The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-04-29
Directors Of Organization
Outline Campaign For En-
suing Year for Members
TRAFFIC BUREAU Is
BEING ESTABLISHED
Transportation Problems are
to be Taken Care of-The
Budget Plan Adopted.

The directors Of the Grand Forks
Commercial club have issued an out
line Of the club work for the ensuing
year to the members of he club. h
Gu Will be placed upon a budget
system. All the funds necessary to
take care Of the years work will. It is
expected, be raised within the next
TWO days. No further funds will be
eaiied for during the year. The work
VIII De planned in advance. The plans
Tor the coming year are extensive.
"A great deal Of work will be done in
promoting the wonderland trail and
IN Keeping the meridian road in per-
1ect condition. Funds for road i'm
provement are not lacking, there be-
ing about $1,000 available for this
The automobile tours of the
American Automobile association and
the Glidden has q%uickened interest in
good roads. Grand Forks county in
tends to hold the lead in the matter
OF good roads.
Efforts will be made to get as many
conventions here as possible. Last
year eighty-two conventions were held
in the state. It is estimated that
slsO.0O0 was spent in the cities were
these conventions We're held. Grand
Forks had many of these conventions
and hopes to get many more for the
coming year.
The publicity feature of the CLUBS
work Will be developed to a high state
Of perfection. Grand Forks will be
placed on the map" According to
Mr., Trefz. the Commercial "evange-
list" the state. university is rapidly
placing North Dakota and Grand
Forks in the front in the educational
field. 1t is hoped that the E'lickertails
VIII place Grand Forks ahead in the
annette Held. The Commercial club
intends to put Grand Forks IN the
front ranks of the commercial and in
dustrial cities.
flans are under way to remodel the
club rooms as far as the dining and
oiliiard rooms are concerned. The
dining room is too small to hold the
pig panguets that are being held
there. Last nights banquet had TO
be held in the Elk club rooms.
The most important feature of the
plans for the ensuing a is the Gre
alton OF a traffic bureau. 1t is realized
thatI the transportation question is q
fundamental one in every city. The
facilities for quickly and directly
reaching the greatest possible number
or people, at as low or q lower rate
than a competitor are of the utmost
Importance in city growth. AS rail-
way rates are now made and as serv-
Ice is conducted, there is much room
for Discrimination by the railways and
as between communities. THIS dis
elimination may BE either voluntary
or. as is often the case, Involuntary.
There is only n set Of men vitality
interested in Grand Forks-that is the
citizens of Grand Forks. The railways
have hundreds Of COMMUNICATIVE
cannot be expected to guard Grand
Forks interests, willing as they may
be to do it, their time is given to 9TH
er problems. Competitors will not see
to it that this city has a square DEAL"
they have their own little traffic trou-
bles to take care of.
The bureau is to make a study of
the transportation problem as it ap-
plies to the city. 1t is going to study
rates, incoming and outgoing. study
freight service, incoming and outgo-
ing. The city should know. whether
it is getting a square deal" in charg-
es, service and in everything that per-
tains to transportation.
1t is intended that the Grand Forks
Commercial club shall he the biggest
factor i'll the advancement of Grand
Forks. The club will emphasize ser
vice" of the citizen to the community.
Organization will be the keynote.
This is Ii g of organization and
cooperation. Every business activity
is making use of larger and closer CO.
operative methods. Especially is this
true Of cities. All over this country,
the cities that are growing and devel-
oping. without exception, are those
that are organized, those that are
planning carefully and intelligently,
their future positions in the country's
business activities and are following
their plans with cooperative effort of
their citizens. The Commercial club.
i'll the best cities the guiding force in
the developing of those cities and as
such they are receiving the support
citizenship.
The plans for the Grand Forke
Commercial club as set forth by the
board of directors are meeting with
the heartiest approval of the resi-