The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-03-17
CLUBS AUTHORIZE
THE UNDERTAKING
Committee to Work Out De-
tails for Advertising North
Dakota as a Whole.
STATE ADVERTISING
D
H. F. Emery, DR.. IF. Guild
and ]. ]. Pettijohn Were
Speakers this Morning.

Delegates to the annual meeting Of
the North Dakota Federated CONNER.
cial clubs this morning approved Of
a statewide publicity campaign and
authorized the appointment Of a COM
n'it'ee to work out the details and
raise the money necessary. A general
secretary and treasurer of the feder-
alton. and it was f%avorably received
by the representatives present.
The plan calls for a publicity cam
paign that will advertise North Da-
kota as q whole. No special commun-
licity matter. which will consist Of ad.
vertisements in various publications
m in special literature, will refer to
North Dakota and its resources.
The committee will be appointed
later by the president Of the fedora
ton.
State Advertising the Feature.
The mornings session vas devoted
entirely to a discussion Of state adj
subject was immigration. and the
principal speakers were ]. & Murphy.
immigration agent for the 500 rail
road. and l. c. Bricker, immigration
agent for the Northern Pacific.
The principal business to be taken
uP LILO dAkOK liOOu ~ Su0 SASCLlOIl Ol
ofhcers tor h ensuing year. Tonight
the visiting club members will be
guests at the regular Commercial club
dinner. F. L. McVey, president Of the
state university, will be the toastmas-
ter. i
The speakers this morning were J.
j. Pettijohn Of the university. Fl. F.
Emery. president Of the Fargo city
commission. and l. 7. Guild, editor of
the Fargo Courier-New4
Betterment Of Community.
Mr.. Pettijohn discussed the better
ment Of community life. such as the
furtherinS of the social side of Com
mercial club work, the lettering of
industrial conditions. and looking aft
or the educational welfare Of the peo-
pie and Of the interests Of the various
ownership Of public utilities. and he
spoke of the work that can be done
by having an expert attend to he bet
terment Of civic conditions. In this
connection, he referred to five small
Wisconsin towns which united in hir-
ing n man to attend to the i'm
provement in each town.
Garbage Disposal Important.
Tho disposal OF garbage also was
discussed. Mr.. Pettitohn declared
that he had lived among the sand
hills Of Nebraska where. he thought.
sAh0 A0A44NOt VI AAc6 ud0 T06Cn6Q IHS
maximum, but after coming to North
Dakota he said he found that such
was not the case. It is said, he de-
clared, flies q everywhere a
nuisance. He declared that the pro-
per disposal OF garbage would remedy
this condition. He advocated q. CEN
trail depot. with a man hired especial
~ to attend to the necessary duties,
for this purpose.
Mr.. Pettijohn also advocated a
municipal reference bureau. where
literature regarding conditions in
North Dakota could be obtained. He
declared that the Federated CONNER
cial clubs was the organization that
could best establish such q bureau.
In concluding he declared that the
clubs should undertake the work of
making the community q cooperative
center and of betterins the social and
educational conditions in tho state.
Co-OpeFative Advertising.
COOPERATIVE Advertising was the
subject Of tho address given by II. F..
Emery.
The speaker declared that in 1910
he found that the city Of Fargo had
lost in population. During the fol-
lowing year. he determined to learn
the cause. and, after careful inquiry,
he discovered that the people were
coming rom the q and were going