Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-03-02
REV. SHERIDAN CAVE TALK HERE
ADDRESSED MEMS CLUB ON
''coMMuN1TY sTo0K''-EM-
PILASIZES COOPERATION

PdAS4zES COOPERATION
The Mems club of this city held a
meeting at the home of N. N. Berg
helm Monday evening, about forty five
men being present. The program con-
sisted Of a speech by Rev. j. p. Sheri-
dan Of Brainerd on Community
Stock,' musical numbers and an infor.
NAL discussion. A splendid lunch was
served by Mrs. Bergheim.
The meeting opened with piano, Sc
lection by Mr.. Sheean, member Of
the high school faculty.
Rev. Sheridan started his speech by
saying that in every community there
are a number Of types or breeds Of
people, perhaps as many as five or six,
and he mentioned three types which
are most numerous, namely: the dream
ers, the builders and the parasites.
The dreamer, Rev. Sheridan said, is
the man who forever sends off dreams
Of the city, Of an increase in popula.
ton, Of new industries, of beautiful
homes and parks, Of better school sys-
tens, etc. Such men are necessary, he
said, as we would not have this stage
Of civilization otherwise. You can
not afford to ostraciZe the dreamer in
your community, because if you do the
community will die. -..-@@ss%a..
We need the builders as they take
hold Of the dreams of the dreamer and
analyze them. They pick out the ideas
which are of value and develop them.
Those business men who are putting
themselves on the altar of sacrifice
for their community are the builders.
The spirit or the people should be, re-
gardless of whether the city is wet or
dry, to eternally boost for their town.
There is always way of doing things
if we work together, the speaker said.
Man conceived the proposition Of cut
ting great continent in two and mar
fying two oceans; Of Harvesting cleo
tricity and developing power from it,;
of controlling the undersea currents,
etc. Man in q large sense is almighty
and we have yet to learn what the
Lord has to give him to do.
The parasites are the illiterate, mar
rowminded specimens Of human care
lessness, Rev. Sheridan said. These
men oug ght to wear crepe on their nose,
as their brains are dusty. They are
the people who always figure for their
own benefit. Whenever a proposition
presents itself in their community and
IN which their support is desired, their
first query will be "what is there in
it for me-" They send out Of town
for their products instead of buying
at home. They, as q rule, put the
blame on someone else, whereas, in re,
atty, they are to blame themselves. Z
The thing to do with these three
types of people is to organize, to have
ali come together, regardless Of sex,
religion or political affiliation.
"Thoughts ore good, speech better, &C.
ton best,' the speaker said.
Rev. Sheridan stated that in most
towns not enough attention is paid
to the little fellow, the fellow who pays
only q small tax. No attention is paid
to his suggestions, and the result is
that he goes to another community,
where his ideas are taken up by the
builder and the community reaps the
benefit. H.
In closing the speaker said that in.
ventory should be taken of ones town
to find out what it really has. The
greatest preparedness is not in camps
garrisons or forts. The preparedness
that brings peace and prosperity il
that city that is aroused to the need OF
eternal action. "Don't sleep-co-oper
ate and use diplomacy"
Following Rev. Sheridan's talk Mis-.
Dorothy Snavely favored the club witt
several splendid vocal selections.
F. A. Nelson asked Rev. Sheridan a.
10 the conditions Of business in Brain
erd since it went dry, and if there va,
any ground for the reports that thu
city was financially on the rocks ani
the business men were ready to move
out. To this Rev. Sheridan replied
that the conditions in Brainerd have
been greatly exaggerated by the pa
pers there. He said it was true they
were in the dark, this being due partly
to the loss Of the license money, but
also due to mismanagement Of the
city's affairs in the past. Brainerd is
now undergoing a re-adjustment, he
said, and it will not be long before she
will be back on her feet. The report
that the business men are threatening
to move out, is false, he said. The
bank deposits in Brainerd today are
more than they were before the sa'
looms went out and the business men
have more ready cash. He said that
if they were to take vote on the
question of license or no license at
Brainerd today, the people would vote
to keep the saloons out, without a
doubt.
Mr.. Vernon was the first of the 10.
cal speakers to be called upon. He
said that he and several others were
always called upon to speak, and their
views and ideas are generally known,
whereas many others, who might have
some excellent ideas, but who do not
generally say anything, should be call.
ed upon. He touched on the purposes
of the Mems club and said that it
should aim to cooperate with the Com.
mercial club. The Mems club, he said,