, 1923-04-24
c. Of c. DRIVE
NETS 315 NEW
MEMBERsHERE
Good Results Shown in
First Days Work by
Casper Teams.

Three hundred fifteen new mem
bers were gained by tho Casper
chamber Of commerce this morning.
totaling s5,s12.75 in cash. The team
of "reserves' gained the greatest
number OF memberships. having 1O4.
Rotary team No. 1 came second with
10 and Rotary No. 2 with 81.
Ben Cullen announced at the
luncheon today that the freight rate
between Utah and Casper had been
reduced through the efforts OF the
chamber from 90 cents to 81 cents.
Utah ships Is cars of canned goods a
year into Casper. The reduction OF
is cents per hundred on the freight IL
said TO mean n saving of 80, 900 10 the
consumers here
A special dinner was held by the
chamber of commerce at the Henning
last night for the purpose OF making
final arrangements before starting
out on the drive this morning. z. p.
Bacon was elected general chairman
of the drive.
The selling points OF the chamber
of commerce were discussed at the
dinner Monday night Among the
speakers was r. S. Ellison. Mr..
Ellison stated that SO far as he could
see the amount ought TO be easily
raised, hat 1t was the duty of every
business man to take an active part
in the chamber and to pay his annual
dues. Every man should know what
the climber of m has DONE"
said Mr.. Ellison. 1.-The only fund this
organization has for carrying on its
,.OriF 60 from fha aa1a Of yaapnhar-
ships. II we can't raise as many as
we have before something is wrong"
f. II. Fuller of the Frantz shop
congratulated the Casper Chamber of
Commerce on its business like man.
agement. stating that he had never
seen anywhere an organization of
this kind that could equal It IN this
respect. We must look ahead 10 or
20 years. said Mr.. Fuller. Snow
thai we have gotten his far with
such a body we must sec to It that
we continue to maintain It and to
plan for new things"
Attorney Ambrose Hemingway was
called on to discuss the matter of
suing persons who had contracted to
take n membership In the chamber
and then had refused to pay Their
dues. We are not taking a pound
Of flesh attitude" said Mr.. Heming-
way. but 1t is logical that when one
party 10 a contract lives up to its
agrs ement the other party should live
up to its agreement also"
Nine law suits We're filed through
Mr.. Hemingway. Five of these were
settled before trial. Out OF the four
which went to trial. two defaulted
and two put up n defense, but the
cases were decided for the chamber
of commerce.
Many members OF the organization
last night expressed themselves
strongly on the matter of maintain
ing dues in the chamber. They
stated hi one group of men ought
not to be compelled to carry the bur
den OF civic development, and in the
words of Major Ormsby. I'm what
way can a community get anything
II not through such n body as the
chamber of commerce?"
Barney Slack revealed something
Of the work which the board Of direc-
tors does in saving the people of Cas-
per thousands of dollars. Many
things are brought to this board even
before they go to n forum or with
out going to n forum at all. A group
of keen business men who have the
interests Of the community at heart.
they are able to turn their influence
into right channels and keep out un.
sound or unworthy business ventures.
Other speakers were George B.
Nelson. John B. Barnes, Earle Bur
well. NJ. A. Becklinger, and B. L.
Scherck.
The teams selected. captains and
workers last night are as follows:
Rotary No. 1.
j. w. johnson. captain; Walter
Keefe, George B. Nelson. L. A. Reed,
Carl Shumaker. t. c. Tobin. o. l.
Walker.
Rotary No. 2.
Earl Burwell. captain; W. r.
Johnson. II. d. Mccormick. B. II.
Pelton. Earl c. Boyle. John Jour
6ensen. w. o. Wilson.
Kiwanis No. g.
NJ A Becklinger. captain; w. r.
Dumars, C. A. Cullen. Q. K Beaver.