The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-01-29
.COM'L CLUB TO
BOOST The CAPE
ON POST CARDS
Unique Plan Conceived For
Showing City's Advantages
To Missouri Towns.
BRIDGES TO EXPLOIT
CAPE IN THE CAPITAL
Piaeards Will Be Displayed In
Prominent Place at
Jefferson City.

Ihere was a meeting held at tn,
Commercial Club rooms last evenint
which was called for the purpose O
having the committees on entertain
ment, finance, publicity and agricul
ture, assemble and arrive at some def
mite plans in preparation for the vari
Gus conventions to be held in Capt
Girardeau during the warm months o.
the present year.
There was not a sufficient number
on any of the committees to permit
the regular transaction of business
but remarks were made and sugges
tons offered by a number of those
present, each committee having a rep
resentative.
Fred Naeter, Of the publicity com,
mittee, in speaking of the work neces.
sary to be done, stated that his com.
mittee was going to recommend that
a lot of post cards be prepared, o.
which would be printed some facts
concerning Cape Girardeau, and these
cards to be given out free to all who
would care to use them. 1t was also
suggested that when the Odd Fellows
and the Knights of Columbus come to
the Cape in the latter part of May
that they be provided with a steno-
grapher, who would be on hand at all
times to write resolutions and do other
necessary stenographic work; and also
procure boy scout for a messenger
boy to run errands, having him sup
piled with postal cards and stamps,
so that when any of the visitors wish
to mail card, the messenger can sell
him stamp, and carry the CORE
spondence to the mail box.
1t was also suggested that a suffi-
cient number of placards be printed
and sent to the different locals of the
fraternal orders expecting to hold
their conventions in the Cape, and de-
vote about one-third of the space on
the placard to invitation, and the re-
two-thirds to boosting Cape
Girardeau. There will be about 500
lodges, and the cost of the printing
cards was estimated at about 10 or
SIP.
The matter of retaining the Com
mon Pleas Court in this County and
mainting the department of agricul
cure at the Normal was also discussed,
and it was suggested that two at
tractive placards hanging in the club
rooms, and devoted to the enumera
ton of the many meritorious qualities
Of Cape Girardeau, be taken down and
to Mr.. Bridges with the re-
quest that one be placed in the Madi
son Hotel and the other where he
deems best, so that by the time the
delegation goes to jefferson City, the
people they are to meet will already
have learned a great deal about Cape
Girardeau.
Mr.. Mcpherson suggested that leaf
lets should be printed and every men,
Der provided with sufficient number
so that one of them could be placed
in every letter sent out.
William Bergman Of the entertain
ment committee stated that he had
nothing to report further than to as
sure the club that the committee
would be impossible for them to plan
until the different commit
tees from the lodges provided them
with their programs. He stated that
as soon as these programs we're re-
ceived, the entertainment committee
would be ready to proceed with its
Prof. Seth Babcock of the agricul-
tural committee stated that there was
nothing he could do except to plan for
another meeting of his committee, and
that he had arranged to call a meeting
on Wednesday afternoon at 4:2O, when
Mr.. McWiIliams, who represents the
Federation Products Show could be
present.
W. H. Stubbiefeld, Jr., representing
the finance committee, stated that he
had a list of $3.50, which with 1926 al
ready paid, represented the first quar-
ter Of the amounts that have been sub
scrited.