The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-06-19
BOOSTERS HOLs
LENGTHY SESSION
COMMERCIAL CLUBS MONTHLY
MEETING DEVOTED TO DIS
cUsSJNG MATTERS
OPINION DIVIDED ON STREET OPENING
Some Members Believe It Would be
Fine Thing For City, Others Take
An Entirely Different View

The monthly meeting of the Brook.
ings Commercial Club was held at the
assembly hall on Friday evening. The
meeting was called to order by Presi-
dent Hall and the first event on the
program was music by a three-piece
orchestra, conducted by Prof. Christen-
sen.
President Hall expressed the clubs
appreciation to Prof. Christensen for
the music, and he stated that credit
was due to the professor for the abund-
ance of musical talent here and the
general interest in music evinced by
the young people of the city.
The president stated that the COM
mittee on %reopening of the laundry
were not ready to report, but that they
were making desirable progress and
expected to secure a competent man to
take over the business.
At the last meeting the house COM
mittee of the club was instructed to
confer with the council relative to the
improvement Of the grounds in the
real of the city hall, and Chairman
Poole reported that their mission was
successful and that the grounds would
be fixed up.
None of the committee appointed at
the last meeting to solicit funds for
college publicity work were present,
but the president stated that their
mission had been successful.
T. G. Akin stated that the COM
mittee appointed to investigate the
moving picture proposition as a
of college publicity, had nothing defin-
lite to report. There will be nothing
doing in this line until college opens
in the fall and in the meantime the
committee will go into the matter
carefully.
At the last meeting the club ap-
propriated $35 to help the high ath-
letes and representatives in the orator
ical and declamatory contests to pay
their expenses to the state contests at
Vermillion, and the president called
upon Superintendent Browning to
make a report Of their success. Mr..
Browning said that the clubs donation
was the means of the young people 60
ing and he expressed his thanks and
that of the school. 1t will be remem-
bered that the young people brought
high honor to Brookings, Hubert
Mathews and Miss Leila Linn winning
first prizes in the oratorical and de-
clamatory contests and the athletes
made a good showing. The banners
won by Hubert and Miss Leila were on
display in the assembly room.
The big question of the evening, that
of opening Main street on the north,
was next taken up. The matter was
discussed for the purpose of giving the
council some idea of the sentiment OF
the people on the question, but after
sitting and listening to earnestly for
an hour or so we confess we are as
much in the dark as ever as to the
wishes of the people. A good many OF
the members favored 1t strongly, while
an equal number of others opposed 1t
strenuously. The proposition as stated
by President Hall is to open the street
through from Eighth street to the
south line of the college farm, q dis
lance OF three blocks. To do this the
city will have to purchase the Paul
tract, 100 feet wide by TAG feet long,
and the balance will be donated. MI.
Paul asks $4,000 for the lot which
looks like a reasonable price. Mr.
Tishback will give seventy-ive feet
and F. ]. Carlisle twenty-five feet to
complete the street through to the
quarter line. w. M. Cheever and Rev.
Carter, who own most OF the lots In
the addition will donate land for
streets to run west from the street to
be opened up.
President Hall favored the opening
of the street, stating that there was a
demand for good building lots and it
would result In adding new homes and
new families to the city. The increas-
ed valuation and consequent larger tax
revenues from that section would, he
thought, pay in a short time for the
necessary expenditure.
DR.. Hyde favored the opening Of the
street, stating that the city could not
tn interests any better than
by enabling its people to secure addi-
tional building lots.