Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-05-12
BUSINESS MEN
WILL PICNIC WITH
FARMERS JUNE 7

TUESDAY Nlynt NndHye
Regular Meeting to Supper
at Gladstone.
TO effect closer cooperation be-
tween the business men of James,
town and other city civic and service
organizations, a standing Civic Com
mittre was named by the Jamestown
Chamber of Commerce at the regular
meeting held Tuesday night at the
city hall and the duties Of this COM
mittee will include attending the
public meetings Of snch OrSaniZa-
lions when considered advisable. ad-
vising with them and offering the
support Of the Chamber of Commerce
upon all measures before the organ
izations. endorsed by the chamber.
There is no doubt that such COM
miitoc can bring closer harmony
among the various organizations
working for the welfare Of James
town and also that projects can bet
ter be carried out with the united
support Of all behind them. Upon
this committee were named J. J.
Eicrling, chairman. r. G. Flint. J. T..
McElroy, G. l. FctOn. and w. r. Hill
ton. A committee or this kind should
frequently he called before the city
council. the board Of education, or
county com mmissiOners. all of whom
will doubtless appreciate cooperation
and support by the Chamber of Com
merce.
Budget Report
Chairman j. ]. Nirrling Of the
budget committee. reported $2785.
in cash collected by the committee
for Chamber of Commerce work for
1921. This amount is above tho
annual dnes and apprOXimateS the
goal Of $4,000.
Baseball Report
! Secretary Haas read the report Of
| the baseball committee. recommend
| ing that a professional baseball team
be not held this year, but that an
early start for a fist team be made
in 1922. The report was adopted.
Trails and Camp Site
Gilbert II. Horton. chairman Of
the trails committee. reported pay
! mcnt- of1$25U. as JamestOwn's 1920
quota toward support Of the National
Parks Highway. and $l37.50 for the
1920 quota Of the Slrshine highway.
The 1921 quota for this city for the
National Parks Highway is $500,
the same as Valley City, Mandan.
Bismarck and Dickinson. Fargo be-
ing higher. The Chamber authoriz-
ed payment of the 1872 quota before
July !. Chairman Horton deplored
the lack of interest in jamestown
shown toward the highways, which
bring thousands Of visitors thru the
city every summer. He reported
that camp site signs had been plac-
cd at the top of the college and mill
hills and later would be set north
west of the city. He urged more
markers directing auto tourists to
the camp site in the fair grounds
park. be placed, also that pump
be installed and i shelter for cooking
be built. The chamber instructed
Chairman Horton and II. Fl. Hurning
to have installed new pump. east
of the administration building.
Care Takcr at Fair Grounds
So much vandalism has occurred
at the fair grounds. property stolen
and destroyed that the Stutsman
County Fair Association are moving
Il small residence onto the fair
u
ent watchman and caretaker, and it
is believed that this caretaker can
also keep up the camp site and
handle fuel for the Tin can tour
ists", whose numbers are in the hun
dreds of thousands in the United
States, a mushroom growth and ad-
junct Of the auto.
Next Business Meeting at
r. N
The Chamber of Commerce voted
to hold the next monthly meeting at
the Gladstone hotel. at G:3G p. m.
the second Tuesday in June, June
IA. when a seventy-five cent supper
will be served. The regular Tuesday
luncheon that day will be omitted.
A larger attendance and more sue
cessful meeting is felt certain will
attend business meeting at such a
supper.
Judge r. G. Mcfarland addressed
the chamber. bringing an invitation
from dairymen of Stutsman county
to the jamestown businessmen and
the Chamber of Commerce, to attend
big farm and dairymen's day eel
ebration and program, to be held
IueS0ay June I at the Ii. n. hHOOlo
farm south of Buchanan. At this
famous dairy farm during the day
there will be speeches. Judging of
dairy cattle and big picnic and get
together of the farmers and also
townspeople for the farmers have ex-
tended cordial invitation to the
jamestown Chamber OF Commerce to
have large representation at this
meeting.
In introducing his subject Judge
Mcfarland stated that statistics
showed that town but kept pace
with the surrounding scountry and
that each prospered alike. That
there are today one hundred thou
sand idle farms in this country. that
fourteen million people have moved
from the farms to the city in the