Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-11-07
OFFICERS ARE
REELECTED
COMMERCIAL CLUB HELD REGU-
LAR ELECTION MONDAY.
W. H. DAY AGAIN SECRETARY
+. ID. Briggs Unanimously Reelected
President, f. >. Engle Reelected
Treasurer, and o. Winter is Elect
ed Vice-President of the Club.

evening anu lAe event lllieu the
room, taxing the capacity to the ut
most. Fifteen new members were
admitted and considerable interest
was manifested by all present.
The first business after the read
ing of the minutes was the reports of
committees, that of the committee ap-
pointed to take up the matter of pow
der magazine in the canyon being the
principal one. Their report con-
demning the site and asking the |
council to remove the menace was
read, and inasmuch as it had been !
placed before the city council there |
was no action taken at this time
The committee on advertising
made no formal report, but Presi-
dent Briggs stated that in view of the |
fact that politics were absorbing the
attention of all it was deemed best
to wait until after election before at
tempting to raise the necessary funds
lOl inc puIpOoG.
communication was read from P.
Paxton of Central Point, regarding
the possibility of poultry show this
winter, and it was placed on file.
The financial report for the month
of October and for the six months
ending November / was read and
showed the club in pretty good finan-
cial shape.
The election of officers was then
taken up Despite his declination
to be a candidate, President E. d.
Briggs was unanimously elected, the
secretary being instructed to cast the
ballot of the club. Mr.. Briggs said
that he did not believe that anyone
should shirk a duty, and therefore he
would again serve, though he had
been in hopes that he would be re-
lieved at this time.
o. Winter was unanimously elected
to the office of vice-president and
f. S. Engle was unanimously re-
elected to the office of treasurer.
Then came the fight of the even
ing over the secretaryship. W. H.
Day, Clyde Payne and f. d. McQuil-
kin were placed in nomination.
Messrs. Enders, Fuller and Walker
were appointed tellers. The first
and Payne 20. None of the candi-
dates having received a majority of
the votes cast, second ballot was
ordered, which resulted in the cleo
tion of w, H. Day by a vote of As to
23 for McQuilkin and II for Payne.
Upon motion of Clyde Payne. sec
onded by f. d. McQuilkin, the cleo
tlon was made unanimous.
w. A. Freeberg was unanimously
elected one of the trustees, to sue
ceed F. G., McWillams, resigned.
President Briggs then called upon
several members for a short talk, e.
V. Carter, DR.. Swedenberg and j. A.
Harvey responding briefly to the call
of their names.
Answering a question from w. o.
Dickerson as to whether or not the
club had any particular thing in view
for which it intended to work in the
Immediate future, w. A. Freeberg
took the floor in advocacy of a cam
paign of advertising in which the
fruit industry should not be men
toned. This brought out storm of
protest, led by E. T. Staples. who
said that while much of the fruit had
proven Improbable this year, it was
largely because it was damaged by
the hail.
Professor H. G. Gilmore believed
that Ashland could beat the world in
the quality of fruit, but that as at
present managed it was at least 20
years behind the times in marketing
w. a. Flackus strongly criticised the
action of the Ashland Fruit and Pro-
-A'''N'"tiOlii uSCldllIlB llldl IHey
-had spoiled the market at Klamath
Falls by peddling the fruit around
the streets at 35 cents per box after
selling the merchants there at so
cents, and that it had made the mer-
chants of klamath Falls sore G. S.
Butler stated that he was at klamath
Falls at the time and that the mer-
chants had taken the pick of the car
at so cents per basket and that the
culls only had been peddled, infer
ring that If the merchants had want.
ed to play fair they would have taken
the whole car and thus avoided the
peddling on the streets. Mr.. Flackus
also urged that there should be a resi-
dent agent at Klamath Falls.
President Briggs stated that tn,
matter was one for the Fruit and Pro
duce Association to handle and no
for the Commercial Club, and tn
club then adjourned.