Imperial Valley press., 1909-07-03

sary funds be secured by special as- sessment.
 The secretary's books show that 5 members paid dues up to the end of 1908, thirty-fou to January, 1909, in addition. Twenty members are in arrears. It is only fair that all should pay the same as the thirty four, and on that basis there is owing to the club from members in good standing at the time of the cessation of activity the sum of $17. The ar rears of delinquents on the same ba- sis, aggregate $121. If all these ar rears were paid, one months dues all around would clear the club of debt.
 Although the club has been mark ing time for six months, it has not been dead. In January it gave a re- ception at Holt Opera House to Bishop Conaty and the Bishop was made the first honorary member of the club, whose button he accepted and wore
 When D. H. Hartman came to lm- perial Valley, committee of the club received him at El Centro and sup piled him with such information as he desired, and MT. Hartman also was made an honorary member and placed the club button in his lapel.
 The Women's Section of the club has more than justified it's organiza- tion. Its energy, enthusiasm and in telligent activity in promoting the pub i lie welfare have been conspicuous, and it never has relaxed it's efforts to keep Fl Centro in the lead The women of the Ten Thousand Club most empha- tically made good, and their example is commanded to the cumulative at tention of the original body.
 Consolidation Proposed
 The question of the advisability of maintaining two organizations or merging them into one was debated, and resolution proposing a confer ence with the Chamber of Commerce was presented by George Carter and adopted by the Club
 Balloting for directors resulted il the election of>1Paul Roman, George A, Carter, Phil D. Swing, Allen Kelly and Lewis Havermale.
 It was decided that collection oi dues, for the purpose of extinguishing the clubs debt of $1SO, be resumed and that the members who paid dues for January be credited for the July
 payment.
 George A. Carter was appointed tc confer with the officers of the Fl Gen.
 tro Chamber of Commerce for the purpose of proposing a joint meeting of that body and the Ten Thousand Club at which the subject of future action of these organizations shall be
 discussed
 Public Cotton Plantation President Kelly presented the pro- } ject of planting to cotton the triangle of land lying between Fourth street ! and the Southern Pacific passenger . depot, fronting on Main street. | l was decided that this shall be done 5 immediately, and w. O. Hamilton was appointed a committee of one to col. l lect money to pay for the work The l project was placed in the hands of { ? special committee composed of G. A
 Carter, Phil D. Swing and w. E. Nor. , ton.
 The board of directors completed organization by electing officers as
 follows: president, Allen Kelly; vice. f president, Paul Roman; treasurer. Geo A. Carter; secretary, Lewis Haver. male.
 } The next meeting is to be held a call from the board of directors l Joint Meeting Tuesday ? George A. Carter, representing tn, Ten Thousand Club, and J. Stanle, ? Brown, president of the Chamber O Conn. cree, agreed to a joint meet D ing next Tuesday night for the pur pose of discussing the proposed coop eration or consolidation of the two 51ies The meeting will be held prob ably, in the city hall
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