White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-30
AND ORATORY
ATC0MMERcE BANQUET

with an attendance of more than
fifty. including members and their
invited guests. The affair was a sue
cess IN every way, as banquet and
as showing interest on the part of
representative business men of tho
district.
Following the dinner and the
speeches there was short business
session, at which a nominating COM
mittee OF five club members was
elected to select list of fourteen
members to be voted on for direct
ors at a regular meeting early in
December. The nominating commit
tee chosen includes o. c. Bates. Fred
4. West, George Doyle. W. A. Leon
ard. Anthony ZURICH and Arthur
Kneeht
Relative to having representa-
tive from Ely at the coming hearing
on the question of freight raes from
western points, on motion of B. l..
Quayle the matter was left to the
board Of directors with authority to
act. The question arose as to
whether or not 1t was necessary for
such representative to be a member
of the Chamber of Commerce, and
the opinion was expressed that prob
ably such requirement is immaterial.
The main point is to have a repre-
sentative who is we'll enough posted
on the subject TO have influence at
the hearing
The banquet was set at o'clock
and it was but few minutes past
that hour when the company filed in
and took seats at the long tables
especially arranged for the occasion
by Messrs. Glaser and Robinson,
managers of the American cafe. From
that time until about $50 the atten-
tion of all hands centered on the
courses of a turkey dinner. and as
the generous servings of good things
disappeared the feeling of satisfac-
ton and sociability grew proportion
ately. so that when coffee. cigars and
cigarettes marked the formal end of
the minsterings to the physical. the
diners, full fed and arriving at the
belt-loosening stage, were ready for
the mental dessert to be offered by
the several speakers.
II is in order here to say q word
complimentary to the banquet menu
and the service given by the manage
ment OF the American cafe. The din
ner could have been no more salts
factory and the approval of the din
ers was unanimous and heartily ex-
pressed. There is nothing like q
good dinner to unite a gathering In
the bonds OF cooperation and fellow
feeling, and the American cafe man
ayers certainly contributed their part
to the permanent welfare of the COM
merce club. The good nature that
prevailed and with which the half
hundred citizens finally left the ban
quet board may lend truth to the old
saying that hungry man is an angry
man. There was no anger in evil
dence.
Senator \. II. Chaplin was toast
master and officiated in this import
ant Office with his usual tact and
grace. In his Introductory remarks
he went back to year ago, to the
organization of the Chamber OF Com
merce and the first banquet which
was held in the Rockhill-Schallen-
berger hall He said in effect:
II some OF us could have looked
ahead one year We might have be-
come discouraged at the start. But
we have survived seven months of
shutdown and business depression
and are still in the ring and going
strong"
The thought expressed by Toast
master Chaplin appeared TO be the
KEYNOTE OF all the speakers. who
voiced the spirit of optimism and the
need Of cooperative action. This SEN
timent was vigorously expressed by
the first speaker. Attorney ]. M.
Lockhart. He brought out the idea
that chamber OF commerce is a val
liable asset to any community, and
that the town or city that has such
an organization, which functions in
a live manner. is bound to be pro-
gressive. As specific illustration he
the Reno Chamber OF
the work 1t is doing and
the results II is achieving. Mr.. Lock
hart approved the getting together
socially by the club members as a
means of stimulating the spirit of CO.
operation and tending to make the
local commerce club leading factor
In the business life and Importance
OF White Pine county. A commerce.
the community In touch with business
from the outside. The
speaker recalled one instance where
a letter of inquiry had been received
In Ely relative to the possible estab-
sponsible parties. There was no COM
merce club at that time and the letter
fell into hands where nothing was
done about the matter and no action
Of any sort taken. 1t was implied
that this letter asked for information
rs to what sort of place Ely would
be in which to start an industry and
that the desired information was not
given, or at least not until after
long time had elapsed. II at that
time there had been q live chamber
Of commerce to have attended to the
and kept In touch
with the inquiring parties another
important business industry might
have been brought TO Ely.
Vail M. Pittman, editor of the
Daily Times. was called upon as a
OF the press and therefore In
touch with public enterprises. He
spoke upon some of the things the
Ely Chamber of Commerce had ac-
during the year of its ex-
istence. These results, as recounted
by the speaker. include particularly
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