Show OLSON RETIRES gracefully GRACEFUL W F ulson closed his term as pa ent of the price commercial club wednesday evening when trig successor mr A ballinger was elected though unable to be present at the 4 meeting by reason of pressing business engagements at S salt it lake mr air olson left a letter to be read at the meeting explaining his attitude in the past and his hopes for the future of the organization I 1 on the letter which is self explanatory waff wat read by president preside nt elect ballinger it is as follows jan 11 of tho tile commercial club it la Is a matter of the greatest grea teat regret to me nic that business of the most pressing nature will make it impossible for ine to t be with you at the important of wednesday night I 1 assure on ou that no circumstances within my coli control trul would prevent my attendance ii tind and participation in a session of the organization which means to much to all of us 0 it may lo 10 p pardonable rdo at th this is timeto time to review briefly the clubs original purposes and to make some comment on 01 the successes and failures of its first yeara js i story tory the motive behind the tile or of 0 tho the price commercial club az the promotion notion of every legit amato interest of the town particularly and of nf carbon county ocic rally how flow well this purpose has hits been carried out you all know wo we have scored some and have hac met with sonic some disappointments but I 1 am certain that the spirit of progress which gave birth to the institution ia 4 as much alive today vs it wa was the hour the club was launched in coking seeking for the reasons of those fail failures tires which have retarded retard td our outgrowth growth and to a great extent rendered the ef forts n if f the officers ineffective we have to take but a emio single step for all other amp dimants di ments that have arisen to hamper and rind annoy us sink into utter cance when compared to that one great stumbling tumbling block to all community pro grass lack of unanimity and the johi tnt log of individual interests with the tn in teresta of the organization no combined effort of men ever succeeded where the individuals held their personal a interests above the declared purpose of the body as a whole TIe therefore as I 1 step tep down and out of office I 1 urge upon you gentlemen of tho the commer cial club to lay aside all business busin cs rc re social and political differences for the coming when you are li it the club rooms or engaged in the handling of the cluba clubs affair j that i the only method which will leave you free to pull together in a common cause and unless you do pull together you wilt will never accomplish anything in every successful public commercial organization in the country you will find uncompromising political social and ro religious enemies seated crated bide side by side joining hands and voices for the time being in boosting the community that ia is exactly what we must do here in price and I 1 believe moat most of us have made up our minds to do it I 1 earnestly nope that you will be so widely guided that you will elect select the tile very beat best and moat most capable men in thi tho to serve you as officers for the coming year choose men who are able anil atut earnest and who will get out and DO the work that is cut out for them we have seen some of the result of procrastination during the past year let ua us halve no more of it let our motto oe je do it now and let us UTO 1 Q up to the motto wishing the club the glorious success to which it is entitled assuring all the member members that for the coming year I 1 am with you mind and heart and purse at any and all times I 1 thank you moat most since sincerely roly for the advice and assistance which have made my administration in any degree successful and take this oc cassion to express the theiarn earn est belief that the temper of the good people of price is such today that the progress of the community cannot connot be 9 fayed let us all get together then and boost for the good of the community as a whole and of every individual who is i a part of its citizenship yours for price and progress W F OLSON |