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Show ' in cenBgaBBaBBaimiyi ! Eagaa mil n i i Ogden Chamber of Commerce Back of Ambitious Program Formation of a credit rating bureau, the carrying on of a membership drive, organization of a traffic bureau and tho installation of a publicity man at the Union r;pot arc among tho activities urged of the Ogden chamber cham-ber of commerce in a report made today to-day to the board of directors of tho chamber by a committee Jieaded by A. P. Bigclow and consisting of Franu J. Stevens and George B. Flack. The promotion of good road3 and tho taking up of aviation aro also among the features mapped out for the chamber during the coming summer. sum-mer. Credit Bureau. In the report regarding the credit bureau the Committee wont on record as opposed to financing subsidiary organizations, or-ganizations, but recommended thnt tho merchant's credit bureau receive an appropriation necessary for tliej conducting of activities of a rating! bureau, with tho hope that this activity ac-tivity shall soon become self-supporting, on the basis of setting aside $1 a month of dues of members of the chamber of commerce using the merchant's mer-chant's credit bureau. In regard to a traffic bureau the committee urged an organization that would assist the city, county and stato in promulgating desired improvements. improve-ments. The report read: "Believing that Ogden should have an efficient, traffic bureau, which should perma-! nenlly relate to the Ogden chamber, of commerce, we recommend that the chamber maintain a standing1 commit-too commit-too of relationship thereto, and that the chairman of this committee be George B. Flack. TraMc Bureau. "Tho traffic bureau will be to assist the city, county and state in promulgating promul-gating desired improvements and obtain ob-tain the assistance of these officials In industrial matters, that we may1 consistently oppose Injurious lcgisla-l lion and taxation. We recommend in-' slltutlng a standing committee on civic affairs and suggest W. II. Shearman as chairman-" Other Activities. The additional activities planned aro announced in the report as follows: "Good roads The promotion 'of j good roads and automobile traffic has 1 j been and will continue to bo a permanent perma-nent activity of tho chamber of commerce com-merce for the advancement of Ogden. jA standing 'good roads' committc is recommended with Dr. II. M. Rowc as chairman. "Auditing Committee ?Wo rccom-mond rccom-mond the appointment of an auditing committee for the duties of checking accounts, the authorization of payment pay-ment of bills and approving minutes when not considered by the full board. Special committees Wo rocom-mend rocom-mend that all other matters bo handled han-dled by 'special committees appointed by tho chair, or otherwise, for a special spe-cial work, and that such committee be automatically discharged as soon as the work for which it la appointed shall have been accomplished. "Aviation committee Wc recommend recom-mend the appointment of John S. 1 Lewis as chairman, j " New Industries. "New industries commute President Presi-dent Warren L. Wattis as chairman and O. J. Stllwcll as secretary recommended. recom-mended. "Merchants of Ogden John W. Wilcox recommended as chairman. ! "Membership Gomer Nichols as chairman, and we recommend that this committee bo of rotating nature, that tho present chairman choose fif- teen others, who shall be asked to obtain ob-tain three members each, and as soon ! as the three shall have been obtained, , the certain member obtaining the three shall bo automatically discharged. dis-charged. As soon as the chairman shall have obtained a total of fifty new supporters the chairman and his entire committee shall be discharged. "Real estate We recommend tho appointment of a committeo to actively active-ly look after real estate in possession of the chamber, and recommend the appointment of Charles IT. Barton as I chairman, and further suggest thai John N. S. Spargo be a member of this com mitt ee. "Publicity man at depot We believe be-lieve the former policy of the publicity bureau in maintaining an active information in-formation bureau at tho Union station sta-tion has been of great advertising value, and recommend tho investigation investiga-tion of the feasibility of again supporting sup-porting this aitlvi." |