Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-03-23
REGULAR MEETING
COMMERCIAL CLUB

Directors of the Baraboo Commercial
! Association was held at the office of
the secretary on Monday evening,
March 49, 1916, at 8 o'clock with all
directors present except 7. F. Risley.
President Mead presided. The minutes
; of last regular meeting and Intervening
specials read and approved.
The transportation Committee report
ed that the matter of handling freight
at the local freight depot have been
greatly improved in the last few weeks
and that the prospects were bright for
modern freight depot in the near fut-
ure.
The Publicity Committee reported
that it had not as yet solicited the fund
with which todefray part of the expense
of inserting ad in the Automobile Blue
Book, but that this.matter would be at
tended to shortly.
The question of improving the road
to DEVILS lake came up for discussion.
The Directors and others nave made
two trips to the Devils lake region and
looked the suggested routes over care
fully. 1t was moved, seconded and car
ried that The secretary prepare appro-
pirate resolutions recommending that
the road known as the East Sauk Road
be adopted as the lake road in the fut-
ure, said road being used as far as the
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Park land is reached, thence through
the State Park propertysto the lake, the
city of Baraboo, Townsof Baraboo and
State Park Board to improve their res
pective portions of the said route.
Some time ago the Board decided to
raise funds with which to'provide prizes
for the boys that are to drag the coun-
ty dirt roads the coming summer, and
Pres. Mead appointed l.. S. Van Orden
chairman of the committee to solicit
this fund fromsautomobile owners, he
to name the balance of his committee.
1t was moved, seconded and carr led
that the proposition of the Association
becoming member of the Association
of National Commercial Secretarys be
tabled.
A proposition for the Chicago Daily
News to contribute toward fund be-
ing solicited to insert q large ad in
that paper three times week for ten
weeks to atttact attention to Wiscon-
sin as summer resort region, the as
sociation to pay $lOO as it's share and
to be one of the organizations to sign
the ad, was on motion made seconded
and carried, rejected.
A letter from the Interstate Com
mittee on New Chicago postoffice was
read asking the Association to adopt
a resolution favoring an appropriation
by Congress of $6, 600, 900 for the new
Chicago post office site. On motion
made, seconded and carried, it was de-
cided to decline to adopt the said reso-
luton.
A communication was read f. om ) the
st Paul Commercial Club asking the
Association to adopt resolution oppo-
sing the levy of tax on gasoline, On
motion made, seconded aad carried the
resolution was adopted.
The matter of taking part in the
hearings being held on the subject of !
readjustment of freight rates and clas-
in Wisconsin was referred to
the Transportation committee
It was suggested that it would be
good plan if the local merchants could
be encouraged to make an extra effort
from now on to have unusually good
window displays as in that way our
city can be very favorably adver-
tised. The matter was referred to
tina committee on local affairs.
1t was suggested that the Association
ought to have banquet soon, to
which the business men and farmers
alike would be invited and Burt Will
Jams or some other suitable speaker in
vited to address the meeting on the ad--
vantages of employing County Agri
cultural Agent. Referred to entertain
ment Committee with instructions to
make the necessary arrangements for
4 banquet at an early date.
Pres. Mead stated that it was time
hat some definite action were taken in
'egard to another railroad for Baraboo,
preferably to Portage, and thst in or
Ter to interest outside capital in the
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.ure great deal of information regard
ng the country through which the pro-
POSED road would pass, particula rIy
With reference to live stock and produce
population, etc. A motion was made,
econded and carried that the president
Ippoint committee of six, of which
committee he would be chairman, and
hat steps be taken at once to gather
his information.
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