Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-06-08

AT the annual meeting of the Salem
Commercial club last evening, Joseph
H. Albert was elected president, Chas
X. Spaulding vice president, Charles
II. Fisher secretary, and Asahel Bush
treasurer With their election last
evening, they become the active Off
GERS of the club for the coming year.
Mr.. Albert was placed in nomina-
tiOn by Hal d. Patton and seconded
by Chas H. Dick who said that Mr..
Albert was the man the club wanted
as he surely could save the money and
that he had a good head for finances.
Mr.. Albert felt that he could not very
well give the time necessary and asked
that his name not be placed in nomi-
nation, Charles R. Archard, who bought
the business of S. A. Manning was
also nominated.
For vice president, Chas, X. Spauld-
ing was nominated by T.. G. Deckebach
The name of w. w. Moore was pre-
sented by II. A. Johnson, Famk Spears
nominated Curtis Cross and d, II.
Wagner suggested A. N. Gilbert,
For secretary, Charles II. Fisher was
presented by Judge Charles L. Nc
Nary, and T. B. Kay nominated Asahel
Bush for treasurer,
L. II. Mcmahon said that while he
was not especially noted for saying
nice things about people, ne did wish
to express himself to the effect that
he had never seen man more con
scientious in his work than the retiring
president W.. Ii. Hamilton, nor a man
who was more honest and upright and
who subordinated his own interests to
others.
The Cherry fair celebration came in
for a few remarks when 4 G.. Decke-
bach rose for q matter of information
and was inclined to move tnat it was
the sense of the meeting that the Cher
ry fair do all its celebrating on Mon
day, July 3, and leave the Fourth clear
for the state fair board and the horse
men, especially as the fair board was
trying to make this such a successful
celebration that hereafter it would be
an annual event. Theodore Roth fav-
ored the plan Of giving the fair board
all day Tuesday, especially as ne had
been informed the people of the sur
rounding towns were all coming in to
celebrate and that he wanted the fair
board to have a chance to give them q
celebration worth while.
Representing Mr.. Brick who was in
Portland, Rev. James Elvin said that
plans had already been made for city
celebration all day Monday and up to
Tuesday noon and that he was rather
surprised that the state fair board
wanted all doy Of the fourth 1t was
finally agreed that the officers Of the
club confer with the state fair board
and arrange the celebration whereby
the events at the air grounds will not
conflict with the down town program.
The carnival proposition also bobbed
up, the question being whether there
should be street carnival during the
Cherry fair. Walter II. Denton opined
that the carnival proposition had al
ready been settled at a former meet
ing, to the effect that there was to be
no carnival.
Homer II. Smith wanted to know
where the club would get with a $500
appropriation, as his opinion was that
so small an amount was not even n
starter for the annual event.
Dr. II. II. Olinger was not inclined
to be much over-joyed when informed
that the Southern Pacific officials were
the building Of a new pas
senger depot. VITA the exception Of
Al