Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1917-01-19
CLUB BANQUET JAN. 81.
EVERYONE INVITED TO AT
TEND COMMERCIAL FEED.
Finance Committee Is Ordered To
Prepare New Membership List
Based on Subscriptions.

AAS ASSu VIII pc SlNcH unucr lHe
auspices Of the Commercial club.
Plates will cost so cents each.
At the close of the regular meet
ing of the Commercial club Wed
nesday night Tracy Stats voiced the
sentiments Of the members present
when he suggested that the amuse-
ment committee should be arranging
one of the club feeds. W. L.. Soeh-
rem in the absence Of H. L. Fenton
assumed the chairmanship of the
committee and promptly decided to
stage the affair in either the I'M
perial or Gail hotel on the evening
Of January 81.
A new membership list based on
paid-up subscriptions was a need,
agreed upon by all present. The f.
nance committee was ordered to see
all delinq1ents and get the subscrip-
ton list as nearly paid up as pos
sible before the next meeting.
The finance committee made its an
nual report and stated that the books
Of the secretary and treasurer were
neatly kept and correct as far as
they could ascertain. The receipts
in the aggregate for the past year
were $1SS1.81 and the total disburse-
ments were 1892. This left bal.
ance, January 1st, of $722.54.
The standing committees of the
club as appointed by President Full
Ter are: Finance: Tracy Staats, F.
E. Davis and R. U. Steelquist; pro-
motion and publicity: NJ. L. Boyd, H.
W. Bruno, J. C. Hayter; manufacture
ing: FL. Coad, R. U. Steelquist, w
L. Soehren; amusements: H. L. Fen
ton, W. L. Soehren, N. L. Guy; roads
and highways: A. B. Muir, H.. l.
Fenton, N. L. Guy; membership; y.
R. Craven, D. v. Polling, q. S. Lough-
ary; city and county affairs: N. L.
Guy, W. G. Vassall, J. R.. Allgood;
railroads: W. L. Soehren, A. C. Pc
tersen, E. C. Kirkpatrick; legisla-
tion and Judiciary: E. X. Piasecki,
Oscar Hayter and W. L. Tooze.
The club passed a resolution
against the practice of picketing and
intimidating the employees of nom
union business. Dallas is not affect
ed but the action was taken in re-
sponse to a communication from c.
C. Chapman of Portland, who is at
to get the Legislature to pass
a bill preventing the practice.
Ira S. Smith, a member of the
present legislature, and a former Dal-
las man, was invited by the club to
visit his old home and friends and
talk to the people of Dallas and
community on Assessment and Tax
ation." Mr.. Smith is deeply inter
ested in his subject; he submitted
his plan to the legislature two years
ago but it failed to carry by a small
margin. He suggested to u. s
Loughary upon the latter's trip to
Salem, Monday, that he would like
to have the chance to explain what
he considers the only correct meth
cd of assessment and taxation, to
the people of Dallas. The date has
not been decided upon as vet.
The proposition to have the mail
for people around Ricltreall come
from Dallas instead of Rickreall was
indefinitely postponed. The club act
ed upon the suggestion of W. q.
vassall, who reported that the club
would surely antagonize Rickreall
If they took any action and that the
action should come from the people
vitally interested, anyway.
Mrs. Winnie Braden was instruct
ed TO purchase such supplies as she
deemed necessary for the seeretarv's
Office A new loose leaf minute book
will replace the old one, which IS be-
coming bulky.
National Chamber of Commerce
dues were ordered paid to put the
club in good standing with the ma
tionaJ organization.
The local clubs proxy was given
n the Portland Chamber of Com
reree. whose delegates leave for
p;ttsburg January 81 to attend the
convention of Foreign Trade heia-
tions delegates.
CH. Morris. who is president OF
tbe state jewelers. association ask
al ,he club for recommendations up
on the best date TO invite the as,
.oriation to Dallas for their annual
The club sugge7te1 june
and expressed a willingness TO aid
Mr.. W., s in showing the visitors
tbe products Of Polk county and make