The Dickinson press., 1916-04-08
STREET PAVING PROJECT
SUBJECT Of DISCUSSION

One of the most spirited and inter-
esting meetings held by the Dickin-
son Commercial Club for many
months took place on Wednesday
evening at the Willard assembly par
lors. There was a good, representa-
tive gathering of business and pro-
fessional men, and several items of
interest both to the city and COM
munity YER discussed.
After routine work and the reading
of communications, the interesting
work Of the evening was taken up
AS the city of Dickinson will enter
tain the county school s%uperintend-
ents of the state and the Missouri
Slope Bankers association next
month, it was deemed of urgent
necessity that suitable Commercial
Club quarters be secured at once.
The decision was made to lease the
old Masonic hall rooms owe the First
National Bank building for a term
of three years. These rooms will be
remodeled and ~redecorated, new doors
will be cut, affording thorough venti-
lation, and toilet rooms will be in
stalled. When completed, some time
before May first, these rooms will
provide as fine club quarters as could
be wished for.
w. L. Richards, president of the
Merchants National Bank, gave an
interesting talk on the subject of
stockraising. In his remarks. he
stated that were he offered his
choice of ten shares of bank stock or
ten COWS, he would take the COWS
every time, and the profit derived
from the COWS would average 100 per
cent every year. Mr.. Richards is
one of the best known stock men
in the state and when he speaks he
does so with knowledge, gained by
experience.
L. R. Baird, assistant cashier of the
First National Bank, gave an inter-
esting talk on banking, and the
banks relation to the community in
which it is situated. He traced the
history of banking from the first
bank at Amsterdam to the Federal
Reserve banks of today.
Cashier Christensen of the First
State Bank of Fryburg, was a guest
of the club and was asked to
speak on the subject of excessive
taxation on live stock. Mr.. Christen-
sen has given much study to the
matter and was Of the opinion that
the high taxation on cattle was a
burden which was almost too great
to carry. A motion was made and
carried that a committee should be
appointed to confer with the county
equalization board in this regard,
ooJ ,or,,oc+ th1r, tn corI q 1.ar1~ocop-
tative to take the matter up with the
state board. The committee was ap-
pointed as follows: J. V. lessen, O..
A. Brown and L. R. Baird.
The question Of street paving was
also brought up and discussed at
length. The majority of those pres
ent seemed to favor the proposition,
and expressed themselves in favor of
looking into the matter more
thoroughly.
AS the insect pest practically de-
stroyed the tree foliage in the city
last season, the suggestion was made
that immediate steps be taken + to
fight this evil the coming season. A
motion was made and carried that
the club petition the city council to
purchase a spraying machine for
use in fighting the pest. =.
The following committees have been
appointed by President White:
Committee on Annual Meeting-W.
L. Richards, F. w. Turner, T. D.
Casey, G.. Bake and M. Blick.
County Superintendent Conven-
tion-E. L. Peterson, M. A. Scher-
fffius and c.. E. Ward. .
Committee on Stock Taxation-J.
V. lessen, O. A. Brown and L. R.
Baird.
American Chamber of Commerce
H. Reed, E. H. Knapp and S. c.
Barnes.