Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-16
Election of Secretary

Frank Virgins, who has been iden-
titled with the chamber for so many
years, was reelected secretary, and
II. B. Gurley was elected to perform
the duties of acting secretary when
occasion requires his services in that
capacity.
Standing Committees Appointed
President Koepfli announced the fol-
lowing standing committees:
Commerce-H. S. Mckee, F. K.
Rule, w. c. Patterson, A. B. McCut-
oheon and NJ. II. Newmark.
Agriculture and horticulture-F. Q.
Story, George II. Bixby, F. Edward
Gray, N. w. Blanchard and c. II.
Sessions.
Manufacturing-Fre L. Baker, w.
E. Hampton, William Lacy, w. G..
Hunt and Archibald Douglas.
Mercantile affairs-J. Baruch, F. w.
Braun, John r. Smurr, M. A. Ham
burger and 3. A. Benjamin.
Mining-Dan Murphy, H. q. Osborne,
George w. Parsons, F. w. Braun and
o. P. Posey.
Transportation-R. II. Heron, F. Q.
Story, Ferd X. Rule, G. A. Parkyns
and G. e. Bittinger.
Law-H. T. Lee, H. w. oMelveny,
A. H. Van Cott and A. w. Hutton.
Publications and statistics-W. II.
Booth, w. J. Washburn, c. d. Willard,
Harry Brook and w. P. Jeffries.
County and municipal affairs-Oscar
c. Mueller, Fred l.. Allies, Lee A. Nc
Connell, A. P. Fleming and Robert
McGarvin.
Hotels-O. T. johnson, M. M. Potter,
]. H. Holmes, Thomas Pascoe and
George A. Hart.
Finance and auditing-Gail B. John
son, James c. Kays, e. J. Marshall,
Charles G. Greene and A. Boyle Work
man.
Building and permanent exhibit
Niles Pease, William D. Stephens, z.
D. Mathuss, George H. Stewart and
William Mead.
Immigration = Walter G. Barnwell,
M. j. Newmark, H. B. Eakins, Samuel
T. Glover and John r. Mathews.
Boulevards. parks and roads-John
H. Norton. d. C. McGarvin Otis Lock-
hart, E. P. Clark and o. Shepard
Barnup1.
Expositions-A. B. Cass, j. A. Fo-
shay, N. B. Blackstone, j. R. Newberry
and w. C. Patterson.
Membership and grievances-A. w.
Skinner, F. M. Parker j. K. Macom-
ber, Arthur L. Halves and John z.
Berner.
The following special committees
were also appointed:
Harbor committee-W. J. Washburn,
F. @. Story, M. j. Newmark, l.. w.
Blinn, c. D. Willard, Fred Eaton,
Bradner w. Lee and Randolph Miner.
Military post-John H. Norton, Cen
eral H. G. Otis, Homer Laughlin. Cen
eral Charles Forman, H. S. Mckee and
General E. Bouton.
Fortifications congress General
Harrison Gray Otis, B. McLendon, H.
H. Markham, General e. Bouton and
T. E. Gibbon.
Referred to Committees
"A was TGdQ lHS
District Agricultural association, No.
6, opposing assembly bill 7O1, now be-
fore the legislature, wherein the coun-
ty supervisors of the different counties
are given power to give agricultural
fairs and repeating all laws previously
enacted establishing agricultural dis
tricts and creating agricultural boards,
etc. The matter was referred Jointly
to the committee on law and the COM
mittee on agricultural and horticul-
tural affairs
A communication was read from
Everett B. Thomas, forest supervisor
notifying the chamber of the transfer
of the forest reserves from the depart
ment of the interior to that of agricul-
ture. This information was given to
remind the chamber of one of the re-
suits of it's past efforts in having this
transfer made.
A communication was read from the
Southern California Wholesale Gro
GERS association calling attention to
assembly bill 321, compelling corpora
tions doing business in the state of
California to file quarterly statements.
The Sacramento Valley Development
association addressed the board, ask
ing for information relative to placing
an exhibit of the products of their
valley in the exhibit hall.
The following new members were
elected
California Dental Supply company,
william M. Kinney. Fred Anthony,
Benjamin A. Hamilton. Robert Green.
]. Donnan Reavis. A. l.. Scoheld,
George b. Upp