Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1912-06-28
Lack of Community Interest

Last Saturday evening meeting of the com
mercia club was held at the city hall: pardon u.s.
we should have said an attempt was made to hold
one. The failure to do so was not due to lack Of
representation by important industries, but to lack
of numbers Those great dispensers of knowledge
the newspapers. were represented by eager CORES
pondents, ready to spread abroad the momentous
achievements Of the commercial club,-if there
had been any. Then that great enterprise for the
comfort and convenience of the people the tele-
phone-was abun lantly represented too much re-
presentation under the circumstances for there
was no opportunity to demonstrate the talking
points Of the business. The necessaries Of life,
such as food, clothing and the like were capably
represented by II. II. Lunt who was prepared to
enter into a discussion of the high cost of liv-
ing and other equally important questions of
great concern to the public, and was only prevent.
cd from doing so because no one was sufficiently
concerned" TO come out. And then, lastly the
waterworlSs department was represented by Wa
termaster Samuel +. Leigh, whose thorough un-
Outstanding of the needs Of the citizens of the
city caused him to believe that water would be a
profitable question for even commercial club to
discuss. especially in a dry town.
In view Of the response TO the secretary's call
for meeting Of the commercial club which has
remained in comatose state for several months,
II would seem that the people of Cedar City have
very little interest in the question of sidewalks,
electric lights, a road 60 Lund. the care of Normal
students or the county fair.
Four years ago Price over in Carbon county.
had few more than q thousand inhabitants three
two.story brick business buildings. and a brick
school building. These constituted the buildings
worth mentioning, the remaining business struc-
lures being low frame affairs.
In addition to the above improvements, the
town had a newspaper that would have been
credit to a city of 10000 population, and live
commercial club in fact the commercial club was
the iveliest thing around the town. The club oc-
cupied the second floor of one of the brick build
ings and had it furnished with the most modern
furniture, oak tables leather chairs, ladies' re-
ception room elegantly furnished and other fea
lures which clearly indicated that the men of that
town were bent getting anything that came
their way.
Today Price is the most rapidly growing little
city in the state Within four years it has built
$50 900 court house. n 100000 modern hotel an
academy. nearly score of modern buildings, has
six hotels instead of two. and will soon erect a
$50 600 high school building.
The achievements of Price can be duplicated
by many other towns provided they have as cit-
Yens men with the same determination as the men
who are directing the destinies of that enterpris-
ing city,
AS to what our citizens will do, only the flu
ture can tell There are opportunities plenty,
but progress will be slow and uncertain unless the
people themselves are willing to devote their time
and energies TO their development