Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-03-06
proceedings OF the Boara or r-.a. :,
"Ase County, Held Mt Idaho
City. Feb. 3, 1855.


Inc board met at their spacious
quarters in the Stock Board Ex.
change' at Idaho City, March Sd inst.
1t was the largest and most eptbusi.
astlc meeting ever held by the Board
OF Trade. Members were nresen+
from Idaho City, Hogem, Morestown,
Last Chance, Boston, Summit Flat.
Star Ranch, Cold Springs, Forest CITY.
Astor or Twelve Mile House, and 9th
or smaller towns of the county.
This being an annual meeting and
the time for an election of officers and
Board OF Directors, possibly was one
reason Tor the large attendance; but
there were other aud better reasons.
1t had been whispered around for sew
eral days that questions of the gray
est interest would be brought before
the Board at this meeting. The
PRESIDENT, Vice President, Secretary.
Corresponding Secretary and Treas
urer were readily chosen, and with
little dissension, and happy choices
were made in each case, Lee Pow
getting away with first honors-Man
Waw with second-both being close
ly connected in trade with the Chi
nese Empire. (Reporter's notes are
not complete at this point) 1t was
evident from the beginning that the
great fight was to be upon the cleo
ton of a "Board of Directors. +"
Twelve were to be elected, and as
each city represented was anxious for
a full representation on the Board,
the ball opened by the member from
Boston offering the following resolu-
ton:
| RESOLVED, That in the election of a
Board If Directors for the 'Board of
Trade of Boise county, each city in
said Board of Trade represented, be
entitled to three members.
| A long and warm debate ensued,
in which the members from Mores-
town, Boston, Astor and Last Chance
were especially conspicuous, each
contending for the Importance of his
particular city, even at the expense
of others, the member from Boston
claiming that his town, though con-
fessedly the hub of the county, had
greatly suffered for the want of suffi-
cient interest on the part of the
"Board of Trade" He claimed that
their trade had diminished, their rev.
enues had fallen off, and there was an
air of decay in their city, and all fol-
the want of a sufficient Board Of
Trade. The member from Astol
claimed that that once thriving city
was almost on the verge of ruin be-
cause they had not been properly
cared for and watched over by the
''Board of Trade No city, he said
whatever its natural resources and
advantages, could expect to thrive
without the fostering care of "Boaro
of Trade" and that Astor had not had
and he would offer an amendment to
the resolution, that Astor be entitled
to four Directors. This brought out
one of the members from Last Chance
He said their town was older thar
Boston or than Astor City, coeva
with Morestown, and in point of pros
peritv should have been the leading
place of the county. 1t was favora
bly, situated, and had unsurpassed re
sources, and yet it was an undenla
, Bile fact that it was in decay, and wa
likely to go to the dogs unless th'
"Board of Trade" could or would. d'
something for them-more than ha'
been done-aud he gave the meeting
to distinctly understand that unles
Last Chance could have such a rep
resentation in the direction OF TIL
Board as would practically make
their Board, he was authorized oy Ill
constituents to give due notice tina
, Last Chance would withdraw and or
gan;ze A aboard of Trade" all Its own
and then who would not see Las
Chance enter upon career OF gior
, and prosperity to which she was Just
d Iv entitled. 1t had now reached /
Y o'clock when a member from ldah
t CITY moved the previous question
and the resolution and amendmer
I we're ,ost. In the confusion whic
t ensued a motion was made to re-ele'
!. the old Board. Carried; and tn
o country was again safe. The Chai'
q man now called the Board down
!. solid business. He reminded thei
a that there we're many grave question