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Show Chamber of Commerce Starts Drive for Funds I CAMPAIGN OF ONE BUSHEL OF SEED OR ONE TON OF BEETS EXPECTED TO BE LIBERALLY MEET BY FARMERS CLUB IS WORKING FOR PUBLIC GOOD. At a banquet and enthusiastic meeting of the Delta Chamber of Commerce held in the Delta high school last Thursday, a campaign for financing the past and future activities of the organization was started. As in former years, the farmers are asked to contribute one bushel of alfalfa seed or one ton of beets, as their share of the expenses of the organization. Most of the seed raisers are threshing more seed than they expected to and the beet tonnage is unusually heavy this. year, so that it is believed that oontribu-tions oontribu-tions will be very liberal, and sufficient' suffi-cient' to put the Chamber of Commerce Com-merce again on a sound financial footing. When the right-of-way was purchased pur-chased at the time of building the Delta-Fillmore spur, the Delta Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce assumed the obligation ob-ligation of paying for the same, and at that time incurred a heavy indebtedness, indebt-edness, of which today, the sum of $1200.00 remains unpaid. The Delta Chamber of Commerce is not working for selfish motives, nor for any one single group, but extensively for the great good of the entire county. Its efforts are now bearing fruit in the Grand Central Highway, in which it has been the most influential factor. Note the improvement on the Delta-Lynndyl road; note the sustained efforts to secure the surfacing of the Delta-Sugarville Delta-Sugarville road, now about to bring results. In the purchase of the railroad rail-road right-of-way, the efforts of the club benefitted the entire county. Clark Allred was appointed Toast-master. Toast-master. He stated that the purpose of the meeting was to carry the message mes-sage of the Chamber of Commerce to the outlying agricultural districts, and to secure greater co-operation with the farmers. Secretary Scott Taggart gave a review re-view of the Chamber of Commerce, its past achievements, its present need, and its future posibilities. A brief digest of his remarks, which were most attentively received, were that every citizen should take an active part in community affairs; should give of his time and ability to public service, and that no other organization was so effective to this end as is the Delta Chamber of Commerce. Com-merce. In a resume of the past, he pointed out that the Chamber of Commerce was very largely instrumental instru-mental in ridding the country of unscrupulous real estate men, who had in the past fleeced the farmer-new-comer, and that their activities were now so completely curbed that protection was afforded the home-seeker. home-seeker. He referred to the great Boosters' Day hei'd in August, 1922, which laid the way for the Delta-Fillmore Delta-Fillmore branch. That its main activities ac-tivities today were a well directed check on the high pressure methods of certain itinerant salesmen, which the press of the state was authority for saying, had in the past filched communities of many thousands of dollars, in this move the Chamber of Commerce was gratified to find that its initiative was taken up by the state Farm Bureau, and given wide publicity in the daily press, bo that the movement has grown to be a state-wide one, for the protection, safeguarding and help of the Investor. Invest-or. That the local Chamber of Commerce Com-merce had formed committees who had already investigated several offerings, of-ferings, and much helpful advice could be given to any farmer before be invests in any scheme presented by a "high presure" salesman. The slogan of the moment is "Before you Invest, Investigate." Mr. Taggart Tag-gart spoke at length on the need of greater co-operation between the orgaization and the farmers of the community. His adress was roundly applauded. Hon Steele spoke of the Grand Central highway, which Is now assured, in that Governor Scrugham of Nevada is sincerely interseted In it, and is joined in that interest by the State of Utah;and that meantj county appropriation with state funds for the betterment of the road which will mean more to the farm value of the region than any other one thing. Wilis Savage spoke of the "Rising Generation." He stated that the -Delta high school now had an enrollment enroll-ment of 272 pupils, the largest In the county, and that this showed an increase from 187 of last year. In his opinion the addition jnst made to the school would be insufficient in two years. He said that there is a bright future before us. There is a pressing need of $2,000 to equip the school, which the Board of Education Ed-ucation could not appropriate at this time. L. Morrison highly praised Mr. Taggert's devotion to the work of the : organization, rnd said that he would willingly devote part of his time in securing pledges of seed or beets from hiB fellow farmers. Ho stated that the Drainage district was in a stronger financial condition condi-tion than formely, having sold about $30,000 worth of land, and with prospects that as much more will soon be placed. He concluded by saying that the country will yet become settled our prime need. Cass Lewis said he would gladly give his time to aid In securing funds. He believed that few fully appreciated the good work the or. ganization was doing for the agricultural agri-cultural districts. R. J. Law commented on the good the 'organization had done and promised prom-ised his hearty support. J. C. Seivert said he thought the organization had done more for outside out-side interests than It had for Delta, It was almost solely Instrumental In securing the Delta-Fllmore branch. Harry A. Anson spoke of the need of Improving the road to Sugarville, so that It could withstand the heavy traffic of the next few weeks. E. H. Clark said he had been In this country fourteen years, and he believed the country was just begin ing to strike its stride. That thla deep and almost inexhaustible sedimentary sedi-mentary soil could support a greater farm population to their profit and to the country's good. He would gladly give seed to aid the club to continue the good work. John R. Smith stated tbat he wai ready to help with finance and time. Wallace Holman said that this tall ' a great many men were harvesting bounteous crops and he believed they would be liberal In their donations. He, himself was ready to give his r time and seed to bring the good work of the Chamber of Commerce to the attention of his neighbors, Toastmaster Allred said he was well pleased with the offers of cooperation co-operation and help to keep the work of the club going and to pay off the debt Incurred In Its efforts for the benefit of the community. Ludwlg Jorgensen said he was more than pleased with this fine country and looked forward to greater growth. He was willing to further the cause of the Chamber of Commerce. C. W. Cheel said he had faith In the present organization and believed believ-ed it was the most potent agency at work for the greatest benefit to the outlying communities and pledged his support to further its ends. Dewey Sanford said he was sold to the idea of the Chamber of Commerce, Com-merce, and he could moat sinoerely approach any neighbor to help .he cause, for In so doing that neighbor neigh-bor was doing something for his own benefit. He was heartily In favor of the movement. Vice-Pres. B. H. Smith thanked the farmers for their past help, and said he hoped the club would continue con-tinue to merit their further assistance. assis-tance. He added that the organl. zatlon did not expeot the farmers to pay all the debts of the club, but the farmers would find that In the van was the businessmen of this comunlty, ever contributing his funds first, and only asking that his farmer neighbor do as well as the example set. The Chamber ot Commerce had done a great deal ot good and that Its Interest lay in the (Continued on last .page |