The Glenwood post., 1909-03-13

President, Clifford c. Parks.
Honorary president, Congressman E.
T. Taylor.
Vice-presindent, E. E. Drach.
Treasurer, DIR. D. I. Fletcher.
Secretary, H. G. Overlook.
Directors.
Abe Cohn, H. W. Smith, W. R. Lee,
w. E. Wallace, Edward 7. Taylor.
After partaking of one of the finest
dinners that have ever been served to
the members of the Glenwood Springs
board of trade, 125 of the business
men met in Dougan 8 hall Monday ev-
cning and discussed matters that are of
vital interest to the whole town and
surrounding country.
President Parks appointed the follow
ing auditing committee: E. E. Drach,
A. L. Beardsley and J. P. Rittmayer.
AS is generally known the Grand
Junction chamber of commerce has sue
ceeded in getting Clifford Pinchot to
address that body in the peach city, and
the Glenwood board of trade has been
asked to send delegates. President
Parks received many suggestions in
the matter and he finally announced
that he would give credentials to all
who cared to go, and that they would
represent the Glenwood board of trade.
Postmaster Thorson gave Official no.
tice that the receipts of the postoffice
for the fiscal year ending March 81
would exceed the limit of $4,000 which
entities us to free mail delivery. He
spoke of what the government requires
and said among other things:
'We must have well-lighted streets,
good sidewalks and ali the houses num-
hered and streets named' The members
of the board fell to with a will and ev
eryone announced that the government.
might be petitioned in regular form.
MIR. Thorson and Mayor E. f. Drach
were then appointed a committee to
look after the towns interest in the
affair.
w. s. Parkison brought up the ques
tion of the Dousero ut-off, and added
to the enthusiasm already running ram
pant through the big crowd. President
Parks announced that he would appoint
a special committee of the men who at
tend the Pinchot meeting in Granl
Junction and this committee will take
up the matter of the cutoff with the
Grand Junction chamber of commerce
and attempt to get their support. Lat
er the Denver chamber of commerce
and all others in the Grand valley will
be enlisted and it is believed that
united effort will result in the building
of the forty-one miles necessary TO con-
meet the d. & r. G. with the Moffat
road, thus bringing Denver nearer to
the Western slope. DR.. Mccartney
touched another spring when he an
nounced that he believed Glenwood
could secure the marble mills now To-
Gated near Marble. He pointed to the
fact that the deep snow in that coun-
try prevents the company working ev-
cry month in the year, and that if To-
Gated here that handicap would be re-
moved. He said he had reasons to be.
lieve that the cmpanies are dissatisfied
with the present location and that
Glenwood should go after them. May
or Drach recently talked with President
Strause of the Crystal River Marble
Co., and he Joined DIR. Mccartney in
| saying that Glenwood should go after
the enterprises as it means the doubl-
ing of our population, and big pay
roll, for the business men. He feels posi-
tive that if the city will make some in
ducements the marble companies will
locate here. That something definite
may be DONE NJ. J. Mayes, J. C.
Schwarz and William Dougan were ap-
pointed as a committee to investigate.
President Parks believes THAT the Linn
it's Of the city should be extended and
appointed G. W. Darrow, C. W. Taylor
and Cliff Rowe, three attorneys to look
into the legal phases Of the question
and see what can be done in the mat
ter. Reference had been made by Aus
tin Gavin to the auditorium committee,
which he said ''is not dead, but ia
sleeping soundly." Mr.. Thorson gave
some inlide information on what had
been done and showed that the com
mittee has been doing all in its power