The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-08-01
CLUB ELECTS
SIX DIRECTORS
SEMEANNUAL MEETING OF LOCAL
BOOSTER CLUB HELD ON
FRIDAY EVENING.
VOTES To NAVE A COUNTY EXHIBIT
Club Decides to Push Matter Through
to Success.-Other Matters of In
terest Are Disposed Of.

The semi-annual meeting of the
Brookings commercial club was held
in the assembly room last Friday even
ing. The meeting had been postponed
from the regular meeting date and
owing to the short notice upon which
it was called there was not as large
an attendance as expected.
The meeting was called to order by
President Harris and the minutes Of
the last regular meeting were read
and approved. Secretary Gullick
read his semi-annual report, which
showed the finances to be in good
shape and that the total membership
in good standing to July /, was PIT.
There are sixteen delinquent men,
bers. but most of them are in that
condition through forgetfulness or
absence from the city and the club
membership is practically 23O. Treas
urer Fishback was o present and his
report had to be ommitted until a
later meeting. The president appoint
ed an auditing committee, consisting
Of Geo. p. Sexauer, Paul butcher and
DR.. A. w. Hyde, to audit the books Of
the secretary and treasurer.
The question of street lighting was
taken up and discussed at some length
and it was the unanimous opinion that
the present method of lighting the
business streets especially, was de-
cidedly unsatisfactory. The Main
street lights would do very we'll for a
town Of two or three hundred inhabit-
ants, but for a live, progressive city
like Brookings the system comes pref
ty ear being a disgrace. The stores
are dark after six-thirty and the
streets are a dismal place, especially
to a stranger. 1t was decided to pres
ent a monster petition to the city
council asking them to provide a FIVE
light system of from five to six blocks,
and ten members Of the club volun-
teered to circulate these petitions.
The petitions were started out Satur-
day and they met with the hearty ap-
prevail of the citizens generally. Not
only we're they readily signed, but
nearly every man had a word of con-
demnation for the present lighting
system. A great majority of the tax
payers will have affixed their names
by the time the petition Is presented
to the council, and under these con-
ditions it is up to that august body to
make the desired Improvement. The
city owns the lighting plant and
should be able to light the city proper
ly al cheaply or cheaper than other
cities.
The question OF a county exhibit to
the state fair was taken up and dis
cussed thoroughly in all its phases.
Conditions this year have been far
from encouraging, but the club has
~surmounted greater obstacles before,
and it vas voted unanimously to push
the matter through to success. The
county commissioners were asked for
financial assistance, but they failed
to act, and unless they can be prevail
ed upon to see the error Of their way
the expense amounting to between
four and five hundred dollars, will
have to be met by private donations.
The last legislature passed a law
legalizing expenditures of this kind
accrues to the county generally it is
hard to understand the attitude of the
board. The Brookings County State
Fair association will be reorganiZed
for the year and is expected to aid
materially in the work. 1t would seem
as though the people of the county,
especially those in the towns, would
have enough county patriotism to as
sist in this good work, and no doubt
they will if the matter is presented to
them in the right light. After win
ming first prize last year some of our
critics made the claim that we were
lucky, that we happened to have a
fair crop while the balance of the state
was poor, and we want to go back
this year with an exhibit that will
prove Brookings county to be the best
agricultural county in the state, in
good or bad seasons Word from
Huron states that twenty-one counties