The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-01-15
BUSINESS MEN !.
SEE FORWARD
MOVING CITY
Annual Meeting Of Commercial
Club Finds Optimistic :.
Sentiment en- TIM
? n'RrcroR4 ARE NAMED
! Annual Report Of Secretary Ex-
! plains Past Year Work I
of the Club
DIRECTORS ARE NAMED

ed the annual meeting of the> Con
! lhercial club, held following a luncl
con at the Grand Pacific hotel ye'
terday afternoon.
| President C. L. Young and Secrt
tary G. N. Keniston reviewed tn
work of the association during tn
last year. NJ. B. Gilman, on beha]
OF the American Legion, spoke of al
necessary to place disabled soldiers i
positions. Three directors were re
elected. They are P. r. Fields, Herr
Duemeland and w. E. Lahr. @-'
The annual report of the secretar
reviews activities as follows: T..
City Advertising.
X The policy Of the board in adver
tising the city has been to includ
the resources and agricultural posi-
bilities of Burleigh county. The re
sponse to this advertising resulted il
many letters Of inquiry from Iowa
northern Illinois, Wisconsin, and Min
nesota. The difficulty seems to b,
to pursuade the thrifty renters o:
these states to believe that they Cal
buy land for what it costs them pc,
acre to rent and that they have
ample stock and equipment to sue
cessfully farm in North Dakota, The
board believes that the club should
extend this feature of it's activity very
considerably.
Tariffs.
Nineteen hundred twenty has been
year of great excitement in freight
and passenger tariff adjustment fol-
lowing the deterioration Of railway
equipment and revenue during the
war. The Bismarck Commercial club
has lbeen present at each and every
cne of these hearings, and while we
were not in position to employ coun-
sci the fact that the city was repre-
sented through the club by a techni-
cal appearance, gave color, to our in
terest.
~. Employment: #
!, It has been the privilege Of the club
to find employment for considerable
of people, and particular in
terest has been taken in securing suit
able work for returned soldiers. We
have always been able to assist in
securing labor for the Foundation
on the Bismarck-Mandan
bridge. ..
Congressional Affairs
There has been considerable CORES
pondence with the North Dakota dele
cation in congress in the interest of
many matters Of particular interest
to our state, and we are happy to ad-
wise the membership Of the club that
our representatives and senators in
congress have shown an alertness in
Service of the state which is most
Car Shortage.
During the serious car shortage
If early autumn the club Joined with
other club organizations of the state
n sending a delegation to Washing
on to secure necessary grain cars
'or the transportation of the crop,
With the result of immediate relief.
North Dakota Memorial Building.
A delegation of club members in
.luding the Board of Directors, upon
he invitation of the Board of Admin
stration, was in conference upon the
ldoption of a landscape plan for the
Capitol grounds. The main entrance
o the Capitol grounds will be Sixth
street. The new Memorial Building
S erected in place as provided in
hese plans.
r. City Affairs.
The city commissioners have ex-
pressed a cordial readiness to- take
necessary steps for a park commits
ion. They have assisted in securing
ce rinks for the winter and have
aiken preliminary steps to a public
pool. a,>
Financial Solicitation.
The board has continued its policy
f other years to prevent unnecessary
olicitation of funds with the result
hat our membership has been saved
many thousands of dollars which
would have been secured in small
ums from reluctant and unwilling
ubscrjbers. IA .n IS -
State affairs. t,
Bismarck Commercial club, because
f its location in the Capital City, is
allied upon prior to each session OF
he legislature to represent many and
aried interests in the introduction
nd passage Of bills of statewide in
crest. Obviously, this work cannot
e given publicity.
Missouri River Bridge.
The work on, the bridge is well un-
er way and the Foundation Company
xpects to have the piers completed
nd sealed not later than June l. 1t
expected that the steel work will
egin at that time, and that concrete
nd steel work will continue and the
ridge finally completed by June,
322. The club has been able to lend
ordial cooperation to the Highway !,
commission, the counties, and the ,
ureau of Good Roads in this import-
Mt project.
Clay Deposits
DR.. Babcock Of the State University
as made a brief survey Of certain
cal clay deposits and we have sent
amples to the University for kiln
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