The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1916-12-15

members from eleven to five. Sena-
tor Hughes in making his motion
argues that a large board is unwieldy
and that more can be accomplished
from SMALL compact working body.
Reports to Be Presented.
The secretary's report was distrib.
uted in printed form. The report Of
the president and treasurer will be
submitted at the special meeting,
which will be held at, an early date,
in order that the new board may as
sumo charge January l..
Strong Unable to Come.
Because Of a mix-up in train sched-
ules, Howard Strong, secretary of the
Minneapolis Commerce and Civic as
ISOLATION, who was to have been the
principal speaker wired late last
night that he would be unable to
come, and Governor Hanna and Chair
man Crawford very kindly consented
to substitute at the last moment.
The secretary's review follows in
part:
This, the eleventh annual meeting
|of the Bismarck Commercial club,
closes one of the organizations most
active years. The club has attempted
many things and it has succeeded in
accomplishing much that will prove of
lasting benefit to the community. The
secretary has promised that his report
shall be brief, and an effort will be
made to enumerate only few of the
more important undertakings.
Industrial Development
In it's efforts to advance the indus
trial development of Bismarck, the
club has interested during the year
score of enterprises of various kinds.
A majority have been found, on invest
igation, to be stock-selling PROPOSE
lions with no merit. One or two were
found worthy and In these the club is
still Interested. One of the new enter
prises located through the; activities
of the club early in the year is the
Johnson Sales stables, which is max
ing Bismarck a center for pure-bred
cattle and horses. The club is still
in communication with manufactur-
.er of textile fabrics employing thirty
people at an average wage of $3.50 the
week, who is ready to come to Bis
marck as soon as he can find a suit
able building, already erected. The
same is true of a tannery, which would
bring here seven families. A manu-.
facture of corrugated iron culverts
and other specialties has been i'm
pressed through the club with the ad-
vantages of a location in Bismarck.
One of the most important projects
entertained during the year was the
location here by prominent eastern
capitalists of a mill for the manufac-
ture of paper pulp from wheat, oats
and flax straw. The club is still in
correspondence with these parties, who
will give Bismarck the preference
when they are ready to build. i.
Need Of Industrial Incubator ti'
Bismarck, in common with other
cities of its class, stands in great need
OF an industrial Incubator power
building of some size where space, in
small units, with power, can be rea-
sonably leased. At least q half-dozen
enterprises have been lost to Bismarck
during the year through the lack Of
such facilities. They were concerns
of merit, but without sufficient capt.
tai, or lacking sufficient confidence,
to invest $4,000 or more in build
ing of their own. An industrial incu-
bator could be made directly profitable
to its, owners and of inestfmable bene-
fit to Bismarck
Civic Development
In modern commercial clubs, civic
development ranks first. In this line
of endeavor, the Commercial club may
ever henceforth point to the paving
project under way. No matter what
may be members opinion Of this i'm
provement today, in years to come
they will remember with pride that
they had a part in the launching OF
Bismarck's first permanent street i'm
kprovement., To w. E. Lair, chairman
of the clubs streets committee, and
his loyal co-laborers, o. w. Roberts,
G. C. Wachter and others whose mod
esty forbids their mention, is credit
due for this greatest forward step in
the history Of Bismarck. !.
The Public Library
The Commercial club, in co-opera.
ton with Mayor, A. W. Lucas, was
responsible early in the year in obtain
ing from the Carnegie Corporation an
appropriation of $4,000 for public
library. This was $4,000 more than
the foundation has ordinarily appro-
priated for cities the size of Bismarck
and that much more than it announ-