Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-01-27

For many months past influential
citizens who see the opportunities of
the future and who foresee promises
of the future, have been talking the
need of commercial club in Bound
ary county, and so this week w. T..
James, president of the present or
ganization, appointed a committee,
composed of Charles O'Callaghan, F.
A. Shultis, e. e. Fry and d. G. Nc
Donald, to determine ways and means
of re-organizing the commercial club.
This committee met last week on
Wednesday afternoon and decided that
all citizens of the county should be in
vited to attend a banquet at the In
ternational hotel on Wednesday even
ing, January 2S, at 6:15 o'clock, at
which time the reorganization should
be effected. Tables will be set for
20 people at so cents per plate. A COM
mittee composed of d. G. Mcdonald
l.. ". Brown and A. ]. Kent was ap-
pointed to arrange for the banquet and
to sell tickets for the same.
At this meeting tomorrow night
board OF directors and officers will
be chosen and plans will be laid for
at least years work. There is
great deal of favorable sentiment for
a live commercial club now and it is
believed that all citizens will get be-
hind the organization and work
At no time in the history of the dis
trict has the time seemed more oppor-'
tune for direct results to be reaped
from the efforts of live commercial
club organization. The money and
time spent now can be made to count
But there must be concerted action,
there must be definite ends in view
and unity in working towards these
ends.
Every taxpayer, every citizen, reapS
benefit from the work and efforts of
the commercial club organization and
the greater the club, the more unity
there is, the greater will be the bene-
fits
At the meeting tomorrow night the
citizens will be presented with plans
for live organization. 1t will be up
to them to accept or reject And all
will be expected, without any urging,
to give proportionately of money and
of time. Many citizens urge that the
commercial club should start off with
working capital of at least $4,000
This is not any too much and it will
have to be raised by apportionment.
Every citizen will have to give accord
ing to his means; and if necessary
war tactics can be used in raising
this money But this will surely not be
necessary. And while we are donat-
ing our money or rather investing our
money, for that is really what it will
amount to, let us not forget that it
would be mighty good plan to set
aside and invest certain agreed num-
ber of hours each week to commercial
club work. Let each man agree to
dedicate without reservation, certain
amount of his time for any work that
he may be called upon to do by the
commercial club officers. If this is
done the officers may easily arrange
their committee appointments and be
assured that the work will be done at
a certain required time.
There are many reasons why this
city and this county should not delay
longer in the reorganization of COM
mercial club. There are drainage
matters that need attention; there are
new settlers by the hundreds want
ing information about our lands; the
club should interest itself in good
roads; in advertising for and caring
for the auto tourist business; in keep
ing in touch with the chances of the
Great Northern Railway shops COM
ing here; the club should undertake
to create sentiment favoring city i'm
provements including a town hall or
civic center where public meetings
can be held; the club should be vitality
interested in assisting the public
schools and in helping any movement
towards the bettering of school equip
ment and the enlarging of the schools
so that there will be room for the new
students who are coming every year.
These are only a few of the things
the commercial club must do and in
this connection we must not forget that