Show CHICAGO WESTERN SOCIETY First Regular Meeting Held at thc Grand Pacific Hotel Chicago Dec 26The first regular meeting of the Chicago Western society was held at the Grand Pacific hotel today to-day About forty persons from west of the Mississippi were present including includ-ing several well known business women Mr J M Jones formerly of Boise City Idaho outlined the objects of the society which are both social and business busi-ness Any person who has lived seven I years in a western states is eligible to membership whether a resident of I Chicago or not but only residents of this city can vote or hold office I The society proposes to furnish clubrooms club-rooms at headquarters for western people peo-ple who visit Chicago An election of officers was held and the following elected Mrs Alice Houghton formerly of Spokane Wash president Mr J M Jones vicepresident Mr P M Haney formelv of San Francisco secretary J M Whitney Oregon C M Makenzie Montana and R M Goodwell Colorado were also elected directors It is proposed pro-posed to make the club headquarters for every kind of information regarding the trans lississsippi country |