Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-01-26
COMMERCIAL CLUB L|VENS UP|
HELD GOOD MEETING PRECEDED
BY DINNER AND PLANNED. =
FOR CITY'S WELFARE


some, who expressed themselves at
meeting at the Buckman hotel Tues
day evening. President Sylvester, in
his report on the meeting Of the board
of directors Of the club, stated thai
the board had considered this matter
and that they felt that if the member.
ship should be large enough to warrant
it the club should have club rooms.
Other matters discussed at the meeting
were the opening Of the brickyards,
the granite quarries, the securing }of
wholesale grocery and fruit houses, the
Strengthening out Of the jefferson high
way at Darling, the railroad question,
etc. About IS men attended the meet
ing, which was preceded by dinner.
Mr.. Perkins of the Perfection Silo
Stave company Of Des Moines, Iowa,
who was to have been at the meeting
to present his proposition for locating
silo stave factory here, failed sgto
show up and that nothing had been
heard from him in the matter. !
Secretary Millard read the minutes
Of the previous meeting, including: bis
annual report, On some parts of whleh
he enlarged. He mentioned especially
the proposition regarding another up
to-date hotel here. At the present
time, he said, we are inclined to treat
the matter lightly but next snmmer,
when from two to three hundred tour
lists come into the city in onesday We
will be wondering how we are going to
accommodate them over nights 4
President Sylvester reported that
the board Of directors had held q meet
ing on the previous evening TO discuss
plans for the coming years work,
among which was the amount of the
dues to be charged. It was the feeling
Of the directors that the dues should
remain at SIS for this year, at least. He
said that he had not yet appointed "a
committee on memberships as tle
amount of the dues had not beenade.
cided upon. They would be appointed
soon, however, and would be expected
to start out Immediately getting mem.
bers and make a report as soon as pos
sible. Mr.. Sylvester expressed the
belief that it is possiblesto get much
larger membership than the club has
had the past few years. About seven
years ago tho club had 10 members,
he said, and since that time the popu-.
lation Of the city has grown consider
ably. The club membership should not
be limited to business men alone but
men in all walks of life should belong,
as they will make just as good mem"
bers as the business men.
The community secretary matter.
Mr. Gyl~cstter saii, was act GiscsssSd
to any extent by the board, as it was
considered too big a matter for the
o1,1I m haDd1a at this time
An effort should be made to get the
brickyards west of the city opened up,
Mr.. Sylvester said. He had been in
formed that there would be no trouble
whatever in getting them opened pro-
viding competent man could be Sc
cured to operate the plant. The value
of such a plant is sorely felt here now,
as the price Of this product is contin-
ually soaring higher and higher.
Another thing taken up by the board
was the matter of securing a whole
sale grocery house here, also other
wholesale establishments. The secre-
tary was asked to get in touch with
wholesale concerns which do a large
business in this vicinity and try to get
them to locate branch houses here,
pointing out why this should be a de-
sirablc location for a wholesale house.
J.K. Martin gave a report of the an
nual meeting Of the All-Minnesota
Development association, which Mr..
Millard and he attended as delegates
from the Commercial club here. He
stated that one of the principal sub
iects brought up at the meeting was
that of establishing junior colleges in
the high schools, giving the students
All opportunity to get two years of
college work at home. A more detailed
account of the development meeting
will be found in another column. At
the close Of his report Mr.. Martin
stated that all meetings of this kind
should be attended, as many excellent
pointers are secured. He stated that
the State Federation of Commercial
clubs held its annual meeting there
the middle of last week and that some
one from this club should have been at
that meeting also. He suggested that
the local club join the state federation,
later putting this in the form of a
motion, which carried unanimously.
Mr.. Vertin, member Of the commit
tee which was appointed to confer
with the Northern Pacific and 500 line
officials in regard to securing wye
near Gregory, where these two lines
cross. stated that as yet this commit
tee had nothing to report, but that
thew expected to have conference
with the officials in the near future in
regard to this matter. He was asked
to trv and get information from the
Northern Pacific as to what improve
ments and changes thew contemplate
making here the coming year. !
Mr.. Martin advised the club that
the company is now building double
track from Rices to this ci+v. The
track will be built north as far as to
where the old main line connects with
the present main line. south Of town.
IT. is understood that instead of run-
ming another track paral1e1 with tn"
present main line THROUGH this city the
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