Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-07-15
BOOSTERS MEETING
Secretaries Black Hills Commercial Clubs
Enjoy Custer's Hospitality and
Transact Business

Custer was the host to the Association
of Commercial Club Secretaries of the
Black Hills on Saturday at the best at
tended meeting since its organization
last December. Eight of the ten com
munities belonging were represented.
Secretary Troth represented Deadwood /;
Thorpe, Lead; Glattly, Hot Springs; j..
X. Hull and DR.. Robinson Rapid City
A. L. Hewett, Buffalo Gap; County
Agent Lyman and Dan Toomey, Jr.,
Spear6sh II. w. Bacon, Edgemont,
while Custer had large representation
of Commercial Club members present.
Sturgis and Hill City being unable to
have delegates present The secretaries
were met on their arrival and shown
around town and were then taken in
autos to the Old Nike Mica mine where
they were shown one of Custers grow
ing industries and later taken to the
Sanatorium where DR.. Woodwork de-
tailed what the state is doing for its
tuberculosis patients
At o'clock the visitors, together with
large number of Custer business men
and residents sat down to an excellent
banquet prepared by Manager ID. S.
Pardee at the Kieemann House Mr..
w. L. Hanley presided and short talks
were made by Rev. Spencer and Rev.
Davis, and a few stories and pleasantries
INDUCED in by others before the bust
ness meeting
The meeting was presided over by Mr..
Hanley with George Lowe acting as sec
retary. Deadwood was selected as the
next meeting place on August 9th, at 2
p. m, and H. w. Troth ofthat city elect
ed secretary for the ensuing month.
Much attention was given to the inn
provement Of roads into and through
the Black Hills. A resolution was pass
ed that the association secure some i'm
provement of stretch of road from
Pactola, eight miles south on the Dead
wood and Denver highway, particularly
in having bridges built over the numer-
Gus fords. Secretaries Hull and Troth
were appointed to look after this.
Secretaries Glattly, Hewett and Hull
were appointed to arrange with the
farmers in the southern Black Hills to
drag roads after rains. The Forest Ser
vice was requested to provide drags. as
soon as possible
County Agent Lyman, of Spearfsh, re-
ported on his lecture tour last month
through eastern South Dakota and indi-
Gated the Black Hills would see good
results. His expenses of $500 were
allowed and he was accorded a vote of
thanks.
Secretary Thorpe, Of Lead, urged i'm
mediate action in the forest on roads
with the money recently allowed by
congressional act and committee con-
sistirg of Secretaries Hull, Glattly and
| Bacon was appointed to ascertain how
| much money under the new good roads
national law will be available for roads
in the Black Hills, how it will be dis
tributed and report at the next meeting
Partial reports were made by Secre-
tary Thorpe on the condition of the
Black and Yellow Trail and the Scenic
| Highway across the state.
The placing of the good roads amend
ment first on the special November bal
lot was left to Secretaries Trcth and
Thorpe to continue the work with coun-
" auditors in each county.
G.. ii. Kammon, of Hill City, was re-
quested to make an effort to further i'm
prove the Hill City-Sylvan Lake road
Secretary Troth secured the adoption
of circle tour for visitors to the Hills,
commencing at Rapid City, running
through Sturgis Spearfish, Deadwood,
Lead, thence down the Deadwood- Dem
ver through hi;i City, Sylvan Lake, Gus
ter, Edgemont, Hot Springs, Buffalo Gap
and back to Rapid City, and Secretary
Hewett, of Buffalo Gap, was authorized
to prepare at once 5000 cards for distri-
button, containing this trip.
| A vote of thanks was extended to Gus
ter for its entertainment and the visitors
were then taken by auto to Sylvan Lake
where they were given supper by the
Commercial Club and then returned to
Custer.
The new folders, the cover design of
which was made by Herbert Heidepriem
of Custer, were shown and received a
lstrong endorsement of the Association as
an artistic and useful piece of advertis-
ing.