Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-13
COMMERCIAL CLUB DID.
A GOOD WORK
Continued from Page One.)

,.. lSOllllluCu llOl L cGS inv - 81.
started, and that this work was to
be continued the coming season.
AS to conventions, there were over
70 Of them held in Bismarck in 1914.
the largest number in the history OF
the city, and the delegates and cfEi-
GERS Of these conventions, every ona,
went home boosting Bismarck and
Craising it for the manner in Which
it had entertained its guests. The
club vas especially proud Of the man
ner in which the Stale Teachers as
ISOLATION had been handled, and the
report spoke OF the numerous verbal
and written compliments the cllto
had received from teachers and OIL
GERS Of the association. There were
over 1900 teachers in attendance on
the convention and besides this, there
were a great many outsiders here On
account of the Exposition, and it was
estimated that every night during the
convention there were from 1879 to
2 900 Strangers in the city and every
one of them was furnished with lodG-
ing, and the club again thanks the
h~ouseholders Of the city for their pup
lie spirit in throwing open their
homes to the city's guests.
Industrial Exposition. ;.
The club was again instrumental in
holding the Industrial Exposition for
the fourth successive year, and the
report pointed to the fact that We're
it not for the Commercial club there
would have 0een no eXpositions at ali
and, while some criticise some de.
tails Of the management and otliet
matters in connection with this al.
fair, yet it cannot be denied but that
it has been a good thing for the city,
county and state at large.
The club again held a series OF
Market Days on six Saturdays during
the summer, which wsra, in attend
ance and interest, the best held in
some years.
Largely through the work OF the
club and its members there has been
more good advertising done for Bis
marck the past year than for several
previous years. Among other things,
the immigration committee of the
club obtained the listings Of over 400
quarters Of land for the 500 railroad,
and Major Murphy, in a letter to the
club, stated that the Bismarck club
had done better work in this respect
than any club along the line. He has
recently stated that the roads work
had only just started and that 1915
would bring greatly better results
than 1914.
The Hackney Land company lbs
entered on a campaign Of selling Their
lands to actual settlers on the crop
payment plan. They have disposed
of the greater part of their Valley
holdings and state that in 1915 they
will work in B'urleigh and adjoining
counties and expect to bring out
scores of families this year. The 500
Line took a lot of moving pictures in
and around Bismarck in the fall for
use in the east, and earlier in the
year the Hackney people devoted a
tilm to Burleigh county. a good part
Of it being used in Bismarck. Off
GERS and members of the club devoted
their time to assisting in the taking
of these pictures. The Hackney film
was shown at m Of the local thea.
tiers a short time ago and, being eX.
iremely we'll taken. will prove a splen-
did advertisement for us in the east,
where it is being used.
Band Concerts.
A series Of IS band concerts was
given during the summer, which were
enjoyed by thousands Of people. The
band was the hest for years and tho
boys are deserving Of great credit for
their splendid work, sometimes under
very adverse circumstances.
Two Get Acquainted trips were
run last year. one 10 Stanton and