The Dickinson press., 1916-04-22

| REAL BUSINESS
MEMBERSHIP NOW TOTALS 125.
PRODUCTS EXHIBIT ON
N. P. GROUNDS.
National Guard Committee to Look
Into Fitness of Troops for
Service.
The Commercial Club held its BIZ
monthly meeting Wednesday evening
in the Willard hotel, with a fine rep
resentation of the business and pro-
tesslonal men present.
| The topics of interest were many
and included the reception to the
county superintendent, the plans for
permanent exhibit on the N. P.
grounds, the play ground proposition
for the children, further rural deliv-
cry routes, band for Dickinson,
equalization Of taxes, good roads,
cleaning-up week, the bankers meet
ing and the National Guard.
| The following committees were ap-
pointed by the president, three ad-
ditional for that of the county super
intendents in Supt. P. S. Berg, Sena-
tor M. L. Mcbride and H. J. Blan-
chard. For the bankers meet the
committee as follows will be in
charge: T. A. Tollefson, l.. A. Simp-
son, w. f. Burnett, Wilson Eyer, D.
D. Mars and Tony Kostclecky.
In regard to the General Electrical
Co. and the possibility of this firm
establishing a plant at Dickinson, the
chair appointed w. S. Russell, DR.. V.
H. Stickney and Fred Roquette to in
vcstigate the matter.
| During the evening the question of
good roads was discussed, after the
address Of F. w. Turner, the condi-
tion Of several pieces of road near
the city came in for terrific scorch-
ing, especially those leading direct
east and that going south by way of
The Brown Dairy.
A committee will be appointed to
see what can be done towards the
building of a bridge between sections
10 and 11,going direct east from the
Lenneville farm.
| Mayor White reported that the
Health Officer and the Council would
see that cleanup week be inaugur-
ated before the coming gatherings in
May or as soon as possible, after the
commissioners could get on ground.
Nine new members were received
into membership, making total Of
125 that are banded together for the
upbuilding Of the city.
| The new rooms are getting in shape
so that by the first Of May the
clubs quarters will be over the First
National Bank, and with the large
front room for business sessions and
the larger hall for more imposing
purposes and receptions, the Dickin-
son Commercial Club will have equal
quarters with many cities whose
workers include paid secretary.
Fo cooperative purposes, a COM
mittee was appointed to consult with
the National Guard and especially
Company tx" in their splendid ef-
forts for permanent financial up-keep,
an account of which is noted below.
National Guard
1t was felt that with the immediate
need of preparedness, that neither
the citizens nor the state were fully
alive to the need Of better financial
aid for this company, as indeed for all
companies Of the state.
The club went on record as favor
ing immediate action by the state and
national aid for all National Guards.
| A committee of three officers Of
Company K was appointed, with the
instructions to place the matter of
the up-keep of these companies be-
fore the state legislature, and to for
mulate strong resolution to be sent
to North Dakota Senators and Con-
gressmen, for some plan by which the
boys could keep their organization in
good shape.
The President appointed for this
purpose the following: L. R. Baird,
C. N. Barker and T. A. Tollefson.
/ N. P. Exhibit Rooms
| The committee appointed by the
Dickinson Commercial Club to plan
for suitable place on the Northern
Pacific grounds in which the various
things produced in Stark county could
be shown as the trains were waiting,
reported favorable action on the part
Of the railroad company and that
such a building could be erected on
the west grounds of the depot. \
i Plans are now being prepared, and
if the money needed for this exhibit
can be secured, there will be a perma-
nent place where Visitors and passen-
gers may get glimpse of Stark
county's wealth.
i It is thought that the cost of such
| a building with a near by fountain
would amount to about $1,000, and
that the county commissioners would
be willing to do something financially
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