Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-03-23

of the city, they claiming that it would
look too much AXE a cemetery.
{: A. H. Vernon suggested having
sign to indicate the location of the
park placed at the corner Of Broad
way and Second street west, where the
Jefferson highway turns north, so that
visiting tourists would know where
the park is located, and that land
scape gardener be secured to plan the
beautifying of the park. The matter
was referred to the standing commit
tee.
tion to the fact that the railway heads
tfhands and that the Adamson law has
been declared CONSTITUTIONAL. He said
that the establishing Of an eight-hour
day on the railroads would of necessity
mean shorter divisions and he moved
that the railroad committee Of the club
get busy at once and try to get di-
vision point at Little Falls. This, he
said, would mean al great deal to Lit
tie Falls. The motion was unanimous
" carried.
| VIM. H. Bastien, leader of the band,
asked the club to give him some idea
! las to whether the services of the band
was wanted for this summer. He told
the club that some place should be
provided where the band could play
the week night concerts and he sug-
gested band stand as the best thing,
but said that if this could not be Sc
cured that at least some public. build
ing be designated as the place at
| which to play. He said that the band
Inexperienced much trouble the past two
seasons with their evening concerts, as
| they were continually bothered by the
noise Of passing automobiles and by
the children, who would knock their
| stands over. The glare Of the street
lights in the players eyes was also
| troublesome, he said. He also stated
| that the players felt that they should
get paid for their services, at least 81
per concert. The band could be linn
tied to Is paid players, which would
| make the cost per month 500. It would
take $500 to carry the band through
four months, the average length of the
season for outdoor concerts, this not
including the cost Of transporting the
to about $40 or $50 for the season. Mr..
Bastien stated that he would be willing
to shorten the contract. 81 as to make
it expire in September, following the
county fair, and that he would allow
5000 of his salary toward paying thu
boys, which would mean that only
about 5000 would have to be raised.
Mr.. Bergheim suggested that the Com
mercial club guarantee the band this
amount, the method Of raising it to be
determined later. Upon motion by F..
w. Dobbyn the club voted to guaran-
tee the band deficit up to 5000.
A. A. Barton and J. Swanlinkavicz
of Bowlus were at the club meeting
and both were called upon FOR talks.
Mr.. Barton spoke briefly in regard to
the securing of wye at Gregory to
connect the Northern Pacific with the
500. He said that Bowlus is anxious
to get this connection and will do all
in its power to help put the project
through. If Bowlus had the facilities
for travel there would not be many
from Little Falls who could say that
they had not seen Bowlus, the enter
prising village in the best part of Nor
rison county, Mr.. Barton said. Mr.
ISwanlinkawicz thanked the club for the
invitation to the splendid dinner and
he vouched for the statements made by
Mr.. Barton.
The club closed with a vote OF
thanks to the domestic science depart
ment for the splendid dinner that was
served. Following this meeting many
Of the men listened to the talk on com
munity recreation by Chas. F. Weller
of the Fairgrounds and Recreation as
sociation Of America, in the higf
school auditorium. This meeting wa'
under the auspices of the Commercial
club Particulars Of it appear in anoth
er column.