Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-03-23
CLUB is
HELPING FARMER
FORMER COMMERCIAL CLUB
SECRETARY AS DYNAMIC
AS LOUIS BLODGETT.
Man Who Did Much to Put Mussei-
shell Mart on Map Has Accepted
Call From Miles City Chambef;
Made Roundup Organization Gen.
sor and Dispenser of Charity.

The 'Lewistown idea" as worked
out by L. D. Blodgett, secretary OF
the Lewistown Chamber of Com
merce, has been adopted by the eight
year old city of Roundup, "the mir
acle of the Musselshell," with results
little short of miraculous. Like the
Lewistown chamber, the Roundup
Commercial club includes in its
membership a large proportion OF the
total population of the city. Al
though Roundup has less than 5000
inhabitants. its commercial CLUB
boasts a total of 215 active members,
who contribute nearly $1,000 to the
budget, or as large a proportion or
that sum as is required for running
expenses.
AS in the case of Lewistown, a
farm bulletin is published monthly
and distributed free with sale, ex-
change and wanted lists, through
which many deals are made without
expense to anyone. Nearly 1000 far
mers obtain copies of this bulletin,
which contains suggestions for the
development of the community.
Free Employment Bureau.
AS in Lewistown, a free employ
ment bureau is maintained for the
mutual advantage of employer and
employee.
The Roundup club, like Blodgett's
organization, also acts as censor and
dispenser of charity, eliminating du-
plication and relieving the business
men of the opportunities of subscrip-
ton frauds. No one is permitted to
solicit the merchants for any pur-
pose, not even including program adj
vertising, without a permit from the
board of directors of the club, and
the records show that 10 out of 20
applications are refused. In other
words, the subscription that each
member makes for club purposes re-
iieves him from any further drain on
his p~ocketbook for community pur-
poses except on rare occasions of
especial merit.
All community celebrations and
entertainments are handled by the
club and paid for out of the club
treasury.
Sales Day to BE Instituted.
A monthly sales day Is about to be
instituted-the last Saturday of the
month-when the farmer who takes
his stock to Roundup will have the
services of an experienced auc-
tioneer, the commercial club furnish
ing a clerk for the sale. The day
chosen as sales day is the last Satur-
day in each month.
A dairy club is being formed
among the farmers to that
business. with the idea of establish
ing a creamery and eventually a
cheese factory when the output be-
comes sufficient to justify them.
Many other lines of development
will be initiated as fast as they can
be reached, the purpose being to give
service that a be seen, felt and APP
preciated.
AS in the case of the original de-
velopment of most of these ideas at
Lewistown, there is one man who Is
entitled to the greater part of the
credit. He is HI. M. Robinson. who
has been secretary of the Roundup
Commercial club for the greater part
OF the last two years. He recently
resigned this position to accent the
secretaryship of the Miles City Cham
Der of Commerce. His successor AT
Roundup is Sam S. Josephson. for
merly secretary of the Roseburg
Ore, Commercial club.
Found Club Disorganized.
AS Blodgett went to Lewistown at
the call of a reorganized chamber
that desired to escape the stigma of
inactlon, so Robinson, in coming to
Montana from Centralia. wash
found at Roundup a commercal club
that was more or less d-isorpanSya5
n proceeded to make it i~ndisnensi-
Die alike to city folk and armers Nv
multiplying its activities. -
Roundup is the county seat ana 10
the most important distributing no;ns
In Musselshell county. Its 1000 min
ers produce upward of 5000 tons of
coal daily n the payroll totals near
ly 100000 a month. ai