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The committee recommended the elec- tion of the following officers: President, W. B .. Mitchell; first vice-president, John Schaefer; second vice-president, R. C. Junk; secretary, S. S. Parr; treasurer, J. G. Smith; directors, B. Reinhard, A. C. Robertson, J. T. Bradford, Geo. Tileston, J. T. Jerrard, E. T. Davidson, J. I. Donohue, Geo. R. Clark, John Cooper.
The following constitution was adopted as the constitution of the St. Cloud Hu- mane Society:
Article I .- This organization shall be called the St. Cloud Humane Society.
Article II .- This society shall be a branch of the Minnesota Society for the prevention of cruelty to animals. And its object shall be to act in harmony and uni- son with the said principal society and other societies of a similar character to prevent and punish cruelty to children and animals of whatever name, to procure the strict enforcement of all laws of this state relating to the prevention of cruelty to children and animals and to labor earn- estly to secure the passage and enforce- ment of such laws as shall be dictated by a highly enlightened and humane civiliza- tion, to shelter the helpless from wrong and oppression of every kind and nature.
Article III .- The officers of the society shall consist of one president, two vice- presidents, one secretary and one treasurer and an executive board of seven members in addition to the above mentioned offi- cers, who shall be ex-officio members of
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said board, all of whom shall be elected at the annual meeting of the members of the society and shall hold their respective of- fices for one year and until their succes- sors shall be duly elected and qualified.
Article IV .- Any person may become a member of this society by the payment an- nually of $1.00 and any person my be- come a life member by the payment of $25.00. The year ending at the annual meeting.
Article V .- At any regular called meet- ing of this society any article of this con- stitution may be changed or amended by a two-thirds vote of the members present.
The board of directors held their first meeting and elected W. B. Mitchell, presi- dent; Prof. S. S. Parr, secretary; John Schaefer, executive agent; J. G. Smith, treasurer. W. B. Mitchell continued to be president until 1902. He was succeeded by James F. Bradford, who remained presi- dent until his death in 1908. F. J. Bach was elected president and now holds that office. S. S. Parr continued as secretary of the society until his death in 1900; J. I. Donohue was elected his successor and now holds that office. John Schaefer was executive officer until his death in 1909; N. K. Hunt was elected his successor and now holds that office. J. G. Smith contin- ued to be treasurer until 1900 when he re- moved to California. W. W. Smith was elected his successor, and at this writing holds the office .- (By J. I. Donohue.)
The Public Health League was organ- ized November 8, 1911, in the Commercial Club rooms, ten people having met for that purpose. It was decided that the membership should consist of delegates from the cultural association, fraternal and beneficiary societies and labor unions of the city. The honorary members should be the mayor and commissioners, members of the board of health, members of the board of education, members of the library board, the members of the police depart- ment, the county commissioners, the clergy of the city, the superintendent and teachers of the public schools the teach- ers of the parochial schools and members of the Stearns County Medical Society.
The purpose of this league is to prevent the spread of tuberculosis and other in- fectious and contagious diseases and to
provide for the care and relief of those suffering therefrom; to work for the pro- motion of health and the security of life; to cooperate with the county authorities in securing state aid for a tuberculosis sanitorium for Stearns county, and to im- prove in general the sanitary condition of the community.
The Public Health League was instru- mental in procuring and maintaining a visiting nurse for two years and again after a vacancy in this position it took the lead in procuring the home and school visitor, Miss Hyslop, who at this writing is on duty and one-third of whose salary is paid by this organization. The league has been maintained by the proceeds of the sale of Red Cross seals, tag day and an annual Health League ball. From a modest beginning it has become a factor in the social and municipal life of the city and has been very successful in accom- plishing the purposes for which it was organized.
The present officers are: President, P. J. Seberger; first vice-president, Mrs. J. B. Dunn; second vice-president, Dr. P. M. Magnuson; secretary, Mrs. J. H. Beaty; treasurer, Mrs. Hugh Evans.
