The daily sentinel., 1908-01-09
On October a mass meeting was

held In the Auditorium on call of
the board to meet Engineers A. l..
Fellows and l. w. Mcconnell Of the
reclamation service to consider the
High Line situation.
There was some assurance given
that the government might take the
project up. and steps were immedi-
ately taken to get the matter prop
erly before the interior department.
The Water Users Association was Or
ganizej and much work done along
that line.
On November 80 the home of the
Chamber of Commerce was destroyed
by the burning of the Currie block,
and its effects were removed to Ye
Bookman's Den, where an Office was
maintained until the following June.
The second annual banquet was
given December 13 at the Grand ho-
tel.
January 3. 1905. the second annu-
al meeting was held and resulted in
the election of the following direc-
tors: Atwood. Buchman. Bunting,
Carpenter, Fisher, McCulloch, Orr,
Price, C. D. Smith and r. H. Sulli-
van.
The question of securing a normal
school for Grand Junction was taken
up at this meeting by resolution. and
considerable work was done during
the session of the legislature, but
without results.
The board organized on the 9th
by electing McMullen president. Fish
er first vice president, Carpenter sec
ond vice president. Buchman treas
urer and Falconer secretary. McMul-
liz soon resigned and Carpenter was
made president.
On March "a an Unsuccessful eff
fort was made to induce President
Roosevelt and his hunting party to
visit Grand Junction.
On May 2 large delegation of
Denver business men were enter
tanned by the Chamber of Commerce.
On May 5 the initial action was
tdheH " lHuuCe tne COnBTeSSlOudl
committee Oh irrigation to visit
Grand Junction, and after an active
campaign covering several months
the point was carried. This visit has
work, for it impressed upon the
minds of the visitors the merits of
the Grand Valley project.
May 81 Secretary Falconer re-
signed and on June 2 c. D. Fisher
was elected to fill the place for four
months.
During the months of July and
August there was considerable ac-
tivity in caring for the congressional
delegation and the Uintah registra-
tion. This was followed by season
of comparative inactivity.
On october d. w. Aupperle was
elected secretary for the balance of
the year.
on October IS it was voted to pc
tit.un the city council to Investigate
the possibilities of securing noun
tain water. and a petition bearing
191 signatures was later presented
to the council.
The third annual banquet was Civ
en- November 23 at the Auditorium
The third annual meeting was held
January . and Carnahan. Carpenter,
Clark. Bunting, Lyons, Moody. Orr.
Plank, Rhone. Stone and Talbert
were elected directors. Clark i'm
mediately resigned and Desch was ap-
pointed to fill the place.
The officers elected for the year
were Carnahan, president; Carpen-
ter, first vice president; Lyons, sec
ond vice president; Talbert, treasur-
er, and Aupperle. secretary.
Lack of space forbids any extend
ed report of the work done during
this year. The board did very ex-
tensive advertising by getting out and
distributing a large amount of at
tractive literature; also through the
medium of the State Commercial As
ISOLATION. and in entertaining the
Missouri Pacific emigration commits
sion, and through such other ave-
nues as 1t found open. 1t took its
regular turn at the railroad rate
problem. and did much work looking
to the securing of government con-
structioh of the High Line canal, be-
sides trying to build the Colorado
Southwestern railroad. In the last
named matter there is some salts
faction in the fact that through the
care exercised in the dealings with