Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-10-05
Things Moving at
Commercial Club

AS the Tidings is going to press
today the finishing touches are be-
ing put on the new Commercial Club
office. A big gold leaf sign is being
plastered on the window, Hop Pu-
rucker. Clark Bush and Henry End
ers of the house committee and a
corps of willing workers are arrang-
ing the furniture and fixtures, and
the club office will be open for in
spection in the morning. And 1t
surely is a beauty. Any housewife
would be proud Of room so spick
and span, and any office man would
be overjoyed to have an opportunity
to sit in an office so tastefully and
efficiently arranged. But, then, step
in next time you are down town and
see 1t yourself. The house commit
tee has surely worked wonders and
the Commercial Club has the incest
office in Ashland.
At the Monday night meeting of
the club, the first held in the city
hall council chamber, the house com
mittee reported the sale of the bill
lard tables to E. R. Greive, realiz-
ing a sum for them which will pay
the expenses of moving and fixing
up the new quarters and go a long
ways toward clearing off the few
dollars of Indebtedness which the
club is fast melting away. In the
past three months great progress has
been made in clearing up the in
debtedness of the club, and another
couple of months will see the Ash
land Commercial Club free from
debt and squarely on its feet. The
house committee explained what
they were doing but withheld a full
report until the moving work is over.
Disposal of the piano, which is the
clubs property, was discussed and
will be investigated further.
Secretary F. ]. Shinn was instruct
ed to prepare resolution of thanks
from the club and present 1t to the
city council, thanking them for the
action taken in regard to helping the
Commercial Club with the securing
of new quarters.
Plans For a house-warming when
the new quarters are finished were
left to the house committee.
A letter from the Portland Cham
ber of Commerce asking the Ashland
club to send a representative to
meeting which is to be held in Ia /
coma on October II for the purpose .
OF mobilizing the organizations of
the northwest in a cooperative en-
deavor to attract tourist travel to |
the northwest, was read and dis
cussed, and arrangements may be
made to have Ashland represented
at least at a meeting which will be /
held in Portland prior to the Tacoma
meet.
Road matters in general and the
Dead Indian road in particular were
discussed, and Messrs. Shinn and .
Frohbach reported that they had
made one trip to the county seat and
would make another ThursuSy Ito
day. for the purpose u securing CO.
operation from the county in secur-
ing aid from the sum which the gov
ernment has set aside for the i'm
provement of roads in the forest re-
serve. Their report indicated that
there was a good chance of securing
this aid next year, although 1t was
too late to get in on this years ap-
preparation. A determined effort
will be made to this end.
Two amendments to the charter
were passed, both minor. One does
away with the five dollars admission
fee to the club and the other changes
the charter so that small details of
club finances are left to the board
of trustees of twelve members.
The club will be settled down in
the new quarters by next week and
ready to begin a campaign to make
the Ashland Commercial Club the
biggest and livest organization in
city of this size on the coast.