Social Clubs. While the fraternal and business interests have been fully recog- nized through the societies and organiza- tions described in the foregoing lists, the strictly social side of life has had full at- tention. The following list of clubs de- voted to recreation and goood-fellowship is at least fairly complete and will give some idea of the means employed to "kill dull care."
Bridge Club, Skat Clubs, Bachelors' Club, Single Blessedness Club, Home Circle Club, Tuesday Card Club, Wednesday Aft- ernoon Club, Thursday Club, Cogo Club, Favorite Recipe Club, Rossignol Club, Entre Nous Club, Elks' Dancing Club, Needle Crafts Club, Progressive Euchre Club, Jennie Wren Club, Never Late Club, Gritty Witty Sewing Club, Get Me Club, Snippers Club, Southside Club, Five Hun- dred Card Club, K. C. Dancing Club, B. B. C. Club, J. W. Club, N. M. C. Club, H. G. L. Club, H. T. C. Club, G. W. Club, Gamma Theta Sorority, Eta Bita Pi Sorority, Clio Club, U-Go I-Go Club, Convivial Club, T. B. L. Club, Lucky Thirteen Club.
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LABOR ORGANIZATIONS.
Trades and Labor Council-President, Paul Scherer; secretary and treasurer, Carl Dahl. Meets second and fourth Wednesdays, at Iten Hall.
Bricklayers' and Masons' Union-Presi- dent, L. J. Orowitch; secretary, Lawrence Ohotta; treasurer, Joseph Koshiol. Meets second and fourth Saturdays, at Puff Hall. Painters' and Paperhangers' Union- President, Paul Scherer; treasurer, Emil Krause; financial secretary, J. K. Wescott; recording secretary, Moritz Schwinden.
Cigarmakers' Union-President, Leo Winter; vice-president, Gust Kruger; sec- retary, J. M. Scharenbroich; treasurer, Christ. Laursen.
Bartenders' Union-President, Walter Beaudreau; corresponding secretary, Gust Orth; vice-president, J. P. Seitz; record- ing secretary, E. V. Kellerman; treasurer, Ferdinand Broell. Meets first Wednesday of each month, at Rausch Hall.
Granite Cutters' Union-Corresponding secretary, Joseph Robbers; financial sec- retary, John Strobel.
Quarrymen's Union-President, John Williams; secretary, August Anderson.
Stationary Engineers-President, J. W. Peterson; secretary, Frank Ulrich.
National Association of Letter Carriers -President, Emil Hennemann; vice-presi- dent, J. H. Jackson; secretary, M. J. Honer. Meets the first Sunday of each month, at the postoffice.
National Association of Postoffice Clerks -President, C. W. Kaerwer; secretary, O. P. Honer; treasurer, A. J. Haberkorn.
St. Cloud Typographical Union, No. 630 -President, C. F. Wampach; vice-presi- dent, A. F. Kehrer; recording secretary, A. G. Schubert; secretary and treasurer, G. S. Clark. Meets the first Tuesday of each month, at 27 Fifth avenue, south.
Team Drivers' Union-President, Ben Seitz; recording secretary, Theodore Streitz; treasurer, O. A. McConnell.
Carpenters' and Joiners' Union-Presi- dent, J. L. Czaika; treasurer, Gottfried Jaensson; financial secretary, A. J. Daniel, Jr .; recording secretary, Leo Schellinger. Woman's Label League-President, Lydia Davis; secretary, Ottilia M. Scherer; treasurer, Bertha A. Seberger.
