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Show . TO HOLD A PUIILIC MEETING. The Chamber of Commerce and Citizen Will Discus Salt Lake. A meeting of the chamber of commerce com-merce was held last night, at which it was agreed to call a public meeting of citiztms interested in tho growth and prosperity of Salt Lake. Tho meeting will be held Monday night iu the Federal Fed-eral courtroom, and will bo under tho auspices of the chamber. At the same time every public spirited citizen will bo expected-to take part in the program pro-gram to devise some means to keep tho city booming. The secretary of the chamber read an appeal from tho sufferercrs of Camus prairie asking for aid ' as they had a two years siege of the grasshopper plaguo. Vice-President Fred Simon, who presided at the meeting, stated that Salt Lake was always al-ways very charitable, and its people generally made immediate response for aid. When the news of tho Johnstown Hood was hoard it was but a short time until an $8,000 donation was made. It was decided to appoint a committee of five, headed by Mr. "Simon, and the chamber of commerce headed the list with a$50 subscription. A proposition was submitted by (lap-lain (lap-lain Davis for his $25,000 pleasure boat for tho lake, and tho chamber passed a resolution endorsing any practical project pro-ject for placing a boat on tho lake, as it would be of great advantage to this city. The secretary was instructed to close a contract with tho Western Emigration bureau of Chicago for one year's advertising adver-tising at $1801), tho real estate exchange to bear one-third of the expense. A commit tea composed of Messrs. Uicketts, Wicks and Sells, to arrange for summer excursions to come from the east, was instructed to meet a like committee of the real estate exchange at 2 o'clock this afteruoou. |