The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-08-22
CHAMBER
COMMERCE
DIRECTORS
TRANSACT
BUSINESS

The regular monthly meeting of the
the chamber of commerce, was held at
the office of the secretary last Monday
evening with Messrs. A. H. McLain,
w. N. Clark, Guy U. Hardy. w. Z.
Galley, F. Z. Hubbard. w. H. Dozier.
L. A. Bradbury and Theodore NJ Hard
ing in attendance. Following the
reading of the minutes of the previous
session and their adoption, the follow
ing matters were taken up for consid-
Grafton:
communication was read from the
Pueblo Chamber of Commerce asking
the cooperation of the business or.
ganizations of Canon City in securing
the enactment by the next legislature
of Colorado of an efficient blue sky
law" for the protection of investors. A
motion was adopted favoring the pro-
position and the secretary was in
structed to assure the Pueblo cham
Der OF the assistance of the CONNER
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the passage of such statute.
Several communications were pre-
sented from non-residents asking for
advertising literature relating to Can
on City. The secretary stated that
all requests of this character were
being complied with and had been
pivpn Of
was adopted and ordered filed.
a letter was read from the Depart
ment of Labor at Washington urging
the cooperation of the people of Can
on City in the organization of expe-
diting the war enterprises of the gov
ernment. AS the chamber of COM
merce here has been conducting such
"A bureau for the help of industrial con-
Germs and the employers of farm labor
it was decided to amplify its work
and recommend that Secretary E. A.
Bradbury have charge of it.
The matter of having an official
representative of the chamber of
commerce at the forthcoming meeting
of the State Development federation
was brot up for consideration and it
was voted that A. H. McLain, vice
president of the board of directors, be
appointed to attend the convention.
A communication was read from the
United States Chamber OF Commerce
requesting the local chamber of COM
merce to identify itself with that body.
The secretary was instructed to make
inquiries of the various chambers of
commerce in this state holding men,
bership in the national organization
az 10 the benefits to be derived from
such connection.
The secretary reported that in re-
sponse to a request for special ar
ticle on Canon City furnished for pub
LEGATION in the Denver & Rio Grande
Red Book, he had furnished such an
article with photographs to be used
N connection with 1t.
The Automobile Club of Colorado
Springs. in conjunction with the cham.
ber of commerce there, recently asked
the assistance of the chamber here In
the issuance of regular bulletins Civ.
ing Information in relation to condi-
tion of the public highways in this
part OF the state for the benefit Of
auto tourists. The secretary stated
that regular bulletins were being
issued here for free distribution and
that reports on road conditions thru
out the state were received here three
times week.
The secretary reported that the
matter of the construction of a pa
villIon to cover the cooking stoves on
the city camping grounds on College
avenue had been taken up with the
city council and that such building
would shortly be erected for the con-
venience Of tourists.
The secretary reported that the
people interested in the location Of