The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-02-12
LOCAL CHAMBER
ORGAN NIZES FOR.
THE COMING YEAR:
DISCUSSES PLANS.
Six New Members to Director
ate Get Into Action; Audit
ing Committee Appointed.

! Aat a special meeting of the mem
bers of the board OF directors of the
Canon City chamber of commerce at
the office of Secretary Bradbury at
o'clock Thursday afternoon the di-
rectorate was reorganized for the cur
rent year by the unanimous reelection
of ID. L. Robinson as president and
the reelection OF f. A Bradbury as
secretary. Louis S. Lear was elected
vice president as the successor of A.
H .McLain. whose business interests
have taken him away from the COM
munity
The five new members of the board
OF directors lected for two year
term at the annual meeting of the
chamber of commerce last Tuesday
night, were present at the meeting
Thursday afternoon and took part in
the reorganization. They were r. J.
Craig. ]. W. Mckinley. Joe Quinn. w.
IN. Clark and John Hamilton. The
resignation of II p. Stommel from
the board OF directors, on account OF
his intended removal to Grand juno
ton the first OF next month, was pre-
sented and F. z. Thomas was chosen
to fill out his term of office, covering
a period of one year.
A special auditing committee con
sisting of A ]. Turner, d. y. Coop
er and o. W. Rowe was appointed to
make an examination OF the books and
accounts Of the secretary and treas
urer Secretary Bradbury was given
many compliments for the very com
plete. exhaustive and concise report of
the work of the chamber OF commerce
during the past year. submitted by
him at the annual meeting few days
ago.
Following the reorganization the di-
rectors informally discussed various
matters and problems with which the
chamber will be confronted this year
Among the subjects to be given spe-
cial consideration in the near future
will be the housing problem and the
enlargement and improvement of the
city camping grounds on College ave
nue. both OF which were touched upon
at Thursdays meeting. Special com
mittees will be appointed for the CON
sideration of each OF these proposi-
tions The housing problem is, per
hans the most serious matter with
which the chamber will have to deal
next summer and plans are being made
for a thoro survey Of the vacant
houses and the rooms available for
the accommodation OF tourists and
visitors next season The annual en-
campment Of the Colorado and Wy
oming department OF the G. A. r. is
scheduled to be held in Canon City
next June. With its auxiliary organ
izations. the Wumen's Relief corps
and the Ladies OF the C. 4. r.. it is
expected to bring four or five hundred
visitors here and what TO do with
them with the housing problem every
day more serious. is a picking mat
ter The Elks' state convention. TO
be held here later in the summer,
will bring anywhere from twelve to
fifteen hundred people TO Canon City
for the greater part of week and
some provision must he made for
their shelter and entertainment while
here To meet the situation. and pro
vide accommodation for the hundreds
OF tourists that are expected during
the season. tent colony has been
suggested and seems to be the only
solution for the trouble.
The Canon City chamber OF com
merce now has 1907 members and a
campaign will soon be inaugurated to
largely increase the number