The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-22

CCNntY Bar ASSOclatlOn tOu ufdIt bill for. commission form of govern ment. to be submitted back to the Young Mems Chamber of Commerce for approval and then to be referred to the representatives Of this county fer action in the next legislative as sembly.
 The reso ution which met with unanimous favor, and was adopted, was as follows, the committee being named to take the matter to the Bar Association being Leo P McLaush- Hing Stanley Lee and Henry Campbell:
 Whereas. in many cities over the I United States, which number is con tinuauy increasing, it has been dem cnstrated that a certain form of goy- lernment for municipalities commonly | known as Commission Form of Gov Icnment" is much better and more practical for the administration of a icitys affairs in its direct management than the method of eecting a mayor and a certain number Of aldermen rep- ! resenting the various wards, and Whereas. the Young Meu's Cham ber of Commerce Of Che City of Hot Springs. Arkansas, believes that Hot Springs would enjoy a more prosper GUS future under this method of mu- uicipal government, and
 Whereas, this organization with q membership numbering 450 voices the sentiment of a great part of the tax faymg and public-spirited citizenship of the City of Hot Springs, therefore Be it Resolved, that the Young Mems Chamber of Commerce request of the Garland County Bar Associa- ton that it draft and prepare a bill setting forth provisions enabling the City of Hot Springs to change from its present form of government and adopt the Commission Form of Gov crnment, said bil being drafted with the object of it's presentation by our representatives to the state legisla- ture at its nex regular assembly and
 Be i further resolved that a com mittee of three be appointed by the president 10 make the above referred to request of the Bar Association and to report back 10 this body for con alteration
 Other Matters Taken Up.
 A communication was read from he Glenwood Chamber of Commerce inviting thp Young Mems Chamber of Commerce to meet with them on the afternoon and evening of May 9, next Saturday. when Commissioner John Page would be there, and a banquet would be rendered by that organi2a- ton to Mir. Page and tae Hot Springs Young Mems Chamber of Commerce. President Callahan announced that he woud like a large attendance on this occasion of those who could go, and Secretary Latta took the names of many volunteers If the railroad an nounces later a return special train that night many no doubt will ar range to so who otherwise could not do SO.
 Secretary Latta read a communica- ti0n from the Chamber of Commerce of Pine Bluff announcing that it would start an itinerary on June 15 and be in Hot Springs on the night of June lG. At a subsequent meeting of the Hot Springs Young Mems Chamber of Commerce arrangements vii be made to entertain the visitors from Pine Bluff.
 Secretary Latta also reported that p. F. Sisney of Centennial Lodge, Knights of Pythias, who had borne a letter of invitation from the Yonng Mems Chamber of Commerce to the state convention Kniehts of Pythias Co meet here next year, had reported success. and that the convention for 1915 would be he'd in Hot Springs.
 Secretary ". w. Waters of the Ar kansas State Fair Association then made a few remarks relative to the coming state fair He said that he had found much interest in the iusti- tuition over the state, and that this was well evidenced when last week in Little Rock i5 counties we're repre- sented in a county fair secretaries convention. When the Arkansas State Fair was begun there was not a coua ty fair in the state He said he wanted the Young Mems Chamber of Commerce to cooperate with him to' the splendid success of this l9l4 fair which cooperation ne viii receive be yond question
 sam Williamson wanted to know if anybody had heard anything in the nature of progress on the Iron Noun. tain depot, and Mr F. M Cohen re ported that the depot was he q up pending the settlement of a suit now in circuit court relative to the con demniug of some property
 The Grocers and Butchers Associa-