Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-10

The solid, concerted, unanimous
chorus of AYE" which answered
President Smiths query of "all op-
posed to turning the assets and liza
bilities of the Commercial Club over
to a new organization" spoke elo-
Quently of the new spirit which is per-
meating Ashland and showed pre-
eminently that the movement insti-
gated by the young men of Ashland
who backed the celebration and the
roundup and made 1t success had
accomplished its purpose. At Mon
day evenings Commercial Club meet
ing, H. o. Frohbach, representing
the group of young business men who
some time ago decided to either
arouse the Commercial Club to new
energy or else organize new Cham
Der of Commerce to take over the
mission of the Commercial Club, real
izing that the club might pull itself
out eventually but wishing to hasten
matters, placed the matter squarely
before the club, stating that the pro-
posed Chamber of Commerce stood
ready to take over the assets and the
liabilities of the club and outlined
the radical changes which would be
made He made it plain, however,
that in case the club refused the
proposition the chamber would not
be formed. The fact that the club
room was crowded while for the past
two months only bakers dozen have
been present at meetings, gave a pre-
monition of the realization that the
club was being aroused instead OF
killed off, and the unanimous rejec-
tion of the proposal marked the ar
rival at the aim of the young men,
the awakening of the organization
which represents Ashland.
The group which proposed the
Chamber of Commerce will no douos
now throw themselves heart and soul
into the Commercial Club work, and,
in fact, two of the signers of the
Chamber of Comemrce proposal were
elected trustees of the new CONNER
cial Club and will aid in the reorgan-
ization of the club which will follow
the sweeping changes inaugurated at
Mondays meeting.
AS ]. w. Mccoy remarked during
the argument which preceded the
vote of rejection, Practically every
big project which Ashland has carried
through has seen its inception in the
Ashland Commercial Club" The
present financial state of the club is
an indication of the fact that we have
accomplished things"
The Commercial Club is Just now
getting on it's feet after financial out
laws which were little more than
the club should have undertaken,
had plunged 1t into large debt.
During the past several months the
club has been short of money because
of an attempt to clear up its indebt-
edness and because of the inactivity
which naturally resulted from lack
of funds, interest in the club has
waned and the membership dwindled.
At present the club is in sound con-
dition. According to Secretary
Shinn's report, the Indebtedness OF
the club on August Z, 1915, was
s253.60, against which there is an
offset Of >$76 collected already this
month. There is due the club for
outstanding dues $40, the greatest
proportion of which is believed to be
collectible. In addition to this, the
club owns a billiard and pool table
and other furniture which it has been
voted to do away with, and these
should bring way above the amount
of Indebtedness at the least calcula'
tion. 1t may thus be seen that the
Commercial Club is ahead of the
game financially, has undertaken
changes which will keep it so, anc
will supply fund to be called upor
for the many small amounts which
are now taken care of by subscrip