The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-12-24
COMMERCIAL CLUB
In YULE SESSION
Finances Community Christmas Pro,
gram, Lauds Lewis County
Fair Report.

joyed one of Landlord Farrar,s ooo
dinners and held a spirited bus;nes
session, with the seasons, fraterna
atmosphere dominant, at the Nezperc
Hotel last Friday evening. Some &c
members were in attendance.
The first business of the meetin,
had to do with the community Chrisr
mas tree and entertainment which
will be staged at the High Schoo
gymnasium tonight. The matter o1
financing, providing the treat of nuts
candies and fruit asserting these into
300 gift packages for the children OF
the community had been delegated ia
the Club. After some discussion as
to details, three committees were ap
pointed by President Leo Robertson,
as follows: On finance, J. D. Nc
Gown, Leroy Miller and Tony Scherer,
on purchasing treat, A. A. Caldwell,
Leroy Miller, G. w. Kettman; on pre-
pairing treat for distribution, Mrs. G.
W. Yates, Mrs E. H. Ratliff, Miss
Lila Harbke and Mrs. w. P. Con-
ger Following the meeting the com
mittees have carried out their part of
the program to the extent that fund
of $ll0 was raised, the treats pur-
chased and packed ready for the big
gathering at the gym tonight
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Following this phase of the Club
session the matter of our county fair
was taken up, with the idea of hearing
the reports of the president and treas
urer on the successful event of last
fall and the election of officers for
next season s show. Treasurer G. w.
Kettman gave in detail the receipts
and expenditures of the fair manage
ment, which was heard with interest
and passed up on with unanimous IA
vor by the Club Then President P.
M. Harding made personal report,
which was illustrative of the keen
interest he has taken in the work
since being honored with the office,
and this received an ovation.
The time of the meeting had been
well taken up, and it was decided to
hold another meeting early in the new
year for the election of both Fair and
Club officers and the transaction of
other important business.
The treasurer's full report will be
published in an early issue of The
Herald. We are glad to give here
President Harding's report, which fol
ows:
of the Commercial Club
Until yesterday I did not think of
eing called upon for report. I
hought the treasurers report would
e sufficient, but perhaps it is not
improper that l also submit a brief
of our actions with a few
Communications pertaining to the fu-
ire welfare of, our County Fair.
First: We sought to eliminate crit
ism and unite the county, by Civ
g wide publicity to our past achieve
ents through the newspapers of the
,unty, also the Lewiston Tribune and
be Spokesman Review, citing how
e community had won the first prize
the st. Lewis World IS fair for the
'st wheat and largest yield per acre;
so that our community had won the
Id medal at the Portland Exposi-
IN in 1900 for the best display OF
aims and grasses, and publishing the
ct that our last years exhibit was
ken by the Northern Pacific rail
ad at it's expense and placed perman'
tly on display in the union depot at
Paul, depot through which more
migration to the Northwest is rout-
than any other in the United
ates. We called the peoples atten-
n to the great advertising value OF
It splendid exhibit. Then with the
pointment of the various commit
$, geographically distributed, we
lght to get wider boost and in this
Del1eVe we were isuc0oSoien, eS -
where we went in securing samples
grain and grasses we were met with
lrty cooperation and encourage
Mt, particularly SO at Cralgmont.
-ther proof of solidifying the coun
on the Fair is found in the fact
t Mr.. Platt, with his splendid tact
business ability, was able to se-
E liberal subscription from every
k in the county Except the Kan
bank, where a local fair was heidi
the Boys and Girls Club fund.
s to our exhibit, which you saw
must agree was good considering
exceptionally dry year, with which
defeated five counties at the Spo
e Fair, viz:
Whitman county, Washington;
Mt county, Washington; Benewah
1ty, idaho, Ravalli county, Mon IN
j, and Kootenai county, Idaho; ~
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