St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-03-13
COMMERCIAL CLUB BANQUET
Sec. Taylor Spoke of the Greater
vermont Association


Sec. Taylor Spoke of the Greater
vermont Association
The monthly banquet of the Com
merclaI cIuD was neId at ryJnIaI
f1aII last FrIoay evening, the
guest OIL honor DeIng Jantes r. ay
Ior, secretary or Ine GreaLer Yer
mont ASSOCIATION. Vice Fresi0en
Joseph ralrDanKs presided IN the
absence or freSIuenL Cross and, al
| ter an excellent Qmner served D0
the Fytnlan sisters, Mr.. r'aIr banks
called Tor any business that was Il
come before the meeting. Secretary
DaDcOcK called attention to the fac
| that the annual erection or the cut
comes The second thursday in April
and according 10 the by-Iaws a com
mlUJee is TO be appointed by unI
president to bring IN nominations.
Later on in the evening vice Pres
luent Fairbanks announced as the
members or this committee, E. N.
RANDALL, l.. S. Jewett, u. A. Ord, j.
Ii. BrooKs and John Rickaby.
secretary BabcocK also stated tina
the Woman's club desired the coop
GRAFTON OF the Commercial club il
the campaign against the fly. ii. II
Carr SAID Jnat ne supposed that one
Lnlng the ladies wanted was money
ana he suggested Cne appointment
OF George W. CaIdbeck as a mem be-
OF the committee. Mr.. Caldbeck re-
sponded saying that he dld not un-
derstand about the lily campaign, but
that ne was in favor of the districl
nurse which was asked by the Wom-
ans club. The chairman then APP
=
The Woman's club in the matter Ii
III. Carr Dr. E. H. Ross and George
w. Caldbeck.
Appeal by Mr.. Rickaby
John h1ckaby was then called up
on and said that he felt that the
people of st. Johnsbury did not fully
appreciate the value of such an or
ganization as the Commercial club.
lie was sorry to see the attendance
at the meetings and interest in the
doings of the club waning. 1t is
true the club has made some mis-
taxes, but it should profit by them.
In looking for new industries we
must remember that we need brain,
as we'll as money. He did not want tt
be gutter on account of mistake;
which had been made but was ready
" LILY dSdln anu ne OSl1GfS0 IL LIZ
men of st. Johnsbury would join to-
gether the club could begin to dc
things. The majority of the mel
are not willing to put in the neces-
sary work. Each man should dc
whatever he is called on to do fol
the promotion of his town. We mus
help out this movement for a county
agricultural expert because he was
uirond thot or h ir1c no
could be carried out to the profit no
only of the farmer but to the bust
ness people as we'll. ST. Johnsbury
must build more houses. The hous
es are all full and no man with mon.
ey can make better investment
than to build houses here to rent.
If we get together on this matter We
can bring it about.
A. b. Noyes
A. B. Noyes said that he was ready
to support anything that tended tc
1 Id up st. Johnsbury and. empha-
81 d the matter of interest in tn
w k. The pressing matter is more
hr 'es and better schoolhouses ant
til club could do no better work
ths to give its support to these pro.
j He also spoke of the
-uoIA of the St. Johnsbur.
Realty Company, and said tina
it might be possible with proper sup
port for this organization to supply
to some extent the demand for hous
es here. The activity of the club is
responsible for the new government
building which it seems is secured
and the club should keep after this
matter until it is brought to compile
ton.
DIR. Aldrich on the Legislature
DIR. w. J. Aldrich responded fol-
the late legislature and called atten-
ton to the success of the club il
having the river water system cut
off in town and of the great improve
ment in health since that was done
He stated that he had not had a
single case of typhoid fever to trea'
since the river water was shut off.
Speaking of the legislature, he
said that so long as We sent new
men to each session of the legisla- |
ture, we shall have men unacquaint- |
ed with their duties and unable to
perform the work promptly. There |
should also be a revision committed |
composed of men outside of the |
of the legislature, a.
it was impossible to get bills before |
the house promptly so long as they |
had to wait for certain members o.
the house to revise and prepare |
them. One reason for the increased |
length of the sessions is that the /
state is entering into new fields OF
action which require a large amour I
of legislation The time of opening /
of the session of the legislature is
also a cause of delay If the propos /
ed constitutional amendments arc
adopted, there would be no Interrupt H
ton to it's work on account of holi-
lays. The last legislature was one
If the most remarkable bodies in