The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-01-14
A Meeting Of
Real Interest


The most interesting meeting Of
the Pennington Chamber Of Com
merce that has thus far been held was
that of Monday night. More things
of real interest to this city and COM
munity were brought up for discus
sion, was the reason for such interest.
Things apparently began to line out
as they should in such an organiza-
tion. The "star chamber" methods
that appeared to at first beset the club,
is apparently giving way to free and
untrammeled discussion Of things Of
public interest, among all members Of
the Chamber. Now that the correct
course is being pursued, the organiza-
tion appears at once to be struggling
to its feet, with brightest possible
prospects that it will yet mature into
genuine, angible asset to this COM
munity.
There was spirited discussion as
to the best plans to pursue to secure
the paved highway, which is to go
through this part of the State,
through Pennington, and it was de
cided to put forth every possible ef-
fort to secure such highway. Many en-
gagged in this discussion. which not
only disclosed greatest interest, but
also brought out considerable infor-
nation of Importance. The secretary
also reported considerable work done
in preparation for the organization Of
calf clubs in the spring He stated
that arrangements had already been
perfected for securing three or four
car loads of calves for this enterprise,
many of them to be full-bloods.
r. L. Allen gave report Of the
financial condition of the Chamber.
While his report showed considerable
cash balance, it also showed that
many members have not yet paid
their first seni-annual dues. When all
members have liquidated their ini-
tial dues, the financial condition of
the Chamber will be splendid, and ev-
eryone who is now delinquent is urged
to pay up Immediately. The work
that the Chamber is dsing, and that Il
has in contemplation, requires money.
But. 1T viii be I;isp. ewing fsssiIe seed
in salubrious soil--it will be returned
many fold.
The most important thing, for the
city of Pennington, that came up for
discussion, was the sewerage PROPOSE
ton, as well as the extension and i'm
provement Of the light and water
lines. All present were enlightened
and apparently edited by the scraps
of information that were given out by
different speakers regarding these
propositions, and everyone secured
better idea of how this contemplated
work should be carried forward. At
least start was made in the right di- =,
rection when a motion carried that it
was the sense of the Chamber Of
Commerce that the City Council
should be requested to secure a COM
petent engineer to map out a plan of
sewerage and give an estimate of the
cost of same, so that the Council, as
we'll as the Chamber would have
something to work on in an attempt
to carry on this important work.
When such plans and estimates have
been secured, then the sentiment
seemed to be that the Chamber would
get up the necessary petition to au-
thorize the City Council to call an
election for the purpose of voting on
bond issue for the purpose of i'm
proving and extending the light and
water lines and putting in sanitary
sewerage, ill of which Pennington
stands in such great need Of If these
promotions are successful, then indeed
will Pennington be an ideal city in
which to live. Then would every res
ident be truly thankful that they lived
in Pennington, and there would be
great rush from the outside to get in.
What more could one wish than that?
A communication from the Monday
Club was read, which congratulated
the Chamber on it's endorsement of
the sewerage proposition, and offer
ing any possible assistance from that
organization in pushing forward
such splendid work. The communica-
tion was heartening for the reason
that it demonstrated that the interest
IN such great work is already making
iself manifest.