Morris tribune., 1918-02-08
COMMUNITY BENEFITED
BY COMMERCIAL CLUB
Some of Activities of Morris Com
mercial Club for Year 1917
Given Below

The city of Morris and surround
ing community is fortunate in hav-
ing such an organization as the Nor
ris Commercial Club, which is re-
preventative of all interests and be-
fore which matters of common con-
Germ can be discussed and acted up
on. The club is so organized that it
may be called together at moments
notice, if the urgency of the situation
demands, and oftentimes matters of
utmost Importance to the community
need to be considered without any
delay.
Every city or village needs re-
preventative body, alert to its gen.
eral needs and with standing COM
mittees and other facilities for TAX
ing hold of and carrying out any
plan or project deemed to be for the
common good. Every community
should have some medium thru
which matters of interest to the pub
lie can be taken up and no commun-
ity is so large and prosperous but
that it will be benefited by a spirit
of friendliness and even Of fellow
ship among it's business men and
farmers, each of whom has his own
particular service to perform for his
fellows in the general scheme of
production.
The Morris Commercial Club has
a large and enthusiastic membership,
so we'll organized that any matter of
interest can be quickly considered
and referred to an appropriate COM
mittee for action, if deemed desire
able, and it's numerous standing COM
mittees are always ready to further
any proper project coming to their
attention. That the club has the in
| terests and the welfare of the peo-
pie of the city and of Stevens county
in mind, and the extent to which
this it true, is shown by the activi-
ties of the club during the past year,
as given by the Publicity Committee.
The Morris Commercial Club is an
organization which always has the
interests and the welfare of the peo-
pie of the city and of Stevens county
! in mind, and the extent to which
, this is true is shown by the activi-
ties of the club during the past year.
| When 1t was found that there was
a shortage of seed grains and pota-
toes in the county last spring, and
| when the elevators were reluctant as
we'll as unable to handle the situa-
ton the Commercial Club raised a
guarantee of 100000 among the
business men of the city, and secured
two carloads of grain for seed, one
of oats and the other of barley. A
car load of seed potatoes was secured
later, and both grain and potatoes
were sold at cost to the farmers who
could use them in planting the 1917
crop. Then in order that no ground
should be idle because the man who
controlled it lacked the credit with
which to buy the necessary seed the
club arranged with the banks to ex-
tend credit where it was SO needed.
1t is needless to say that this led to
a very material increase in the acre
age of the 1917 crop in the vicinity
of Morris.
Since April Of last year the war
has ever increasingly affected the |
lives of our people, and adjustments |
have had to be made to some very !
startling and necessary demands. In |
order that these adjustments might |
be made easier for and more Wiling
ly by the people of this section of the |
state, the Commercial Club arranged
for big patriotic meeting, which
was held on the campus of the Uni
Versity Farm School. This was; the
argest meeting ever held in Stevens
county, and was probably the most
ar reaching in its effects. There
we're over 1000 people present from
he ten counties in this part of Min
lesota. The line of parade extended
rom the Great Northern depot to the
Agricultural School, and three
,rass bands furnished music on the
way. In the afternoon the meeting
vas addressed by Judgs F1aherty,
Hugh G.. Hughes, F.. W.. Murphy and
like Bowling. AS we'll as being a
,reat patriotic feature Eae meeting
vas also the biggest advertising
vent that the city of Morris and
tevens county has ever enjoyed, for
was the only time that the big city
apers ever sent special representa-