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Fremont's Commercial Cluh an Organization of Live Wire Boosters
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First National.
Till: UKK: OMAHA. TIIUKsDAV. AUGUST r, 1015.
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K THERE is any more wlde-
TT awake Commercial club for
JL Its sUe than th Fromotit
tj Commercial club, said club
i2iJ ha" not nt it name and
made good Its claim to that
distinction.
From the rresident. Ccorgo F. 'Wols, I
down through the ranKs, every man la a I
live one and a booster from Boostorvllle.
And three men are not merely boosters I
in talk which is proverbially "cheap,"
but they are boosters In cash, which U
another thing and speak loudly for th
man behind the dollars.
The Fremont Commercial cluo, with a
membership of 3tt raises the sum of
llu.ono annually from its membership for
tha purposes of boosting' the city along
on the prosperity path. Here are just a
few "sample" things for which some,
money was drawn from this fund In 1914:
The race meet, which brought 6,000
people and into which the club put $'00.
The national farm power demonstration,
which brought 26,000 people to Fremont, !
advertised the city throughout the coun
try and cost the club only $1,741
The Big Four fair drew on tne treas
ury for 14.000 and tha visitors numbered
5CKW.
Six conventions were estimated to have,
drawn 3,000 people and the club paid out
W70. Bummer band ronterta cost VX.
Maintenance of roads in the county was
boosted by tha club with $X5t Yha twenty-six
miles of the Lincoln highway
through Dodge county la a stretch well
kept always and with the little red, the
big white and the little blue stripes on
every pole throughout Its length.
The Commercial club has been organ
ized for years, but was reorganised last
year by taking In two other affiliated
organizations, the Ad club and the Ite
tall Merchants' club.
It waa reorganized, moreover, on an
unique plan in that it Is divided Into
five sections as follows:
A Manufacturers' and Jobbers' section,
" whose scope embraces all matters of In
terest to the factory or wholesale busU
ncsa.
A Retail Merchants' section, whose at
tention Is directed to the retail businesses,
tho extension of credit, restriction of un
wise advertising, etc.
An Ad club section having to do with
all matters of publicity of special work
In the way of fairs, concerts and enter
tainments. Farmers' section, to which all farmers,
landowners, breeders and stock men are
eligible and which interests Itself In mat
ters relating to agriculture and llvo
stock.
A General section, whosa membership
comprises commercial travelers, minis
ters, lawyers, doctors, dentists, archl-
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Firsi National Bank
ONE OF FREMONT'S BUST JOBBING HOU&BS.
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tects, builders, contractors, engineers,
bankers, real estates men. Insurance
agents. Investors and others not affili
ated with any of the other sections.
Each of these sections Is a separate and
distinct body, with Its own bylaws, but
subject to the general Jurisdiction of tha
general club. Committees of the club are
named as equitably as possible from the
membership of the different sections. ,
Fach section names one of its members
each year for director of tho Commercial
club to serve two years, ao that each sec
tion is always represented on the club's
board of directors by two members.
The objects and purposes of the club
are named as follows:
"The activities of the organization may
be along any line of public benefit and
mutual co-operation, but they must com
prehend the following:
"The construction and maintenance
through co-opc ration with the proper au
thorities of good roads leading to Fre
mont. "The further extension of our system
of paved streets.
"The securing of proper advertising and
publicity of our growth, resources and
opportunities, to the end that the coun
try at large my know Fremont and its
possibilities.
"To promote the Interests of our mer
chants, manufacturers and all other in
stitutions and enterprises, encouraging the
spirit of mutual protection and co-operation.
'To make constant effort to secure new
enterprises for Fremont, particularly
along manufacturing and Jobbing lines.
"To secure and entertain conventions
and various public gatherings.
"To arrange and care for fairs, festi
vals, concerts and celebrations.
'To protect the members from various
Fremont's Solid Banks
forms of graft and dishonesty.
"To exert organized efforts to beautify
our city.
