The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-09-25
STATE CLUBS IN
ACTIVE CAMPAIGN
Many Commercial Organiza-
tons Promote Interests of
Their Home Cities.
CORN Is T T
CALL FROM
Institutes and Festivals Held
-Eiettinger Land Sale
Drawing Well.

Corn growing is demanding the at
tention OF several commercial clubs in
leading North Dakota cities. plans ne.
Ing laid by these clubs IN encourage
the raising ri corn on a more extensive
basis than i'm other years.
Darlington. Lisbon. Medina. Itch.
field. Casselton and several other cities
are most active in this Work. and each
will hold corn festivals as we'll rs
adopting ether means of promoting
corn.
Land sale Draws Attention.
The movement recently launcned by
the Hettingcr Commercial club 10
make a sale of lands at public auction
is proving very successful. The novel;
ty of the plan. which proposes to do
away with the payment of high cons
missions. etc. has attracted the at
tention of many prospective land buy
ers, n 1t is anticipated hat many
Of them will ne on hand for tho sails,
scheduled october. :. one of the rail-
roads interested has granted special
reduced rates for the sale.
The Mandan Commercial club has
received the consent OF a property
owner on the Heart river To the con-
struction of d dam across the stream.
The purpose of tho dam is to create
a sufficient water supply for CONNER
cial needs. and for the qualification
Of the city's park.
Big Event at Devils Lake.
Friday the Devils Lake Commercial
club will hold a hig celebration. the
event marking the formal dedication
liminary to the celebration the club
made a two-day auto tour. covering
the district advertising the event
With the Richland county fair
scheduled for next week. the Wahpc-
ton Commercial club made two auto
mobile tours this week, advertising the
fair.
The Northwood Commercial club
has laid plans for a market day and
harvest festival, fixing the event for
October 10.
Kenmare has improved the roads i n
its immediate vicinity. the Commercial
club securing the use of road drags
which were ent over all highways
leading to the city. 1t is proposed to
handle work of this nature regularly
hereafter.
A harvest festival on October 9 is
the plan adopted by the Carpio Com
mercial club.
New Club Officers.
The newly organized Greene Com
mercial club has elected the following
officers: President. Herbert Hunkins:
vice president, W. f. Grinnell. Jr.; Sec
rotary. W. r. White: treasurer. John
L. Johnson.
During the fall season the Minot
Commercial clubs free employment
bureau. providing work for over 500
men. proving a valuable feature for
the farmers in that district.
a display of grain grown in the Mi
not district is to he made by the Mi
no Commercial club, the exhibit to be
maintained at the depots of the Great
Northern and h 500 in that city.
Ramsey county is considering the
question of securing an expert to di-
rect better farming work. and the Dew
lis Lake Commercial club has called
a meeting to promote the subject.
October II is Mandan day at the
Bismarck exposition. and the Mandan
Commercial club plans to visit Bis
marck in q body on that day.
During the visit to jamestown of
President Hannaford of the Northern
Pacific a delegation of jamestown
Commercial club members sought to
Interest him in the question of con-
structing a new depot.