St. Cloud Automobile Club. The first automobile to make its appearance in St. Cloud except as a visitor was a Milwau- kee steamer, purchased in 1899 by Stephen Tenvoorde and P. R .. Thielman, who were St. Cloud's first dealers in motor-cars and the third in the state of Minnesota, Mr. Tenvoorde being still in the business. This steamer was later sold to Minneapolis parties. The first automobile using gaso- line, a second-hand Packard, was brought to St. Cloud in 1900 by H. P. Brauch. These were the only automobiles in the city until the next year, 1901, when three more were introduced, by Judge Theodore Bruener, A. L. Riley and Charles Bow- man, all being Olds single-cylinder run- abouts, costing $650 each. During the four or five years following occasional ma- chines were purchased, but it was not un- til 1906 and 1907 that they became the fashion and people beyond the few were owners of cars. After that date they in- creased rapidly in number until at the beginning of the year 1915 more than four hundred automobiles are owned in the city, and by the close of the year it will be nearer five hundred. This includes almost forty different makes of machines, the most numerous being the Ford, Stude- baker, Overland, Hudson, Cadillac, Buick, R. C. H., Krit and Maxwell, with five large garages.
More and more each year have the farmers in the surrounding country be- come purchasers of automobiles, until the larger proportion of machines now sold go outside the city. This not only serves to indicate the growing prosperity of the farmers, but also shows their desire with their increased income to give their fam- ilies increased comforts as a recompense for the privations they endured in the earlier days.
One of the most progressive organiza- tions in the city has been the St. Cloud Automobile Club. Its motto has been "Good Roads," and it has preached the doctrine far and wide. Not satisfied with preaching, it has practiced, and by the aid of liberal subscriptions has aided in im- proving many of the roads leading to and from the city. Its most important under- taking has been the construction of the scenic highway along the Mississippi river on the east side from below the Tenth
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street bridge to Sauk Rapids. In addition to the subscriptions of its members, lib- eral amounts were secured from the busi- ness men of the city generally. The agita- tion was begun while Alvah Eastman was president of the club, and the success of the undertaking is largely due to his efforts, personally and through the col- umns of his paper. When completed, it will be one of the most attractive pieces of driveway in the state and will reveal to visitors one of the most beautiful of St. Cloud's many beautiful natural features.
The first sociability run was made in 1912, twenty-one cars with eighty-six pas- sengers leaving St. Cloud on the morning of August 7, going via Richmond and Paynesville, Belgrade and Brooten to Glenwood, where the night was spent; the next morning to Alexandria, returning via Osakis, Sauk Centre, Melrose and Cold Spring to St. Cloud, which was reached at 8 o'clock the second evening. The enjoy- ment of the trip was greatly marred by heavy rains.
The second trip was made in 1913, a party of over one hundred leaving St. Cloud the morning of July 29, in twenty- five cars. The first night was spent at Mankato and the second at Red Wing, the cities visited including, besides those named, Faribault, Northfield, Red Wing, Hastings, St. Paul and Minneapolis; the third and last day finding the party at home, tired but happy, having had fine weather and a good time.
It was then decided not to make any more long runs, but to confine the trips to this and adjoining counties. Large parties with their machines went to the county fair at Sauk Centre both that year and 1914, and sociability runs were made to the greater number of the villages throughout Stearns county and to Foley, the county seat of Benton county, the St. Cloud band being always included in the trip.
Since its organization until the year 1914, the club had as its presidents William J. Holes, Dr. L. P. Leonard, Alvah Eastman, E. S. Hill and James E. Jenks; secretaries, J. C. Cotton, D. C. Abeles, J. F. Jerrard. The officers elected in 1914 were: James E. Jenks, president; C. D. Schwab, vice-president; J. H. Maybury, secretary- treasurer; A. A. Wright, C. D. Grinols,
Hugh Evans, W. W. Smith, Edward Zapp, A. H. Turretin, governing board. There are 123 members; annual dues, $2.00.
COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS.
