The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-04-23
COMMERCIAL CLUB
HAS MEETING
Good Interest Is Being
Taken By Members on
Matters Concerning the
General Welfare.

The meeting of the Heppner Com
mercial Club ON Friday evening at
the l. o. o. F. hall was not as large
ly attended as it shonld have been.
1t was expected that on this occasion
there would be a splendid attend
ance of the ladies of the city, for the
purpose Of organizing an auxiliary
of the women. This had been ad-
vertised but the ladies were conspic-
uous by their absence, there being
half dozen there, only, and it was
of course useless to undertake the or
ganization of the auxiliary at this
meeting. This idea has not been a.
bandoned, however, and q committee
on entertainment consisting of o. G.
Crawford, DR.. f. N. Christensen and
DR.. A. D. McMurdo was appointed to
arrange something special for the
next meeting of the Club which will
be made especially a ladies' meeting,
and at which time it is hoped a large
attendance of the women of the town
will make the proposed organization
a success.
The Club heartily endorsed the
Good Roads Day and Chairman
Smead appointed Frank Gillian, l..
W. Briggs and A. NJ Phelps a com
mitee to confer with the County
Judge and to arrange the program
for Monday, April 9th. In this con-
nection, it is well to state that May
or Smead has designated Monday as
holiday, this action also receiving
the Enforcement of the Commercial
Club and 1t is expected that all bus
mess houses will close and everyone
will grab shovel or a rake, don
their working apparel and get onto
the roads and do a genuine days
work. The ladies will look after the
eats and refreshments; the men will
do the work.
The committee on sanitation made
report and asked that they be re-
lieved of duty. This committee
has done good work and spent lot
of time in going over the matters in
hand; they had become impressed
with the idea that the City Council
were very Indifferent to their recon-
mendations as presented in their re-
port, and they felt that they should
be relieved and someone else ap-
pointed that could present the prop
osition before the city legislature in
a moro forceful manner than they
had been able to do. Chairman
Smead informed them that they
had the wrong impression, and upon
a motion being put the original com
mittee, consisting of A. M. Phelps, ].
P. Conder and ]. l.. wilkins, was re-
tanned with the instruction to again
place their recommendation before
the city council, they being assured
that some more definite action would
be taken by that body.
Mr.. Sparkling was called upon to
report the present status of the
creamery, and he stated that all ar
rangements for final organization
were completed; that at the present
time sufficient stock was subscribed
to install the creamery proper but
not enough to add the cold storage
plant. He further stated that he
had been assured by Mr.. H. C. Oliver
of the O.-W. R. & N. Co., that his
company would maintain a refriger-
ator car service on the branch for a
period of two years, even at a loss,
in order to get the creamery firmly
established, as they felt after this
time it would be paying proposition
to them
The suggestion of Chairman
Smead that the ladies of the town be
made honorary members of the Club
was acted upon and by unanimous
vote it was so ordered.
Some bills were disposed of, and
the secretary renewed a large num-
Der of membership cards, whereup-
on the Club adjourned.