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Show COMMERCIAL BOOSTERS TO ENTER- TAIN VISITORS AT JUNE CONVENTION X "Work Assigned to Many Committees. Special Committee Appointed to Look After Preparation of Roads in City And County Before Convention. Effort to be Made to Induce Automobilists to Use Highways of Cache on Overland Over-land Trips. Salt Lake to Logan Excursion Discussed. i The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Coin-merclnl Coin-merclnl Boosters Clul) was held May 5th. The most Important topic of the meeting wis the preparation for the Good Roads Convention to bo held at Logan, Juno 12, 13. 14th. It was decided de-cided that tho Club assume tho responsibility res-ponsibility of entertaining this convention, con-vention, and tho work will bo assigned as-signed to the various committees of the Club. Tho committees havo never yet failed to make a success of anything any-thing they havo undertaken and all has gono along without any friction whatever. Tho Club has tho greatest confidence In Its committees and know that the Good Roads Convention will bo taken well care of. As the county roads and tho streets In Logan nro In poor condition In many places, it -was decided that' a commltteo bo appointed to call upon Prof. J. V, Jenson, of tho Stato Highway Commission, and ask that some of tho surplus money which Is to bo used onthe stato highways, be speitt on tho county roads before tho Goods noads convention. The committee com-mittee was also asked to call upon tho city commissioners and ask them to havo tho streets leveled, which at present nro In n vcr7 uneven condition condi-tion because' of tho sr.vcr. Tho commltteo com-mltteo slnca tho meeting of tho directors di-rectors have met with the city' commissioners com-missioners and they havo agreed to havo the bumps taken off, and tho Hjm streets lovoled beforo tho Good, Roads convention. Mr. E. P. Bacon, a member of tho committee, stated that automobile tourists had to change their route from Salt Lako to Yellow Stono Park by going up through Malad and miss Cacto Valley entirely, because of tho condition of tho roads in tho county. Tho committee feels that tho roads must bo put in, fair condition beforo tho convention, as many will corao In automobiles from the different states to attend tho convention. On May 23th, an excursion from i Salt Lako to Logan will bo run for tho purpose of giving tho people In Salt Lake City an opportunity of seeing see-ing what we havo In Cacho Volley. Mr. J. E. Calne, secretary of tho Commercial Club of Salt Lake City, and Mr. Hunklns of the O. S. L. stated stat-ed that at least 50 per cent of tho people of Salt Lake City had not seen Cacho Valley. The excursions have been run in other parts of tho stato and they havo resulted in much good) as It educates tho pcoplo and shows them what we have In Utah. Tho excursionists will no doubt tnko luncheon at the Agricultural College and then bo shown through tho buildings and over the g.ounds. Arrangements will also be made to take th'o visitors for a short drlve up Logan canyen nnd through the city. MrJ Hunklns stated ' that r little pamphlets 'will bo gotten out by tho Railroad company giving Information about the resources of Cache Valley. These pamphlets will bo distributed to all tho excursionists. It has been suggested that pcoplo In Logan who havo relatives and friends in Salt Lake City, call their attention to tho excursion and invite them to come to Logan. It is estimated that about 200 or more pcoplo will como on this excursion. |
