| Show B chaning of come H DODD with tin tic salt lake and Provo valley mail service T he opera house baad was T on thursday clenine rendering stirring and reminding the business men of the city of the chamber of commerce meeting to be held at the court house at 70 the b nd entered the court house and continue their music while members of iha chamber and business men filled the room in the meantime the board considered number of applications for membership members were enrolled president sutherland called the meet ing to order and announced his pleasure at seeing so large an attendance he to the various enterprises which had received the attention of ane chamber the sugar works was especially ally referred to the members bad not been active enough in this matter and he considered that it was dus to this inactivity that provo bad lost the sugar works but we now start a membership of seventy five active and aliye business men if something i not accomplished the chamber will certainly be at fault W the finance commit the reported the receipt of 49 I 1 in dues from new members mr gash moved the acceptance of the report and that the committee be instructed ted to go on with the god wok carried W H dusenberry moved that the nominations for president that had been tabled at the last meeting be withdrawn wit drawn carried mr noon nominated R H dodd as president of the chamber of commerce far the ensuing year i mr W H brown nominated hon W N dusenberry hon J D jones nominated william H king mr king thanked the gentleman for his nomination but he would respectfully decline judge jones was very desirous that mr king should accept the nomination and unless some very good reason was offer edhe would like to vote for him the chair ruled that the declination not be accepted r some little discussion followed as to the method of voting it was finally decided to vote by ballott on the motion of mr noon judge jones and mr houtz were appointed tellers while the ballots were bein counted the band favored the chamb er with some the chair announced the total number of ballots cast were 38 necessary essay for a choice 20 R 11 dodd had received Sl votes WN dusenberry 10 anaw H kieff 7 on motion hautz the election of mr dodd was made unanimous athe following nominations for vice president we remade Eldred geC D moore wed H kins S S jones J D jones V H brown and elmer B jones the nominations were all warmly seconded mr S S jones was decidedly in favor of ben R eldredge that gentleman was young man and an enter man and he was permanently located niah us mr king spoke in eulogizing eulogising eulogi sing terms of mr B S jones he might be termed the of provo aind he was the poor man he started charcoal kalns kilns and floated ties down the iver he created labor for all william H king J D jones and elmer B jones declined the votes cast were as follows ben i 9 0 D moore 6 S S jones 18 r mr jones was declared e lecter B R was ete cfred second vice president E A wedgewood was elected secretary by geb A waa elected freaa aurer by the following directors were elected D D houtz royal A barney WIL brown james beck oscar young C 4 I 1 adore and t y A speech was called foe by president dodd aliat gentleman thanked the chamber for the honor conferred upon bin but he was not an orator aud could a flowery speech fora number af years he had teen in a position when others bad done the talking anabe had done the work and he was still ih that position mr noon referred to the boat thit was being built to connect with gintic tintic and he thought a committee should be appointed to investigate the matter he would nominate as a committee william fr obert ip 1 moore and babcock 0 the nominations were sustained mr WH DU benberry suggested that a morning mail to salt lake city was very land that we should also h a yu a daily mail to the benighted regions to the northeast north east known as provo valley he would move that a committee be appointed to consider the aret named carried VV H dusen berry E B jones and J D coues were db con aider the matter of a coming mail to salt lake city sir W H brown moved bat a committee of three be elected to consider the matter bf a daily mail lu prevo valley mr halcli Hat cli of heber city was present and was called for he represented the benighted of the hiorth easi ta which hiir illustrious and learned friend had referred like to ee a daily m ail between til blageff and be would vouch people would be willingto wil linto tion or such ve never get iny thuy unless we ask for k and up therece the reWe ard always willing to ask for something especially when we dont have to pay lor it VV H king W Ht Brown elected aaa corn committee to consider the matter of a daily mail to valley suggested that another member should be added to the con co n cittee to consider the matter of communication with gintic tintic some one who was acquainted iu the district mr king moved that the committee be increased to a memberships membership 1 of biye carried geo sutherland find A A noon were added to the committee me chair presented the subject of better depot accommodations for mr king we hav enany at all tho chair stated that he had understood that sapt welby of the bib grande western had beanan the city the matter of a depot and he thought we should strike While the iron was hot n mr kins moved that it he the sense of the meeting ahat the matter of new railway depots forero vo be to the committee on railroads as soon as that committee should be organized A humber of spirited speeches in gumport of the motion were made and it was unanimously carried mr anen the neet it be until next friday evening carried i majd d th atthe chamber return a vote of thinks to the retiring president mr geo sutherland carried the retiring secretary air B bichman jr was aso tun dered a vote of thanks on motion of the same gentleman mr noon moved that the rules be suspended an d the be thrown open for the reception of new members carried L the following members were admit ted bosje daniels J JL clayton H K ebert jame H wallis earnest buckley james clove mr H H bean john R earnest eldradge E E andley 0 J acet and john 0 graham the meeting adjourned and the band played a tune while the assemblage dis parsed |
