The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-03-14
THE COMMERCIAL CLUB A
VALUABLE INSTITUTION

New Blood and "Sinews" Needed in
This Organization Which Has Con-
tributed So Materially to Botti-
neau's Welfare.
The Commercial Club of Bottineau
has now been alive for four years and
intends to stay alive indefinitely, with,
of course, the proper support from
the citizens of Bottineau. At times
it's existence has been rather precar-
ious owing to the lack of member
ships and funds.
During the last year our club room
has been used for numerous and var
ious purposes of much advantage to
our city, as we'll as the whole county,
viz: AS headquarters for the Bot
tineau branch of the American Red
Cross. They have used our club room
for lectures, knitting, sewing, etc.
Some half dozen sewing machines are
being quartered there and used at all
times by this branch of the Red Cross.
Our Bottineau County Commissioners
visit with our club time and again
after their office hours. These Com
missioners represent all parts of Bot
tineau county and as the metropolis
of this county we should be at all
times prepared, through our CONNER
cial Club, to take care of the require
ments of all visitors throughout the
county. There have been several edu-
cational farmers meetings held here,
along the lines Of stock raising, dairy
ing, grain grading and diversified far
ming, and, on top of all this, it has
the great advantage of being a CEN
ter in which the business men of Bot
tineau may gather to air their trou-
bles, the troubles of our city and in
meeting their competitors and other
business men, which certainly tends
towards drawing the citizens of our
city together in one friendly body.
Now, we need new members, which
of course, means money. The members
and money we want and need, not for
the purpose of increasing any indi-
vidual's salary or for buying playing
cards or anything of that kind, but
for the purpose of paying rent, tele-
phone, lights, stamps, stationery, jan
itor and secretary, and other miscel-
laneous expenses necessary to an or
ganization of this kind which have to
be met in order to keep our club room
warm and opened and of use to our
city and surrounding country. Busi-
ness being the main purpose. Social
activities being merely side line. The
two salaried positions Of the club are
the secretary and janitor. The salar-
les are very small but if these posi-
tions are efficiently filled comepns
tions are efficiently filled compensa-
tion is necessary.
All citizens of Bottineau should be-
long, and, when paying their mem
bership fee and dues, should feel that
they are, at very small cost sup
porting an organization which is a
National, business and social nec-
essity.
There is no better way to entertain
a stranger to our city than to bring
him to our club room, present him to
the members and thus form pleasant
mutual acquaintances, and believe
that such stranger will always have
warm feeling and a good word for
Bottineau. And again, if for no 9TH
er reason, all citizens should belong
and pay their dues for the benefit of
the Bottineau Branch of the American
Red Cross. Any member Of this Red
Cross Branch will verify my state
ment, that this club room has been of
great assistance to them.
Our club room is in the Ertresvaag
Block, on the first floor, at the head
of the first stairs, very accessible,
ventilated, lighted and sanitary. Now,
before having a committee call upon
you and asking you for your member
ship, and pleading with you for it,
why not come in, pay your member
ship fee and dues willingly and glad
ly, feeling that you are then support
ing something that is absolutely
worth while to the City of Bottineau,
the farmers in it's vicinity, strangers
within it's limits, the Bottineau Branch
of the American Red Cross and for
the betterment of your own welfare.
There is no more reason why you
should avoid the payment of your just
proportion Of the City's Commercial
Club than you should avoid the pay
ment Of your just proportion Of the
City's taxes.
Geo. B. McMillen, Secretary.
At the last meeting Of the National
Educational association a program
was proposed to better rural schools
and asking Federal aid to the extent
of $14O,0OO,O0O. The plan would be
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