The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-02-21
COMMERCIAL CLUB ELECTION

Inc new board OF directors for the
Commercial club are Neil f. Boyle
j. M. Hartong, l.. B. White, r. A
English, O.. Buchanan, c. C. Clark
]. H. Early, Louis Felt and ii. c.
Tavey
At the meeting Thursday evening
the retiring board was commended
and given a vote of thanks for their
activities of the year closed. 1t was
! said that 1t had oeen one of the best
years of the club work, with no
wild goose projects and goodly
number of tasks properly met and
Y, finished. President Boyle was COM
plimented for his able management
and his fidelity to the duties Of the
presidency He in turn modestly
claimed the honors and credits
for the membership of the
club for having always re-
sponded cheerfully to every re-
quest for service when he made it,
/ and said he was proud of the men
and the secretary, for none of them
/ had ever failed to take their assign
ments and carry on the work.
The report of the treasurer showed
about 1928 in the treasury and bills
paid up almost to date. During the
year the club spent more money each
month than they received from dues,
and the balance left over from the
year 1922 was used up. The ex-
penses are heavier now and the club
is doing more than it ever did be-
fore, so there is necessity for secur-
ing more members and more
monthly income to meet the de-
mands. The club functioned all
thru the panic and accomplished a
great deal of good. The reclamation
work on the reservation and at the
Blackfoot reservoir came as a Com
mercial club project; the Reclama-
ton office was moved from Salt Lake
and secured for Blackfoot largely
thru Rotary and Commercial club
activity; aid was given to the open
ing of the new short cut into the
Yellowstone park; the alfalfa meal
mill was gained thru club work and
lost thru obstacles thrown in the way
by persons not in accord with it.
The cheese factories were CONNER
cial club projects, and the American
Falls reservoir and several road pro-
jects, and the American Falls reser-
voir and several road projects were
subjects for considerable club work, |
and each is adding to the volume of
business for this county and the road
projects now taken over by the |
state and federal government and |
maintained by them will no longer |
be source of expense to this county |
as heretofore. One of the speakers |
in reviewing these matters, said that
vantages already in evidence, there !
To-, 4 - g. ~ kLnk
the people of the community are
and by that fact alone they have Sc
cured and are securing things that
were lost to other communities by
reason of contention among them
selves and lack of team work. He
cited some instances already clinched
and some others now in the making
and expressed the hope that each in
dividual would seek to impress his
own ideas upon the club and have
them adopted, but when once the
decision was made and somebody's
IDEAS were rejected, those some
bodies would accept the majority
Judgment and put their forces to the
wheel in cheerful team work.
Wolfe Van Bramer, former citizen ,
u DldChlOOL, CluD mOlAUCl anu OhCO =
councilman, but now occupying
such membership in Burley, was
present and was asked to address the :
Meeting. He said he was happy to :
,e among the fellows again, happy l
O hear them discussing their prob
ems and pleased to note the success /
md the unity of purpose among
hem. When he was asked IL he
ould give the club some pointers,
le said he could not, that bunch
ike this could keep their club func- :.
ioning thru a panic did not need y
cry many pointers. He said they =
ad had troubles of their own at
,urley and they are now in the ;,
1idst of the task of getting a tourist
ark into condition to accommodate
he travellers. he expressed the :,
ope that they might some day have
s fine a tourist park as Blackfoot
as, and in listening to the sug
estions that had been made for i'm l,
rowing the attractions and service Nv
Or tourists at Blackfoot he was glad
} be present and get pointers to -
Ike back to his own town.
The tourist matters referred to III
ere the report of the secretary that :,
lie Eccles hotel has decided to give
art of their lobby for desk room :,
,r the information bureau, without =, :,
,st to the club. A large banner !
lying Information Bureau is to d.
} hung across the street so nobody
I'D miss seeing it, and the club "
'cretary will be on the job to do os
verything possible to please and &C -
immediate the tourists, to make 1t
.sy for them to find what they want =.
i'd to tarry in the town and the
urist park. 1t was suggested that
revolving committee be appointed oe
r the tourist season so that each NJ
ening there would be certain mem 81
RS of the committee at the grounds
rving free, mingling with the n
wrists and seeking to spread infor-
a tiOn and tn interest desirable ones II