Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-08-01
COMMERCIAL CLUB.
TWENTY NEW MEMBERS ELECTED.


the Commercial club was held last
evening at their handsome home the
first meeting held under the rresid-
ency of JUDGE Benjamin S. Baker,
Many matters of much Importance
were transacted among the most i'm
portant of wnicn was the admlttance
OF twenty new members The number
includes some of the most progressive
citizens of the territory who win aid
materially In keeping up the excellent
reputation OF the organization. which
many large cities would be proud Of.
The work of the Albuquerque Com
mercial club is well known to the peo-
pie OF the entire southwest. The good
II has done for this city is incalcula-
BILE
The new members of the club are
Walter NJ Connell, Il. A. Lindermann.
George p. Learned, w L. Edgar. c.
NJ. foraker h. II. Edgar. Daniel
Scruggs, w. d. HOLSTER. Hermann
owitzer. Thomas Hughes. Roderck
Slower H. r. Mitchner, j. w. Malette.
james T. Haines, l.. b. Stern, c. l..
Colson. T. b. Kilgore, Frank Acker-
man. X. A. Fullenwider and John w
Wiley.
The unanimous thanks of the club
was voted c. G. Hall for his untlring
efforts in building up the club and
securing new members.
II was decided to Immediately COM
mence the work OF renovating the Com
mercial club building. The interior of
the rooms will be artisticalrv kalso-
mined and frescoed.
A committee consisting of G. Il.
Newcomer. w. s. StrIckler and ID. A.
Mcpherson was appointed to repre-
sent the Commercial club at the Four
teenth session of the Trans Missis-
sippi Commercial congress, which is
to beheld in Seattle. Washington. be-
ginning on the 18th of August and last.
ing TOUR days.
In the call issued for this convention
is the following allusion to the work
of the congress:
The Mississippi Commercial
congress has, Tor more than decade.
been powerful factor in the upbuild-
ing of the states west of the Missis
sippi river comprising its jurisdiction.
During its life IL has seen the political
and commercial scope of the Trans.
Mississippi region expand. and during
these years 1t has taken a prominent
| part In every movement tending to
! commercial advancement. The In.
nuences OF the trans Mississippi Com
mercial congress embraces the great
| er geographical part of the country,
| comprising twenty-five million people
| residing west of the Mississippi river.
The recent achievements In the realm
of national expansion adds to tnis ter
ritory our colonial possessions of the
far east, with their nine million of ad-
ditional population.
''rhe coming session OF the Trans
Mississippi Commercial congress at
Seattle, meets the general desire of
| those interested in the commercial
| growth of the Trans Mississippi states
| of this new commercial activity. II Is
therefore the determination of the
| executive committee to secure at this
meeting as large an attendance as pos
sible of representatives of the CONNER
cial. industrial, maritime and other
associations within its Jurisdiction, to-
gether with full delegations IRON the
states, cities and counties within it's
territory. In order to secure this. we
urge that immediate attention be given
to this most important movement, and
that the number of delegates to which
you are entitled, as herein enumerat.
ed, be selected from the very best ma
terial, and that such delegates when
appointed be urged earnestly to be In
attendance.
aside from the commercial rela-
lions of this western country with the
Orient. there will be other topics to
he discussed and legislation recon-
mended to the national congress, more
directly affecting the people of the
west Among these may be enumerat-
ed irrigation, railroad rates, improve.
ments of harbors and waterways, the
governmental department of mines
and mining, good roads. commercial
relations with the Central and South
American republics, beet sugar indus.
try the encouragement of home manu-.
facturers. statehood for the territories
Legislation for Alaska, Istian canal
merchant marine. consular service
preservation OF forests, postal service