Show I 1 annual leport lle port of the secretary 0 of price chamber of commerce comme irce 4 lio william lilliarn 11 II toy secret try of ti tie e price chamber of commeree submit ted the fol following loIng report at the an nual meeting wednesday evening and the report was leei ed the year just closed hag has indeed been a busy one although no major projects have been undertakes we do feel that a number of worthwhile activities have been completed ac ae tive tire interest has been taken in local civic affairs and the respectful at accorded us by other organ of this state attest to the life and aggressiveness of this body and to the fact that the price chain chamber of commerce is a necessity in the cail ch industrial and commercial affairs of our city Pol following lowing tho the recommendation of the last annual meeting that agri culture should bo be the major project for 1930 efforts were nade lade to ob tain the interest and cooperation of the farmers in this district unfortunately the response was very small oal three having met with tie tle board of director direct oro and rua only avro replies were received to our question aire early in the spring a definite road program was announced a program that we feel is indice aly the thel result of the 4 constant efforts of this organization an the past this ills year re every ovary evar tesy i 1 i i from the state road commission and our coulty commissioners have met their share of expenditure expenditures and by the eummer summer of 1931 we e may expect U 8 50 to be one of the best stand ard highways in the west lateral no 10 has also been greatly im proved and we cannot pass over this feature without expressing common dation to our county commissioners for their road program last march at the request of the high school faculty we successfully sponsored the annual basketball tournament april will always be remembered as a good will month first a trip was sponsored to our neighbors of emery county eatery town being visited by a calvi ende of eov sev anty iii e cars with the high school band and concluded with a banquet and dance at castle dale following this as envoys of good will the high school band was sent to grand junction as an entrant in their annual contest successful beyond expectations the band returned winners of two first major p izes two first solo dinners and a second place elo winner andi and by their exemplary conduct throughout theft stay in grand june junction cemented ft friendship which can only promote progress and pros march word was received that the star mail route would be continued with its headquarters in price this is 11 tuly t uly a tribute to the preceding officers of the chamber of commerce whose strenuous efforts were ere put forth in the past two years and the officers serving you during th that I 1 t time are deseri deserting ing of the high eat praise A hard fight was made for the continuance of the carbon county fair but at the final showdown show down the county commissioners said no 11 As a climax to the past years efforts of our retiring directors they met with and succeeded in haung haing the new county commission at its in meeting january ath to appropriate for a county fair to be held in price this full fill I 1 he of artil eav supported th county commissioners in their successful road bond elec tion we believe the rapid improve ments and the projects outlined for 31 warrants our support another monument to the chamber of commerce is the new federal building now almost ready tor for pancy again we give credit to past officers of this organization another charge in the schedule of passenger trains again caused dis dig of our mail service again we believe the efforts of this body were responsible for the establish ment of the new mall mail track truck service continued on page four A annual report of price civic club continue I 1 from page ono thistle to price 1 we e u would ga gle e a word of commendation to cyril B caitiff wal ineal who ubo has instituted this improvement giving us mid and our neighboring counties coun tic the best mail een ice in the history of this route we again sponsored the tle annual lard ard and garden conte bt ibach under the able chairmanship of mrs biro deo ice R west was a very successful ate e believe that these contests are creating a ch chic le pride that fe making I 1 rice one of the prettiest cities in tl tie e state t 1 1 included in its social activities we ht lift briefly as follows assisted ill tie e local loul aks on their birthday larty extended courtesies to the an dual spring siring canyon day assisted in the pioneer day celebration sent the high land to the fe ferran n peach day supported the american legion spon dorel a team in the junior Ba baseball sebal itcague entertained the officials of the fulton petrol cum company entertained the officers of tio carbon county teachers sap supported ported the local elka elks in obtaining the annual state eon con anton bention for price in assisting the of pythias in an effort to obtain the annual conclave for fer price price aid ald