The daily sentinel., 1903-04-11
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Chamber of Commerce Has
Lively Session-Addresses
And Reports Heard.

chamber. 1t was the second meeting
of the chamber since the election of
the board of directors and there was
quite considerable work to be submit
ted to the members.
President Roberts was promptly on
hand and when he had called the
meeting to order he called for the
Steele. The minutes of the past sew
eral meetings were read and adopted.
The secretary then reported upon
the mem bership. He stated that the
committee on me bership had secured
the signatures of 1873 business men and
citizens to become members of the
Chamber and that 100 of these had
paid their initiatory fees. The
names of these were read. Secretary
Steele said he had reason to believe
that the larger portion of the balance
would pay their initiatory fees and
become members.
On the call for communications a
lengthy letter was read from State
Engineer A. ]. McCune, which went
at length into the matter of the plan
of work which should be adopted by
the board of directors of the chamber
to do the best work to forward the
High Line canal scheme. The read
ing of the letter was listened TO with
a great deal of interest. No action
was taken ON the letter officially.
ln Of
then heard. Mr.. Currie reported that
he had received $545 90 and had paid
no warrants on the fund, although
some bills had been contracted, but
no bills paid.
John F. Moore on the committee
of freight rates and transportation
said that the committee was in active
work. but chat they had nothing of
any special Importance at that time to
communicate.
George Smith reported for the COM
mittee ON irrigation.
j. f. Byers was then called upon
by the president for the purpose of
presenting proposition for Charles
N. Cox, upon the matter of the sugar
factory. Mr.. Byers stated that Mr..
Cox had company formed which
would pay the old Indebtedness of
the Colorado Sugar Manufacturing
company. That when this was done
he was ready to come before the peo-
pie of this county and attempt to Sc
cure contracts for the growing of 1000
acres of beets, the company to plant
500 acres. He said that he desired for
Mr.. Cox the moral support of the
Chamber of Commerce and desired ex-
preston upon that matter.
The matter was discussed at consid-
erable length and motion was then
presented by l. N. Bunting that it
was the sense of the meeting that Mr..
Cox be given the moral support of the
chamber and that they would do all
in their power to further his plan of
running the sugar factory this year.
This motion prevailed and motion
committee prepare suitable resolutions
upon the matter and that same be for
warded to Mr. Cox.
The important matter of the session
last night then followed. Mr.. Frank
Keifer of Fruita being present on in
vitation of President Roberts, was in
vited to address the chamber upon the
furtherance of the plans for securing
the building of the High line. Mr..
Keifer stated that he had had extern
sive experience in ditch matters and
that he beliveed that the only way to
secure .he building of the ditch or the
quickest way to secure action by the
government was the formation OF an
irrigation district, modelled after the
plan outlined in the Wright law,
which is in operation in California
Mr.. Keifer gave an extended talk upon
the operations of this law, whose
principal feature is that under its pro
visions all the land which is under
any ditch. whether in cultivation or
not must bear its burden of taxation
for construction. In this way all men
must paw their just proportion.
Mr.. Kiefer made quite an extended
talk and was listened to attentively.
Following his address. President