New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-11-18
COMMERCIAL CLUB VIEWS WORK
OF ORGANIZATION SINCE
REVIVAL.
OLD OFFICERS To
CARRY OUT PLANS MADE
FOR 1915.


was the slogan adopted by the Com
mercial Club at their annual meeting
held at the club rooms last Tuesday
evening. In view of the fact that the
club has shown commendabie activity
within the past six months and there is
evidence galore that this spirit of push
will maintain also for the ensuing year.
the club thought it advisable to adopt
slogan which will always remind them
that they must be up and doing.
The attendance at the annual meeting
was very gratifying. Mindful of the
fact that the board of directors had done
such splendid work the past year the
club honored them with reelection.
Those reelected are G. A. o tomeyer, ].
A. Ochs, Chas. Vogtel, F. H. Behnke,
Emil G. Hage, A. H. Stork and Henry
N. Somsen. The board met last Thurs
day and perfected an organization BY
electing G. "A. Ottomeyer, Pres; ]. A.
Ochs, Vice Pres, and William F. Meile.
Secy.-Treas.
Albert Steinhauser on behalf of the
Red Stone Bridge Committee reported
that they had appeared before the city
council and presented the wishes of the
Commercial Club and that the council
favored a new highway to Redstone and
that they had instructed the city attorney
to prepare the necessary petition. kSr.
Somsen reported that it had become
necessary to make re-survey and that
the work had now progressed to point
where the petition could be prepared
and circulated.
On behalf of the special committee for
the Corn and Colt Show Mr.. Hage
reported that Thursday, Nov. 10Th, had
been decided upon for the holding of the
meet. He favored giving the visiting
farmers free lunch on that day and
desired to know the wishes of the mem
bers of the club. Mr.. Liesch stated that
he had attended the "Sauerkraut Day"
at Springfield and that he was surprised
at the large attendance. He said more
than one thousand plates of Sauerkraut
and Wieners had been dished out gratis
to the visitors. He favored strongly
the idea of giving the farmers free
lunch on that day. The matter was
finally disposed of by authorizing ethe
committee to serve free lunch if suffi-
cient funds could be raised among the
business men.
Some one suggested the necessity of
placing waste cans on Minnesota Street
to serve as receptacles for the waste
paper that is now allowed to accumulate
on the business streets. The matter
was quickly disposed Of by Herman Held
of the local Health Board who informed
the Club that this matter was already
receiving attention and that the waste
cans, twelve in number, would soon be
placed.
Philip Liesch urged the members to
provide their houses with private mai
boxes. Under the postal regulations,
carriers are not permitted to leave first
class mail matter at houses having no
private mail boxes unless there is some
one at home and it happens very fire.
quently that the carriers bring back
some of the mail to the office. The
matter of having mail boxes attached
to lamp posts was also touched upon but
no action was taken in either case.
In recognition of his unselfish services
rendered to the city in past years,
Julius Berndt, ST.. was unanimously
elected as an honorary member of the
Club. A communication from Herman
Polkow thanking the Club for his election
as an honorary member was read and
ordered filed.
Acting upon the suggestion of the
New Ulm Review that New Ulm
should have Municipal Christmas
Tree this year to be fathered by the
Commercial Club, the Club went on
record unanimously in favor of the idea
which took like wild fire. Plans were
partially outlined but the details will be
left to committee consisting of J. F.
Armstrong, Adolph G. Meile, ]. "A. Ochs,
F. w. Johnson and DR.. Geo. F. Reineke
appointed by the President. The COM
mittee is strong one and citizens can
rest assured that everything viii be done
to make this event memorable one in
the history Of the city.
Secretary Schmidt reported that the
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