Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-03-21

Invocation Rev. Albert Torhett.
"National Aid for Good Roads and
Commercial Organization Work." SEN
ator A. J. Gronna.
"Greet,ngs from Grand Forks, 50
w. P. Davies.
Organization and the Retailer, p
W. W. King.
"The Way Duluth Does, ''-B. NJ.
Rastall.
"The Work of the Better Farmers"
Thomas Copper.
Reorganization and Community De.
velopment, ALLEN D. Albert.
"North Dakota Goes Forward, -
H. A. Libby.
"Club Plans, ''-The Toastmaster.
President Horton Of the Commercial
club presided at the banquet and in
J a happy manner introduced the speak.
| ers, never losing an opportunity to
show how much each and every al.
dress was valued in Devils Lake. Mr..
Horton was bubbl:ng over with wit
and this served to make the occasion
enjoyable.
National aid for good roads and
organization work to perfect good
roads was indeed popular subject for
Senator A. J. Gronna who was well
filled with information on the matter
of good roads. Good roads as an oppo.
sition to the railroads he believed was
a necessity. He believed that the gov
ernments, federal and state, should con
), tribute to the cause, but just how the
money should be airport oned had to De
determined by the people and in this
regard that some good might be accom-.
plished lie solicited the cooperation OF
the people, saying congress was ready
to act.
Good roads was popular subject
and even Mr.. Davies of the Grand
Forks Herald who brought the message
from the university city used the road
subject as his particular theme.
The Meridian road proposition was
thoroughly outlined and the possibility
of the Wonderland Trail" with Dew
lis Lake on the route, served as an IN
teresting subject for this city. Mr.
Davies paid high tribute to thu
young men and said he had never at
tended a function like it, where 81
+ many young men boosters were gath
Fercd. The natural advantages which
: Devils Lake enjoys he said were ;
great asset to the city especially witt
Q the young mon to advance the posi-
= bilities Of the city.
3 The organization Of retail merch
l ants association was referred to i
= the address Of Secretary King of tn
state association. who gave the bene
fits to be derived from organization
as shown with the hardware dealers
lumbermen, implement men and ia
hlacksmiths who at their last conven
t ton had 210 delegates out of mem
bersh;p of 175. Such an organizatio
has nothing to do with regulating tn
II prices Of individual stores said Nj
King, but it has much to do with tn
credit which has forced many retail
er to the wall.
In many ways the greatest addres
= Of the evening was that delivered b
Secretary Rastal1 Of the Industr;:
Committee of the Duluth Commerci;
club. If the Zenith city, which Dew
1t Lake, admircs, really wanted wall
ing advertisement, they could sclcf
no better man than Mr.. Rastall II
comparisons Of two cities showed VIII.
might be done by live wires. and !
proved that Colorado Springs W;
Y. made by I've ciizrns. Community 4
" vclopmcnt was divided Into progra
Of three Departments by Mr.. Rasta
ID the surrounding, or territory adiaccl
re to the city, the advantages of the tie
fity and the making Of the city pr
pcrly attractive, CITY planning he "a
id SHOULD not Only refer to the physic
side, but to the social and intellcctu
side. He referred to a city and
Commercial club as a business inst:t
ton, operated on the same basis wi
the same business methods aprli
that an individual would apply to !
4 own business to make it q success.
In witty, eloquent and instruct
cd address, Allen D. Albert, editor of t
Minneapolis Tribune and student Al