The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1916-01-20
CLUB IS NOW
GETTING RESULTS
Monument Mail Route Out Of Hepp.
ner Will BE Fe-Established.-
Officers for the Year Elected.

1T developed at the meeting of the
Heppner Commercial Club last Fri
day evening that the agitation which
has been carried on by the club the
last year and half for the re-es-
tablishing Of the Monument mail
route has not been in vain. The post
Office department is now advertising
for bids for carrying the mail from
Hardman to Monument. When in
Heppner last fall, Congressman Sin
mott promised the club he would do
all in his power to have the route
opened again and he has probably
had hand in the matter. Both Mon
ument and Hardman have taken up
the matter of cooperating with the
local club in getting the bids through
in the, quickest and best manner pos
sible and it will probably now be only
a short time until Monument mail
will be routed out of Heppner by the
way of Hardman. A delegation from
the Heppner Commercial Club will
meet with Monument and Hardman
representatives at Hardman the first
of the week to confer on the matter.
This being the night for the an
nual election of officers, the follow
ing men we're chosen to pilot the Club
through the coming year: j. l.. Will
kins, president; A. M. Phelps, vice
president; and w. w. Smead, secre-
tary. The executive committee elect
ed consists Of Chas. Thomson, c. E.
Woodson and ]. j. Nys. The election
was spirited to a high degree, there
being a number of candidates nomin-
ated for each office.
In the general discussion which
followed the election of officers, the
question of voting half mill tax to
support the county fair was brought
up and gone into at length. The Club
looks with favor upon this method cf
supporting our county fair although
no definite action was taken at this
meeting. e.
The matter of issuing bonds for
good roads came in for its share of
discussion but no definite action was
taken at this time.
On Monday the finance committee
met to devise means for raising funds
for the support of the club. In the
past Heppner's commercial organiza
tion has depended on membership
fees alone to keep up the work, but
this has proved an inefficient method
for the reason that large member
ship has not been possible. 1t is the
idea of the new committee to work
out plan whereby the business hous-
es will be entitled to membership for
SO much per year, the amount to be
fixed by the committee, with the APP
proval of the club, and to permit non
business men, or employees, in other
words, to come in on membership
fee of lesser amount. The membership
of the finance committee is VIM. Hay
lor, j. l.. wilkins, 0. G.. Crawford,
A. M. Phelps, ]. J. Nys and Chas.
Thomson. The business of the club
will be conducted in the future along
the budget plan.
President wilkins has named the
following committees:
Finance Committee-T. ]. Ma
honey M. d. Clark, John Vaughn.
Ways and Means---C. E. Woodson,
Chas. Thomson, M. d. Clark.
Publicity Committee. X. Har-
Ian, DR.. Christensen, ]. A. Waters.
City and County-Frank Gillian,
Z. G. Noble, w. w. Smead.
Streets and Roads--W. B. Barratt,
Bert Bowker, VIM. Haylor.
Membership - Arthur Crawford,
r. H. Young, H. Vance.
Railroad and Transportation-C.
E. Woodson, Hanson Hughes, A. M.
Phelps.
Trade and Promotion--A. M.
Phelps, l.. q. Bisbee, Jas. Thomson.
Eptort a In M uant-Ocnar Borg r T