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Show JAYCEES READY RODENTPROGRAM At the regular semi-monthly meeting of the Bingham junior chamber of commerce held at the Bingham club Monday evening, even-ing, announcement was made by Harold R. Barton that the rat survey in the Highland Boy district dis-trict has been completed and it was found that there are rats in that community. The , National Tunnel and Mines company has contributed $25.00 to assist Jay-cees Jay-cees in placing and purchasing poison and bait to be used in Highland Boy. Jaycees are planning to assist in putting over the Fire Prevention Preven-tion week program in Bingham Canyon during the week of October 8-14. Bob Davis was named co-chairman to help Bruce Ivie Jr. in making plans. An appropriation is being made by the Jaycees to purchase the necessary advertising posters and banners from the Fire Underwriters Under-writers in San Francisco. A lengthy report on the national na-tional junior chamber of commerce com-merce board of directors meeting-held in Chicago Sept. 8, 9 and 10 was made by Leland G. Burress. President Bob Jimas stated that the board of directors met recently with a representative of the Birch Co. and decided to sponsor the appearance of Birch the Magician, one of the world's leading magician's today, in Bingham Canyon November 17-Time 17-Time and place for the show will be announced later. Jaycee members 'voted Monday Mon-day evening to ask the Community Commu-nity Chest for the same amount of funds for projects next year that were received this, year, $189.00. These funds are uSed to sponsor summer band, Americanism Ameri-canism activities and high school awards for outstanding boy and girl graduate. Several members of the local Jaycees plan to attend the Utah iunior chamber of commerce board of directors' meeting in Salt Lake City Sunday. Bingham junior chamber of commerce passed a resolution in favor of amendment No. 2 that will appear on the ballot at the general election Nov. 7. This amendment increases the pay of Utah legislators from a $4.00 per diem basis to a salary of $300.00 per year. The resolution adopted adopt-ed is as follows: RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the present salary of $4.00 per day for Utah legislators legis-lators was set in 1895 at the Constitutional Convention by Article VI, Section 9, Utah Constitution, Con-stitution, with no provision for subsistence, and no increase since having been granted; and, WHEREAS, it has become increasingly in-creasingly difficult to induce qualified electors to become candidates for the offices of state senator and state representative by reason of the unjustified financial fin-ancial sacrifice demanded of them; and, WHEREAS, since the rate of $4 00 per day was established, the cost of subsistence has greatly great-ly increased, and this amount is no longer sufficient to maintain an individual while attending legislative sessions; and, WHEREAS, on the ballots at the general election this fall there will appear an amendment to the State Constitution providing pro-viding that state legislators shall receive an increase in remuneration remunera-tion . somewhat commensurate with the service rendered; NOW, THEREFORE, WE HEREBY RESOLVE: That we shall ive thorough support, by thought, expression, and voting for the passage of the amendment herein referred to. Passed this 25th day of September, Sep-tember, 1944, by the Bingham junior chamber of commerce of Bingham Canyon, Utah. Bob Jimas, president Richard Rubright, sec. o |