The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13
MUCH DONE
LAST NIGHT

| There was busy meeting of the
board of directors of the Chamber of
Commerce last night President
Cherrington announced the following
standing committees for the year:
| Railroad Hutchinson. Rankin
and Turpin.
Finance-Delaplain. Dean, Camp
bell
Advertising Buthorn. Mcconnell
Walker.
| City-Rankin. Mcconnell. Todd.
| Public Roads-Turpin, Campbell
and Delaplain.
Trade Relations-Dean. Walker.
Todd.
Municipal Affairs Rankin. Nc
Connell. Todd.
| report was made by the commit
tee having in charge the smudging
campaign. Chairman Turpin stated
that he believed provision had now
| been made for the protection of
about so per cent of the crop and he
Ibopes that the percentage will vet
| be raised to so per cent. The fuel
question seems certain of satisfac-
tory solution. Mr. Turpin stated
that about $4,000 would be necessary
to furnish the growers who had re-
ported that they were not at this
fuel. with the necessary funds This
phase of the situation also will be
worked out in a satisfactory manner
The committee appointed to com
plete arrangements for the local ball
game with the famous White Sox
baseball team reported that a guar
antee of $3.50 had been offered
Secretary Mahoney announced
that he had received a communica-
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expert would be sent here to take up
the matter of putting in a mile of
model road here If proper arrange
ments can be made. The matter will
be taken up with the county com
| missioners.
The special committee consisting of
Messrs. Hutchinson, Campbell and
Slocomb appointed for the purpose of
considering whether or not the
| Chamber of Commerce should circu-
| late a petition calling upon the city
council to allow the people to vote
on the question of having Charter
Convention, reported favorably on
the proposition. The report was
lengthy. 1t declares the present sys-
TEN of city government unsatisfac-
tory and states that the time for
change is at hand, recommends the
Des Moines plan, wants to cut out
partisan politics, etc, and then sub
mitted the following form of petition,
similar to that used in securing a
charter election in Colorado Springs:
To the City Council of the City of
Grand Junction. Colorado:
| We, the undersigned. qualified
electors, residing in the City of Grand
Junction, State of Colorado, pursuant
to the provisions of Article NX. of
the Constitution of the State of Colo
rado, do hereby respectfully petition
you for charter convention, and we
respectfully petition you to submit to
a vote of the qualified electors of said
city, at a special election to he held
April 8, 1909. proposal for char
ter convention for the said city of
I Grand Junction, pursuant to the pro-
visions of said Article Xxx and for the
purpose therein specified.
The report was then adopted by
the board of directors. II is now
planned to get signatures of nj least
o per cent of the voters of the city
to the petition calling upon the coun-
ell to submit the question to the peo-
| pie at the coming city election.
Attorney Bucklin, the father of the
local idea. addressed the Chamber
| of Commerce last night and presented
| a number of letters he had received
regarding the operation of the chart
er and commission form of govern
| ment an several other cities.
| A letter from Congressman Hag-
| gott stated that he thought it would
be impossible to get a bill through at
this time making Monument Canyon
"A national canyon to be protected for
all times.
Ii was announced at the meeting
that the secretary of the Grand Val
ley Water Users association who
went down to Washington a week
ago to get Secretary of Interior Gar
field to formally sign the High Line
canal contract. had been Informed
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