Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1913-12-26
CLOSING OF THE YEAR
FOR THE COMMERCIAL Club
LAST MEETING OF PRESENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS ECTON AT
NEXT Meeting JANUARY 12Th
PRESIDENT S1ANLEY'S REPORT OF YEARS. WORK
URGES GREATER COOPERATION and INTEREST ON PART OF BUSINESS
MENExCELLENT WORK DONE DURING PAST YEAR AND MORE
WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED IN 1914 By UNITED EFFORT

whatever the cause, the club has been
effective in doing things. and I desire
to express my appreciation Of the 40.
Eivity Of my fellow officers and the
board of Directors, and of their faith
lul attendance upon the meetings.
There has been held twenty regular
meetings since the club was incorpor-
Ated last March, or two meetings q |
month, and I believe 1t is O record
worthy of note that there was q major
[ty OF the directors present at all meet.
lngs and in fact there have not been
more than one or two absentees at each
There have also been q few
special meetings.
These loyal members of the club may
take heart in the fact that the club is
now practically out of debt.
! At the beginning of the year there
vas an Indebtedness of about 500. Be.
sides wiping that out, or all but SIS, yet
due the Chicago Record Herald for
advertising in 1912, we have expended
over sll00 for other purposes-the re-
ceipts as shown by the secretary's and
treasurer's books having been $1847. 81.
This feel is glowing tribute to the
loyal 35 who have maintained their
membership under incorporation. The
cinb ril be In position to start In the
new year, with new officers, out Of
debt, which is an incentive and en-.
couragement that should add zest and
life to the membership, such as will
revive the spirit and interest to such
an exteut that the coming year may be
one OF much accomplishment and graf
if1cation to the officers and members,
as we'll as TO the great advantage of the
city.
Many and varied questions have been
considered by the club during the year
some costing money, and some only
agitation and energy.
Advertising must always be one of
Hot Springs chief ambitions and large
expenses. During the year, aside from
paying for the booklets previously
printed, large numbers of those book
let's have been mailed and otherwise
distributed; several thousand special
folders were gotten up and distributed
on account of the proposed change Of
the National Home of Elks; we have
had views of Hot Springs and its at.
tractive scenery shown by means oi
photo.slides thruout eastern Dakota
and thru the South Dakota state i'm
migration department in several states
to the east Of US; and have placed cd
vertisments in several suto.blue books
In the matter of promoting the in
terests Of our agricultural district, and
especially the irrigation project fol
Fall River and Custer counties, on,
club has been active; drst in urging ths
state engineer to come here and CON
slider the project, with results that have
been most gratifying so far-for tn,
project has been surveyed. and be
lieve we have reason for hoping that 4
will be carried thru. It was thru th,
efforts Of our club that $500 was ad
vanced to the state to complete th,
survey this season, rather than have 1
delayed for year until further stat,
appropriations were available. Thi
money was raised thru our local bank
by the signing of notes by some of tn
enterprising men of Hot Springs, Ora
and Buffalo Gap, with the promise b,
the uovernor of the state that 1t vii
be repaid By the state.
Another feature in the interest o
our Agricultural friends, the club hs
undertaken to establish . cream puz
chasing station at Hot Syringe. Thi
has been direct expense Of el5
month, as an experiment., q m
wholly In the interest of the busines
men Of Hot Springs. to induce cream
selling farmers to do their trading q
this place.
The club took an active interest /,
arranging excursions to our neighbol
ing towns--Edgemont and Buffalo Ga
whore they we're holding their ar
nual fairs, during the fall. Many He
Syringe people attended, and enjoye
the events, and this place thus 81
couraged that friendliness and con
m6nity of interests which is essentil
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