The Glasgow courier., 1916-10-13
Commercial Bodies Interested
in Greater Montana Organization
to Exploit States Opportunities


otter to the man OF small means and to the with capital state
chamber of will be organized
OF publicity The organization will be effected convention
which will be called which at least 3oo
delegates representing Montana expected
present.
The chamber in accordance with plans already fom
lated by temporary board of directors will
convention meet in the spring but which thereafter to assemble
annually to debate advertising agricultural and commercial
problems that affect the large The first Greater Montana
veton will probably held Great Falls intenon
thereafter to hold the convention from section Of
the state
Every big interest in the state agricultural Industrial and COM
mea will be asked to send its the November
ing for the organization
been called month but the threat of big railroad strike
caused its poponemnt However, when the pioneers the
including representatives of commercial clubs and chambers of
nearly conference at Helena
gna pan and the preliminary board of directors which had been
named at conference Anaconda July authorized to draw
bylaws for chamber be submitted for ratification the Great Falls
convention and also to devise finance the chamber Louis
Newman president of the Great Falls commercial club who has been
preaching the need of statewide commercial and industrial
on for the last twelve until the recognized by
progressive business throughout president of this
minay board The other members Malcolm Gs of Butte first
presidents Vic Sampe of Billings second PRESIDENT w. D.
Symme of Lewsown third PRESIDENT and A. Breiensten Of
Great Falls, secretary-treasurer
day meeting organization convention will be
President has opportunity consult with the
interests of different sections This convention expected
be session for three days and Immediately thereafter the
Montana Chamber of Commerce will meet
Montana has perhaps the wonderful and interesting
found in the United States the wor said Mr. New
discussing the purposes of the chamber Peope who have
through the Alps that the peaks made famous by poet and
whit grander than those be found in Glacier Park
elsewhere the Montana Rockies Colorado gets millions
tourists through the attraction of and climate that
better than all because Colorado has advertised her
chamber of could with
the railroads making unexed of
Montana.
Good roads adjunct to successful campaign along
would be the duties of state chamber to keep
and county authorities the
portance of systematic highway building.
agricultural and industrial opportunities of the state Mon
81 900 of land of which 3lOO classified
farming and 100000 grazing land with the ote
100000 described and forests Much of this
called grazing land however, bench land which, Cascade county
yield IS 40 bushels of wheat to the whereas
the United States only 4 bushels
the this second class land in Belgium would place
of 40 bushels 20 or 80 bushels to the
hs is the day of organization Everything in Montana or
ganed except By acting unit and
effect IN aver
ng proposed organize the state chamber along th
lines of Commerce of the United States BY adopt
ing the principle referendum would be possible to get the
commercial and industrial organizations as we'll as t
farmers that arise from time time affecting the wei
fare of Montana lodge effective protest at Washington
whenever legislation is threatened nmca to the prosperity OF m
state legislation speed the state in its development