Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-01-09

The Dallas COmmefclal CluD Has
now finished its third year of exist
ence, with record of achievements
that it can well be proud of. Or
ganized to meet growing demand
among the progressive business men
of Dallas for the purpose Of placing
Dallas and Polk County upon the
map. This club has met with success
in all its ventures. Most of the pro-
gress in the city of Dallas in the
way of public improvements during
the past three years can well be laid
at the door of the live Commercial
Organization.
The building of the handsome ar
mory building; the construction Of the
Carnegie Library building; the laying
of several blocks of hard surface
pavement; the securing of the great
packing plant of the Armsby Pack
ing Company; and many other i'm
provements are tie product Of hard
work upon the part of the Dallas
Commercial Club. And not only has
this Club cast its influence over the
affairs of the City of Dallas, but it
has branched out, and the whole Of
Polk County has received much bene-
fit from its work of development. In
the three years of its existence, this
club has spent approximately $1,000
in advertising Polk County.
The County Fair was resurrected,
and in 1911 and 1912, the Dallas Com
mecial Club carried -On these fairs
ait its own expense. Using the Fair
organization of 1912 as a nucleus, the
Dallas Commercial Club took steps to
perfect permanent Fair organization
with the result that today Polk Coun-
ty has a well organized County Fair
Association, one which will in time
give to Polk County one Of the best
County Fairs of the State.
Since its organization, the Dallas
Commercial Club has taken an active
interest in the advertising of Polk
County to the outside world Tons
of literature have been sent all over
the world telling interested people
about the wonderful resources of Polk
County. This literature has not been
confined to accounts of Dallas, but
has been devoted to the County as a
whole. In addition to this, thousands
of personal letters have. been written
in answer to inquiries concerning Polk
County. Oregonian Correspondents
in Polk County, and correspondents
for the other big daily papers, have
done much to keep Polk County ever
before the readers of the big news
papers of the metropolis.
Early in it's organization, the Dallas
Commercial Club cast aside the idea
that it was organized solely to boost
Dallas, and has at all times, been a
consistent worker for Polk County
as a whole. Owing to its general
work of development, it has become
one of the leading organizations in
tine Oregon Development League. 1t
is also one, among the very few COM
mercial clubs of the State, that be-
longs to the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States of America.
During the summer months of 1913.
this Club started a movement that
created much favorable comment in
all the newspapers of the State. A
so-called "Kerosine Circuit" was
formed and carrying with them the
Dallas Orchestra, land upon one or
two occasions, the Dallas Band) to-
gether with considerable home talent
in the way of entertainers, visits were
made to all sections of the County.
Matters tending to the benefit of the
County as a whole were discussed !;
the County Fair advertised; and much
good was done toward bringing the
people of the whole county into clos
err touch with each other. A feeling
was created among the people over
the County that they should unite to
build up Polk County as a whole.
The spirit of development; the spirit
of unity: the spirit of progress that
was created as result of these meet
ings was the greatest thing that ever
happened in Polk County for Polk
COunty's good.
During the past year, much of the
time of the Dallas Commercial Club
was devoted to working up a feeling
Of unity among the different sections