Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1914-02-13
FIRST DINNER
A SUCCESS
MONTHLY DINNER OF CONNER.
ClAL CLUB MONDAY EVENING.
A Big BOOSTER MEETING
TWENTY-FIVE MEMBERS FEED and
TALK OVER BUSINESS MATTERS
OF THE CLUB.

AT q recent meeting Of the local
Commercial Club it was decided to
have monthly six O'Clock dinner and
business meeting, the first one to be on
the evening of the 9th at the Rct
Springs Hotel and each following one
to be held at different other hotels of
the city. The matter of notifying the
members and stockholders of the Club
and making the necessary arrange
ments was left to the entertainment
committee aud q turn. out of twenty.
five sat down to q sumptious feed Mon
day evening.
Following the six courses came
cigars and an informal business meet
ing. President e. r. Juokett called the
meeting to order and after the reading
of the minutes Of the previous meeting
by Secretary Joe Riordan, called upon
j. A. Stanley for report of his work
ia connection with the newly organized
Black Hills Publicity Federation of
which he was elected president at
Rapid City recently. Mr.. Stanley
made brief report on what the Fed.
Grafton expects to do and stated that
for the purpose Of raising money for
the advertising campaign contemplated
H OF Springs had been grouped
with Deadwood, Rapid City and Lead
and that an assessment of 5000 had
been levied In case this Club entered
the Federation. AS soon as his report
was finished motion was made and
seconded that the stockholders recon-.
mend to the Board of Directors that q
check for this amount be forwarded to
the treasurer at Deadwood. It was
carried unanimously.
A report Of the membership commit
tee was next In order and Chairman
Henry Marty made short talk. This
was followed by the reading of this
committees report by Attorney E. B.
Adams and also the submitting of the
budget fund Is outlined by this COM
mittee. After considerable discussion
this report was adopted and more dis
QUESTION followed regarding the power
to be invested In the membership oom.
mittee In securing new members and
re.instating old members. Motions
and amendments were made and re-.
made but finally q complete under.
standing which seems fair and equit-
able In all cases was arrived at. The
motion finally adopted reads: ''That
the membership committee be empow.
cred to substitute some other fund or
amount Of fund for subscription to the
club as they see at." This with refer.
ence to the amounts In the new budget.
Previous to the next meeting of the
club the membership committee ex-
poets to call upon every business man
in the city, those who are not members
Of the club, and endesvor to secure
their applications.
O. T. O. Lollich brought up ques-
tion that became very interesting. That
was the matter Of oiling the streets Of
the city. He submitted figures as to
the cost and the work necessary to put
the streets In first class shape and
keep them there and his plan was
quite heartily endorsed. DR.. H. C.
Worthington gave little data along
the same line.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
bylaws Of the Club incorporate an
equivalent to the following motion, to
make the matter doubly strong it was
moved and seconded That the stock.
holders recommend to the Board Of
Directors that they pass . resolution
requesting the stockholders to make
recommendations to the Board of
Directors at their meetings for the
direction and management Of the
Club"
There being no further business the
meeting adjourned and the regular
business meeting of the Board Of
Directors was held. Previous to this
however vote Of thanks was extende d
to Mrs. Nicholson for the splendid
meal.
Il was also decided at this time to
make the invitation to these meetings
and dinners general, each member Of
the club being at liberty to invite any
one he may choose but to send in th,
names 90 as TO arrive at the number tc
prepare TOR three days previous to the