The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-11-16
CLUB MEETING

auuERCIAL CLUB MEETING
- all indications of late tn
.r1rcisl Club has been moribund
y there we're some fears that /
"a not be galvanized into lif
.a.st much exertion on the part O
!. more active members. Meeting
Z. been few and far between thi
,ansr, and interest in the organiza
!. v,s apparently on the wane. Blu
n never can tell about such thing
r,,dc organizations from surface ap
..nuces. The death like slumber ma!
I but q light sleep. and the awaken
I, h hut to resume more forceful life
II apparently was the condition o
/. loeal Commercial Club. The mem
" vere only awaiting the call, ant
q. the call came, they were in har
" arain, alive to the best interest:
IN town, ready and willing to lent
q md every assistance in any move
~ that had for its object the better
a Of the community.
~ Commercial Club held one ol
~, reyivifying meetings in the libra.
hiding last Thursday evening, and
m the attendance did not fill the
adIns to overflowing, those present
~ earnest and enthusiastic. Owing
/. ~ delay in the arrival of members
n meeting did not get down to bust
- until late, but the ball once start
? rolling It was kept steadily in mo-
na Various important propositions
|urs taken up, discussed with lively
|hprest and committees appointed to
rle further Investigations, carry out
N Instructions of the Club and report
la subsequent meeting.
L M reported to the Club that ex-
|hhe warehouse facilities were in
|anuate to accommodate the demand
II storage room, especially of grain,
I'M 70 the shortage of cars to move
N freight already on hand. E. J. Wal
|tf our principal warehouse man, ex-
|I,ned the situation. farmers present
|tn Ellemeham said that it was nec-
|nay that grain should reach the rail
ind before the fall of snow. A CON-
ultee composed of Chas. A. Powell,
Ind 8. Hart and H. J. Desmond was
ppdnted to secure another ware
lauM that could be used Cor tempor-
~ purposes and relieve the conges-
Hm Il may be added here that the
nmittee got busy the next day and
N iortunate In securing storage
urtsrs for all the tonnage that can
hkought in.
h vital Importance of a cannery
y taken up, DR.. Lewis, chairman.
qhining the advantage a cannery
= IN to Keremeos, and the fact
II canning vegetables and fruits can
\ faised here in sufficient quantities
= IMPLY more than one cannery of
m capacity. A committee composed
I Dll Hart, L. E. Phillips and w. E.
oImt was appointed to correspond
ID cannery men and companies. and
ltse one or more persons familiar
Ilh he subject to address a meeting
nme future date.
L NJ pointed out by the chairman
= cattle shipments from this point
~ rot what they should be, and Mr..
1H stated that the reason was large.
nnt there were: no public scales
- Tie cattle yards properly arrang-
! br Weighing cattle. A committee
11sdng Of Fred G. Hart, Chas A.
well and 8. 8. Starrett, Jr., were
lpolnted to examine into the matter
\ make an effort to secure proper
Sghins facilities and corrals for the
nf cattle men.
~ necessity of a box factory at
eplAce to provide boxes to meet the
levins demand was presented to the
'ue, and discussed at some length,
= evidence presented being that the
noef 10 within easy reach, that the
oftase Of boxes in the valley this
= worked a great hardship on the
'ovef1, and that a box factory here
= assured from the very start of or
y Iof million or more boxes. In
~ 70 promote the proposition a
lttee composed of A. P. Murray,
y. Corvert and E. S. Taylor was
'9omted to secure all the information
'oSe on the subject and endeavor
'nsesest investors in the industry.
re Improvement of roads from
snooring points was taken up and
aadered at length, and the matter
= paced in the hands of a commit
composed of P. M. Snider, E. }.
naerf and Frank Bartell, Jr., for
ltaer consideration.
me extension of the rural telephone
@e westward to the Copper World
Nension mine, accommodating far
. along the route, was taken W
= NJ. Starrett was instructed to en-
INTO correspondence or interview
'sFe practicable, those directly in
'eted In such a line along the pro-
~ route.
.nese were the chief items taken VI
Y \ considered by the Club, although
y. propositions were touched upon
uuy. The work accomplished was
miserable for a single session of the
W out as the several propositions
~ called up the entire attention ol
'se present were centered upon the
: oO!ct under discussion, and by thai
aus was expedited. The proposition
: cannery and box factory are o.
- Importance, as there is not a bet
opening anywhere in the north
- lor such Industries than righ'
y ~ oroville. Those present wht
: !. sven the matter any consideration
! 'nat both the box factory and can
!! we're certain to materialiZe bJ
!. season and the committee tt
4'n tney were submitted for further
.s'usation will make every effort Il