Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-10-14
COMMERCIAL CLUB
HAS LIVE MEETING
President DOney Of the Willamette University Made Boost
er Talk, and Heads Of Departments Along With Their
Reports offered Many SuggesiiOns-L H. Mcmahon
Given Special Credit For naugurating Bathing Resort
Try Salem First Advocated By the President

taste quite right If home bakeries were
given more business, they would event
ually put in machinery that would en-
able them to compete with anything 10
the state.
Inquire About Plax.
Henry Meyers, director Of the mer.
camille department, reported that this
department saved the merchants money
by keeping unfair solicitors out OF
town, and that no one should contribute
70 any solicitor, unless provided with
a card from the mercantile department.
Mr. Meyers was in receipt Of a letter
from an eastern manufacturing firm
asking for samples of our flax and
prices as they were in the market. and
were interested in what we were do.
ing.
Tn civic department was represented
by Mr.. S0uthwick, who stated that the
swimming pool had been a great sue.
cess, and that much credit was due TO
J.. II. Mcmahon for his efforts in es-
tablishing the pool last summer. He
felt that much more could be accom-.
plished, bot that they were handicapped
by the city council. 10 remedy this
member present suggested that the
city council be taken into the civic de.
partment. This department had circu.
lated q petition regarding the bridge
across the Willamette and had also
tried to get road to the fair grounds
II was later suggested by p. II. D'Arcy
that it would be advisable for the de.
partment to get busy on the fair
grounds road earlier I'm the yeaR and
not wait until about a month before
the fair opened
Members Should Be Social.
ID |. Howard, who spoke for the So
eial department in the absence of Mr.
Dick was Of the opinion that members
did not spend enough Of their time in
the social rooms, and that at present.
plans were being made for ladies =
nights, twice a month.
just at present, according to W. l..
Staley, the agricultural department il
pretty busy, as the members are all
working ON the market day for next
saturday, and the address to be given
at the armory next Saturday afternoon
by Duncan Marshall, of Calgary. Mr.
Staley felt that proper interest had not
been taken in the farmers market, and
that nothing much 80 far had been ac.
complished the future work of the de-
partment was in the poultry show to be
given here next January and in the sev
EN- corn shows, under the supervision of
l.. j. Chaplin.
The agricultural department had ap.
pealed TO the county court TO include
an appropriation In its budget for the
support Of the county agriculturist.
and while the request had not been
definitely turned down, nothing had
been done, This department intended
to confer with the department Of agri.
culture at Washington for aid in the
study and prevention Of brown rot.
Referring to the stand taken bv the
county commissioners in not including
In their budget money for the support
Of county agriculturist, president
Hamilton said that letters were being
mailed to various farmers and oranges
explaining that the county court was
not inclined to appropriate half the
amount necessary and if the farmers
wanted this work continued, they should
make it known to the Commercial Club
or county court
Mr.. Chaplin Talks.
l.. j. Chaplin was called on for an
address, in which he explained the ma.
ture of his work, noted the seven corn
shows arranged for the fall, in con.
junction with the corn and potato show
10 be held in Salem December IL. In
referring TO the work of the county
agriculturist, j. Ii. Albert said: II
believe to discontinue this work would
be calamity TO the county and | be.
lieve the farmers and oranges OF the
county believe in continuing this
work -
To get the general sentiment through
out the county, u resolution was passed
unanimously declaring that 1t was the
sense of the meeting that the agricul.
tural department invite five members
from each OF the oranges in the couu.
ty to come in and discuss the PROPOSE.
tion as TO whether they wanted the
work Of the county agricuturist con.
tinued. Gideon Stols said the dyain.
age Of French Prairie was Of vast i'm.
portanee to the county aud that the en-.
tire country needed more tiling.
A proposal to hold weekly live
wire lunch didn't meet with much
favor. but when II was moved 10 make
1t q monthly meeting, with lunch and
a general good time, the motion passed
unanimously.