Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-09-26
Commercial Club Deserves Support ssSs
OF EUery Member Of The Community;
IS City's Strongest Organization

SsANA 49, ~ ~Mts
may be. can work a rear upon any
moderately important committee OF
his towns Chamber or Commerce
without being q better father, q bet
ter husband, a better citizen, q better
brother.
ut is a shorter step from the city
to the state. from the state to he
nadon, and from he nation to human
tty, than h tremendous jump which
q man must take to consider his city
before his own interests"
And listen to this: THE town
Chamber of Commerce ts giving the
first lesson In practical Christianity to
millions OF savages' in America. 1t
is not q full baptism, but it helps.
Mr.. White pays a well deserved
compliment to the Rotary and XII
wants clubs for the very important
part they play In community ups
building; he says, .tmen in these gay
groups Of rough-necked, low-browed
samarttans are making the Jericho
Road a fairly safe and decently COM
Portable highway wherever they roll
their chartots along. And they all
interlock with the Chamber OF Com
MERGE. It is bad form for a member
OF any Of these societies not to be q
member of the Chamber of Commerce.
Thus a stream of rather intelligent
altruism keeps Moving into the Cham
Der Of Commerce.
There is no marked line where the
altruism of the Chamber of Commerce
stops and the professional uplifter be-
gins. Good Fellowship has shot u
1t is an American disease or blessing,
whichever way one looks at It.
America is America and not
FRI nNo onH nnf nvor EnDlQnd - and
to quote further from Mr.. White,
America is what it is and not what
its critics think it should be, and it
Is no Sign Of literary accumen to pre-
sent what should be Is Whist Re. To
fail to see the sheer power Of sentt-
ment In American life merely because
you dislike sentimentaltty is bad art.
Damn sentimentality II you will, but
don't deny its presence and power In
American life" y
Form Local Club. !.
e WAS on May "a, 1904. that a num-
Der OF business men Of this city;
gathered In the Elk's club room and
decided to organize The Commercial
Club Of Grand Forks. E.. J. Lander.
and c. J. Murphy acted as chairman
and secretary, respectively. !,
The first regular meeting OF the Or
g~anization was held on June II, 1904
in. the Pioneer club rooms on the top.
floor of the First National Bank build
ing. At this time the bylaws were
adopted and the organization per-
fected. E. J.. Lander was elected
esident and Alfred Cooley, secSe-
tary.
Succeeding Mr.. Cooley az eecretary
was Don v. Moore. who gave that po-
sition part of his time, and who later
became secretary Of the Grand Forks
Fair association. :
Other secretaries were A. L. Wood
and NC. Bachelor, the latter hold
ing that position for some time, and
being now secretary Of the Northwest
ern Trust company of this city.
A. e. SeIby, who was connected with
rary secretary for a short time. La
ter he was succeeded by c. w. Graves,
who held that position from June,
1899, until about two years ago., when
he was succeeded by l.. w. Myers. {
H. Mayne Stanton, the present sec
rotary, is now in his second year, be-
ing unanimously elected at the an
nual meeting last spring. During the
short time he has occupied the posi-
ton he has don much to broaden
it's scope and make things move IA
MI. 0ldllOu p DOOSIuS IL US4lk6 lctS
not only In Grand Forks but over q
large section Of the country as well,
He is OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Of the North
| Dakota Federation Of Commercial and
Civic organizations, and vice president
Of the National Federation Of Com
mercial Organization Secretaries
Stanton Gives Views.
achievements and the extent OF
| SaN>oJ0nYnor IN which rnark q citvsc n~o.
gress, making it a more desirable and
satisfactory place for homes and bus.
mess, are necessarily the result oil
united personal effort on the part OF
those. citizens who recognize civic re.
sponsibdlity to be a matter of individ-
ual obligation, and who, actively ap.
i plying themselves, assume their share
Of public duty.
only by membership support and
action is the Commercial club Of
Grand Forks given the necessary pow.
er and influence to attain results ir
matters that affect community affairs
which could not be secured to the
same extent and with the same expo.
diency by a smaller representation o.
civic spirit. The help of every indi-
vidual is needed. 4
Every resident of Grand Forks
owes to himself and to his family the
oSN VI y FpOA1&Ol1 VI 14AS III IL
active cooperation with other men
in making Grand Forks the city thai
he feels-it should be and in effectinl
any improvements to that Commercia,
club which, in his judgment, would
make it more effective in civic &C.
complishment
'In the main, u city is what We
make it. not just what we wish 4
were; whatever It lacks is due to the
fact thatTevery one Of us has not don.
enough to create the right spirit which
would produce the desired results.
w all. want to be proud of Crane
Forks. Anybody who does not wan
to be proud Of it is a poor citizen. w,
must actively interest ourselves will
the organizations and men who ar,
trying to improve It; we a not leav,
It to others, and then claim any RICH
to criticize it when things do not q
as we think they should.
Should stand Together.
"Iet us stand shoulder to shoulde
in the splendid task Of making GU
city one Of the best on earth in ever,
way. and demand Of ourselves con
slant service and "a policy Of smile
for each other and for the world with
out. Constructive through work, no
destructive through Let u
all believe in Grand Forks and be eve
ready to say: II am proud OF my city.
Zone of the strongest reasons VIII.
the Grand Forks Commercial clu'
should be better known and bette
understood by each and every indi
ytdual IN this community is the fac
that closer acquaintance with organ
~izations and men discloses merit an,
sincerity Of purpose which canno
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