Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-10-10
QUARTERLY MEETING
OF BOARD OF COMMERCE INULUD.
ED FEED AND TALKS BY LAR
.RY HO' AND j. H. BECK.

ming to attend the SlaL6 me0CluS VI JIG
Jefferson Highway association and who
were the guests of the board, Every
,one seemed to be bubbling over with
enthusiasm and really it was more OF
Jefferson Highway meeting than
Board of Commerce meeting. A most
fitting climax to the program OF talks
was an inspiring address by Mayor L.
Hodgson Of St. Paul, commonly known
as Larry Ho. - Owing to the presence presence
of the many visitors, the business meet
ing was not held and another meeting
will therefore be held soon. :.
The meeting was preceded by din
ner. served by Mrs. Rosa Mueller,
which was very good. Cigars were also
passed around. =,
T. G. Gordon, newly elected president
made a. few brief remarks, in which ne
welcomed the delegates to the j.. H.
meeting to our city and assured them
that the Board of Commerce would 90
what il could to make their stay here
pleasurable and profitable. e
Mayor Hodgson and J. H. Beck OF st.
Paul. who were the principal speakers
of the evening, were late in gett1ng
1oro owing TO automobile trouble at
Clear Lake. ,v.s
J. w Clark of Minneapolis. return4+n aitr +o
service ;fb man tIe Meo ElRs lodge ID in regard
20 fo4iv tha coming Salvation Army drive. He
told Of the growth of the Salva,biioh ,3,eioh
Army n.y. from n1n,s than Hma sS years ago to one
Of the greatest charitable organl1lzattsonnis llz snis
in the world. In, order that tne oSsat n
worR retarded by the old method annie wn1Gn
they used in raising funds the pGGtR1ts Tt1ts
Of this country, 4ackGd ac tSe,n oy the en sum of
41dge. 411gtaan are mii1ion dollars with which to
carry on their work during e,,,,4 me 4eas a.
u months ,,,;Th This tbs is worK SSh which they
comparea pcarea;ng M'tm on he he said. He conclud-
"a bv saying that each one>Who IS ,,ata aP
pointed to help raise raj IN and give their
fimc - s''eY9 gladly on next Thursday for thls Is
great cause and that the people shooio
resspond generousiy{' aae, meHy{ called on j.. D.
, r,arEson general manager Of the JeI-
! ferson Highway ASSOCIATION, TIC n,referred f9e "a to-
but but Mr. from the deiegates representng
f6a near various ioa1 counties along the highway
in this state Among e%ae1 of ff9si Baota % coanty
COUNTY eer ' Fred Joesting of 0Watonna' nns.
steele Goq%ty' 3ny ciey Mr foD any ana
Vas in partnership with L. =: MesSG1i Sfr
in the St. Paul dry gGG1diff g91ifor stopf' of Rice M
Ras3fyshMSi: fonnty Mr.. Dahl % Of Polk county; MI
Goris0nn of Kittson county, MI, LFafleg
Of Red Lake e. connty; o}na Twater Mr equity. and
11r,+in NJ. h"'fS Bjacklin Of Albert Lea, Free
born 1 county. The last nSmed 4hn defferson 3a aa
&ti9n to .nS 1Rea1adg no1d roads, ad tp put in good
11nSd E1Gd" FOR the Salvation Army. He ,as Is
ev.,ted rule OF the Albert Lea l9dge
Of Elks and M Go;M GonSeGn'hiisy ~ MS COUNTY o The
fee,;ng go toward this organization in ms ms
county was a splendid one. ne sadu' Siha ahu
W. thev responded without a MUIR
J. H. Beck of St. Paul was callea up p
Interest, adding that he was ogaea gaeat
believer Mn organization n ,;nSt ana f6e ye1ne
. ~ co-operation they could not be kept
out of organizations of tMS ma natuIE nIet
Some may ask sly wfat a. tney an:wer M't sh6uid be
Snot Son It ane ane t blooming ] cent" That is not
the object. The object is to rsa see how how
ned pned sorts yfo sa1 Of pSf ali IS a'S What
s,1Its. Some people think that if they
attend to their. own business: 40 }ones nos
zems. aan NeTR That is not 50. Mr.. Beck said:
We must do some someth1nG mn /, 10 11bich naH to i've
ana be alive to its need if we are are TO TO
do our share He f went we Iefarson On 30 I'll Hieb-
stance of co-operation on large scale,
a common project His point was taae Z
mestimg 1n5s meoat at New Orleans and that this
is an illustration of what CO. -operati:Q4Ih n
He GGnclHdsd %e by tSat
organization and your community viii viii
@ sooner or LATER feHP harvest of ten
no Mayor s Hodgson Of St. Paul. Larry
Ho," was the last, speakcr. and as stat ia T.
ed as at the mo1t he1a tng Ga tei Climax to s
and he spoke of Of the e,aB fafis
twenty-five M years. Minnesota. is not the
nly state in the 9al9n snat ina he 1s nointed
tenn Of county bondIng: is is expspding pspraanp
t1ftyfour million dqllars ,1;s 3nt on nara IS r.
be more than doubled next year;; a1le me
plan Of hard:: d:surfaced roads WI 1;iI;ot SaVe
the people of this asnenen{1v sta1e e1fnt # is
matter of business and what we speho
is coming back to Us.
Mayor Hodgson stated dotlaatoa that NEST nest
way wa Spo peopis d We We're e to hold here the next
go h.:oe and spread the og;oo9e,,n;}iss good I4nas
blue blu in the face II there is not that
Rearts Of the people Of the country
which binds them together in one com. cem-
comradeship these days and after ell
the real test is that after this, sacri-
fice that we are. great enough to be
conscious Of one thing-to act as broth
-ers. We must get away from that
which tends to draw away one COM
munity from another: A road ought to
tiles through which it passes and only
when men pull apart Is it that their
problems cannot be solved.
Service. the speaker emphasized, is
q passage from the Scriptures as illus
trating clearly what service $. N means, anns
this unto one of these my brethren ye
have done it unto me-" Mayor Hodg-
son added that all things of which We
talk are secondary as compared with
the one fact that there is no work that
will count as the work that will be for
the country's permanency. f we are are
TO do anything we must nrst Work
srainst disloyalty and put down the
element that seeks to disrupt the ma