Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1913-05-16
Club DOING
GOOD WORK
COMMERCIAL CLUB HAVE TWO
GOOD MEETINGS,
PROPER SPIRIT SHOWN
1913 ASSESSMENT WILL CONTINUE
SAME AS in I9I2..OTHER mat
TIERS DISCUSSED.
(By w. D. Rine. seo,yl

(By w. D. Rine, Seo'y)
The Directors of the Hot Springs
Commercial Club met in their rooms
at 8 p. M, May 8th, all members being
present excepting Messrs. Sage and
Wilson.
Various communications were read
and subjects discussed Proposition
of renting rooms in the Evans Hotel
for club purposes was favorably con-
sidered and the secretary instructed to
continue negotiations and report at
meeting the following Monday.
1t was agreed to furnish Rev. Tall.
man such booklets as he may need for
q judicious distribution while on his
tour soliciting funds for hospital.
The secretary was instructed to write
the railroads requesting that when
they are advertising their summer
rates to incorporate in such adyertis-
ing the rates to Hot Springs.
Moved and seconded. and upon vote
decided that assessments for 1913 be
continued the same as for 1912, it being
the sentiment of the meeting that all
public spirited citizens are interested
in the work of advancing Hot Springs
and are agreeable to contributing to
worthy cause, which has as its aim the
improvement of the town and therefore
of helpfulness to every citizen. Those
few who do not entertain this CO. opera
tive public spirit will not of course ex
pect the cooperation and help Of the
town and Club.
1t was directed that the books be
gone over and report made on the
condition of tho membership, to the
end that those who do not comply with
the by-lows must necessarily be drop.
ped from the membership list. As an
assistant to the membership committee
J. A. Stanley was appointed to aid
them.
The question Of club banquet was
considered and left for action at the
next meeting.
1t was voted to allow the secretary q
salary OF S25 per month, paya Q
monthly in advance.
The following resolution was passed: !:
"Whereas, the Hot Springs CONNER
cial Club purposes to be of benefit not
only to Hot Springs, its business men
and residents, but also to the surround.
ing country. its farmers and g. 90 k
growers; and.
"Whereas, The interests of the town
are vital to the interests of the CONT
guous country, and vice virss; there
fore be it,
Resolved, By the Hot Springs Com
meroial Club that in order to be of as.
sistance each to the other this club ad.
vocates the most cordial relations and
urges upon all the policy of recipro
CITY; buying upon the part of the home
merchant, dealers and citizens the pro.
ducts from the farms aud ranches tri-
butary to Hot Springs. so that every
farmer and ranoher may be assured of
disposing in Hot Springs ell that he
may produce at the highest possible
price consistent with the "Cost of pro.
duction at home and abroad" with the
cost of freight considered. To assist
in carrying out this principle II o {
Springs people are urged to use and to
demand "home grown" products, and
all that cannot be locally consumed
merchants and dealers should find an
outside market for. By 80 doing farm.
ers will be encouraged In growing the
best that can be produced, and il they
can be assured of a local market at the
highest market prices the people may
always be certain of being we'll sup
piled. In return for the effort b [
may be thus put forth by the H o {
Springs merchants and citizens t b G
people from the surrounding country
are urged to buy goods of the local
merchants upon the same basis; the
difference in price at home al d
abroad" with freight considered.
"Resolved, That this reciprocity
slogan Of the Hot Springs Commercial
Club shall: "Buy only home grown
products when possible, "Patronize
home merchants when possible, and
especially we urge upon all to pat.
ronize those business men and those
| farmers and ranohers who boost 70,
Hot Springs and the county, and who