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Show . LIS CLUBS ' GROW APACE , 111 HEARS Dr. M. M. Nieliorv Got-ernor Got-ernor of 28th Diatrict, TelU of Some fit Out. standing AchieYetnenU ejreat alrldea hava been made by tha Llone' International both In growth and tha accomplishment of actlvltiaa which hava bean of great benefit to tha community, the etate and tha natron, declared Dr. M. M. Nielaon. governor of the twenty-eighth twenty-eighth dlatrlct. which Includea Utah 4 and the eouthern part of Idaho, In ' hla addreea before the mem bare at the aecond annual convention at the Hotel Vtah Saturday. "Thin otganlaallon in tha paat Keren yeara haa atepped out and tnken the'lrad In growth and ac-1 ac-1 t'umpirahmenti nf an almHar organ, izationa In the country, Dr. Nielaon aald. "In HIT Ihla organiaatlon numbered only 20 cluba and J0J e membera. while today we hare 11 cluba and approilroataly M.m membera. It la tha aim of tha a-lenalon a-lenalon divialon of the international office to hava 00 cluba and in.000 mvmbera by the time of the convention.- which will be held at Omaha June 21. THREE YEARS OLD. y "In thla dlatrlct, which haa only been formed three yeara. great atridea have alao been made. The firat year there were only two cluba, - the following year four cluba, while . at prearnt there are ten cluba and It la expected that more will be formed in the next few weeka by the time the report la turned Into the national hemdquartera before the In- , trrnational convention la held. I -At preaent our local'dlatrlct now Imlda third place la percentage, re-gnrding re-gnrding the number of cluba aa to population In tha United Btatea. with ten cluba to a population of Tiaooo. and la led only by. the Colorado Colo-rado dlatrlct. which haa thlrty-alx clubar-and tha Wyoming and Montana Mon-tana dlatrlct. which haa alxteen cluba. "In regard to actlvltlea, we ahould etrive-la make civic and aoclal problema our great laaue. Many problems of great Important to your cnmmunltlea hava already been preaented pre-aented and many mora will be brought to light In the future. However How-ever do not for one moment think you are forced to take definite action ac-tion on each and every matter. But " let each club eelect one big activity. whether social, civic or moral, which It feela will mean tha osoat to ita community, and atay with it until this Job Is done and dona right before going on to the next. In this way more things of real value may be accomplished." SOME ACTIVITIES. In citing aome of the accomplish- nwnts s,nd actlvltlea of the varioua cluba of the dlatrlct, William L C'olea of Salt Iake, dielflct aecre-tnry. aecre-tnry. said that every club had been extremely active, even thoaa that have been organised only a few nionthe and have not aa yet received re-ceived their charter. The Murray club was organised on June and haa held twenty-one I meetlnga. It secured a change In the traffic lawa of tha atreetcar company looking toward greater safety of the paaaengera; waa re-aponaible re-aponaible for agitating the reed of a city park at Murray; Ik ndV placing plac-ing eigne at the entrance to the town: aaalated the high achool band In a financial way and la now work- , tng on other city Improvementa. Tha Midvale club waa next in order of organization. Tha club waa reaponalbla for urging tha paving pav-ing of tha main street, haa procured ami equipped a playground for tba children, working towarda tha Americanization of the foreign born, haa appointed a commlttoa to handle han-dle all chalrlty, atrivlng to procure Industrial sites and Induce Indue- ' trier to locate there. AT MA LAD, IDAHO.' ' The Malad. Ida., club was formed In July and, like other clubs, has many civic actlvltlea to eta credit, auch aa improving roads and equipping equip-ping playgrounda. It assisted in bringing a cheeea factory to Ita town, and gave material assistance to the farmere la harvesting beets I and potatoes by agitating tha achool board to cloaa the acboola for two week during harvaat. The Payaon club, which waa organised or-ganised In December, haa dona much towarda Improving roada and tha tContlnued from page 4.) LIONS CLUBS CROW APACE IN 3 YEARS (Continued from paga 1.) public camp ground and th entertainment en-tertainment of tha children of the town. Although tha Gunnison club was organ lie 4 In February, but baa not yet Vecelved Ita charter. It haa been arao fi hartng ther gradlitg and other lmprovementa mado on tha road between Gunnison and the county line. It la ajao supporting th conatructlon of a paved road through