"To entertain official or other distin
guished guests, and especially to become
the medium whereby our own people may
become better acquainted with one an
other, and by co-operation come to act
In unison for the material and social bet
terment of a greater Fremont." I
When a club like this raises $16,000 In
cold hard cash annually to boost its city I
along results are bound to appear. They
have appeared and are appearing in F re
man t right along. This year another an
nual attraction has been added, namely,
a Chautauqua, which will open August 9.
This, added to the national tractor
demonstration, the race meet and the Big
Four fair, makes four great ani.ual at
tractions for Fremont.
Some of the other Important evonta
which came to the live city last year
were these:
State Farmers' Co-Operalivo and Edu
cational union convention.
Nebraska State Munlclrvil league.
East Central Nebraska TeacherV as
sociation. ,
Nebraska State Bottlers' association.
Young Men's Christian association ath
letic contests.
Hog cholera cure demonstration by
Farmers' section of the club.
Nebraska conference of Methodist
ministers.
Degree of Honor, state convention.
Nebraska county commissioners, su
per vUors and clerks convention.
In many other ways the Commercial
club acts for the upbuilding of Fremont
and is foremost In the vanguard of any
movement for the upbuilding 'and Im
provement of the city and for tha ex
tension of its sphere of influence and Its
tributary territory.
KEMONT is one of tho very
nfew minor cities of the Vnltod
States with a leuulnily or
ganised lieaiing house.
It Is tmnt'oned In the re
ports of the mercantile
agencies through the daily papers of the
country and In the financial Journals.
Fremont has the further distinction of
showing an Increase In Its clearing houac
returns In 1!U1 over the preceding year.
It was one of only nineteeu cities In tin:
United States to show such an Increase.
Its clearings In 1913 wero $17,G40,rM) and
In 1914 they were $30,171 .frS. The total ,
of checks drawn on all hniiks during tho
year were, &l courae, much greater than
these figures Indicate.
The banks and other financial Institu
tions are a solid rock and throbbing with
prosperity. They have capital and sur
plus as follows:
Fremont National $ SM.W
Commercial National H.v.i
First National lsc.On)
Farmers and Merchants National 14r.i-)
Fremont Htate b.".uJ
Home SavlnK k,x)
tecurltv Havings 24.
Fidelity Trust
Nebraska Plate Building and Loan l,trthJ.(0
EViultable Building and Loan 200,009
The never falling crops of this rich
valley have made these fltianolul Insti
tutions. Titers has never been a failiirs
of a banking Institution here.
In the "panic" of 1907 when cosh pay
ments were suspended generally all over
the country and clearing house certi
ficates were the prevailing medium, the
Fremont banks continued through It all
to pay their depositors In cash.
The Fermont banks are, moreover, de
positories of morn than a hundred banks
out through the state. The four national
banks had, according to the report of
their condition at the close of buelnent
June Si, the sum of $soo,0 on deposit
from tbese other banks.
Ths First National bnnk recently com
pleted and moved Into Its palatial bull l-
Ing. Why. It's a finer building than that
which J. Plerpont Morgan Co. occupy
In New York. It Is five stories In height
and thoroughly up-to-date in every
respect.
This) bank during the first three days
of its occupany of the new quarters con
ducted a campaign for new savings ac
counts and added 402 to Its list. There
are now between tSOO to 1,400 savings
accounts In this one bank.
Some Real Facts
OMH folks hare remarked
SI about Nebraska that It has
I no mines. Others have replied
mai it aoesn i neoa any mine.
And others have remarked
that Nebraska toas mines right
.... tU of the ground, corn "mines,"
wheat "mines," oats "mines," egg
"mines," live stork "mines," In fact
thene "mines" of Nebraska's are vastly I
richer than the ooal mines and metal
mines of the whole country.
This haa been strikingly brought out
In a booklet lsaued by the Fremont Com
mercial club. and taking figures
from the report of the Nebraska Stats
Bureau of Labor and Industrial statistics.
