Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-05-13
Glib MEMBERS
GET TOGETHER
COMMERCIAL CLUB SUPPER
TUESDAY NIGHT ATTENDED
RY OVER A HUNDRED
MANY INTERESTING TALKS GIVEN
plan to Reorganize at Next Meeting
of the Club.

One of the llvelleSt meetings the
,ocol commercial club has ever held
wss that last Tuesday night at the
70 o. +. hall which was attended
Nv over 100 citizens of the county
and town. President James presided
and called upon many prominent
local people for talks and then in
troduced F. w. Anderson, of Spo-
lane. president of the First State
Rank. and w. P. Romans, secretary
NJ the agricultural bureau of the
Spokane chamber of commerce, both
gentlemen giving interesting talks
IN which they suggested ways and
means of putting the district on the
map.
Perhaps the success of the meeting
was due to a large extent to the
excellent supper which was served
at $50 o'clock by the ladies of the
Methodist church. The arrangements
for the supper were made by E. r.
Henderson, H. B. Kinnear and Byron
N. Hawks, and this committee GER
tainly performed their duties in a
most satisfactory manner. The Meth
odist ladies served supper consist
ing of homecooked roast beef.
mashed potatoes, hot biscuits, gravy,
salads, pickles, Boston baked beans
and brown bread, apple butter, jel-
lies, lemon pie and coffee. The mem
bers of the commercial club are
complimenting the Methodist ladies
upon their ability to prepare and
serve large crowd with a delicious
repast.
After the supper cigars furnished
by Grandpa" Kent were passed.
President James announced that it
had been decided to postpone reor-
ganization plans until another meet
ing and that for the evening he had
decided to call upon a number for
five minute talks on subjects he
would assign. DR.. f. f. Fry was
given the subject, what Is the Mat
ter With Bonners Ferry?" He spoke
of the loyalty the people Of the city
had displayed towards the govern
ment in past months and suggested
that the trouble with Bonners Ferry
might be the want of loyalty to the
town in which we live. He thought
the commercial club should be re-
organized and that each citizen
should contribute towards fund
which would be large enough to per-
nit considerable work for the better
ment of the town and county.
County Club Leader Enoch Torpen
was assigned the subject, STANDARD
ization of Products and the Missing
Link Between the Business Man and
the Farmer" He told of the various
departments of the government and
state dealing with agricultural prob
lens and explained what he could
be expected to doN in this county,
stating that he expected to be most
interested in trying to assist in
marketing conditions and that better
markets could be obtained through
standardization of crops.
.. H. Campbell was assigned the
subject, What the Commercial Club
Can Do To Assist the Farmer" He
told Of the suspicion of the merchant
held by the farmer and stated that
he could not tell how this should be
removed but that if it was then the
merchant and farmer could work
together TO their mutual advantage
Z. w. Gunther told that the "miss-
ing link" between the farmer and
the business man was the lack of g
cash market for produce. He be-
heyed that the farmers must stand
ardize their crops and that if the
farmer would dictate the price or
produce he must raise what the con
sumer wants.
A.. B. Ashby spoke of the danger
70 the district of selling poor pro
duce and told that of the Is cars Of
potatoes recently shipped from this
county to the southern market five
mad been rejected and that the com
mission men had to pocket the. los:
and that in the future these people
would be wary of Boundary county
products. This, he believed, was
because of not having complied witt
market conditions at home. F. A
Snultls told of a buyer who hat
lost money on local potatoes for thu
same reason.
Mr.. Shultis spoke on the subject
How the Farmer Can Help th'
BUSINESS Man." pointing out that thu
success OF the market spells the bet
teiment of conditions for the mer-
SSnant and business man. Along thi
me VIM. Warwick suggested fai
and the offering of prizes for tn
potatoes.
~, ?. Dunn told Of his long sta,
IN THIS county and that he had com
70 believe that there were too man,
BUSINESS men here and that tn
county needed more farmers.
r.. W. Anderson was called upo
" address the club and prefaced hi
ftelnarks by drawing attention to tn
tace that there is no distinction be
Tween the socalled farmers" an
BUSINESS men" as the successfr
rar1er must be a live cuisines
t aan and that a large percentage Q
ene merchants today have been farm
ers and vice versa. Mr.. Anderso
sp,ueested against the practice G
sone people Of maintaining a pal
,au uI attitude toward the farme
f srn said that the farmer is in a
stt;;ngs entitled to the same consider
SION staon and respect and honor as til
s;trekeeper or any other class {
Mr. Anda~Sox. I H. ~