The Alaskan., 1928-11-23
PUBLIC SPIRITED

meetings of> the Commercial Club as we should have been, we are plan ming to do better, and we want to
 exn, ess our appreciation of the efforts 1 Jf those who do attend, and from
 month to month plan and act in
 every way possible for the best in ;crests of yur community in general. It is without doubt the one out | standing factor and organization in !he commit lity whose actions result , ir the upbuilding of our town, and secures legislative action, such as tho placing of lights and beacons at needed places in the waters con
 tiguous to Petersburg, and many 1 things during a year that benefits every one living in the community,
 1nd n a particular way all the Busi-
 ness firms. Yet in spite of these ] benefits directly accrueing to the Business firms, and peole in gener al. there are in Petersburg as there are in other places Business men who never pretend to attend one session a year of the Commercial Club, and who do not even pay the membership fee to meet the finan- cial budget. To prove whether this 1 is right or not, let us ask ourselves | this question: What if every other ] Merchant md Business man gave
 the same attention to the Conner
 c;al Club as I do would we have ever had ne NarroWs dredged? Would we have ever had the lights
 and beacol markers at several | places in our waters that has meant
 the saving of lives and destruction
 of property Would we have had
 the attention of the Government i authorities attracted to and action taken towards the preservation of the
 Herring in our waters? Would we
 now have had set in motion the
 wheels of Congress that will result in the dredging out of our Peters
 burg harbor to ample depth, so that
 our feet may have plenty of room
 to anchor Ill the QUiet safety of ou protected harbor? No, these and mary other benefits that have been initiated and brought to pass by and 1 through the action of the Conner cial Club. We could name many more such as the having secured
 the attention of the Gov authorities
 to .he need of our Fur ranchers who
 have suffered serious losses by not heinz able to cope with the diseases
 among the foxes, and to provide the proper feed The presence and work
 here of tine Specialist in Trapping under employ. of our Government, the setting aside of the Petersburg
 creek section for the particular be-
 neft cf the people of Petersburg, and many other things.
 It does seem to us that of all peo pie in every community who should take an active interest in and at tend regularly the meetings of the
 Commercial Club, it is those who are in business here, and who, of course,
 directly benefit the most, and it would seem that those who do not
 do so have assumed somewhat the
 role of the DRONE BEE i. e. take
 his eats and sleep and cash income, i arc added benefits from the activi-
 ties of tte Commercial Club from
 month to month, and year to year, ] but never attend and help carry OH.
 Let us hope that with the coming or
 the new year Cor hofore) our Busi-
 ness mon right down the line from
 one end of town to the other, will turn over a new leaf, and swing in line to dc their bit in helping main tain this splendid organization that looks after ,he welfare of the Com
 munity as loes no other. Say,
 would mt it he fine to see every Busi-