Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-12-05
BOARD OF COMMERCE
FAVOR DEEP WATERWAYS PRO-
JECT-QUARTERLY MEETING
DECEMBER IS.


Falls Board Of Commerce, at a regular
monthly meeting Tuesday evening, de-
cided to ask Charles E. Craig of Du-
luth to represent this organization at
the 18th convention of the National
Rivers and Harbors Congress, to be
held at Washington, D. c., December 9,
10 and IL.
At this convention consideration of
the deep waterways project will come
up. Mr.. Craig is presidential
large and an executive director of the
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Tidewater
Association, which is working for a
deep water ways to permit ocean going
vessels to go direct to Duluth and other
lake ports. Big eastern seaports are
opposing this movement vigorously be-
cause it would mean that many vessels
would go direct to interior ports, thus
depriving them Of much Of the business
that they now necessarily get. The To-
cal board is much in favor of deep
waterways in the Great Lakes as it will
bring Little Falls virtually within $50
miles of seaport and the entire north
west would be benefited. In this way
much Of the congestion Of railroad
transportation of the east would be res
lieved.
A hearing on telephone rates is to be
held before the state railroad and ware
house commission in January and the
question Of having representative at
the hearing was brought up. Final &C.
tion in this matter will be taken at the
next monthly meeting.
A communication from the America
First association was read, stating that
the America First Concert company
with DR.. F. Osten-Sacken as speaker,
would appear here February 2 and 3,
these dates being selected so as to not
interfere with the Musical Art club
program on February 4.
The quarterly meeting of the Board
of Commerce will be held on Monday
evening, Dec. 10. George Kiewel,
Charles Sylvester and W. E. Olson were
appointed as committee to arrange
for this meeting. The question Of hold
ing monthly meetings of the entire
membership during the winter months
was discussed and it was decided to
bring this question up at the quarterly
meeting.
1t was decided to purchase copy Of
the International Commercial Register,
directory of the civic-commcrcial Or
CARNATIONS Of the United States, Cana
da and Cuba.
The committee appointed to try to
create a greater interest in Market
Day reported as to it's progress.
Secretary Olson gave a report of the
convention of northwest secretaries at
st. Paul, which he attended as repras
sentative Of the local board.
Three thousand letters were mailed
yesterday from the Board Of Commerce
Offices, for the War Savings committee
to residents Of Morrison county calling
attention to the new Treasury Depart
ment War Savings certificates. An in
teresting booklet entitled, "What Will
You be at 65?' was enclosed with each
of the letters, as was also an applica-
tion card to be used for ordering the
new certificates. These certificates are
issued in 800 and $1,000 maturity val
ue) denominations -and earn 4B per
cent interest. They mature on Janu-
ary l, 1924. The cost during the month
of December for a $100 (maturity val
ue) certificate is $94.60 and for $1,000
one is $846.OO. They increase in value
from month to month on the same prin-
ciples as do the War Savings stamps;
in fact they are really War Savings
Stamps issued in large denominations,
and may be cashed in at the pleasure of
the holder at current value upon ten
days. notice, the only extra provision
being that the holder must have owned
the certificates for period Of 30 days
before applying for redemption. Where
citizens are unable to invest in these
certificates, the letter referred to above
urges them to invest in War Savings
Stamns and Thrift Stamns