The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1922-07-20
COMMERCIAL CLUB
HOLDS MEETING
Frank E. Gold and G. Roy Hill Tell
of the Uses and Advantages of
an Automobile Club.
DECIDE TO HAVE PICNIC
Committees Appointed; Date Set for
August ID; Program of Sports
and Music Planned.

August 10; Program of Sports
and Music Planned.
The Princeton Commercial club met
at the armory Tuesday evening and
was called to order by Chairman Nc
Rae. The first part of the meeting
was taken up in discussion of the pro-
posed organization of an automobile
club for Princeton and the surrounding
country. Two representatives Of the
club were present and ad-
dressed the meeting. About 18 men,
bers were present.
DR.. McRae first introduced Frank S.
Gold, president Of the Minneapolis
Automobile club, who talked but a
short time. He spoke Of the need of
such club from a purely business
standpoint, chiefly to advertise Prince
ton and the surrounding country. He
suggested as a slogan for this purpose
the three Ps or Princeton Prize Pota-
toes. He outlined the work Of the club
briefly from the time Of its origin in
Minneapolis. He pictured in the tour
lists, a rich crop ready to be harvested,
telling of instances where they had
spent largely to the benefit Of Mime
apolis and other cities. His idea was
to induce them to stop and in the end
to become residents Of a Minnesota
community.
G. Roy Hill, secretary Of the State
Automobile association, was then in
PRODUCED and spoke more at length.
"The Automobile Club" he said, "made
ITSELF" He gave as the three principal
reasons for it's existence, the placing
Of guide posts, the influencing Of legis-
lation for fair automobile laws, and
encouraging tourists to pass this way.
Erecting guide posts is the most i'm
portant of the three. Out of total
of 100000 spent by the Minneapolis
club, $4,000 was spent for guide
posts. These, we'll erected, will last
indefinitely, and will be the more use
full, if, as Mr.. Hill thinks, trails will
be a thing of the past. We should
have we'll placed signs showing where
the chief attractions are, whether for
est, lake, stream, rest room or camp
ing park.
The State Automobile club assisted
in drafting the Babcock road law and
threw the influence of rs local clubs
behind it. Mr.. Hill spoke of many
laws which had been proposed by state
legislatures and congress, that had
died in committee, and others that had
to be fought by the automobile clubs
of the country. The means of fighting
are enlightment by education. A we'll
organized club in a community would
be valuable advisor to village coun7
ellis and county boards as WELL Any
special tax on gasoline or motors, Mr..
Hill thinks, is class legislation pure
and simple. !,
The tourist camp is very efficient
means Of advertising your town. It's
care and equipment comes among the
duties of the automobile club. The
advertising that we'll placed and
we'll equipped tourist camp would give
is obvious. A harvest Of $30,000,000
year is gathered from the tourist trade
in Minnesota.
The advantage of being an automo-
bile club member is several fold. You
pay your local dues and automatically
become member of the state and ma
tional association. This entities you
to card, that when shown in the city
automobile tourist bureaus entities
you to visitors tag for your car.
This secures you immunity from many
traffic violations. ''You may do most
anything," Mr.. Hill said, Except run
over the traffic cop" The card ad-
mits you to the privileges of the city
automobile club houses. You also get
the magazine called "Sparks" with
your membership.
After a brief discussion, motion
made to organize such club was car
ried almost unanimously. A second
motion to empower the chair to ap-
point the officers, president, vice pres
ident and secretary treasurer, was also
carried. The chairman deferred ap-
pointment until later. The dues will
be So, one Of which will go to the
state association, the other to the local
club. The state association takes care
of the national organization with part
of the one dollar fee.
The proposed community picnic was
then discussed. It was finally decided
to have it on the second Sunday in
August, at the fair grounds, and to
hire no speaker but make sports of
various sorts the attraction, and fur
nish coffee and cream.
The chairman appointed W. H.
Smith, Ira Stanley, Robert Berg and
Odin Odegard as the picnic committee
with R. P. Morton and J. A. Jorgenson
as the finance committee. After some
desultory discussion as to when the