The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1921-06-03
COMMERCIAL CLUB
MEETING AND LUNCH
THURSDAY EVENING
COMMITTEE ON MEMBERSHIP
AND HOSPITAL APPOINTED
REPORT AT NEXT MEETING.
SYLVESTER GAVE TALK.

Some thirty members of the Com
mercial Club met last Thursday eve
ing at the club house of the Great
Northern Lumber Co. and profitable
meeting was the result.
Forest Supervisor Sylvester of this
district, and Fred Clayton, who is in
charge of camp site work, were pres
ent Mr.. Sylvester was called upon
to address the gathering and did so.
speaking of the aims of the service
and especially dwelling upon the i'm
portance of preventing forest fires
and soliciting the cooperation of the
club and other organizations. He
thought that this season ought to
prove less disastrous than last, be-
cause of the greater amount of snow
and rain, stating that the precipita-
ton SO far for the year from July /
last year was considerable in excess
of the average. He also dwelt upon
the prosecution Of persons who care
lessly leave camp fires burning.
touched upon sanitation of camp
sites. called attention to the closed
season from June | to Sept 80, when
no one is permitted to build fires of
any kind in the forests excepting at
designated camp sites or after secur-
ing permits from the forest service.
Mr. Sylvester called upon Mr.. Clay
ton, who told of how he happened to
get into the forest service and be
sent to Leavenworth some twelve
years ago; of how he attempted to
catch a mule that some one offered to
loan him and of his work in this sec
tion together with his experience in
sleeping in a tent in the winter here
and having it go down under the
weight of the snow. Then he went
into the camp site proposition, relat-
ing what is being done over on the
peninsula where the great wind
storm blew down billions of feet of
timber last winter.
He was followed by Mr.. Stevens of
the lumber company who outlined the
business outlook as it appears from
the lumberman's view point and of
the work in the woods as related to
the forest service. He called upon
Mr. Woodruff to relate something of
his experience in charge of crew
burning debris on logged over land
Mr. Woodruff related that he had been
out several weeks and had lust dis
continued burning for the reason that
the danger of fire getting beyond
their control was so great and of how
it had on several occasions this spring
gotten away and was controlled only
after hard fighting. He also stated
that the danger of forest fires he
considered just as great now as it
would be in July or August as the
woods below the snow line is like tin
der.
Luncheon was then served after
which others spoke, Richard Mus of
the Purity Creamery telling of his
hopes and aims and asking the coop
Grafton Of others to forward the dairy
business here.
DR.. LesSing was called upon and
spoke on the desirability of providing
a good hospital or sanitorium for the
community and of what he considered
adequate. He was followed by 9th
ers and committee composed of f.
W. Stevens, X. b. Field and b. G.
Rutherford was appointed to confer
with the doctor and present their
findings at the next meeting which
will be held next Tuesday evening,
June 7, at the same place.
A committee on membership com
posed of r. B. Field T. S. Pipkin,
Chas. LaPoint and Frank Hennessey.
was appointed, and it was decided
that the ten-dollar membership fee
for firms be eliminated and a straight
membership fee of So per member
be required.
The canvass for members is pro
crossing and every person who wants
to see the interests of the city ad
vanced ought to align himself with
the club at this time.