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Show I COMMERCIAL 7 CLUB INTEREST- I ED INUBRARY H At tho regular month'y meeting of H tho directors of tho Commercial Club H held Wednesday, February 9, Mayor I P. A. Thatcher reported that he had H been asked by Miss Mary E. Down H Cy of tho State Board of Education H to ask tho club to appoint a strong H committee to tako tho inttlatlvo in H tho matter of establishing' a public H Carncglo library in Logan It was B sentiment of tho mooting that tho S time is ripe for tho erection of such n building and it was decided that H a commlttco of three bo appointed to H mako n thorough canvass and nscer H tain what tho sentiment is and In H estlgato tho cost of tho building etc. H and nil tho details, and roport back H to the club. H Tho following commlttco has been H appointed: Joseph Qulnnoy Jr., chair. H man; Dr. George Thomas and Dr. H C. N. Jenson. This committee will H Invite all tho civic clubs, organba- H tlons and churches to meet with tho I Cacho stake auxiliary organizations H in tho tabernacle next Tuesday ove- . ntng at which time Miss Downey H will bo present to explain tho plan I of tho library and offer suggestions. I Logan is tho largest city in tho stato H without 'a Carnegie library. Duo to B the library in Frovo, tho children of I tho public schools there nro getting I much moro supplementary reading than our children bcro. Tho library H -v 111 bo of great assistance to tho H school children especially. H The matter of protecting tho isl H and property from tho high waters H that may come was discussed. i It H was tho opinion of those present that H this was a very important matter and H it was decided that a-commlttco of 'three bo appointed to have general ,JL supervision in representing tho club jK-a with reference to tho high water T condition with tho idea of protecting H the proportyy on tho Island. Tho H following wore appointed to act ns H the commlttco: George W. Skldmoro, H chairman; M. S. Ecclos, and Olof H Nelson. Yesterday tho commltteo H examined tho dangerous places on H tho bank of tho river and attended H tho meeting held in tho Sovonth ward H called for tho purposo of considering the high water condition that may H arise, H Tho following wero elected as tho H Nominating commltteo to nominate H ten nominees, five of whom will bo H elected at the annual meeting of tho H club, March 15, to servo as directors H for the term of five years: Olof Nol H son, M. S. Ecclos and Jamos Lar H son. |