Show I Stephen W W. W J Johnson Duchesne Utah It has has' been heen maintained that toe toc many any t ivic asso associations is a hindrance n nce ce to t real progress rather than help This is not borne out by experience On the contrary wherever the spirit of co operation co-operation and helpfulness predominates pre predominates dominates in a community that community community com com- mu ity is on the way to prosperity The organization of th tie e Duchesne Club was a step in the tle right direction Composed as it is i of the brain and the brawn of the community community ity it promises promis s to become a great factor in the county's developement and its cre creation tion at this time when the theBa Ba Basin n is on the eve of of-an of an uplift is especially especially es es- opportune as it will then then Jwill be bein bein bein in a a position to furnish the impetus toward many needed enterprises within with within in the county which otherwise might have haye laid dormant The club furnishes furnishes furnishes fur fur- a link between a commercial club and the county commissioners and through its snappy and prompt execution of needed projects e ts which was so happily exemplified in its recent recent recent re re- cent road-clearing road it teaches the lesson lesson lesson les les- son of push and cooperation and becomes becomes becomes be be- comes a physical and moral force throughout the county which cannot be overestimated While the writer as always been enthusiastic in behalf of commercial clubs and has appreciated the tremendous tremendous tremendous tre tre- influence and usefulness which they are in a position to exer exer- cise it frequently it occurs especially in rural districts districts' that these organizations organizations organizations become lax and frequently dormant and fail to t bring about re re- This applies often equally to the county commissioners which besides besides be be- I sid sides s being at times indifferent to to pressing needs has besides politics tied to it its strings apron-strings so go so as to as-to to o defeat defeat defeat de de- feat the measures most needed Hence It is my my y opinion that the County Club CI b is in the right place and that its opportunities are rire are many and that it has been organized in the right time because we all have havethe the hunch that the Basin will hav have its it ba banner mel year in 1921 Yours etc Albert Bjornson M. M D. D Elsinore Utah Feb 28 21 Y |