The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-13
the COMMERCIAL CLUB
Elected New Officers and Made Ar
raagemeuts for Renewed ACtiv-
ity OuriaQ the Coming Year.

their annual mooClnS ~. gHC CAuee
rooms last Friday evening, and II
addition to electing officers for the
ensuing year, voted in twelve new
members, appointed new commit
tee to go after the railroad company
and compel them to erect a freight
depot at Leon, and transacted much
other business. The club Is making
extensive plans for the coming yeal
and everybody should lend their as
sistance. The Leon Commercial Clut
has been powerful factor in assist
ing in securing many of the recent
public improvements in Leon. The
officers and members have worked
hard to make Leon progressive and
up-to-date city, and their efforts
have been crowned with success. The
efforts OF the club in this direction
have given Leon great deal of pub.
licity in the past and Leon is a city
which is favorably referred to all
over the state.
The officers for the ensuing year:
PresMent-Jas. F. Harvey.
Vice President-A. L. Ackcrley.
Secretary-G. B. Price.
Treasurer-C. E. Stuber.
Executive Committee. M. AXES
O. E. Hull, Fred Teale and the above
four officers.
The following new members were
voted upon and declared elected az
members: Ralph Rumley, Frank
Fong, C. NJ. Richardson, E. L. Rich
ardson, Walter Osborn, Art Scott, H
A. Smith, NJ. NJ. Painter, Earl Gard
ner, Prof. Fred Ehrhardt, Bryant
Sears, DR.. r. A. Sears.
There was a discussion in regard
to holding a big picnic or entertain
ment of some kind, and c.. M. Axes
was appointed as special commit
tee to take charge of the project, and
you can rest assured that there will
be something doing.
The club voted to guarantee the
necessary funds to secure q "ShOrt
Course for Leon" and a committee
consisting of J. w. Hurst and Will ].
Springer was named to rGise the nee
essary funds required by the guaran-
tee.
A mighty good thing was accom-
plished when the club voted to have
all the telephone poles along the var
ious auto trails which pass through
Leon, painted white, and . commit
tee consisting Of Clyde Marvin, Mai-
rice. GFog4n, and iJr. j. q. oQdmdpr
See Wass app otnted to 1ecufe t6e
funds Tor th1 painttng &. This VII
make the streets ots - oOal nftg6ty
good, not only to our citizens butsAll
who pass through this city. III
II A committee consisting of G, sB. .
Price Jas w. Hurst and Will II F.
Lindsey werc appointed on selecting
q slogan for the city of Leon.
There was renewed activity devel-
oped in regard to going after the
Burlington railroad and seeing If a
suitable freight depot can not be Sc
cured for Leon. Since the destruc-
ton of the old freight depot by fire
several years ago, we have had no
freight depot, an old box car being
used for this purpose, and the pat
rons of the railroad company are de-
manding that depot be provided by
the railroad company The : city
council refused to allow the company
to build another fire trap for depot,
and will insist that a fire proof
freight depot be constructed, and in
this matter they are backed up by
the Commercial Club and all our citi-
zens. A new committee consisting
of DIR. B. L. Eiker, Jas. w. Hurst and
Clyde Marvin, were appointed to
look after new freight depot.