Thee Interesting figures are as follows:
Nebraaka corn mines $ S8.laa.S71
(fcild mines of U. 8. and Alaska KMu.uuu
llnlance in favor of Nebraska..! ,MS,S71 I
Neiiraska wheat mines $ 4S.SK7.4M 1
Total uur production of U. B.. N,ou0,tiUu j
Balance In favor of Nebraska.. t,7ff7,4fJ
Nobraska oats mines.. I H.Sfil.sw
Texas cotton U,t40,0u)
Balance In favor of Nebraska.. 4.421, SX9
..$ U.
anaono
...... Jl.imF.WV
Nebraska egg mines
Keutucky lotwoco
Butane In favor of Nebraska..! M0.400
Nebraska wild and lams hay
mines ! m,6n0.Wil
Illinois coal ..1 64.SKI.OU0
Balance In favor of Nebraska..! 14.sM.ffit
Nebraska live stnrtc, grain, poul
try, butter, eggs and fruit
mines $4n.41l,4!4
Coal of V. 8. except Illinois.... 407,24.776
Balance in favor of Nebraska ! 1.1M.WS
Nebraska butter mines $ 11.600 OH)
Colorado gold and silver mines.. $8,306,000
Bnlunce in favor of Nebraska. ! $,196,009
Agricultural, dairy, live atock
nnd manufactured products of
Nebraska ftVAIWVflno
Total corn crop erf IT. S 6S2.000.000
Balance In favor of Nebraska..! OT.noo.onO
Nebraska cereal mines $171,010,0
Copper mines of United States. Ii7,..3i
Balance In favor of Nebraska..! 40,34,414 ,
Orxps and fcrain mines and re- '
fined Into beef and pork flW.TTI 1t
Iron ore of United States 60.S3.976
Balance In favor of Nebraska..! 65,949,11(7
AT ALL TIMES
(Especially During "Tra;tor Meet")
the officers and employes of these Banks
will be pleased to meet you and to give Lr
. formation or advice whenever possible.
Make This Your Headquarters
We do a pryneral banking bntilneBs and
'r are equipped to handle any transaction
within the bounds of sonnd banking.
Commercial and Bavlngi Aocount Invited.
BANK WITH US BY MAIL.
COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK
(Member Foderal Reserve Bank.)
I WE SAVINGS BANK
(Operating Under the Depositors' Guarantee Law.)
Combined Resources, $1,253,000.00
00ENEB TOURTH AND MAIN 6TREET3.
The Fremont National Bank
FREMONT, NEB.
Capital - - - $150,000
Surplus ----- $150,000
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h STRONGEST BANK IN DODGE COUNTY
Officers:
CHAS. F. DODGE,
President.
J. T. MAY,
Vice President.
H. WEHNER,
Vice President.
I. M'KENNAN,
Cashier.
0. A. SILAS,
Asst. Cashier.
Directors:
L. M. KEENE, Chairman
L. P. LARSON
J. T. MAY
CHAS. T. DODGE
0. II. BRUNNER
J. REX HENRY
C. II. CIIRISTENSEN
FRANK HANLON
HENRY WEHNER
01 Fremont
ESTABLISHED in 1867
by E. H. and L. H.
Rogers, it has pursued
its course as one of the
effective agencies in the
promotion ot Nebraska's
business development for
nearly half a century.
Today it has assets of a
million and a quarter
and a circle of friends
the value of whose es
teem cannot be indicated
by ledger figures.
The service rendered
these friends may be
extended to more Ne
braskans, and.; our
considerate invitation
is presented.
THE FIDELITY
TRUST CO.,
FREMONT, NEBRASKA
Capital and Surplus, J105.C00.00
Farm loess negotiated throughout the good
territory in Nebraaka. We are financial agents
for the Central National Life Insurance Com
pany of Lincoln, and we are In position to con
aider choice real estate loans at all times.
7. B. KNAPP, President.
FRANK KOSS, JAS. A, DONAHUE,
Vice President. Sec '7 and Treas.
ri', irvi f k ---- - . i - '- : i Hh
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
OF FREMONT
IIUMP 8. IUXK, Hrekldi.U '
WM. K. HM.llLH, VU'e lres. and Chrr.
WCTOH 8KITZ, Asst. CsMihler.
tieo. F. VoI, II. W. lU-ynoliU. J. O. Minijritn,
ItutMit VV. McGiuoU, llsrrjr J. Uuar