Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1913-07-04
HANSON PRAISED
By BUSINESS MEN
Chamber of Commerce Adopts Reso-
luton Commenting His Appoint
ment as State Bank Examiner

At the meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce Tuesday evening r. e.
Sanger was promoted to the office of
president and f. o. Brownson to that
of vice president. Lester Folger was
chosen as trustee to fill the unex-
PRED term of w. E. Hanson.
The horse show committee report
ed that the expenses of the show
amounted to 5000, which had been
paid, and a surplus of about $25 was
turned over to the band.
The committee on hitching racks
reported that $50 feet of racks had
been installed on the Russell lot at
the corner of Alder and Paradise
streets and that the city would fill
in around them with crushed rock.
VIM. Goodyear introduced the fol-
lowing resolutions, which were
unanimously adopted:
Whereas. w. Il. Hanson has been
obliged to resign his position as
president of this organization to ac-
cept the office of state bank exam
iner, and
Whereas, He has been an active
and faithful member of the Pullman
Chamber of Commerce, as well as a
progressive and useful citizen In
every sense Of the word, be it
Resolved, That we hereby express
our sincere regret at his departure
from Pullman; and, be it further
Resolved, That we hereby affirm
our confidence in the ability and in
tegrity of Mr. Hanson and congratu-
late the governor and the people of
the state upon having secured the
services of an official of such high
character and exceptional qualifica-
tons; and, be it further
Resolved, That a copy of these
resolutions be engrossed in the rec
ords of this organization and copies
sent to Mr.. Hanson and to the gov
ernor of the State of Washington.
The secretary reported that q. p
Holden the alfalfa expert would
soon visit this state with a party of
lecturers on the cultivation of alfalfa.
His route will be determined by the
number of applications he receives,
and Mr.. Harrison suggested that all
meml ers of the organization and as
B,a:Iy farmers rs possible urge ! lin
To come to this section. His address
10 p. G. Holden, Chicago, Ills, care
International Harvester Co.
Mayor Shaw was called upon and
outlined the plans of the city for
street improvements. He said that
the idea Is to macadamiZe as rapitly
as possible all the roads leading out
of Pullman as far as the city limits.
He reported that the rock crusher ie-
Gently installed Jointly by the city
and road district No 6 is working
satisfactorily and said that the city
would soon be prepared to furnish
at cost crushed rock for the CON
struct:on of concrete sidewalks. He
suggested the improvement OF
Maiden Lane as being Of great i'm
portance, and showed that by cut
ting out the parking and paving a
strip 6 feet wide on the north side
of the street the property on the
south side could be made sufficiently
valuable to justify the owners In pc
titioning for paving.
D. +. Staley reported that he had
been trying to secure the consent of
the Northern Pacific officials for the
construction of two miles of perman-
ent highway on the Pullman-John-
son-Staley road and asked the CO.
operation of the Chamber of Com
merce, which was accorded.
County Commissioner WhitloW
gave a very interesting talk on the
subject of road building in which he
opposed the plan of bonding the
county to construct several hundred
miles of improved roads, as proposed
ny the Federated Commercial clubs
of the county. He took the position
that road building In this county is
still in an experimental stage and
that the best kind of road and the
best method of construction bag not
yet teen determined. He called at
tention to the TACT that here woald
be $1,000 900 per year for the next
two years available for road building
In this county and this would be
ample to experiment with. He argued
that the improved roads so far