the town and at preeent Is working upon plana of establishing a cltr perk. MT. PLEASANT CLUB. The activities of th Mt.' Pleasant Pleas-ant club, which waa organised March 6 of thla year, consists of working on the flold prevention dam fur Mt. Pleasant and aupport-Ing aupport-Ing the Service Star legion In the erection of a soldiers' monument. It, Instigated the national wide adver- I tlsement tor "Mt. Pleasant, the center cen-ter of th Ramhoulllet aheep indua-try indua-try of the worid." Th new Saltna club la expected i to receive Its charter aoon Thla! club la placing sign on the Baling canyon road and through tha town. It la also offering a medal to the young man completing his four-year high sc hoof course with tha highest grade. The Ogden club haa been organised organ-ised three years and haa twenty members. Ita activities consist of the removal of dangerous curve In tha south of Ogden and the promotion promo-tion of better Interclub working arrangement. ar-rangement. ALT LAKE LEA08. Th Salt Lake club la three yeara old. C. D. Klpp was elected president presi-dent with William U Colea secretary. secre-tary. It baa a membership of sixty-four sixty-four and In the past year ha held forty-eight meetings with average aver-age attendance of per cenf.. There are many things that thfti club has done to help beaut If uy the city arid to better safeguard the public In assiating to perfect th traffic ordinances or-dinances of th city. It has worked trying to have the city commission build a Suitable aoo building for the animal at Liberty park. Probably th most outstanding and creditable project. It la aald. tht this club has done, however. Is the establishing and maintaining financially fi-nancially of a free legal aid office wherein the nedy and tha worthy poor may obtain free legal advise and In hundreda of Instances thefr caee have been taken to court and their rlghta obtained. In passing, thla club wlshea to expresa Ita appreciation ap-preciation to the senior law studenta of th university for the aaslstance they have rendered In thla matter. LARGE ATTENDANCE. He vera) hundred delegates sr attending at-tending the convention, which will continue throughout th day. Start-1 Ing at t:S0 o'clock, the registration began. At 11 o'clock the firat session ses-sion waa opened by President C. D. Kipp od the Bait Lake club who gave a short talk in which he said a reputation giving the Lion eluba of th state the credit of being one of th most active organisations In the weat had been established by the accomplishments during the past year. Invocation waa offered by Rev. Bennett of Ogden. Mayor C. C. Neslen gave th address ad-dress of welcome In which he said thst he was pleased to hav the Lao us select Salt L-ake aa their meeting place and that for doing ao he would offer to marry any La on present free of charge at any time and that any iriember would be given a aeason pasa for Liberty park if they called at his office. "Many problems are presenting themselves each day which can be solved by th Ltnno Hub and other similar club pf the city and state," Mnyor NesleR aald. "Many things which hav been accomplished by the various clubs of the state have been called to my attention and It la pleasing to see in organisation take such an active Interest in civic and community affairs which are a benefit to every one In general, it is my hop that th good will be continued." CHEZ RESPONDS. Joseph Che of Ogden responded to Mayor Neslen and aald that the on great thing which the Llona food for waa obedience to th law. This Is much needed today as the real foundation of tb government is being undermined by all claseea by the light manner In which they look upon the eighteenth amendment, amend-ment, he aaid. Service founded on tb Golden Rul Is also, one other groat principle for which tb club stands, he said. Th duties of a club secretary war told by Sterling E. price of Ogden. At th later session. John 8 Fabling, Fa-bling, an International director of the organisation from Denver, will STeak on "Why m Lion. Adam 8. ; Bennioa of Salt Lake will apeak on ', "The Lions Club as a Factor In ! Social and Civic Development.' L J Myers of Mid vale will talk on the "Standardised Order of Buglneas of a Lion Club Luncheon.1 The talka will be followed by reporta of committees, com-mittees, election of district governor gover-nor and the selection of a convention conven-tion city for next year. In tb evening a dinner dance ' will be held In the ballroom, which , I will be attended by th Lions from sll of ths clubs snd their ladies. |