Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-02-18
Commercial Club
Secures Experts
Big Campaign

At meeting Of the trustees of the
Ashland Commercial Club which last
ed into the smau hours Of this MORN
ing, a period was placed after the
phases the club has written in civic
affairs in Ashland during past years,
and an undertaking entered upon
which is bound to be eopch making.
After several hours of discussion
the board took favorable action upon
entering into a contract with the
American City Bureau and probably
next Monday, a crew of this great
organizations experts will arrive in
Ashland to start campaign which
promises to arouse Ashland as the
city has never before been aroused.
For some months the directors of
the local organization have realized
the need of reorganization along
broader lines and the necessity of Sc
curing not merely larger financial
support, but the moral support of a
substantial character.
Two possible methods of securing
these ends were possible; By a
campaign conducted by members OF
the club itself; or by 4 campaign di-
rected by experts whose business is
the building and conducting of mod
ern commercial organizations The
former method has often been tried
in the past with the result of tenn
pOrary flares of civic spirit but with
no lasting results The American
City Bureau offered the club mds-
putabe evidence of its ability, not
only to put on. a campaign which
would secure the needed moral and
financial backing, but to organize the
aims and direct the efforts of the
club over a period of years and AC-
COMPLISH THINGS,
The campaign of the bureau in
cludes preliminary survey of the
needs of the city and desires OF the
citizens the outlining. of a tentative
plan to meet the city's needs with
organized effort; surveying of man
power aud potential organization re-
sources, an intensive educational
campaign extending over period
of weeks through every available
source of publicity; mobilization Of
man-power; an intensive drive for
members and income; a one months
period during which the American
Bureau standard Organiazton plan
with notifications to meet Ashland's
needs is instituted, the tentative plan
is craystallized into a positive pro-
gram systems are installed and the
modern machinery necessary to ac-
cOmplishments organized. Then for
a three-year period the Ashland or
ganiaztiOn will have the benefit OF
the direction advice and aid of the
experts of the City Bureau. will re-
ceive frequent visits from it's field
workers, will hear the speakers of
world reputation who are included
in its speakers service upnder the
contract, and will, in fact, be directed
in its efforts by the combined brains
of the greatest organization of civic
experts in this country.
The American City Bureau points
with justifiable pride to its record
of 251 successes in cities of the Unit
ed States without a single failure
to pass the original detectives. The
chief recommendation of their work
lies in the fact that in every city in
which has really accomplished things
ence has resulted in Il cWic effort
which has really accomplished things
and which has grown stronger in
stead of weaker over a period of
years following the original cam
paign Something of the work this
bureau has accomplished elsewhere
will be told in later issues of this
paper.
Beginning next Monday, things are
going to move and move fast. Folks
who believe "it can't be done" are
advised to get their bets down early
Is the odds are going to decrease
lfter the City Bureau experts get on
he job.
Ashland Is most fortunate in secur-
ng crew from the bureau for an
arly campaign as a half dozen cities
n California are signed up for cam
'aigns and waiting for crews. It
ust happened that crew scheduled
o start at Bakersfield next Monday
ias forced to postpone their cam
aign there because of influenza in
hat city and this crew has been Sc
ured for Ashland. This city will
e the first Oregon city to have an
merican City Bureau campaign al
iough a number OF cities in the state
re negotiating for campaigns. The
merican City Bureau has been
'orking in the east for ten years.
San Francisco branch was opened
Ist fall and has conducted cam
ligns in number of places in Cali
ornia, Montana and Idaho. They
re now extending into Oregon ter
tory.