, 1924-10-02

ton of the Chamber of Commerce
the directors had met every Monday
evening and in addition several
special meetings had been held.
President Larsen also spoke briefly
of some Of the accomplishments of
the Chamber OF Commerce.
Mr.. l.. w. Dinsmore, a member of
the Board of Directors, who has been
serving as clerk of the Board, was
called upon by President Larsen to
max n more detailed report OF the
activities of the Board. Mr.. Dins-
more went into detail in telling Of
the Boards activities. He spoke of
the efforts of the Board to secure
a competent secretary-manager and
stated that within the next couple
weeks the proper man would I'M
doubleday be secured. Mr.. Dinsmore
also told of the efforts of the Board
to keep the Snake River road open
and of their success in this under
taking. The matter of permanent
headquarters for offices of the Cham
Der OF Commerce was also discussed.
The report of the Clerk showed
that at the present time there are
Chamber of Commerce, representing
179 individual. members of the
better than 200 memberships.
The budget of $4,000 has been
: raised within a thousand dollars and
1t is practically a certainty that the
balance needed will soon be in the
treasury.
Following Mr.. Dinsmore's talk
President Larsen called upon DR.. e.
A. Kell, who is the chairman of the
Improvement District committee of
the Chamber of Commerce, fer a re-
port.
DIR. Kell stated that his committee
was actively engaged in making
preparations for the inauguration Of
an improvement district this winter
and that early next spring the peo-
pie OF Rawlins could expect to see
paving started. The streets to be
paved have not a. yet been determ-
ined but II Is hoped to include the
principal business streets in the dis
trict.
Mr.. w. p. Hays was called upon
for an address upon the subject
Bringing New Industries to Raw
Inns" Mr.. Hays handled this sub
ject in an excellent n and in
the course OF his talk showed how
the Chamber of Commerce could SC
operate that Rawlins would soon be
u better and larger city.
II. II. Alcorn was next called upon
10 talk upon the subject "Co-opera-
ton with the State Highway Depart
ment in Road Construction Mr..
Alcorn explained the plan of CO.
operation between the State High
way Department and the Federal
Government and showed the differ
ence In the three classes OF highways
in the state: Federal Aid Roads.
State Highways and County Roads.
District Engineer Marks of the
Highway Department told of the re-
cent Highway census and the neces-
sity OF paving the road between
Rawlins and Parco within the near
future.
Mr.. Harry Breitenstein sang u
couple OF songs in his usual excellent
manner
President Larsen called upon Jas.
Il. Cosgrin OF Salt Lake City. presi-
dent OF the First National Bank of
liawlins, for u few remarks. Mr..
Cosgrin told OF some OF the trials
and tr%ibulations OF the Salt Lake
Chamber of Commerce, OF which he
IL n member. He also spoke OF the
business In which he is engaged
that of banking. Mr. Cosgrin's re-
marks concerning banking were to
the point and were very Instructive
to those present.
Following the meeting n lunch
was served by the hotel management
to those present.
IL was the opinion OF the MEM
bers present that general meetings
Mould be held ut least every couple
months In the future.
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