The daily sentinel., 1905-09-12
THE CHAMBER OF COMNIERCE.

THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
The most vital organization to any
city is the Chamber of Commerce or
about the Chamber of, Commerce and
equivalent organization. We know
men in Grand Junction who grudg-
ingly give up their s1.OO toward
maintaining that body, who yearly
reap untold benefits from the organ
ization.
Some men. and these are those Who
hate to do anything to help anything
along, save themselves, swear at and
about the Chamber of Commerce and
what it attemps to do. Let's see
Has Grand functions Chamber o.
Commerce accomplished anything
this year?. Well. there was the en-
tertainment provided for the Denver
Booster club. 1t was nothing big.
oh no. how could it be with a whole
lot of men hesitating because they
We're called upon to put up a little
money. But what did the Denver
men think of it? Were YOU there?
u'd you hear their expression, upon
the tordiality of their entertainment?
Well now be honest, don't you
link that little bit of entertainment
helped us wonderfully?
Then there was the coming Of the
Mondell committee of the government
reclamation service. That commit
tee turned down the Chamber of
Commerce more than a dozen times.
saying it could not and would not in
clude Grand Junction in its timer
airy. But the committee of the
Chamber was persistent and that
committee came to Grand Junction
and was handsomely entertained,
given view of what irrigation could
do for arid land. such as is rarely
seen to such an extent in any other
reclaimed area and they went away
from here our friends, banded and
promising TO be our friends for the
construction of the High line canal
project.
Then do you know how the Chamb-
er of Commerce and the press of the
city took up the work to make Grand
Junction point of registry. They
succeeded, when everybody predict
ed failure. The writer, who had
somewhat to do with the securing
for this city of that boon. knows that
the Chamber of Commerce did splen-
did work in that relation.
San Diego used to boast that it
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coast and that it did not have to
boost for population and manufac-
turers. What has been the result?
Los Angeles didn't have the best
harbor, but 1t had people who knew
how to work and labor to make
a city of Los Angeles and today
it is so far ahead of San Diego, that
the latter town is almost a dead un.
To make Grand Junction what we
anticipate it should be in a half-doz-
en- years, we must work and the best
way to work is through our Cham
ber of Commerce. Don't turn
up your nose II you don't like the
board of directors, go to the annual
meeting and elect others; don't cuss
the secretary to your friend and make
him lose confidence in the work of
the man who is a primal necessity
to such a body. But do all you can
TO engender a better feeling for the
organization, which, if well conduct
ed does things and accomplishes
things. in every town where 1t is
well supported.
Everybody's business is nobody's
business. But the business of an
active Chamber of Commerce is
everybody's business and there is
only one proper place where every
body's business should be attended
to.
Join the Chamber of Commerce,
lend your financial as well as person
al aid to making it powerful and
important factor in the community,
There is quite a little speculation
in the city to know if Postmaster
Price will go after third term as
postmaster. There are number of
republicans who think that without
Edwin Price has life tenure on the
job that he should permit someone
else to have show Mt the fat sine
cure.
Who can bake the best pie will soon
be determined at the big fair But
from the expressions we heard over
the decision on the cake prize win
ner last year. We should not hold the
job of judge on the cake question
for Rockefeller's millions. We heard
one woman say that the cake that
took one of the prizes was "sad''