Imperial Valley press., 1909-10-16
County Chamber of Commerce Adopts Plan for FaCiIitat-
 ing Its Work
Board to Be Formed of Representa- tives From Each Valley Town, Who Will Hold Meetings at the Gall of the President - Valley Publicity Campaign to Be Taken Up.

The Imperial County Chamber of Commerce held it's regular meeting Wednesday afternoon in Imperial The place of meeting was changed from El Centro in order to permit the members to join with the Farmers Union and the Business Mems As- sociation in discussing the freight rates with representatives of the Southern Pacific R. R. Go.
 President Giles was in the chair, and all the towns of the valley were represented except Imperial. Imper- ial has not participated thus far this fall in the doings of the County Cham Der, but business men of that town stated Wednesday night that they would promptly come into line and join with the other towns in carry ing on an advertising campaign for the valley.
 It was reported at the meeting that the lectures given by Miss Rose Gif- ford in behalf of Imperial Valley at the Los Angeles Chamber of Com merce are being attended by large numbers of people and that the de- mand for further information con- corning the valley is so great that 1t is almost impossible to supply it. Several thousand booklets have re- gently been placed at Miss Gifford's disposal and some of the valley news papers are providing her with sev- eral copies each week. Many peo- pie are becoming interested in the valley through the lectures aud even more effective work can be done as soon as additional literature is SUD- piled
 E. E. Forester who was appoint ed by the Chamber at it's last meet ing, has collected a fine exhibit and shipped it to Los Angeles. Grain of all kinds, cotton and some vegeta- bles represent the principal part of the exhibit. MT. Forester is now devoting his energies to collecting as fine a display of fruits and vege- tables as the valley can produce A little later he will be able to put on exhibition some choice ripe or anges, so that visitors to Los Ange- les can see for themselves how much earlier Imperial Valley can produce thoroughly ripe citrus fruits than any other section.
 After hearing these reports a dis cussion concerning, the future work of the organization was begun, the Brawley delegation making the sug- gestion that the Chamber ought to be incorporated so that it would be a legally organized body. The Braw- ley local chamber is incorporated and it's members at recent meeting in structed their delegates to urge that the county chamber adopt the same | plan. The El Centro delegates re- ported that they were instructed to advocate the placing of the entire management of the affairs of the county body in the hands of an ex- ecutive committee, the purpose be- ing to eliminate the inefficiency fre- quently resulting from too large or cumbersome body.
 It developed in this connection that exactly that plan was fully provided for in the constitution and bylaws already in force but that the plan had not been worked out in prac- tice for the reason that the members had seen fit to hold regular meet ings, with all delegates present, thereby leaving practically nothing for the executive committee to do.
 Thereupon a motion was made and carried that the County Chamber of Commerce. cease holding It's regular
 monthly meetings, leaving the full
 management of the affairs of the body
 in the hands of the executive com mittee consisting of one member on. 5 ly from each town. Meetings of al
 the delegates can be held under thi
 action, upon call by the president
 but 1t is assumed that these meeting
 shall be for the purpose only of dis s cusslng some general proposition Q 70 of stimulating enthusiasm The ex b eeutiye work will be confined exclu
 siyely to the executive committee.