The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-02-06
The Chamber of
Commerce Holds
Annual Meeting
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NOOulluuSQ LTOm rage OHe.J
Henry Ford's aphorism. Get resdy TO
spend money for the business OF the
future. for it is rolling in To get
the tourist business In Canon City we
must spend for public highways, but
In doing SO we must get dollars
worth Of road for every dollar we in
vest in such enterprises. =
Co operation" declared Prof Keat-
ing. lis the keyword to success and
that there should be cooperation be-
tween Pueblo and canc. City. between
Canon City and Colorado Springs. be-
tween Canon City and Florence u the
best results are to be obtained. There
ought to be cooperation in all that we
do in the Arkansas valley. In this
state and this nation" said Prof. Keat-
ing. There are thousand and one
things. he asserted. that need doing.
but cannot be done by an Individual
community, that can be accomplished
by cooperation.
The last speaker of the evening was
Carl Hinton of Denver. who has been
prominently Identified during fhe LAST
two years with the Colorado Develop
ment Federation. with Headquarters in
Washington. d. c. He is a strong,
forceful speaker and commended the
work the Canon City Chamber OF
Commerce was doing. both for fits own
benefit and for the benefit OF the state
and nation. He told how the various
chambers OF commerce OF the state.
considerably more than 100 OF them.
had by working in harmony enabled
the Colorado development Federation
To obtain from the government de-
partments at Washington $3.50 900 900
of war orders. strm exceeding thar
awarded TO any other state west OF the
MisscissIppi river
Following Mr. Hinton's excetier,
talk the chair announced that romi-
nations for four directors OF the cham
Der of commerce 10 serve for period
OF two years were in order. whereupon
C. A. Biggs. chairman OF the nominat-
ing committee. presented the names
OF E. Fl. Stinemeyer. H. r. Stommel.
Louis s. Lear and A. II. Mitchell. OF
a vote being taken they were de-
clared to have been unanimously
elected. The annual report OF Secre-
tary E A. Bradbury OF the Chamber
OF Commerce was then read. and print
ed copies distributed among the mem.
bers. The report. which IL very ex-
haustive one. covering as il does the
activities OF the organization during
the past year. win be published In
The Daily Record Thursday. II shows
that the chamber had a surplus OF
more than $1,000 left at the end OF
the year after paying all bills and
meeting in full all liabilities and ex-
penses k-fd4 -5
The president OF the chamber. in re-
tiring from office. expressed his appre-
citation OF the spirit OF co operstoin and
he'pfulness that had existed between
the members Of the organization dur
ing his two years term rs president
and the unity with which they had
worked for the welfare and prosperity
of the community. He predicted
that II would be maintained and that
the chamber would be no less yea o,is
in the future than II had been in the
past. In concluding the president
made some recommendation TO the.
chamber. among them a continuation
OF the effort to attract tourists to
Canon City. closer cooperation be-
tween the board OF county commission
ers. the city council and the adminis.
tration at the state penItenfiary in the
interest OF better roadways for Canon
City and Fremont county. end the I'm
provement Of the skyline drive and
the highway TO the top OF the Royal
Gorge.
Having concluded the business and
entertainment program a buffet lunch
con was served at 1880 o'clock by n
with roast beef. picIslcz.i
celery and coffee furnishing the menu.
Apples were also provided for all, II
was the first time the E.lks' lodge
room had ever been used for bust
ness and social gathering that was not
directly connected with the ofTfef.