The Glasgow courier., 1920-01-23

To the officers and members of the
Glasgow Chamber of Commerce and
Agriculture.
Gentlemen:
It is with pleasure that l submit
herewith the fifth annual report of the
activities of the Glasgow Chamber
for the year 1919. When we take in
to consideration that our section has
been hard hit, due to unfavorable
weather conditions, our nation the
past year has been reestablishing on
a peace time basis, with the many
problems of reconstruction to contend
with and at times it has taken some
efforts in keeping our organization up
to standard we are pleased to report
in spite of these obstacles, success
full year for the Glasgow club.
The Comercial Club and it's men,
bers are to be commended on the opti-
mistic viewpoint they have taken,
during this stress of times, which no
doubt has had a wonderful tendency in
keeping business, social and industrial
conditions near somewhat normal.
1t is in this spirit we must continue.
This section with it's many resources
and its great possibilities of develop
ment, are bound to bring forth a
bright future. The most important
factor in the builing up of this
the club using practically all their time
or any other community is that the
people who live in that community must
be united solidly, with one idea in
mind, with one determination, with
one and the same spirit of lets get to-
gether.
The Chamber of Commerce is a
chamber of citizenship. Its primary
function is to make the pdblic think.
When the public begins to think the
first step toward business prosperity
has been taken. If the public is to be-
gin thinking Alright about its own fu-
ture, this fundamental fact must be
kept clearly to the front; all property
values, all business values, and all
professional values that exist in any
city are made by the spirit of its citi-
zens, and the converse is equally true.
Whatever potential values are absent
from given community are missing be-
cause the spirit of that community has
never prompted effort to procure or
develop them.
At the beginning of the year found
the club using practically al their time
and efforts towards the establishing
of a Normal school for Northern Mon
tana at Glasgow. Delegates were sent
to Helena to place our claim before
the state legislature for such a school,
The club issued Normal School bull
letin stating the facts as to our ad-
vantages and many letters were sent
to the state legislative members and
educators. This bit of publicity showed
to the people of the state that we
were in earnest. However, the state
legislature took no action on the mat
ter, but you can rest assured that this
matter still has our attention.
The club was instrumental in send
ing two delegates to St. Paul, ac-
companied by two delegates from the
north country to interview the 500
Line officials of the possibility of that
company extending their lines through
Valley county. Owing to the railroads
being in the hands of the government,
no encouragement was offered, but the
delegates reported a successful meet
ing.
We interested the Great Western
Sugar Co., of Billings, regarding the
sugar beet industry Of our section.
They furnished US a large sack of
beet seeds, which were distributed to
the farmers for experiment purposes.
Good results were obtained in most
instances. We predict sugar beet grow
ing to be leading industry in the
Milk River valley. The club has plans
to encourage beet growing among the
farmers again this year. We realize
that this industry is very important
to the development of our country,
and it should have the attention of
everyone.
Glasgow is fast becoming known as
the convention city of northern Mon
tana. We enumerate a few of the
gatherings held here that we helped
to make success. The Regional con-
ference of the American Red Cross on
April 18th. There were five such con-
ferences in the state. The Thresher-
mans school on July 1917. The lat
ter Day Saints convention June 9th
to July 9Th. The Great Northern