The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-12
PRESIDENT H. H. TURNER'S REPORT
Retiring Officer Gives Summary Of the Work Undertaken
and Accomplished During the Year

Asphalt company recommended it's ac-
ceptance. said recommendation being
duly adopted by the city council.
Advertising.
a. Fifteen hundred copies of the
Homeseekers' Edition of Walla Walla
Union purchased.
b. Descriptive writeup, with illus
trations, inserted in the Coast of
Seattle.
c. Arrangements made for four
page illustrated writeup of Walla Wal
la county to be inserted in the state
statistical report which is to be cir
culated at the Lewis and Clark expo
sition by the state board.
Railroad Rates.
a. Resolutions adopted protesting
against determinations on rates on
wheat and flour to eastern points as
between the Palouse country and Wal
la Walla county.
b. conference. held by the trans
portation committee on this subject
with freight officials of o. R. & N. Co.
Passenger Service.
a. Complaint of local merchants
in connection with special holiday
trains for Walla Walla to Pendleton
presented to the o. r. & N. manage
ment.
b. conference had in Walla Walla
with o. r. & N. passenger officials and
similar excursions running from Pen
dleton to Walla Walla secured.
Miscellaneous
a. complaints regarding telegraph
service submitted to the Western
Union Telegraph company and Postal
Telegraph company.
b. complaints regarding telephone
service submitted to Pacific States Tel
egraph & Telephone company.
C. COMMITTEE ordered appointed to
assist the Walla Walla Choral Union
in arranging for musical festival.
d. Resolutions adopted advocating
the National Industrial Peace associa-
ton.
e.. Resolutions adopted at the re-
quest of the Massachusetts state board
of trade advocating establishment of
neutral zones on the Atlantic ocean by
International agreement.
f. Resolutions adopted advocating
the granting of right of way for an
electric road across the Walla Walla
military reservation.
g. COMMITTEE appointed to confer
with the Walla Walla club relative to
consolidation.
Receptions
Perceptions have been extended as
follows:
a. ITO General Chaffee.
b. 'To excursions of the Spokane
chamber of commerce.
c. ITO President Howard Elliott Of
the Northern Pacific railway and his
executive staff.
d. ITO the passenger agents of the
Northern Pacific railway.
Z. ITO the Good Roads convention.
Conclusion.
your president is of the opinion the
foregoing statement conciusively shows
that the members of the Commercial
Ii
igently and by their committees have
contributed much time and effort to
the consideration of matters affecting
the material welfare of the city, and
that the club as a whole can congratu-
late itself upon, and take pride in it's
record, in the past two years.
Its work in accomplishing the paw
ing of the business part of the city
entities it to the loyal support of al
citizens having property interests. I
firmly believe that the money spent
in this improvement will prove of last
ing benefit to the community. It's eff
feet is already seen in the demand for
more paving, which seems likely dur
ing the coming year to be not only ex-
tended throughout the business section
of the city, but even into the residence
districts. 1t is safe to say that no
property owner, however, bittererly
opposed heretofore to the expense for
paving brought upon him largely
through the activity of this organiza-
ton, would not take his money back
and have the street in front of his
property in the condition in which it
was before the pavement was laid.
ut is not necessary to cite the ad-
vantages which will derive from the
construction of the portage railway.
the Palouse river irrigation scheme,
and the Lewis and Clark exhibit. Suf-
flee it to say that whenever and where
ever possible your officers and COM
mittees have labored faithfully to ad-
vance these important measures. and
to create and solidify a strong and
active sentiment in their behalf