Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-03-23
NINETY ATTEND COMMERCIAL
CLUB DINNER AT THE
HIGH SCHOOL

Fruit cocktail
Celery Pickles
Mashed potatoes, cream gravy
Scalloped corn Spiced apple sauce
Roast Pork
Nut bread Brown bread White bread
Coffee Cream lemon cake
The banquet room was decorated
with St. Patrick's Day decorations
and the girls who served were dressed
accordingly. The high school orches-
ira Of ten pieces, under the direction
Of VIM. II. Bastien, furnished music
during the dinner which was greatly
appreciated.
Following the dinner the club held a
brief business session, President Syl'
vester presiding. He expressed great
pleasure at seeing such a splendid
turnout for the meeting, especially Of
the younger men. He said he hoped
they would be present at the next
meeting also and that they would take
an active interest IN the club s affairs.
He said that the next meeting would
be held at some hotel or restaurant
as this method had proved decidedly
popular and successful.
As member of the membership COM
mittee Mr.. Sylvester reported that 125
members had been secured. The list
was read by Secretary Millard and up
on motion of DR.. w. H. K. Meyer was
adopted as the membership of the club
for the present year. The committee
was complimented on it's work and was
asked to continue. Mr.. Sylvester said
that Mr.. Millard and himself would
continue to act on that committee.
John Vertin o. the railway commit
tee stated that he had nothing to re-
port, as the committee had been unable
to get in touch with railway officials,
most of whom are spending the winter
in other parts. He said the commit
tee would surely have report for tue
next meeting, however.
j. K. Martin of the municipal secre-
tary committee said he had nothing to
report as yet and the committee was
given further time, :.
Val. F. Kasparek, chairman of the
park committee or. the Civic league
gave an exhaustive report on what the
board proposes to do toward improving
the park in the future, and he stated
that the reason he was bringing the
matter before the Commercial club was
that the board felt that this body
should share some Of the responsibility,
or Judgment, of what is to be done in
the improving Of the park, as some
times the board is criticized for what
it does.
Mr.. Kasparek stated that the park
| <n % n
that the wild animals prove the most
attractive proposition for the park.
The expense Of keeping them has been
small in the past, he said, the average
cost for feed being about $50 per year:
They have been cared for free OF
charge by T. H. Dewey. Mr.. Kasparek
said that assurance has been given
that the ball moose bill will pass in the
state legislature. Enough money has
been subscribed to pay the costs Of
getting the animal, when permission is
secured, he said, and when he is Sc
cured Teddy Roosevelt will be asked
to name him.
Other improvements at the park
which the committed proposes, Mr..
Kasparek said, are the planting of rice
in the swamp place, which would at
tract various kinds Of birds and also
improve the appearance of tnat part
| of the park; the planting Of small
flowers throughout the park, which
would be an attraction for the little
| children and could be picked by them
the planting Of shrubbery along the
/ driveways and footpaths, for the sake
Of beautifying the park; the construc'
| ton Of an arch at the main entrance
to the park; the establishing of rest
! ing places on the way to the park for
those who must walk up there; the
building of a dixie in the corral to
keep the water out of the part where
the elk are Kept, or the installation OF
culvert on Broadway to drain this
part of the corral and the cleaning
OF the bitches south of Broadway tc
carry the water away; the encourag
ing of the boys in the manual train
ing departments to build bird houses
to be erected in the park for the pro
| lection of the birds; the establishing
Of game preserve in the park and two
or three sections Of land surrounding
it and the stocking Of this preserve
with some birds, such an ring-neckec
| HHCdooAtc' AsAAs lAooPd1C Onlu CAes
the red squirrels, which are quite mum
erous at the park, destroy the birds ant
he suggested that an ordinance he pass
ed providing for the killing of thu
red squirrels under the direction of thu
police department. When the thing:
proposed as mentioned above are. Sc
cured it is proposed that a formal dedi
cation of the park be held and that i
be turned over to the city entirely. Mr.
Kasparek mentioned the afternoon o.
July Fourth as very suitable TIM
for holding the dedicatory exercises
Later on he mentioned that it was als'
planned to change the roads in tn
park and to make the first entrance a
the east end Of the park pedestrians
entrance and to have the entrance fo
vehicles just west of the Dewey resi-
dence. In speaking of the proposes
archway entrance for the park, O
which he exhibited a drawing, MI
Kasparek stated that some opposition
to it had developed among the womel