The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-11-16
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ARTISTS COMING
NORTH IDAHO CHAMBER OF COM.
MERGE HERE NEXT WEEK
{. E. ARNEY SPEAKS.

Inc pflnc1pal event for the near
future, fostered by the Moscow cham
Der OF commerce, is the meeting of
the North Idaho chamber of COM
merce, which will be held in this city
Friday and Saturday of next week,
November 25 and 26. Plans for the
entertainment of the delegates were
discussed at length at the weekly
luncheon of the Moscow chamber to-
day j. S. Heckathorn, chairman of
the committee of three which is in
charge OF the arrangements, report
ed that arrangements had been made
for the Friday afternoon session, the
opening session of the meeting, to be
held III one of the smaller audit
oriums at the university At $50
Friday evening, banquet will be
given at Lindley hall, to which an
urgent invitation to Moscow business
men is extended At this meeting the
principal address will be delivered by
Kenneth Carr, well known Seattle
newspaper man, who will discuss
subjects which are of vital interest
to northern Idaho. Saturday morning
the final session will be held in the
chamber of commerce rooms This
will be the principal business session.
On motion the president was auth
lied to appoint two additional COM
mittees, committee to sell tickets to
the Friday evening banquet and a re-
ceptiOn committee to meet the dele
gates and to transport them by auto
mobile to the university for the first
meeting. The names of the commit
tees will appear tomorrow
The Importance of the convention
was urged by President Hagen, Mr..
Heckathorn, Secretary Rowe and
Others
Report on ''Friendship Special.-
c. B. Green, one of the committee
which arranged for the Friendship
SpeciaP' to Boise was called upon and
said that he believed the trip to
Boise with the varsity tenn was the
biggest thing that had been done in
many years for the university and
for Moscow. He told of the royal well
come accorded the visitors by the
people of Boise.
Judge Morgareidge was also called
upon and told of the loyalty of the
south Idaho people to the university
and spoke especially of the work done
by the alumni.
Attorney w. E. Lee called attention
to the enthusiasm shown at Boise by
Claude Gibson, president of the Uni
versity of Idaho alumni, and of the
other former graduates, and moved
that the secretary of the chamber of
commerce be instructed to convey to
them the thanks of the Moscow
chamber and the citizens of Moscow
for their part in the cordial reception
rendered the visitors from the north
The motion carried by unanimous
vote.
Mr.. Lee, as a member of the local
charity association, spoke of the need
for further funds to carry on the
work of the association. He said
that money would be badly needed
during the winter, and especially at
time, to bring cheer in
to several Moscow homes where want
and misfortune have entered, and
asked that Moscow people contribute
a dollar each to the fund, the money
to be turned in at once at the banks.
Dr. at the office of Fred Veatch
c. E. Arney Talks
c. E. Arney, western colonization
gent for the Northern Pacific Rail-
way company, with headquarters in
Spokane, was present and was called
upon. Mr.. Arney, who has a most
pleasing personality and is an inter
esting speaker, regaled those present
with the story of some the troubles
If the railroads and the effect upon
general conditions, and also gave
some interesting figures on the de-
7elopment of the west in recent years,
out that it is only the fore
'unner of greater development to
,ome.
He spoke of Overregulation as one
If the obstacles confronting the rail-
'oads at the present time. eve aer
egulated out of our boots" he said.
lie showed tht the railroad opertors
lave an Independent say in only
bout eight per cent of the affairs of
he various roads, He said that the
ailroads, like everyone else, were
rying to work out the conditions
which had resulted from the war, and
hey, like everyone else, must suffer
nore or less. The interstate COM
nerce commission, he stated has the
inal say as to rates, while the United
states railway labor board has the
inal say as to wages, leaving the
between the devil and the
eep blue sea- He told Of the equip
lent out of repair, with the receipts
lsufficient to justify putting the
Dads back in pre-war condition.
After telling of the tribulations OF
ne railroads, Mr.. Arney launched
ito the more cheerful story of the
rogress made in population and de-
elopment of resources in the west
rn states, since the advent of the
ailroads, showing how the great
orthwest had been made within the
asst 40 years. He spoke of Idaho's
1vancement and of her wonderful
and said that there is no
ther state In the west where ad-
tional railroad mileage is as greatly
seded as in Idaho, basing his state
lent on the vast undeveloped re-
,urces. He told of some of the Won
erful development plans in the
ate, especially in the southern part.
here vast irrigation projects are
sing planned.
Mr.. Arney has host Of friends in
OScoW and hia talk was enthusiastic