| Show MEETING i ETI G OF COMMERCIAL CO CLUB In spite of the storm there was alively a alively lively iv ly meeting of oC the club at the hall Tuesday evening and a large budget of business was transacted Following Follow Follow- big ing were among the matters taken up A committee to work jointly with the town board in organizing a fire depart department ent that committee is Bernard A. A W. W Kroupa r James mes Dalgleish The se secretary reported six new members since last meeting g. g The clubs club's attention was called to toa toa toa a long long article about the Uintah basin published in the Great Divide of Denver containing some which was probably read by a a quarter qu of a million people The finance and amusement committee committee committee com com- was authorized to take steps to the formation of oC a ladies auxiliary to the commercial club A communication was received from Crom the school teachers of Duchesne asking the support and cooperation cooperation opera co tion thou of the club in liquidating the tIie indebtedness indebtedness' about incurred in painting and repairing the school schoolhouse schoolhouse schoolhouse house which it appears the teachers teach teach- ers ens were given the alternative to assume assume assume as as- sume or work in an unsanitary build build- ing The club promised its hearty support to the teachers though it was the belief that the board of education education education edu edu- cation be responsible A letter was received from Register Hanson advising that matter of re- re platting balance of townsite ha had reached Washington and been referred ed to commissioner of tl Indian fan s. s Probably no surveying will be done now till early spring The secretary secretary secretary secre secre- tary was instructed to ask the inclusion inclusion inclusion sion of the abandoned river beds also that many of the unsold lots be reappraised reappraised- thus encouraging their sale and improvement The secretary was authorized to IJ purchase se a typewriter with which to conduct the l heavy eavy of or the club The question of placing a fine on members for non-attendance non at meet meetIngs meetings meetings Ings was brought up but no action taken The published letter of Hon Hou Wm ONell ONeil was read and discussed The prevailing sentiment of the club was against sending a representative to Washington to lobby for the return of the homesteaders homesteader's money All AU favored taking up such matters with our senators and congressmen direct The reservation has always had good success in this way besides insidious lobbyists are now in disrepute in Washington It is be- be that If th I commercial clubs take concerted action something some sonic 1 thing might be accomplished along this line I |
