Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-12-10
COMMERCIAL CLUB HAS A BUSY
5ESSION-FAIR ASSOCIATIONS
REQUESTED TO MAKE REPORT
OF CONDITION
Water Committee to Make Early Re-
poIt-Committee Appointed to In
vestigate Jail Accommodations
Thanks Senator Hepburn

Lewiston Commercial club last night
asked that the Lewiston Charleston
Fair association make a report of it's
standing to the club at the earliest
possible date.
Mr.. Bender explained that while
the fair association was an organiza-
tion entirely outside of the Com
mercial club, still it was an organf-
zation of the people and for the pro-
motion of the resources of the LewA
iston-Clarkston country, and that AIN
of the members of the CommercfaI
cluo were deeply interested in the
fair association and it's workings.
He stated the time for work for
the next years fair was near ae
hand, and in order for the club tu
intelligently labor in the interests
of the association it would be neces-
sary for a complete statement of it's
affairs to be available to the club
members and the citizens at large
who are asked each year to con-
tribute to the support Of the fair as
sOciation.
President Bender also asked for n
report of the water commission as
early as the first Monday in Janu-
airy and a report of the secretary
and treasurer of the Commercial
club by December 2S.
The matter of investigating the
county jail as to the accommodations
for prisoners was also brought be-
fore the club by President Bender,
and upon motion he was authorized
to appoint committee of FIVE TO
make such Investigations The three
members of the committee named
last night are Rev. Patch, G. A.
Swanson and T. o. Hanlon,
Mr.. Bender stated complaints have
bee1 made to him that the jail quar-
ters are much to1 small for the ac-
comrodation of the number of pris-
oners often confined. and that no
provisions are made for separating
the petty offenders, who are young
in crime, from the hardened crfmf-
nails held on the most serious
charges. -
fhe matter of a government build
ing for Lewiston was discussed at
length, and the secretary instructed
to prepare a letter thanking United
States Senator w. B. Hepburn for
his efforts in behalf of the Lewiston
building.
In connection with this discussion
the president was authorized to APP
point a statistics committee for tbs
purpose of collecting complete data
relative to the business transacted by
the several government Offices MAIN
tanned in the city and to furnish the
Idaho congressional delegation with
other data relative to the needs or
the Lewiston country.
A committee composed OF City At
torney E. A. Cox, George e. Erb. D
J. McCilvery, r. A. Parkyn and J H.
Kincaid was appointed to take up
the matter of a new license ordf-
nance for the city of Lewiston which
will eliminate the collection OF II
censes from the ordinary business
houses.
The question was discussed az
length, and the present ordinances.
under which the business house If
cense is collected, was condemned as
an unjust taxation :
The condemnation of the CTear-
waite river as navigable stream
was again before the meeting, ana
the secretary was instructed to cor
respond with the commercial hodfes
of the Clearwater section to ascef-
tain the position of the people in
that section to such action
George M. Peasley Teff ou the