Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1913-12-26

The directors of the Commercial
Club met at the Club rooms Monday
1t being the last meeting for
the year by this board as now constitu
ted. The next meeting Of the stock.
holders will be Monday evening, Jsnu.
ary u, when three new directors are to /
be elected in place of Messrs. Walker
Glattly and Stanley, whose term OK
pires. Under the by laws these men
will not be eligible to re election, so
that entirely new directors must DO
chosen in their places.
The question of holding an "irriga-
tion banquet" sometime in January was
favorably considered, and will be def
natelv determined at the next meeting.
The usual "dollar" banquet seemed to
be favored.
At the next meeting the secretary
and treasurer will make reports.
From Q communication received
from Mr.. Rine the following excerpt
is made: "Nothing is more gratifying
than that the Club is prospering. /
have visited good many towns during
the past three months and have made
it q point to look into commercial club
matters very thoroughly, and the con-
clusion I have come to, based on very
careful observation, is that the little
money paid by the citizens Of Hot
Springs toward the maintenance of the
club has been handled in such man
ner as to obtain the best results in the
way of advertising. and as direct ben
eft to the town, than any place have
been. It is an organization Of which
everyone should.be proud, and which
should have the united support of
every citizen"
President Stanley made the follow.
ing report:
"Fellow directors and members of the
Hot Springs Commercial Club:-The
term for which the officers of this club
were elected is now about closed. l am
frank to confess that the year has not
been what we should have preferred it
as an organization, altho the directors
and officers have at all times been
active and loyal TO the club-which
means that they have been loyal to Hot
Springs and active in an effort to pro.
mote its best, interests. Any citizen
who Loyalty helps sustain Commercial
Club is progressive. enterprising citi.
zen. do not mean to infer that q
person may not be loyal and enterpris
ing who is not an active member of q
commercial club, but any citizen Ger
tsinly evidences his enterprise and
loyalty to town when he renders assist
ance toward maintaining commercia a
club. think the club has possibly
labored under something of a handical
during the past year, it being the frs,
year as an incorporated body, for un
der sach an organization q Board o
Directors must transact all the busi
ness Of the club. This 10 disposed,
fear, to give rise to criticism that it il
q close corporation rather than an or
ganizstion in which every citize,
should have q voice and an active in
terest. Yet it Was not the presen
directors who brought about incorpor
alton, but it was the action of q major
ity Of the membership. after deliberat
ing over the proposition for about
yesr-and I believe such action wa
contrary to the expressed judgment o
some of us who were afterwards choser
es directors.
The disappointment to those VIII
have striven to do their best for th,
club and for the town is that the mem
bership has dropped of since incorpor
alton was affected, as under the bylaw
9 membership must be dropped TO
non payment of dues for three months
Whatever the cause, the fact exists
and il there is some method for rem
edying the difficulty it should b
adopted.
The unfortunate illness of our enel
getic and resourcefal secretary, MI
Rine, was another handicap to the bes
interests of the club, leaving us 70
some time without secretary to loo
after The affairs of the club. attend t
It's collections and keep up its member
ship.
Notwithstanding the apparent hand
Il