Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-03-14

make their homes among us and there
by increase the value Of every dol
lars worth Of property. Could an.
Organization have more lofty b
more unseIish ambition? The actiyl
members Of Che organisation spens
hmuch Of their time In work for th'
Organization for which they do no
laeceive or expect remuneration. The,
are giving unselfishly of their time Il
lbetter the condition ofseEery citizen
sand the result il that every fellow
who does his best to hinder the efforts
Of the club by openly refusing t.
afiliateswithgit, and by secretly con
spiring against it, is the first to fee
the effectof any Improvement in the
conditioner growth Of his town.
That 1.-The Dallas Commercial club
has been Of value to- the city is a
statementlthat cannotAb be successfully
contradiDted. For shame on those
Ewho maystry to makeit appear 9th
erwise. Ht AS asfactGtbat the men Of
Dallas who do things, and who are
the first to- go down in their pockets
to help along in the promotion Of any
worthy object, are live members Of
the club, and by their activity and
financial aid they. have helped to keep
the organization alive and prosper
Gus. Ifswethad to depend upon those
who pose as the critics of the good
that ether men.doy we would find our
selves in sorry plight when matters
of public interest and of public well
fare were to be undertaken. Such crit
les are always theIast to initiate any
improvement ialthoughithe first to find
fault with what others attempt, or
accomplish.
The primary idea of the annual
banquet of the commercial club is to
cultivate a more congenial feeling be-
tweenathe members. Those who have
stood sponsors for the idea have be-
lieved that. on occasions of this kind
where the men andvwomen of the city
might assemble and spend social
hour in feast and merriment, followed
by inspiring addresses, much good
might be accomplished for the benefit
of the city. Surely no motive could
be more unselfsh, or builded upon a
more liberal policy. Those who insist
upon taking an opposite view of it, are
untrue to themselves and to the city
in which they make their home and do
their business. As was said in the
outset; the club may make mistakes,
i probably hasmade several of them,
but If you think so, it is your duty,
Is acitigen, and q progressive one, to
affiliate with the organization and
thus give it the haleiit of your ripper
Judgment and prevent repetition of
the eiewors. lThatswonld. be the broad
ind open course, rather than to do
your best to cast odium upon its every
lct by slurring remarks and sarcas-
ic filings.
Happily, however, there are but few
,eople in Dallas who pose as Il the
vowed enemies Of the Commercial
lub. The organization is now on a
irmer footingsthan ever before in its
xistence, and is growing stronger day I
" day. 1t. has AN enviable yeputa-
ionrfor progressiveness and its fame
) known far outside the limits of the
ity and county. Secretary c. C.
of the Oregon Develop
ient- league, in his speech at the ban
uet, uttered aswell-known and. gen
rally accepted truth when he stated
hat it has only been during the last
wo years that Dallas has awakened /
nd took on new life and begun to ad- T.
ance. Other live towns in the Will
lmette valley have first felt the inn
etus, but Dallas has been quick to
axe advantage of the splendid oppor- !.
lnities and advantages which are
ere and, through the efforts of her
We and progressive commercial or-i.'
the city and county has
cen advertised as never before.
alias has awakened from the slum-
er -of years and is now on the high |
rad to prosperity and rapid and {
growth, and all this has
sena largely accomplished through
le work Of the commercial club and
lie live and energetic boosters who
impose its membership.
They are the helunselfsh patriots who :
,e giving Of their time and their I
oneyoto make here a bigger and t
stter community, and their work in q
lis line will endure and remain 4
easant memory long after the fruit
SIS knocking of those who oppose
EN- viii have been forgotten.
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