The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-30
FINE SPREAD
COMMERCIAL CLUB HAD IT
MONDAY NIGHT
City Water Question Discussed
and Favored-All Graft Ad-
vertising to be Cut Out
Hereafter

The finest spread ever provided by
the house committee Of the CONNER
cial Club of Greeley was enjoyed last
Monday evening by large member
ship of the club. 1t was the regula-
tion Thanksgiving feed, with plenty
of roast turkey, cranberry sauce,
pumpkin pie, ice cream, etc.
The meeting was one Of the most
important in the history Of the club
in other ways The most important
question up for consideration was
the new proposed water system.
Upon this W. C. Wilson, chairman
of the water works committee of the
city council, gave an exhaustive re-
port. TIE full text of this report
will be found in the leading story
of this issue.
The report excited considerable
discussion, practically all of which,
however, was favorable TO the pro-
ject. The councilmen we're COM
mended by resolution, both in their
submission of the matter to vote
of the people again, and for their
work on the project to date.
Senator w. L. Clayton, who is
also president of the club. gave some
facts about the impression that pre-
walls all over the state in regard to
Greeley's water supply. 1t was this
more than anything else that for the
past few sessions OF the legislature
has caussd an agitation for Normal
School in the southwestern part of
the state. where all the towns have
fine supplies of mountain water.
President z. Y. Snyder, of the
State Normal school, was present
and made practically the same state
ments in this regard. In his travels
over the state addressing various
educational institutions the doctor
found, he said, that Greeley's water
supply was almost as famous as its
potatoes, but with just the opposite
reputation.
1t matters not that the water is
practically free from animal life
and is as pure as any that is usually
used for city supply, although hard.
The water has the reputation of be-
ing bad. and no effort will be made
by strangers to disprove this.
John T. Burns, secretary of the
state commercial association, was
present and gave a talk upon Sci
tishness. - His talk was along the
work of commercial clubs, and he
knocked knockers so hard that If
there had been any present they
must have wanted to settle through
the floor.
The club also adopted an import
ant addition to the bylaws of the
organization. 1t was to cut out
all fake advertising and donation
schemes. A committee will be
appointed by the president of the
Commercial Club to pass upon all
proposed schemes for separating the
business man from his coin. The
names of the members Of this COM
mittee will be kept an absolute
secret even flom the board of di-
rectors of the club, in order that the
men serving will not be deviled to
death by importunus solicitors. A
penalty of IS for violation of this
rule by any member of the club has
been fixed, and refusal or neglect to
nav this fine may result in expulsion
from the club.
This action has been taken by thu
club in self defense to keep the mer-
chants from being bled to death by
solicitors for aims. OF course, there
are certain charitable purposes that
will be considered as exceptions to
this rule, but all these are embodied
in the new section of the bylaws.
The matter Of the two telephone
systems, which some people declare
are one. was again brought up and
w. l.. Clayton, c. A. Granger and
C. +. Bell appointed a committee
to investigate and If it was found
that the independent company was
actually owned by the Bell people,
to see if the two could not be con-
nected up and made one system.
Miss Jessie Fink went to Berthoud
+o Spend THANKSGIVING with her