Semi-weekly herald., 1912-02-05
old board of directors adjourn sins
die. Carried.
New Directory Meets

old board of directors adjourn sins
die. Carried.
New Directory Meets
Secretary Raymond then handed in
a report of the election held Jan. 10
with the vote cast for each director,
certified to by Oscar Anderson who
acted as clerk, showing the election
of the following directors for the en-
suing year: J. d. Adams, DR.. A. L..
Davis, Edgar Buchanan, J. A. Clay,
Frank Eldredge, B. S. Allen, T. o.
Graden, j. W. Wingate and W. S.
Pickerill. All the members were pres
ent and upon the secretary asking
for the nomination of some one to
preside as temporary chairman Mr..
Clay was elected. Mr.. Wingate then
moved that the board proceed with the
election of officers by ballot, the presi-
dent coming first, with the following
result:
President-Edgar Buchanan.
First Vice PRESIDENT. A. Clay.
Second Vice President-Dr. A. l..
Davis.
Secretary-Geo. N. Raymond.
! Treasurer. r. C. Tyler.
The president then announced the
following committees, the first named
to act as chairman:
Advertising-Frank Eldredge, j. D.
Adams, Geo. N. Raymond, j. W. Tur-
ner and T. C. Graden.
Finance. A. Clay, A. L. Davis
and W. S. Pickerill.
Sugar Beets-John w. Wingate, j..
L. Mcneil and w. G. White.
1 Fort Lewis School-Dr. Davis, L.
C. Jakway, Mrs. Pulford, Geo. Weaver,
George West and Chas. Pearson.
Public Buildings-Frank Eldredge,
10. F. Boyle, j. W. Wingate, W. S.
Pickerill and W. W. Parshall.
| Creamery-B. S. Allen, Dave John
son and ]. H. Otis.
/ President Buchanan stated he would
announce the other committees at the
next meeting.
A large amount of routine business
followed. Frank Wilkerson submitted
a proposition for selling land which
was referred to the advertising COM
mitttee.
DR.. Davis thought the board should
give more attention to mining which
was agreed to by all and the action
of Judge McCloud as vice president
and Mr.. Davis as acting secretary in
endorsing the petition to congress
for an appropriation for road up
Junction creek.
The Durango band was granted the
use of the board of trade rooms fol
practice when not needed by the
board.
Proposition of having one or more
representatives at the Kansas City
exposition was referred to the adver-
tising committee.
Mr.. Wingate reported progress on
the sugar beet factory and said he
expected detailed letter from MIR.
barley within day or two, showing
just what he is doing and the sue
cess.
| Regarding the federal building
postoffice, Secretary Raymond report
ed having written separate letters to
Senator Guggenheim and Representa-
tives Martin and Taylor some ten days
or two weeks ago in the name of the
board asking for information and also
extending the aid of the board and
citizens in any manner desired and
expected reply any day. 1t was
agreed that the board should push the
proposition strenuously owing to the
report that only three buildings will
be given Colorado at this session and
the building committee and secretary
will take the matter up at once.
1t was voted to take Mrs. Sarah
Platt Decker to Fort Lewis as the
guest of the board of trade and people
of Durango. 1t was also suggested
that the directors attend the meeting
at the court house this evening.
j. A. Laughren, the Florida mesa
farmer, put in his application for
membership, being elected and paying
four months dues in advance. Quite
number of farmers are becoming in
terested in the work of the board of
trade and much better feeling is
apparent between the city and coun-
try people.
With the allowing of the January
bills and general discussion of the
work the board adjourned to meet at
the call Of the president to take up
matters requiring special attention.
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