Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1921-01-06
Club TO NAME
new DIRECTORS
ON JANUARY "A
Date Changed to Avoid Conflict
With Pavlowa; New Election
Method Adopted.

The annual meeting of the Great Falls
Commercial club will be held in the palm
ming, January IA. The change of date
room Of the Rainbow hotel Friday eve
from January 13 to IA was made by the
directors Wednesday afternoon SO as not
to conflict with the appearance Of
Pavlowa at the Grand opera house on
the first mentioned date.
new method will be used this year
in the election of directors, correspond
ing to what is known in a general way
as the American city plan.
This method was outlined by speakers
at the annual meeting of Commercial
Club Secretaries held in Great Falls
early in last year. 1t has been dis
cussed informally by the directors on sew
eral occasions since that time. 1t was
explained and recommended at the meet
ing Wednesday by President Q. S. Ward
en-. After a discussion of details it was
adopted by unanimous vote of the di-
rectors The procedure outlined will be
as follows: A committee Of seven mem
bers Of the Commercial club. all outside
Of the present board Of directors. is
named to select and place in nomination
from the club membership SO candidates
for directors to be voted upon at the
annual meeting. There will be an oppor-
tunity at the meeting for such other
nominations as may be desired from the
floor. The vote will then be taken for
the choice of 10 directors from all of the
candidates that have been named by the
committee and from the floor. Printed
ballots will be provided with blanks for
the writing in of the names, if any, that
may be placed in nomination from the
floor of the meeting.
The 10 candidates receiving the high
ncf ,iNo,. 1f ,.{, I,,H, Io
board of directors for 1921.
Nominations to Be Published.
The committee to select 3S candidates
is asked to have the nominations pre-
pared SO that the list may be published
in The Leader of January 10 and The
Tribune Of January H. This is done so
that all members may know i'll advance
the names that are proposed by the
nominating committee and can decide
whether or not further nominations are
desired from the floor on the night Of
the meeting. This is regarded as thor
oughly representative and fair way of
choosing a board of directors.
The nominating committee chosen con-
ssts of r. A. Templeton. f. A. Newton,
r. B. McIvor, J. f. Reid. DR. c. J.
Bresce, Charles r. Hansen AMI Fred
Perra
Inc directors wednesday gave some
time to a discussion of whethe' it would
be nt sSjble and desirable to secure re-
dncea freight rate on hay shipments from
Montana to Washington 10 enable the
farmers Of this state to dispose Of an
apparent surplus Of timothy and alfalfa
for this season. Enough information did
not appear to be at hand for definite ac-
ton.
Shippers and farm organizations were
asked to place further facts regarding
tonnage that would move and possible
markets in the hands of the traffic COM
mlttee of the Commercial CLUB so that
this matter may be hanled Effectively if
at ALL
Unemployment is Discussed
Some attention was given to the sub
ject Of unemployment in the city. The
was reached that it would rot
be wise or useful at this time to nstab-