The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-15
Membership Drive To Start

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 Membership Drive To Start
 J. J. Connors speaking on mem bership and finances said that membership drive would be instl- tuted and a book for members to sign and a visitors book would be at each meeting. Upon motion, the membership dues for each member was placed at ten dollars a year, payable in advance
 A letter was read from Cav. Thomas Riggs, Jr., on the question Of the bonus on gold The governor said that while no action will be taken at this session of Congress. the matter has strong endorsement and he is satisfied that it will receive earnest consideration at the next session.
 President Shattuck brought up the matter of the cutting down of the mail service between Gastineau Channel points from thirteen to six trips week. It was stated that p. R. Bradley of Treadwell was taking the matter up in satisfactory manner and upon motion the Secre- tary was ordered to telegraph Dele gate Grigsby endorsing Mir. Bradley's plan.
 Mayor Robertson Speaks
 Mayor elect, R. F. RObentson was called upon to speak upon Fourth of July matters, and in stirring speech, endorsed celebration, and also gave his idea of how the citizens of community should submerge personal ambitions and desire for gain, to work for the civic good. Mr. Robertson said that he was in favor of having a band play on the streets of Juneau during the summer to give the citizens a chance to hear music and to get together.
 A motion was made by Harry r. Fisher to have the club endorse a Fourth of July celebration with J. L. Gray as chairman of the committee and Cash Cole as his assistant. Others supported the proposition and it was adopted The committee men toned to cooperate with the city council
 w. c. Johnson, chairman of the committee on local industries, re- ported that he was in communication with two prospective cold storage plants He said that one of the parties seemed to be very favorable but that no definite plan could yet be announced. He also said that he had written to the Government for data on the pulp mill industry and water power
 Kennedy Tells of Pulp Mill
 Leo K. Kennedy, engineer of the Speel River project was called upon and said that although the project in which he was interested would start out in a small way he felt that it would grow, and he was posi- tive that in very short time many such mills would dot the shores of Alaska He was pleased with the spirit of the people of Juneau.
 c. H. Boyes of the Boyles Anchor Works, in talk said that he was interested in permanent streets for Juneau, and that he was positive that gravel from the Alaska Juneau mine could be made into streets for the nominal cost of twenty cents a yard. He said that he would cooperate in every way in his power to help in the matter.
 Clean-Up Day Coming
 The matter of a general cleanup lay was preached by Jack lives. Mayor-Elect Robertson said that the first matter would be taken under consideration by the new council md that one of his first official tets would be to set day for the citizens to all get out and give the ,ity a general cleanup.
 Upon the questions of meetings, liter some discussion started by E. ,. Hewitt it was decided to have he "get-together" luncheons twice | month in the future.
 The whole dinner and meeting vas enthusiastic. A spirit of opti- mism prevailed throughout that was cont a piOuS