| Show vyvy W T T WHAT THE COMMERCIAL CLUB IS DOING FOR TOR A LARGER LARDER CITY I IID Commercial club chub whose TUB T place of ot business Is Salt SnIt Lake LokI City but whose mission Is tho the advancement adI Cement of ot tho the Interests ot of oft the t e whole holo state stata of ot Utah Ulah Is II Just ju t clos closIng In Ing IB the tho third year of ot its Ita existence In 1902 when Mr Ir Charles Read r Presenting the tho committee appointed fr b f r the tha purpose med flied the articles of ot 1 corporation In hl the office of or the Iho seers score secretory tary tory of state mate the membership roster ro ler tori the names of ot 55 Si 5 of ot our public spirited citizens Those These gentlemen rel tho the great need for tor some Bome I cr charged with the duly of at P preserving and conserving the public II In those Important questions not readily touched by municipal or state legislation IC determined to create creato a tt Commercial club along the tho lines so ao o IU In other clues dUas From l rom this mall mail beginning of ot to CS s tho the membership n ba has Increased until ot nt this writing It umber ITO resident and nUtt 10 70 l t dent members This ThU membership represents practically business busnes call cally overy every one ono of ot tho the states social and professional prote Interests InterI The Tho Influence ot of tho the organization has grown with Its Increased support and the tho Held fold of ot Its Us usefulness s is continually widening During the period of Its existence tho the organization has taken laken an nn effective part In almost almot every question of or gen general oral eral interest that has hIlS arisen and ond now no mailer maiter of ot vital to the com corn community li is I considered con closed until the tho club his has spoken 18 position on sub Bub subjects of ot grave public Import Is usually proved In tho the end to 10 be conservative and correct and I believe bellevo I am amply I Justified In saying that It possesses as asno asno I Ino no similar body has haa ever eer possessed here the tho confidence and respect ot of tho the people of ot Utah However in estimating ing tho the usefulness ot of the tile club and its It part vart In tho the economic and social de development In n the community tight sight should not be bo lost of ot tho fact tact that thol It has hns no power for tor tho the accomplishment of ot Its purposes save public sentiment i It cannot enforce Its lis decrees by b pro i Doss coca of ot law and depends for tor Its actual i iam and am material support and for tor tho the suc BUC success I COBS cess of at its 1111 policies upon tho the affection and ond approval of ot the public in whoso whose Interest It II was created and for tor which It hw hoI conscientiously labored Nor must mu t It bo ho required to 10 dope depend de ut for tor the tho gratitude and commendation lop of oC tho the people upon the tho tangible and visible re ro results suns of at Its work ork The Tho fact that It Is here horo fully tully and ani Intelligently organized rowdy ready r ady for tor such part parlin In to tho the affairs affaire of ot the state as it may properly play ploy Is le like a II demonstration In force made by the ships of ot a I great naval power It Is a notification to the predatory that wo we are oro on guard and that no of public moment ron can bo sue lIue until It II hoe has passed through the tho theAres fires Ares of ot legitimate criticism and dis db discussion dl Besides D ldes the general fact con conI I eyed o In the above suggestion there are Innumerable ways was In which the Ihl club justifies ju s Its existence without the blowing of tit trumpets trumpet or in inthe Inthe inthe the public press prel The correspondence with enquirers concerning the resources rt 8 of ot the tho state stale Is le growing more voluminous overy every day and Is 18 constantly requiring greater care In Its cund cond ol Tho enter entertainment of ot visitors by the club and by tho clubs dubs members the many many social functions given bythe by ho organization organisation In Inconsequence consequence of ot which our o r people are brought moro more closely together are things which ultimately re to the UtI benefit of ot all alt the people though h the tho ac ao actual lual good Rood Is not readily Been seen by tho the casual or careless observer I It is 18 not really necessary to 10 particularize particularize i concerning the prk vf vt tho the club Those good goal people who read the news newspapers newspapers newspapers papers knew about the great grOit and credit creditable able ablo part port It has hall taken In public mat gnat matters tern and ond what the other people who do not rend read the newspapers pera think Is of or small smal consequence in this connection But Dul lest some Ome of ot those who do read real should have havo forgotten let lei me mention a few tow things done tione by time the club about the good results rO of oC which no man may honestly raise ralio a question I would place first firt here hero the time great work done doni by bythe bythe the clubs committee of ot 10 U on the im Int improvement provement Novem nt of at the city water waler supply That work though apparently futile when finished Is now be bearing tIng fruit trull aa as shown by the t e plan of ot the Ihl city council the which will be passed on onby onby onby by the Uti voters of ot the municipality next Under the able ablo leadership ot of atthe the president Col K R V F 1 Holmes the tho club Insisted In season eason and out of ot sea season season son lion that something should bo be done at nt once to I solve sol this most mOlt Important of ot municipal problems As a II consequence c the th serious menace to our o r local local pros prosperity presented by an Inadequate wa wo water water ter supply will soon oon to trouble us Again when tho the board of ot education for good and lu reasons decided ed ad to close the public schools seine mine lIne five weeks week In advance of the regular time Ume the Ihl club came to the rescue re The Th con consummation consummation consummation summation of ot this decision would have baY meant a serous blow to the Ih public school chool system of ot which vre we w are to so 0 justly proud and something like Ilk chil chU children dren would hoe have been bean turned into Inlo the str Uy Dy and with the special aid of ot Its Ita tre Mr Simon the club kept the Ibo schools open and the lh records of ot the c ce are filled Ailed with letters from grate grateful grateful ful tul and appreciative parent Since the beginning of at the clubs club ao ae mo livo life lib It II lice hAl taken a live Interest In Inthe Inthe Inthe the extension of ot the Irrigable area a a of ot the state elate and through its Ita various com corn ha halt hak much muth time and money mOlloy In an nn effort to secure for tor the Ille use Ule and benefit benent ot of the state Ital a tart part Il rt of ot the lb great sum lIum made available by the lh na mitt national Irrigation law taw This ThU Th work vork re me resulted suited directly In the In 1 I i this city of ot the headquarters of ot the thes reclamation service of ot the Interior de department nt and Indirectly In more good for tur the entire state than can l he be e readily computed In dollars dollar and an l cents centa It will be remembered that torn come time ago the tha coal producers producer of ot the Ih vote smite tho the price of ot that necessity Il 7 jj cents a ton There wits WHO 1111 no Interest In III time the state Into so high nor none cone to so low law IK as 11 to he be unaffected by this action Fortunately l the tho club being here and end j for tor just juat such I purposes succeeded In having this rube raba tai rescinded rt There are dozens of oe other Instances of ot the clubs club good gOOt offices In the public M welfare elf that thai might bi hI mentioned but bill It see seems ma to mo me 0 that I enough hat has been b said to justify tho the claim that It has haa already become a n I necessity and a powerful factor in up building Hit rest great I Il tate state whose who re to resource sources source and merits are just becoming known knon and appreciated 8 FIShIER HARRIS HAURIS 1 |
