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Show The Band Matter. Mayor Robinson In his call for a mass meeting meet-ing asked for a consideration of the advisability of organizing a brass or silver band in Logan. That mass meeting requested the mayor to appoint a committee of three to investigate the matter and report. Messrs. Melvln Ballard, Bal-lard, Geo. W. Thatcher, and J. P. Smith were named as that committee and their report Is that if tho council will in any way guaranteo a "manager" of a band a yearly salary, say of $500 or $C00, the band will become an established establish-ed fact shortly. This reduces the proposition , to a vruHslieH am the committee Is to.b,oAconrr.t .1'grattJlatcd.orr UMrcVlty.?c Ts!.o, .bf lipped that the Mayor1 a,na',,Chy JCp.upcll can"sco ,v their way cleaY to q speedy ,and favorable conclusion In the matter. The council can not, of course, appropriate from the city funds, but It can take ' the Initiative In suggesting and furthering other means. Tiik Rkpuiilioak would mako this suggestion sugges-tion at this time that In case the band Is organized and the council or citizens guarantee guaran-tee a band manager $500 or $600 a year, that there be a written agreement that the band gUc its services free on 'certain public occasions. occa-sions. No doubt the band would be willing and glad to tender Its services free many times and this stipulation Is designed more to protect pro-tect tho organization from excessive demand rather than to Insure the public of Its free service. ser-vice. Rands, vocalists, pianists, and all public pub-lic pdrformcrs arc Invariably ridden rather severely, and If in this Instance there Is a stipulation stip-ulation of the exact free service desired there need be no misunderstanding on the part of the people or the band. Go at it in a business like way and all will be harmony Just what Is expected of a band. |