Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-01-16
CHAMBER PLANS
FOR COMING YEAR
Annual Dinner of Chamber
OF Commerce Makes Plans
For the Year 1914
WILL REORCANlZE CLUB
Report Of President Mumaw
Shows Work Of Year, and
Makes Suggestions.

About so businessmen attended the
ber Of Commerce Tuesday night, at
Hotel Washington. and the disposi-
ton was evident that we should use
every effort to organize and maintain
an efficient commercial body this year.
1t is generally recognized that the
opening of the Panama canal will to
on the Pacific coast and that the popu
lation of the country west of the
Rocky mountains will be greatly aug
mented in the next few years, and
that a region so favored by nature
as Grays Harbor must, to receive its
just proportion of this increase
be in position to place it's advantages
before the world.
The financial report, read by Sec
retary Bryan, showed that the deficit
of more than $1,000 with which the
chamber began 1918, was converted
into small surplus. 1t was decid-
ed not to elect officers at this meet
ing. but instead to appoint a COM
mittee on ways and means, which viii!
outline plan for the year. This
committee consists of w. B. Mack,
Phillip o. Bertrand. S. McClymont,
=. A. Mapes and E. w. Beimfohr, and
will work with similar committee
appointed at meeting of prominent
citizens last Friday night, in a joint
effort to secure a strong and efficient
organization.
Short addresses were made by J..
B. Benson, w. B. Mack, Ed c. Finch.
E. A. Lalk, Judge ]. c. Pearson. H.
A. Stephens and j. J. Carney.
Doings Of Past Year
TIE annual report of President w.
c. Mumaw, showing the work of the
4 past year, and filled with many good
\ suggestions for the future, is printed
below:
"Our secretary's report shows the
Financial condition of the Chamber.
FThe amount raised and the amount
Expended. One of the first things
taken up by your board of directors
was the matter Of the tide lands for
The Port Commission. Working in
conjunction with the Commercial
Club of Hoquiam we were successful
10 having a bill passed which gave
. deed to seventy acres of tide land
to the Port Commission.
"a second bill of interest passed by
the last legislature was one giving
to cities of the second class the right
to make a two mill levy for publicity
purposes. We made some changes
In our organization to conform to
the requirements of this bill and made
IN application to the council for an
appropriation under this law. but ow-
ing to a difference of opinion as re-
yards the merits of this plan. the coun-
Gil did not feel justified in making the
appropriation. Our sister city though
ID taking advantage of it.
1--WE have continued our support OF
the work of the South Western Wash
ington Development Association. This
association has been holding quarter
/. " meetings and | think it should be
Kept together. The expenses are only
Nominal.
I'VE ave been keeping in touch
with our congressional delegation ia
regard to the work on our harbor
and in this connection think it would
be wise for our Chamber to have a
permanent committee who would
Thoroughly inform themselves in re
Hard to conditions, and keep the fact
always before the public. Here is moth
ing that means so much to this section
as the proper development of our har
bor, and in the last couple of years
this matter has not been looked after
rs it should. At the present time il
- very doubtful whether we will get
m appropriation for work at this ses
don of Congress. That will mean
sthat nothing will be done for two
years.
"a Farm Land Development
Second to the Harbor Development
ID the development of the farm lands
tributary to Grays Harbor Aftel
0tudying the matter your directors
&ecided that a campaign looking to
Eard the hiring of a county farm
Agent would bring about the best re
suits.
~ "In this county we have S21.31t
acres OF land. According to the as
SCISSORS report OF 1913. 4S0,907 acres
classified as timber lands. 317.S0(
acres as logged-off lands, and 1919