Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-03-31
SEMI.PR0F BALL
TEAM FAVORED
LOCAL CHAMBER
Chamber of Commerce Votes
Fifty-five to Four For Semi
Professional Baseball Team
at Third Weekly MONDAY
Luncheon-Two Speakers.

The members of the jamestown
chamber Of commerce voted fifty
five to four in favor of semi pro-
fessional baseball team for James
town at the third weekly TUESDAY
luncheon held at the Gladstone hotel
this noon. Two voted in favor OF Il
semi-professional ball team if Sum-
day games were eliminated, and three
voted in favor Of an all-paid team.
1t is probable that Il committee will
be appointed by President Springer
in the near future to plan the means
OF financing the team and arrange
ing for its organization. 1t has been
intimated. that a meeting for this
purpose will be called, nltho it is
possible that the matter Will be TAX
en- up again at the next regular meet
Ing Of the chamber.
Plan For booster Trip
e. II. Mattingly, as chairman Of
the 1920 publicity committee of the
boosters club, addressed the meet
ing and outlined the various plans
which have been suggested as to the
form OF advertising. He explained
the collective advertising plan and
reported the discussion OF the meet
ing held at the chamber OF commerce
rooms Monday night.
In order to get the ideas of all OF
| the chamber members on the matter
President Springer appointed COM
mittee of five members to interview
, the business men and report at the
next regular meeting OF the cham
ber The committee, which will
| choose it's own chairman. is e. H..
IMattingly. L. p. Niemeyer. M. r.
Tweed, r. NJ. Stangler and Percy
| Hansen.
Address by II. S. Goodhuc
County Agent r. S. Goodhue gave
a ten minute address, outlining the
work Of the county agricultural a
gent and telling the business men
what they could do to assist in help-
| ing both the agent and the farmer.
Mr.: oGoodhue- made it plain that
whatever benefited the farmer must
OF necessity benefit the business
man.
| He told Of the luncheon held b.
the business men of Marinettc, WIS.
his former home, and laudea the
Jamestown business men for the CO.
operative spirit shown. He also hello
| the Minot business men up as an ex-
ample of what could be done to as
sist the farmer, the Minot men nav
ing helped to organize potato, corn
and poultry shows and assisted III
m
by bcttering the agricultural condl-
tions of that district.
Mr., Goodhue gave some interest
ing and instructive figures on the
work which has been accomplished
in North Dakota and Stutsman coun :
ty and explained the purposes and
organization of the Farm Bureau.
Next Meeting
President Springer announced that
chairman would be appointed Tor
each Tuesday luncheon in the future,
and named j. f. Mattison as CHAIR
man of the next meeting. Mr.. Mat
tison announced, thru Secretary
Haas, at the close of the meeting
that there would be two principal
numbers on the program next week,
a short address and humorous
speech
l.. w. Upshaw. secretary OF the Y.
M. C. A., led in the singing, A. w.
Kelley accompanying on the piano.
Sixty-fOur members were present at
the luncheon this number being con-
sidered very Encouraging in view OF
tho Rotary meeting at Fargo and the
large delegation which left this noon
for the Devils Lake convention.
Boosters Trip Discussed
AT Monday Night Meeting
The proposed Boosters trip was
discussed informally at the meeting
held in the chamber of commerce
rooms of the city hall Monday night,
no action being taken because Of the
comparatively small number in at
tendance. e. H. Mattingly, as chair
man of the publicity committee of
the Boosters Club, called the meet
ing to order and explained the pro-
posed trip this year.
The trip last year proved to be
we'll worth the time and money ex-
pended, Mr.. Mattingly declared. He
gave several instances of persons,
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now doing their buying III James
town. A number of persons who
were induced to make a trial shop
ping trip to jamestown by the boost
ers' trip, expressed surprise that the
city contained so many stores and
carried such large and varied lines
of merchandise.
Propose Trip BY Rail
It has been suggested that the
trip this year be made by rail. Mr.
Mattingly said. Such trip would
be made. .,by special train, the pro-
posed route being west to Bismarck,
north to Wilton, east to Pingree.
north to Darlington, southeast to
Valley City and back to Jamestown,
south over the Midland to Glendale.
to Cakes and back to Jamestown on
the Valley line. The, cost per pass
cnger would be about nine hollars.
II was thought by some that more
md better advertising could be- done