The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-02-20
SECRETARY'S REPORT
CHAMBER COMMERCE

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served. \ deficit is not Always 4
sign OF failure or OF unhealthy bust
ness The attention Of the men,
/ beers is called TO the fact that the
work of the past year was started
with an income Of 81 per month.
against stated expenses of Sl40 per
month for the simple items of salary
and rent alone, counting nothing for
working expenses. Today we have
1873 resident members. 26 non-res-
ident members. commercial travel
er members and 10 honorary mem
bers, a total of Ill. with monthly
income OF $21S per month. Our
membership has more than tripled in
the year and our income from dues
has nearly tripled. Before us lie
many years of hard work. but We
are justified in taking heart al the
accomplishments OF the year past
During that period the chamber has.
as its work of foremost Importance
established in its weekly luncheons
a forum for the discussion of devel-
opment and industrial problems. that
has resulted in a unity of spirit and
action among the men of Ellensburg
| far surprising that of the ordinary
small city.
The chamber has directed every
energy TO the lettering OF farm
conditions in the valley. establish
/ ing permanent Farm Development
/ Committee which put through the
first harvest festival. or fair. held in
/ the county for twenty years. The
committee started without funds and
finished with all bills paid Work
has already been started by this
! committee or next autumn's fair.
The chamber has entertained. at
! table and by automobile. four hun
dred and twenty distinguished visit
ors to this valley, including the
governor of the state and other Off
: NIdlcs lAlt -NdNlol4dA -ASSON AhNAO4A VI
Railway Agents, The Tacoma Cham
Der of Commerce. the Seattle Cham
! Der of Commerce. the SnoQualmie
! State Road association. and delega-
tions from Wenatchee, Yakima and
other cities: and also assisted in the
entertainment of the Columbia Riv-
er Conference of the Methodist
church. numbering over two hum
dred. The result is over six hundred
vertisers of our community. in scat
tered localities throughout the
country.
with convenient and comprehensive
! files and records and maintains the
semi-official correspondence Of the
city with the outside world. such
correspondence as would be handled
loosely or not at all were it nor for
this organization. and which
amounts to from twelve or fifteen to
forty thousand words monthly, out
going.
1t has put on view, in the show
windows of Seattle's largest depart
ment store, several tons of Kittitas
valley produce, arranged in what
the press of Seattle editorially vo-
ted to be one of the finest if not the
finest agricultural exhibits ever
shown in that city.
1t has followed the principle of
telling the exact truth as nearly as
possible, in every utterance to the
public.
Through a committee. it success
, fully promoted and managed a
three-day celebration of the Fourth
Of July, including parade of splen-
did local advertising value. This
| parade was nearly mile long. An
other successful parade was mar
shalled at the time Of the Kitttas
VALLEY Produce and Live Stock ex-
hibit. Our float entry in the parade
in North Yakima received the first
prize. For financing this entry our
| thanks are due the city council Of
/ Ellensburg.
It has crystallized, through the
/ frequent gathering together of re-
preventative men. the thought of the
| community on public questions and
50 made possible clearer under
standing Of the wishes Of the people
by public servants.
II has taken leading part in the
fight for legislative action favorable
to the construction of the Snoqual-
mic Pass road.
It has paid ninety per cent of its
running costs for the year, and the
prospects are good for an early WHIP
ing off of the deficit and the estab-
lishment of a habit Of paying all
bills in the month Of their presenta-
ton. The cost of operation has
been less than one dollar per head
of the population of the town, and
Of that dollar eighty cents has been
spent in Ellensburg.
II hac heen ranrecented at tho