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Show COMMERCIAL CLUB 1 LIFEf TOWN I It Has Constantly To Over- -II come Work of Knocker I THE DEVELOPMENT OF UTAH I Advantages and Responsibilities of H Membership In Your Own Com. H merclal Club, H Tho first question that Instinctively B arises In tho mind ot every llvo man 'H as soon as tho suggestion Is mado to him. that ho ought to bo nu actlvo ,H member of his own commercial club iH Is "What am I going to get out ot 'M It?" And If tho matter can't bo laid beforo him in a light that is ndvan- 'H tagcous to his pocket-book his Inter- ;H est BQon lags. Lest this cstlmato ot M human beings appear too low, It jH might bo added that tho question ap- 'H piles with equal forco to Intellectual, jM moral and spiritual things. In rolls- iH ,Ion or business, In law, or In love, ifl it Is over tho same. "Does It pay?" 'H Men cliooso thoso paths which they H think pay, men join thoso organlza- 'H tlons which appear profitable to them :H financially or otherwise So tho lo- H col commercial club must como un- !H dcr the rule, "What nro you going , to get out of It?" :B Leaving aside tho social advantages HJ 'because they can bo tilled by other H organizations, there nre a number ot iBf qualities distinctly within tho pro- jBJ vlnco ot tho commercial clubs. Broad- HJ ly stated tho club's primal purpose is '1 to foster everything which tends to 'H mnko your town grow, is thoro need -,LBJ of a railroad? The club bends every HJ energy towards getting it. Do you M need a brick yard, an. electric plant. or any kind ot manufacturing estab- Hi llshmont? The club gets It. Have you no town hall? Tho club .crystallizes sentiment In that direction. Do you H wish streets opened up, roads repaired HJ and bridges built? Is your school sys- tern out ot date? The club' takes the Initiative In seeing that these chaa- HJ ges are made. Are there evils to be H overcome? Have you "drunken feu- H cos" and poor sidewalks? Is the city H council lax In enforcing the laws? The club, by having tho best blood of the ' city In Its ranks, yields nn Influence . H strong enough to correct those evils. HJ Today thero are scores ot commer- !H clal organizations doing Just such : work In tho state of Utah. One club ;HJ founded only five years ago, is dl- 'HJ rectly responsible for establishing a IJ bank, an up-to-date wator system, a HJ complete electric-lighting plant and a ,HJ number of other substantial buslnes- HJ 8cs In a town which prior to that 'H time had gone on "In the even tenor 'H of Its way" for a halt a century. That 'H samo club is perfecting plans whereby j a quarter of a million dollars will bo ' Continued on Page S. iH COMMERCIAL CLUB LIFE OF TOWN (Continued from Page i) expended Tn tho community. As a direct di-rect result of tho nbove campaign for good roads, good water nnd good schools, property values havo risen from CO to 100 per cent, nnd every land owner Is enjoying tho result ot thnt raise, to say nothing ot tho Increased In-creased comfort, tho municipal cleanliness clean-liness nnd the satisfaction of living in a progressive community. Tho question, then, IS relevnnt, "Does It pay?" Unquestionably, yes. Hnd every ev-ery citizen of that town been furthering further-ing tho work of Improvement, Instead of having Bomo who tried to block the wheels every tlmo a start was made, the progress would havo been ten-fold what It has been. As a matter mat-ter ot .dollars and cents the argu ment Is Irrcslstable, but.-'when It comes to keeping In tunowlth, tho MOVING world tho personal advantages advan-tages nro simply enormous, Tho dutles"of such membership are many, but not particularly arduous, If avcry member puts zest into his work the club's efforts will bear fruit; it not Its work Is likely to prove abortive. abor-tive. One hns constantly to overcome tho labor of tho knocker, who unfortunately unfor-tunately can't, see the good that. Is bound to come out of such tolling. But 'I God be thanked for a knocker. He . i shows us how little wo might bo were we, not members of tho boosters' society. so-ciety. Responsibility ot membership carries with It an attendance to all meetings, tho payment of all dues, since tho commercial lubricant la ne-" cessary to success, a unity of action In all things nnd a persistent effort to build up your town. To sum up, tho commercial club Is to town lite, whnt lungs nro to the humnn body. If the body gets Impure nlr and injurious gases, Us work Is sluggish and It may dlo; It tho commercial com-mercial club censes to exist, tho town -Is asphyxiated. |