The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-06-19
MITCHELL WILL
co AFTER MORE
EQUITABLE RATES
Traffic Manager is Rec
commended at Meet
ing of Club.
ATTENDANCE
ABlG
At Annual Banquet and New
Board of Directors is
Named.

That the city of Mitchell Is to have
a traffic manager. a man who is
in the freight rate business
and who, it is believed will save the
merchants hundreds of dollars in
overcharges, was the decision of the
meeting of the commercial club last
night at its regular banquet which
was held at the E1ks home. The
above idea was recommended to the
new board of directors by the out
going board and in quite an extern
sive explanation of the matter. Sec
rotary Silsby went into detail as to
what the saving in readiusting
freight rates will mean to the city of
Mitchell. He quotes figures to show
the results of the idea in SIOUX
City, which has in it's employ three
traffic men, and so convincing was
his argument that the meeting unani-
mously endorsed his idea.
In connection with the above mat
ter it was decided to ask the city
council, to act in accordance with a
recent law passed by the state legis-
lature and levy a small tax on every
citizen in the city for the support of
the commercial club in an adyertis-
ing sense. The law contemplates that
every citizen in a city is benefited
by this advertising of a city and
therefore it is not unfair to ask them
all to help meet the expense. This
matter comes in particularly oppor-
tune at this time for the commercial
club here has been handicapped for
lack of funds ever since it was organ
lied and is just as crippled in that
line today as it was at the beginning.
1T is believed the council will fall
in with the idea without hesitation
and that the results will far more
than justify the movement.
The new law under which the
above action vas taken is cited as
Chapter 124 in the session laws and
the body of the act reads as follows:
THAT the city council or board of
commissioners in all cities organized
under the general laws of this state
or under special laws, unless other
wise provided for in their charter,
may levy a tax of lot exceeding one
mill each year on all taxable property
within the city for the purpose of
creating a fund for the purpose of ad-
vertising the city's possibilities and
advantages to the world as a home
and as a location for factories and
other legitimate enterprises. Said tax
shall be used for no other purpose
than hereinbefore4 provided. Said tax
levy shall be made by said city coun-
Gil or board of commissioners at their
first regular meeting in September.
Said levy shall therennnn be immed-
lately certified by the city auditor or
the city clerk to the county auditor
of the county in which said city is
situated. Approved March IA, 1913"
New Board of Directors.
AS last nights meeting was the an
nual one, it was the occasion of the
election of a nav board of directors
and the following men were named
by the nominating committees: f. j.
Herrick, B. V. Diehl, P. II. Kelly, C.
ID. Vermilyea and VIM. M. Herbert,
This committee will hold it's organi-
cation meeting in the near future and
will then elect a secretary for the
coming year and also a president will
be elected from among it's members.
A hearty vote of thanks was given
the outgoing board for it's work dur
ing the past year and a likewise hear
ty welcome was given the new board.
The meeting last night was called
to order by President w. r. Ronald,
after the banquet "a finished. 1t
was an excellent spread and was serv-
ed in handsome style in three cours-
es. Edgar Mccarthy had charge of
this feature of the evening.
Following the call to order, the
committee on nominations composed
of e. M. CLANCY, H. ID. Butterfield,
Robt. Burns. B. A. Bobb and Ed.
Leehan was appointed and retired.
The report of the secretary was then
and that was followed by the
report of the treasurer. The secret
ary's report vent into detail as to
the things done by the club the past
and it demonstrated fully that
the organization was an unusually
active body during that year. Mr..
Scallin as chairman of the soliciting
then made his report. He
stated that the solicitors had met
with good support but that the work
of that committee was not yet nearly
finished.
The president next presented the
matter of the support of the club by
the city council, and on this matter,
S. II. Scallin, H. d. Butterfield and
w. f. Upton all spoke heartily in its
favor. Mr.. Upton made the motion
which named the expression of thet
club that it favors the council max.
ing a levy as deemed sufficient by it,
in accordance with the secre-
tary of the club and an estimate fur
by him. according to the new
The motion was econd nv |
.has. Weller and after such items as
of the city advertising. and an
estimate of the amount needed be
furnished the council by the board
amended to the motion, it was
unanimously.
Every One Interested.
Several enthusiastic speeches were
made at this point to the effect that
lnder the new idea, every person
who owned property in Mitchell
would be benefited by improvements
the city and would therefore but
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