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cities are paid for directly by the city council. I may mention the grant to the* commercial travellers for Travellers Day at the Dominion Fair, the grant to the Orangemen to entertain visitors on the 12th of July, the post, office delegation to Ottawa. the entertainment of members of the Manitoba legislature when they visited the city on the occasion of the asylum opening, the entertainment of other visitors to the city and the expenditure on the Dominion fair accommodation and information offices, all of which were practically imposed upon the Commercial Bureau by the city council. I do not mean to c riticize these expenditures. I believe the city got fuil value for the money, but in most cities such expenditures are made directly by the city council and do not come out of ordinary publicity funds.The cost of organizing the Middle West Federated Boards of Trade was paid by the Commercial Bureau and the secretary has had free accommodation in the office of the Commercial Bureau for some time. There can b“ no doubt that this expenditure was justified, and 1 believe that the Middle West Federated Boards of Trade under the able management of Mr. Clarence King, will greatly benefit the city of Brandon, and the whole Brandon district.It has occurred to me that as the Middle West Federated Boards of Trade organization may be regarded as the child of the Commercial Bureau, these two organizations might in future be conducted with economy under joiut management. I have not spoken to Mr. Clarence King about this, but I think it would be good policy for the city of Brandon to ask him to combine the duties of com missioner of the Brandon Commercial Bureau and secretary of the Middle West Federated Boards of Trade. If the Commercial Bureau would pay half of Mr. King’s salary and half of the office rent I have no doubt the Middje West Federated Boards of Trade would be pleased with the arrangement.It would no doubt be impossible for Mr. King to do justice to both these organizations unless there was someone who could be depended up-on to take charge of the office whenIn reference to the cost of carrying on next year’s campaign I may point out that the Commercial Bureau has on hand a considerable number of illustrated booklets and quite a large quantity of stationery while we have at various points in Canada, the United States and England, a large number of immense photographic views of Brandon, the finest ever issued by any city in Canada or the United States, I believe. A very considerable part of the Commercial Bureau expenditure has been for these great photographs, and it will not be necessary to make a similar expenditure during the coming year as the photographs are in good condition and up to date, but it will be advisable to adi a few new views if money is available for the purpose.In conclusion I may say that while leaving Brandon I shall always have an affection for this city and tl}o kindliest recollections of my stay here. 1 have made many friends in Brandon and 1 do not think I have a single enemy I hope that I shall have many opportunities in the future of telling outside manufacturers and rinancial men what I know about Brandon and perhaps as a disinterested outsider I may be able to do the city as much good as 1 have done while holding the position of commissioner of the Brandon Commercial Bureau.Yours sincerely,WATSON GRIFFIN, Industrial Commissioner.Daviing i refer from he o who he h ally lt;Pope Receives U.S. BluejacketsRoaie. Now. 12.—A large party of American bluejackets was received this morning in private audience by Pope Pius. The men were conducted to the Vatican by Captain Wm. J Maxxwell, cf the battleship Florida, and were presented to his holiness by Monseigner Thomas F. Kennedy, rector of the American college at Rome.The reception was held in the papal apartments. The pope was robed in white and was.. accompanied by the majordomo of the Vatican and a detachment of Swiss guard. He spoke
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Brandon Brandon Sun
Brandon, Manitoba, CA
Thu, Nov 20, 1913
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