The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-17
F0RWARD|BEMIDJI,
SLOGAN HEARD IN
COMMERCIAL CLUB
AT Big MEETING
Report of Special Committee Adopted
in Detail; Sound Business Judg-
ment is Recognized.
ORGANIZATION SET SQUARELY
UPON SOLID FOUNDATION
Future is Assured; Working Plan is
simplifed; Worth Something
to Be q Member.

If there has been any doubt about
Bemidji not having Commercial
club, or not going to have one for
the upbuilding of Bemidji and in
all things, that doubt was quickly
dispelled last evening in the Com
mercial club rooms when large and
representative gathering of Bemidji's
citizenship pledged themselves to
continue their efforts in advancing
their home city, despite what any
one else may have to say or do. The
meeting was presided over by George
IT. Baker, vice president.
All there is to it, there's going to
be a Commercial club in Bemidji, no
matter who nor how many may join
and aid in the work to be under
taken.
In a nutshell, the club is to be
~composed of "live ones," instead OF
a large miscellaneous number, IN
,cluding many with no inclination
to put their shoulder to the wheel
and push. And it is going to be
worth something to be a member of
the Commercial club in the future
In the Pioneer last evening was
given in full the report of the spe-
cial committee appointed to draft
AN outline of action for the club in
furthering it's future and placing it
upon a firm foundation, whereby 1t
NAV continue to work unhampered,
and the report was adopted as being
safe and sane in every particular.
c>-~l Tudnr,u ant uAro
The committee was composed OF
such men as e. A. Barker, J. l..
George, G. w. Harnwell, A. w. John
son and r. Il. Given, men prominent
in Bemidji and of unquestioned busi-
ness ability-the right men for the
right committeeman their report
was naturally stripped of all trim
mings and set firmly upon solid
rock of good business judgment
where it cannot be shaken. This be-
ing so, the club will be in position
to hereafter take up the things de-
sired as adjuncts, but at the outset
business, strictly business, will be
the keynote in shaping the course of
the organization and in this the COM
mittee enlisted the hearty support
of all present when Chairman Bar
ker and the members of the commit
tee explained points upon which en-
1ightenment was sought.
Took Personal Interest.
All cumbersome features felt the
sharp axe and every superfuous item
and all lost motion went the same
way. The committee said just what
they would do if it was personal
matter and looked at it as if it was
a piece of their own business and
used the same business sense in the
interests of the club, and the splen-
did representation of the city's busi-
ness interests present quickly grasped
it's import and unhesitatingly set
their seal of approval thereon.
Dues $3.50 Month.
In the future, the dues of the Or
sanization are to be $3.50 per
month. There are already practic-
ally assured sufficient members to
place the organization solidly upon
its own feet. The present club
quarters will be maintained and the
club will not be disturbed in any
manner except, perhaps, a relief In
the direction of aimless effort caused
by continuous differences of opinion
as to the purposes of a Commercial
body formed for the advancement of
city.
Full Time Secretary.
Nor was the idea of a permanent
secretary lost; one who will devote
his full time to the club. This is
one of the things to be taken up
when the club is set in motion and
under way, under the new order of
things. 1t is coming, but the COM
mittee didn't propose to start too
many things under one tentn at the
same time.
The interest was so intense that
several business men have already
signified their intent to take care
of more than merely their member
ship, which will go toward the en-
ployment of a paid secretary, and
even this will not be anything diff
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