Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-01-22
CAMPAIGN OUTLINED
Commercial Club Secretaries Make Plans
for Boosting the Black Hills
Section.

Tuesdays Rapid City Journal gives
the following account of the second
meeting of Secretaries of the Black
Hills Federation of Commercial Clubs,
held at Hot Springs last Saturday even
ing
Secretaries from each of the Black
Hills cities were present at the meet
ing. Preceding the meeting of the sec
retaries the Hot Springs Commercial
Club held its annual meeting and ban
quet at the Evans hotel there being
about 100 members present. The Hot
| Springs organization is q live one and
is doing especially good work in that
city.
At the banquet the visiting secretaries
were called on for short talks, as was
George Schlosser, secretary of the Sioux
Falls organization, who attended the
meeting.
Following the banquet the secretaries
went into session for their business
meeting. Those at this meeting were
Hull of Rapid City, Troth of Deadwood,
Thorpe of Lead, Baken of Edgemont,
and Gattly of Hot Springs The latter
was chosen president and Secretary Hull
was named as secretary, pro TEN.
A general advertising campaign was
outlined for the coming year. This is
to consist principally of the use of slides
in picture houses in the eastern section
of the state and the use of plate matter
in the newspapers. In addition to these
two plans it was decided that the send
ing of an advertising man to the eastern
section Of the state for the purpose Of
working up interest in the Black Hills
and conducting, personally, excursions
to South Dakotas beauty spot would
prove an especially good move.
The matter Of roads was taken up and
it was decided that the matter Of the
construction of state road TO the Black
Hills and the use Of convict labor should
be investigated. Such a road would be
thoroughly marked with substantial
guide posts that would direct the tourist
TO all points of interest.
J. l.. Bentley, commercial agent of the
Burlington, appeared before the secre-
taries and told them that he could state
that the Burlington would give them
the cafe-paror car from Edgemont to
Lead and return and that the Hot
Spr;ngs-Edgemont train would be run
early enough to make connections with
the Denver train. Both Of these accom-
modations were asked by the commercial
club committee.
pointed, each consisting Of the secretar
les of one of the clubs at the meeting of
the federation Saturday.
Committee TO look into the matter of
state road to the Black Hills from the
eastern part of the state: j. X. Hull, of
Rapid City.
Committee to investigate the matter
of excursions to the Black Hills: Sec
retary Glattly of Hot Springs.
Committee to take care of the matter
Of picture theater advertising: Secre-
tary Thorpe, of Lead.
Committee to take care of newspaper
advertising: Secretary Troth, of Dead
wood.
Committee to investigate the auto
roads in the Hills Secretary Baken, of
Edgemont.
The meeting adjourned to come to-
gether again at Lead on February 18th,
at which time reports will be heard from
the different committees and the active
work Of the campaign commenced.
This is going to mean considerable for
the Hills inasmuch as a concerted action
to boost this section of the state will
bring the best desired results in the
chea nest manner nOSSIble