The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-12-13
NORTH IDAHO men
CHAMBER GUESTS
SENATOR CALLAHAN, GEO. WEEKS
AND OTHERS, EXPRESS
BOOSTER SPIRIT

The Moscow chamber of commerce
was host. at the weekly luncheon
Wednesday, to a number OF delegates
to the semi-annual meeting OF the
North Idaho chamber OF commerce,
at Lewiston, who stopped off enroute
to their homes to visit the University
of Idaho. In the party were George
F, Weeks, former secretary OF the
North Idaho chamber of commerce,
from Occur dAlene; l.. A. Hart and
n lionel. also of Coeur d'Alene;
Senator ID. A. Callahan and d. A. Nc
Kissick. of Wallace, and Fred Nor
relI. of Missoula, Montana, district
United States forester. With the
visitors we're President A. H. Upham,
former Representative &. J. Hugo,
| Dean F. G. Miller of the school OF
forestry; Executive Secretary L. f.
Parsons, and others.
The luncheon was well attended and
with the exception of reading the
minutes of the previous meeting and
hearing an announcement from Dean
E. J, Iddings regarding special
| meeting to be held Thursday noon to
entertain railroad officials who Will
spend some two hours in the city, the
time was given over to short talks
| from the visitors.
Callahan Says n. l. c. {. Important
Senator Callahan was first called
upon by President Hagan and spoke
of the especially interesting session
which had been held at Lewiston, and
of the opportunity to work out prob
lens of vital interest to the ten
northern counties of Idaho. He urg-'
ed that the Moscow chamber of COM
merce continue its loyal support of
the North Idaho organization which,
he said, was leading to better un-
derstanding of the needs and the pos
sibilities of the northern part OF the
state. Senator Callahan stated that
the annual convention of the fire
chiefs of the Pacific coast will be
held in Wallace next summer, and
invited Moscow people to attend the
convention, which, he said, would be
unique, in that such convention had
never before been held IN a CITY OF
5000 in the west.
George F. Weeks, who was intro
duced as the father of the North Ida
ho chamber of commerce, which was
organized at his suggestion, and of
which he has been secretary for
number of years, spoke in his usual
entertaining
mentine Senator Callahan on his eX
celJent work as presiding officer at
the Lewiston meeting, then telling of
his kindly feeling for Moscow and
his interest in the University of Ida
no which, he said, is making mar
veIous forward strides under the
strong leadership of President Up
ham. He urged that the 40-page
booklet. advertising the resources of
the ten northern counties of Idaho,
which is planned by the North Idaho
chamber of commerce, in cooperation
with the Northern Pacific Railway
company. be put across and said that
if would mean much to north Idaho.
He smoke Of the northwest as the
home of real Americans and express
ed the desire that it's resources and
might be heralded
the east so that the real
live Americans of the Atlantic states
might become interested in the west.
Talks of National Forests
Fred Morrell, district United States
forester. spoke of the national for
ests. calling attention to the large
area of Idaho which lies within the
national forests and of the need or
cooperation in protecting the forests
of the northwest He told something
of the work and the trials of the for
esters.
President Hagan announced that
L. F. Parsons will give complete.
account ct the meeting next We'd
nesday of the work of the North Ida
ho chamber of commerce at the meet
ing at Lewiston Monday and Tues
day