Realizing the necessity of organizations and cooperation in securing the best civic results and in promoting the growth of the city, a meeting of business men was held at the court house January 9, 1869, when steps were taken for the organization of a board of trade. At a subsequent meet- ing January 19 a board of directory was elected, composed of T. C. McClure, Wil- liam Powell, W. S. Moore, C. Schulten, H. T. Daendels, Joseph Edelbrock, C. F. Davis, H. C. Waite, H. C. Burbank, J. G. Smith, N. Lahr, P. B. Thompson, Z. H. Morse, C. Bridgman and J. W. Tenvoorde. To provide for the amicable settlement of disputes and disagreements, thereby avoid- ing the employment of attorneys and a resort to litigation, a committee on arbi- tration was appointed, as follows: C. C. Andrews, J. B. Abbott, Leander Gorton, M. C. Tolman, E. C. Smith, J. A. Stanton, L. A. Evans, H. Z. Mitchell and J. M. Rosenberger. The membership was sixty- eight business and professional men, the fee being fixed at $5.00. At a subsequent meeting the directors organized by elect- ing W. S. Moore, president; C. F. Davis and H. C. Burbank, vice-presidents; T. C. McClure, secretary and treasurer.
On several occasions the need of a new hotel was urged, and it was voted to ask authority from the legislature to authorize a bonus toward the enterprise, the pro- posed hotel to cost $75,000. The passage of a bill authorizing the city to issue bonds to the amount of $10,000 was secured in March, 1869. The city council, April 7, increased the amount of the bonus to $12,500, the hotel to cost not less than $50,000, furnished, and to be located be- tween St. Augusta street and the ravine and between the Mississippi river and Hanover street. By a vote of 273 to 53, at the city election held May 2, the proposi- tion to issue these bonds was approved. Advertisements were published inviting proposals for the erection of a hotel to cost not less than $35,000 for the building and $50,000 when furnished, the bonus of $12,500 to be in 10 per cent bonds, running not less than ten nor more than twenty
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years. This movement was without re- sults, and in June of the following year the newly organized St. Cloud Hotel Com- pany, with a capital stock of $50,000, ap- peared before the council with plans for a three-story brick hotel and asked for a bonus of $16,000. This was refused, but resolutions were unanimouly adopted pro- viding for a bonus of $12,500, but Mayor Taylor interposed a veto. At a meeting held a few days afterwards, new resolu- tions for a $12,500 bonus were adopted, which were also vetoed by the mayor, but were passed over his veto by a vote of eight to one. Still no hotel was built.
Much attention was given by the board to the opening and improving of roads leading into St. Cloud. At one meeting $225 was appropriated to aid in building the road to Klings on the east side of the river.
The seekers after bonuses were early on the ground with a variety of alluring of- fers to locate manufacturing enterprises at St. Cloud if sufficient pecuniary induce- ments were provided.
Like so many other organizations of a similar character, this board of trade had an ephemeral existence.
In October, 1878, an effort was made to revive the organization, the former secre- tary and treasurer, T. C. McClure, report- ing that he had on hand a balance of $230 remaining from the old board of trade-a very unusual circumstance-which he was prepared to turn over to the properly chosen persons. A few meetings were held and then another period of quiet fol- lowed until July 28, 1881, when a reorgan- ization was effected with H. C. Waite, president; J. E. Hayward and J. M. Rosenberger, vice-presidents; L. A. Evans, secretary; J. G. Smith, treasurer. This flourished for a time and then faded.
In 1883 it was thought that by adopting some other name a better chance of suc- cess might be obtained, and so on August 6 the "Chamber of Commerce of the City of St. Cloud" was organized and incorpo- rated, the annual membership fee being $5.00, and the officers as follows: J. E. West, president; J. E. Wing, vice-prest- dent; W. F. Street, secretary; D. B. Searle, treasurer. While the chamber of com- merce maintained an existence, yet the results evidently were not satisfactory; at
the beginning of 1887 a reorganization was called for, "to interest more of the young men." The officers elected February 28 were: F. E. Searle, president; H. J. Ro- senberger, vice-president; L. T. Troutman, secretary; C. P. McClure, treasurer. Meet- ings were held weekly for a time, and then were not held at all.
