The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-26

 only S20 of the Chambers funds was expended for this purpose. We recommend that the Chamber un- dertake to form a large committee f merchants and traders to carry cn an educational campaign in 1880.
 ! Advertising and Publicity 1 work done by the Chamber i in { matter of advertising and publicity during the last year was most important, and credit is al- most wholly due to M. D. Williams, Chairman of the Advertising Com nlittee. Reports have been made to the Chamber from time to time of yhe good which has been accom- plished by the distribution through cut the country of the advertising ] booklet which was prepared by Mr. Williams at the beginning of the year. The Committee feel that this folder or pamphlet is so good it chould be used during the year 193o without any changes.
 MT Williams and his commit tee also caused to be erected the advertising booth On Front Street in which Miss Abrahamson was en- p,oyed during the months of June, July and August. Detailed reports Of the work done by Miss Abra- hanson have already been made to the Chamber The Committee feels that this was enc of the most inn portant things undertaken by the Chamber during the year and that it should be continued
 Lower Chatham Strait Mail Route Tn the Spring of 1929 the Cham ] Der requested the post office de- partment to change the mail route to points on Lower Chatham Strait and route the mail to and from those points through Juneau instead of through Ketchikan, for the req .on that the territory is naturally i tributary to Juneau and for the further reason that better mail fa- | eilities can be obtained if the mail s routed through Juneau. We requested that the Juneau Peters ourg route be extended to take in 'ower Chatham Strait points as far .outh as Port Alexander.
 As a result of our representa- tlons and correspondence. Mir. w. .. Vandevort, Chief of the Rail- way Mail Division, came to Juneau
 Q investigate the matter, and he appeared before the Chamber and discussed the matter at length. Tho members are therefore familiar with ,his matter.
 Recently notices have been post d calling for bids for carrying the nail on this route as suggested by
 he Chamber. Of course this does not necessarily mean that the route will be changed, but we assume that f satisfactory bids are obtained the i request of the Chamber will be granted
 Civic Improvements
 The Chamber as usual cooper ated with the Woman's Club in the regular annual Spring Cleanup Campaign Credit for the work done in this matter is largely due to the Women's Club; but we re- commend that the Chamber take an active interest in seeing that So far as possible the City is kept clean and frse from rubbish, debris and unsightly objects
 The Executive Committee brought 70 the attention Of the Chamber she necessity of widening Lower Front Street, and a committee was appointed to cooperate with the Council in this work. The Com mittee has already made a pre- iminary report.
 The traffic which has developed T the lower end of the city, and specially between the Alaska-Ju- lsau property and the heart of the .ity, is so great that the street should be widened to accommodate it. The Alaska-Juneau Mine is the backbone of the City and our prosperity to a large extent depends