Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-07-03

In behalf of the Bellevue CONNER
cial club, Clyde s. shaw, of the Belle
vue News, extended an invitation to
the club to meet in that town In Au-
gust He promised good time and
view of the deepest mine in Idaho
the Minnie Moore. In behalf Of the
people of Montpelier and Bear Lake
county, l.. G. Bradley of the Mont
pelier Examiner, invited the club to
meet next on the classic banks of Bear
lake. He explained that owing to the
shortness of the season In that ex-
IRENE southeastern part of the state,
August was the ideal month in which
to visit Bear Lake county. In com
pliment to Mr.. Wright, the newly
elected president, who is a charter
member Of the club and who has
never yet missed meeting, Mr.. Brad
leys invitation was accepted, and
that gentleman was chosen as the
third member of the executive COM
mittee to arrange the details of the
August meeting.
After a hearty lunch at the Idaho
hotel, where the club members were
the guests of the people of Rexburg
and where their money was counter
teit, the men folk Of the club sat for
two group photographs, followed by
the ladies of the club in separate
group. While waiting for the report
| from the resolutions committee, the
remainder of the club held an inform
al meeting to discuss the adoption OF
a minimum scale of prices for adver-
Using and job work Later In the day
the governing board went into execu-
tive session and concluded important
work along this line.
Committees were appointed as fol-
lows: .h&t
Legislative-Jas III. Wallis OF the
Rexburg Standard, Leslie q. Dilling-
ham Of the Mackay Miner, J. Warren
White Of the Bull Pioneer, l.. q. Brad
ley of the Montpelier Examiner and
Truxton Talbot Of the Pocatello AG-
vance.
Obligation committee. @. Brad
ley, Chas. G. Sumner and Byrd TreE0-
Select committee-Jas. H. Wallis
J. w. Jones and L. Bush Livermore.
The working board OF governors
will meet IN Pocatello on the second
Saturday in July to discuss import
ant matters.
1t was In the evening that the
good people of Rexburg shone AZ en-
tertainers par excellence. At ESQ the
club members were the guests of the
Commercial club at banquet, served
in the Commercial club rooms. The
tables were arranged in q hollow
square, and covers were laid Tor 1E0
The menu was simply great, and even
. such staid old journalist as Colonel
I Jones, says the Pocatello Tribune
{ forgot to eat his fill while looking al
/ the pretty young lady walters. TINS
: banquet hall was gorgeously decorat
ed In the national colors, and at tbs
end of the room was an immense II
Eliminated legend Welcome to tbs
Press Club"
Charles @. Sumner of the Idahs
Falls Post officiated as toastmasteF
and introduced Mayor Webster, VIII,
spoke as follows:
MAYOR WE5sTER's WELCOME
Gentlemen of the Eastern Idah
Press Club: In behalf Of tn
good people OF the City Of Rexburi
| greet you. and bid you welcome t
our prosperous community. We ar
glad to nave you In our midst, an
we deliver 10 you the keys OF tn
city. extending to you every freedoI
that is ours to give. We thorough
appreciate the importance of you
visit to our country and can readil
realize that 1t will result in good I
us, knowing as we do that you ca
OF our glorious country and the goo
people who inhabit 1t. We want 20
to sing the praises of our broa
streets our substantial rock and brio
buildings, our coy and palatial res
dences, our temple of learning G
yonder hill-the Kicks Academy, OF
cut rock district schools. where /
fine corps of pedagogues. as ca
be found anywhere teach 600 brig
minds how to shoot We have a sy
tenn of water works costing 5000
whose equal is not found in the stai
the water OF which has been secur'
after digging through 500 feet of sol
lava rock. flowing at the rate Of
gallons a minute. We want you
tell of our thousands of broad acr
OF dry farms on cur bench lands sou
Of The city. which are row CONNER
ing to yield thousands of bushels