carbon county is being at lend idly tid bv bir u 4 series of broadcasts from lal through the courtesy of the national building lian lan association iho through 11 II V leonard has given us thirty weekly periods for giving publicity to our industries and commercial advant ages ve e are also to be given two an over in grand junction colorado cach week ie c supported tup ported grand junction ic in their application for this station wo we also supported the application ol 01 for increased poser A committee ie is BOW now working to obtain a cattle road from the south into price another committee li Is seeking to establish a trap shooting thoo ting grounds in price we wo immediately the report that train aso 1 was mas to discontinue stopping stepping at price receiving A very cry courteous court eom and prompt assurance that the ie to port nas as erroneous 10 e are supporting kup porting grand orana junction j in their fight light to ret n major por per tion ot of the colorafi Co lorati 1 I program carried on U 8 40 1 11 L 1 1 SO I 1 misleading road information a the bait salt lake tribune ba has been correct ed I 1 particular tress stress annl ie Is bein being given ghen to the utah hock A As I 1 corporation and rind eicle every assist I 1 requested is being extended to the carbon dionico company both of theeo these arc are new industries Indu for car boa bon county there is eury ciery reason to believe that the forthcoming school band contest s sponsored pons ored directly by 5 our out chamber of commerce will be the biggest event of its kind ever held in ili utah bringer hundreds hun dreda of visit on ors to our cita and giving price beneficial publicity for the third year the dis tribu tion of Christ christmas mai cheer to the needy has been done through a central committee and we feel that praise must be given L B R fullmer who has just completed this work as chairman of the committee for the second year mr fullmer lias has given wholly of his time and ener gy and has ha very thoroughly corn com plated this task the membership of the price chani chant ber of commerce is not fully depre sen tatie only seventy seven tyone one firms are carrying one aundrel and thirteen tee memberships whereas there should be over two hundred business house houses with A plurality of three hundred memberships it has been very gratifying to learn of the prestige accorded us by similar organizations throughout the state and colorado the coal in dmitry the railroad the state road commission the state authorities and our congressional delegation all have extended tendel ex to us every courtesy couite sy and consideration our oar neighboring iLg towns and id coTin Unties ties have been most cordial and it has been very corn com mentar to receive as your rep resen tatie euch such friendly and court bous atter attention tion to support this it was ms a signal konor to bo be invited as is a melber man f the new associated civic civie club clubs if of southern utah and having our resident become a member of the aard ard of director directors of that atlon we believe thie this will prove of tremendous value wile to carbon county for the coming year the tourist trade should be developed your chamber of commerce should main tin quarter quarters that hilll ft ill appeal to the tourists tour loti reliable information friend ly courtesies attract attractive le features such auth an free swimming for the dill chil tren oren free golf for the older folk folks will help to haij the tourist for a few hour hours in our city tome some inter filter asting literature about our out eity city should be obtained and freely dia tri tributes buted A canning factory for thie this section la Is very iery feasible the issuance of a monthly bulletin giving an outline of the activities of the chamber of coni mere 0 W will III create interest among our people thib this bulletin will mill advertise te those that your organization it faill III ghe gho ou the opportunity to offer suggestions and that nill aid old ajr director directors to compute a program of activities that will prove beneficial to your business social and chic interests inter this report would be incomplete without Alt hout a word vora of gratitude and il to the mayor and city council for their generous prolusion sion of office quarters during the past year we hope to merit their con tinned confidence by striving for tl ti e advancement af t our civic idea ideals Is also must we express our gratitude to the local press for their splendid cooperation at all times jn in loin it la is far to acm mend our bolard of directors for their faithful attend attendance ce and slid sincere efforts on our behalf they have gnon freely of their time and mony mon y responding to every call they hae haie striven to do their share stare towards making alsing si your chamber of commerce a real asset your dent has made many sacrifices daring during the past ear attending meetings in various of the state and whatever success has been attained this year is largely due to his efforts on bour our behalf submitted by 11 TOY |