis
posal. He stated that Brookings
would soon have to adopt some meth
cd of garbage disposal, and advocated
the ~incineration plan. E. N. Stacy,
engineer of the Decarie Incinerating
Company of Minneapolis, then gave
a lecture, illustrated with ~stereoptican
views, on the different types of in
teresting and educational, although
somewhat drawn out. He explained
at some detail the method of ~incinera-
ton in use in many of the large cities,
dwelling particularly upon the plant
his company have recently completed
at Virginia City, Mimi. Virginia City
is about twice the size of Brookings
and the plant there cost exclusive Of
the site, $23 5000. Mr.. Stacy over
looked a point of much interest to
his hearers in not telling what a plant
suitable to the needs Of Brookings
would cost.
Prof. Kerr gave a short talk, as the
hour was getting late, on Demonstra-
ton Farms and told of their value to
a county. Prof. Kerr was author Of the
bill passed by the last legislature pro-
viding for these Demonstration Farms,
and he of course is anxious that
Bookings should take the lead by be-
ing the first county to establish one.
The bill passed at the last session
provides that every county in the
state may have one of these farms,
which will be operated under the d.
~rection of an expert, by the payment
of $500 into the state treasury. This
travelling expenses Of the farm super
intendents. 1t is understood that the
county commissioners of this county
look upon the proposition with favor
and it is likely that one will be es-
tablished here not later than next
year.
The question of a potato growers
association was brought up, but moth
ing definite came of it. The matter
will be taken up later and 1t is ex-
pected that an association will be
organized.
M. G. Carlisle reported on the mat
ter of securing pictures for the
club rooms and stated that fine views
had already been received from the
North Western n Rock Island rail
Guiding a fine oil painting, from the
Great Northern. The last mentioned
pictures were secured through the
good offices OF A. E. Chamberlain,
formerly of Brookings, who is now de-
velopment commissioner of the Great
Northern.
The question OF amending the by
laws to provide some manner Of dis
posing Of delinquents was brought up
the matter was put up to the board
Of directors who will frame a law to
govern this question and report at
the next monthly meeting. The club
so far has had little or no trouble
with d~elinquents, but in an %organiza-
ton of 225 members there is bound to
sooner or later arise the need Of
some method of handling this matter.
President Harris reported that the
house rules had been adopted by the
board and would be distributed in
pamphlet form to the members.
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