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Show car .-' The Father of Our Country CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRESIDENT'S REPORT As President of the Chamber of Commerce Com-merce for the year 1926. I submit the following report: Board of Directors met and organized organ-ized February 11th, 1926. D. C. Watson was made President and J. T. Atkin, Jr., vice president, with Le Roy Cox as secretary. Other directors direc-tors were Joseph W. Prince, A. B. Andrus, Fred A. Reber, John R. Wallis, Wal-lis, W. B. Mathis, and Dr. Clare W Woodbury. One of the first things done was to reduce the membership fee of $5.00 to $2.50. The idea was to get more members with a smaller fee. The result of this measure increased the membership one-third over the previous prev-ious year, although it did not result in an increase in revenue. The members of the Chamber adopted ad-opted the policy of trying to get sheep shearing in the local pen. Committees Commit-tees was appointed with Joseph W. Prince as chairman to work on this project. As a result of his activity 15000 sheep were sheared there in the year 1926. Also succeeded in getting the road fixed leading to the shearing pen. At the second meeting several committees com-mittees were organized. Each member mem-ber of the Board of Directors was appoint ap-point to act as chairman of a committee commit-tee and was instructed to pick the help from other members outside the Board of Chamber of Commerce. At the meeting February 26, 1926, the Chamber started a movement for a clean town. Committees were ap-poined ap-poined to wait upon the City Council to ask to have a man to go around the town periodically to gather up the garbage and requested the city to put out garbage cans on the streets. A committee was also appointed at this time to wait upon the City Council Coun-cil and request that the telephone poles be removed from the center of the street. At a special meeting held March 21, 1926, the Chamber of Commerce again went on record insisting that the telephone poles be removed off the center of the street and passed a resolution to keep at this until it was done. Also at that time this committee were in touch with the Telephone company and was instrumental instru-mental in having them extend their telephone service from 9 p. in. to 1 1 p. m. and the placing of two operators opera-tors instead of one on this service. All of this has been done, as you know. In connection with the advertising move of Pine Valley mountain, your Chamber took the initiative and met with the County Commissioners and were instrumental in building the road to the Blake and Gublcr ranch on this side of the Pine Valley mountain. moun-tain. Committees waited on the Governor Gover-nor in regard to his attendance to tie-Pine tie-Pine Valley Mountain celebration on July 4th. Also, a ooniniitteo from the Chamber of Commerce made a trip to Salt Lake City and secured JS-lu.oo in rash and a promise from the Chamber of Commerce of Halt Lake City to advertise through the Salt Lake papers the opening of our scenic at t ract ions in Southern t'tahon July 4th. I'ine Valley mountain bein the main attraction. They wire instrument;:! in-strument;:! in p tt!n? ll." Kor t Service Ser-vice to exp end .!2r,.. in omvlisn witli the ,-oar! to ;:lal;e and tlnh'.r ranh. Tin y woi cl with the r,,nv- ty ComiiiiV-i'.jHTs and had them select sel-ect men from t!i? '."it Vie r distiht,, t o see that tl. i - i , !, ;,;.;,! ;., of i'ine Valley Mountain vocal be a sued,.,. Tie- f f , ; o , in g femmo: ... in conn. tion with this move w,o, named bv the Chamber of forts-: re ami ' oan-ty oan-ty Comm iss joney-: : !!. T. Atkin. Writ. Lund. .lame;. (Coroirood on I'ai-o Five) PRESIDENT'S REPORT (Continued from Page One) Judd, Win. Whitehead. Rass Gan. per. W. O. Bentley, I). C. Watson. A committee was appointed to trv and get Pine Valley mountain ar.d Snow's Canyon in a National Park The committee later reported that, this could not he done at present. At the meeting of May 27, 192r,. it was decided to have the old land marks of St. George photography and large pictures sent to the Daughters Daugh-ters of the Pioneers at Salt Lake Citv This was done. At this same meeting meet-ing Mr. Hinnins and Californian interests in-terests met with the Chamber to if it would support a company to isu a well down on Bloom ington Doi: The Board went on record favorir.? the Bloomington Dome project ?r long as it was not a stock sc-USr.? proposition. At a meeting June, 1926. the Board went on record favoring curbing cur-bing and graveling streets of St. George. A committee was-appoir.ttd to wait upon the City Council in rc. gard to this mater. The City Council Coun-cil felt as though, probably, a sewtr. aye system for our town was 0( greater importance and the curl.-;-5 and graveling district was set a-is at that time waiting their report on ways and means to drain our (;; and establish a sewerage c..t:. . We have at this time t lie asfurir.ee of the City Council thai Main nr-t from Sam Judd's hotel corner to Tabernacle Tab-ernacle and Tabernacle to .Van Johnson's corner will be graded ar.d gravelled by the City and pror.:-rtv owners. They also have had ;he street leading from the northeast c r-ner r-ner of the cemetery east to E. 2. Keelan's designated as a county r:ad. They also brought lr. Brccdu- :J Salt Lake, a scenic lecturer, who resented re-sented scenic slides and lecture: a: our tabernacle at a cost of $;o." :o the Chamber of Commerce. He now pictures from this dis-trict thaw-ill be used in other places to av--. tise our scenic attractions. Your chamber was instrument,.: :a interesting Ogden capitalists iz A in Southern Ctah. Your President met with the c-:-bined Commercial Clubs and Chillier Chi-llier of Commerce throuehont t- State at Salt Lake City. Jancary 3 " til. to discuss tourist travel :a Southern l"tah. I am very scrrv r0 r- port that no definite understand.;? was re.iched at this conjoint r:. ing. KecoinnieiuIationH The follow ing would be r.c -a-mendati, r.s from your Prcsiaer: ;.j the incoming board, that yo-j uoa-.av with standing committees, as I lave found they are as the name :::;;:.. "standing" and committees ap-o:---' as needed for the occasion woui b- 1" tt, r. Pursue t:le course ef c:r:o pride and home betterment str.r.u-ously str.r.u-ously and make tins City the -.5; beautiful in ti10 s-ul!o bee: i: se : PosMbie. Other cities spend thr-months thr-months beautifying their city a-j nine months destroving (,v the e'-mcnts. e'-mcnts. where we can spend ''""Hi's beautifying and three ,::c: '. resting and not destroying. 1 recommend that your ;.,,-::..:-c Hoard insist upon the Citv taV-f re ef the garbage as has beer -e-'K'Mod by this Boani and stated r. report. Continue to father x'vertising of our scenic a:::-.;c: : '"d climatic conditions. Never (-:-er or champion the cause ef an 'l'vidu.,1 for individual personal c.i;r.. In conclusion I will give this ':,-:,n'Vllo,-: IXinr.K a terrible b.," " "'' Rebellion a colonel rede r. u General Phil Kearney who was sit':: i; 011 horseback in the thick smoke sr.,! bullets and said "Where shall 1 had ' regiment. Sir?" -o , S;.v. "here, instantly replied the General, "there's splendid fighting all aVr.c line." The Colonel went in ar.J before nightfall the battle was wcr.. Respect fully submitted. IV C. Watson. Pres . St. George Chamber of Connr.er. .-. |