At the end of four years it was decided to try again, this time as a business union, which was organized April 14, 1891, with V. Batz, president; William Powell, vice- president; C. L. Atwood, secretary; J. G. Smith, treasurer. The fate of its prede- cessors soon overtook the union and it went to sleep with the various boards of trade and chambers of commerce.
Nothing daunted, however, October 30, 1895, a hundred men of the city met at the city council rooms and organized the Business Men's Association, the officers being C. F. Ladner, president; J. N. Ben- sen and T. S. McClure, vice-presidents; L. T. Troutman, secretary; Wesley Carter, treasurer. In order that the advantages of the association might be within the reach of everybody, the membership fee was placed at only $2.00, meetings were monthly and the secretary's salary was $50.00 per month.
Its successor was the Civic Improvement League, working along somewhat different lines, which was in existence March 30, 1906, when a meeting of business men was held in the auditorium of the public library building. The civic league adjourned sine die, and an organization was then formed which had in it the elements of stability and permanency and which has been an instrument of great potency in the devel- opment of the business and civic interests of St. Cloud. The St. Cloud Commercial Club was duly incorporated and by-laws were adopted for the detailed management of its affairs, the entrance fee being fixed at $10.00, with $25.00 annual dues, all con- ditioned on one hundred members being secured. This was done by May 2, when the following board of fifteen directors was elected: O. H. Havill, John N. Ben- sen, D. C. Abeles, C. F. Ladner, C. D. Grinols, H. C. Ervin, C. J. Metzroth and C. L. Atwood for two years; and R. B. Brower, O. F. Doyle, J. C. Enright, R. L. Gale, G. W. Stewart, C. G. Oberley and F. L. Randall for one year. The directors
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organized by electing O. H. Havill, presi- dent; C. F. Ladner and J. N. Bensen, vice- presidents; Andrew E. Fritz, secretary; H. A. Mckenzie, treasurer. The salary of the secretary was fixed at $1,500 per year, but Mr. Fritz declined, preferring to re- main with the Public Service company. H. G. Sydow, instructor in German at the high school, was elected in his stead. Rooms were engaged on the second floor of the Carter building, meetings to be held monthly.
Efforts were made by the Commercial club acting with the Commercial club at Sauk Rapids to secure an extension of the St. Cloud street railway to Sartell. A proposition from the company was pre- sented at a meeting of the club April 11, 1907, stating that if the parties interested at St. Cloud and Sauk Rapids would build and fully equip the proposed extension the railway company would furnish the motive power, cars, etc., and operate the road for five years, turning over to the parties en- titled thereto one-half of the gross receipts received in operating the extension, the road and its equipment to become the prop- erty of the street railway company at the expiration of the five years. Nothing defi- nite resulted from the movement.
The new board of directors May 20, elected O. H. Havill, president; Hugh Evans and H. C. Ervin, vice-presidents; H. A. Mckenzie, treasurer. H. G. Sydow con- tinued to be secretary until August 1, when he was succeeded by C. E. Nelson.
At the election in 1908 C. D. Grinols was elected president; D. C. Abeles and C. F. Ladner, vice-presidents; E. F. Moore, treasurer. A. D. Doane was engaged as secretary, August 4, and in November the annual dues were reduced to $15. The sal- ary of the secretary was later fixed at $50 per month and $25 additional from the Market day fund. The club voted to be- come a member of the Minnesota Federa- tion of Commercial clubs. Resolutions were adopted favoring the Commission form of government, and March 2 it was reported that over 300 signers to a peti- tion to the charter commission asking that provision be made for submitting the mat- ter to a vote of the people had been se- cured. Resolutions were adopted, in re- sponse to a request by the granite pro- ducers, asking Minnesota's representatives
in congress to use every effort possible to prevent any reduction of the tariff on granite.
Th 1909 officers were elected July 6, as follows: C. J. Metzroth, president; P. J. Seberger and R. L. Gale, vice-presidents; A. D. Doane, secretary; Edward Zapp, treasurer.
