The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-08-20
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MISUNDERSTOOD | | /; !
BElhID)I CIVIC
ORGANIZATION
Close Race Between Teams In
IN Campaign; Free-F For-An
a.:ss Hustle Today. N
LAST CALL MAY CAUSE
CHANGE IN STANDINGS
secretary's Stanton's Ther'
- mometer Climbs Over the
Top" In Breaking Record.

mometer Climbs Over the 4
Top In Breaking Record.
At the MONDAY weekly luncheon.
of the Bemidi Civic e Commerce as.
sociation today the total new mem
bership was announced as 285., The
campaign will close this evening at
5,O'Clock. e. s:s5' = .,..: 5:.sS, Z. z
Over ESQ. new members Of the Be-
midi CivicH &: C Commerce association
up to noon today broke all records
! for: mem bership drives in the his
] tory Of the city. Today is the third
! and last day Of the campaign and is
what might be called >'''free-for-al1
day for the list of prospects have
been gone; over and their names en-
rolled on the association roster. The
general canvass occupied the day,
!, and many were enlisted who never
gave it a thought before.
~ The fact that over 250 have joined
THE association; put Secretary H.
sMayne Stanton's membership ther-
mometer out Of business. 1t was at
the. Nangle block corner where the
associa tion quarters are located and
its highest mark was 250.*The secre-
$tary gave it up and took it in when
the s.mercury'. commenced climbing
-out the top. !:
Il White Squad Leads. se;s
.s.. The White squad has 2 lead over
the Blue, Captain Denu's team iead-
ing in the number Of new members
secured. Captain sHuffman's team of
Whites It's second, and Captain HI. q.
Mitchell Of the Blues Is third. But
-stfrfs King -ntay change during the
day: 49, ~ &
(. Mechanics and wage earners and
business men who never before were
members are rapidly. joining and 1T
would seem as if the 800 mark aimed
at would be met. : - =
Eff. Donough, assistant secretary
of the st.. Paul association, who has
directed.rthe campaign, spoke at the
noon day luncheon of the association
today and of the work that could be
accomplished, and referred to the To-
cal association as one of the largest
and most active civic organizations
in the northwest.
Feature Of Luncheon.
Another feature of the luncheon
was the presence of l. A. Simon, OF
Pittsburgh, Pa, secretary and gen.
eral manager of the Falk American
Potato Flour corporation, heavily
financed concern which has bought
the Bemidji potato products COM
pany plant. He made splendid ad-
dress to the business men, outlining
the plans Of the company for its fu-
ture in Bemidji. -,
Mr.. Simon was a. caller at The
Pioneer office previous to the lunch
con and briefly outlined some Of the
plans. He spoke of the company as
not being in the soliciting subscrlp-
tion business that it. was strongly
: backed and had no stock to sell: He
spoke enthusiastically of BemidI
and the opportunity of the potato
flour plant and asserted . =:
ut will be great. thing for the
farmers of this part of the state and
for Bemidji. You have wonderful
country up here and it may take two
or three years to develop the i'm
rlense potato crop such as can be
done. A potato grower naturally has
an early market for his first grade
potatoes but we will take the rest,
and pay him for what we get. In
that way he will not have potato
go to waste. or be obliged to let
them decay.
Part of Bemidji.
eve want the people of Bemidji
and county to feel that we are one
of them We want to cooperate in
every municipal activity for we are
here to stay and progress, and when
ever you have anything that your
city wants to do count us in. At the
plant we are greatly adding to the
Improvement of equipment. We in
tend to surround it with lawn, and
a hedge fence and set out trees and
gardens, and make it look like a food
plant. We have dSne the same else
where"
And in this connection it was ad-
mitted by Mr.. Simon that lie had sub
scribed for five memberships to the
Bemidji association for as many en-