In 1910 P. J. Seberger was elected presi- dent; C. F. Ladner and H. C. Ervin, vice- presidents; A. D. Doane, secretary; E. Zapp, treasurer. The secretary's report showed the membership of the club to be 132. The matter of organizing a granite quarrying company, after a thorough inves- tigation, was decided to be impracticable for the present. The building of a new hotel had annual consideration without any tangible results.
At the March meeting resolutions were adopted urging the legislature to pass a fair apportionment bill, giving to Northern Minnesota the representation to which its population entitled it. Resolutions were adopted requesting the legislature to re- quire the use of Minnesota stone in the construction of all state buildings in which stone was used. The officers elected in May were: C. F. Ladner, president; F. L. Randall and Wm. Stratton, vice-presi- dents; P. J. Seberger, secretary; C. D. Grinols, treasurer. The secretary's salary was fixed at $50 per month. The 1912 elec- tion, May 13, resulted in the choice of Wm. Stratton, president; N. K. Hunt and R. O. Olson, vice-presidents; P. J. Seberger, sec- retary; C. D. Schwab, treasurer.
An arrangement was made with Geo. B. Irving of Chicago to make a number of public addresses and conduct a campaign for new members. For this purpose it was voted to waive the membership fee and reduce the annual dues to $10. Re- port was made February 4 that 174 new members had been secured. A reward of $25 having been offered for a slogan, choice was made of "St. Cloud-Busy, Gritty Granite City," out of many hundred pro- posed. The first annual banquet was given April 1. The sum of $100 was appropriated to the local unions to aid in defraying the entertainment of the annual convention of the State Federation of Labor. The 1913 officers were the same as for the previous year, with the exception of the president, Fred Schilplin being elected. The mem-
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bership was reported at 286. It was de- cided November 4 to occupy the Elks' rooms on the third floor as soon as va- cated.
The second annual banquet was held May 5, 1914. The 1913 officers were re- elected. The secretary reported the mem- bership as 198, there having been a loss of 90 during the year.
The list of speakers from outside locali- ties who from time to time have addressed the club on topics of interest includes Gov- ernor A. O. Eberhart; Mayor J. C. Haynes, of Minneapolis; S. G. Iverson, state au- ditor; G. H. Welsh, commissioner of im- migration; Chas. E. Elmquist, of the state railroad and warehouse commission; Chas. E. Neale, chief of the bureau of weights and measures; J. A. O. Preus, commis- sioner of insurance; Judge Frank T. Wil- son, Stillwater; C. A. Mercia, superintend- ent of the Red Wing training school; Col. Freeman Thorp, of Hobart; S. P. Jones, W. L. Harris and Wallace Ney, of Minne- apolis; W. H. Seed, highway expert; D. Ward King, inventor of the split-log drag.
Among the many improvements which have been gained and projects furthered, either in whole or in part by the Commer- cial club, may be mentioned street pav-
ing; the holding of monthly market days which attracted to the city large numbers of farmers; the commission form of gov- ernment; the Lake George boulevard (held up at present by litigation); the St. Cloud Improvement association, which erected a suitable building and se- cured the location of the Gordon & Ferguson glove factory in St. Cloud; a comprehensive park system; a new road to the North Star and Calvary cemeteries; extension of the water mains to the stone sheds; automatic alarms at railway cross- ings; the white way; a complete and cor- rect census in 1910; the retaining of the county seat at St. Cloud; the erection of a St. Cloud building, costing $1,120, on the Stearns county fair grounds at Sauk Cen- ter; aid to the Tri-County fair located be- tween St. Cloud and Sauk Rapids; the de- velopment of the potato industry until St. Cloud has become an important potato shipping point; providing a convenient and attractive place for entertaining farmers and other clubs, associations and conven- tions; sociability runs to various towns in the county. Its record entitles it to the hearty and generous support of the busi- ness men and citizens generally of St. Cloud.
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