Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-08-07

anu action among the people in the
 matter or no man could make suc> cess of our exhibit. He then gave a short review of the proposed Expo sition, pointing out the fact tha' the people of New Orleai had gwen $5OO,OO0 toward il and were raising that much more, making in ali q million of money. Congress had appropriated $10OO,OOO The mus nicip:'l;ty of New Orleans had given $1O0 coo and that thiri-y"ne States and ail the Territories had made liberable appropriations an that Il e exhibit would excel any previous
 exhibit n Of the kind.
 It would thtIcfole be If great ad- vantage to have our Territory and our county and valley thoroughly represented.
 The east scarcely knew of us cx> cert as a perfect vase inhabit, d by wild Apaches; there is no idea abroad of our products or that We produce anything. Now l. Our np> portuni'y to sh'w the cast tha
 Arizona is not pat of the "gre. i American desert" The result oi such an exhibition as we cou q make would be to induce capitol and lahnr to come to our valley to beIp Us develop il; il would bring | me rchanIs, trades men. machine ] shops, cotton and sugar mills among : Us and add to the bu mess Cf our i merchants, add to the demand for 1 our products, Il lp us t0 our first n. ed-a railroad. Colorado hsd sprurg fiOm similar position as that in which Arizona now finds
 here eli, to the pos iiion of one of th; first States in tie Union, by her
 lile1ality, her enterprise, her lndus> thy in advertising her resources. Judge J. T Alsap, on being call
 ed {" the stand, said he thought he matter had bcens' before the people in it's proper light anu in TO stronger colors than ii deserved. He thought enough had been said, il was now lime to set, and the question was how shall we get cur exhibit io- gether and how shall funds he pros vided
 Hon. c. A. Luke, on being called upon as one somewhat experienced Tn such matters, he having been Arizcna's first commissioner to an exposition, that a, Vienna, 1873 said he could but comEare the condition of tue Territory at that time with what it is to cay. Th~n it was bowling wilderness. to day we are highly enlightened snd progressive people with a vast increase af pop- ulatinn and the greater advantages to be gar ed by an exhibit of pres> ent resources as well as less difficulties to be encountered.
 He thought we should first de vise ways and means and with that object in v;ew he moved that this m eeiing endorse aH action of the Boa d of Supervisors in mabing an appropriation.
 The quosti' of the pro able ex> pense e ming up, Commissioner Murphy said that il was entirely a question cf how much the people of ihe county wanted ;o do The Gov ernment had made an appropriation to the Territory of $5 coo, but that would go but short ways in putt- 2 our xhibit Tn shape. He thought that properly the Board of Super~ visors should make an appropria- | ion such as the people might deem sufficient.
 On motion of MT J. Y T. Smith inc following committee on ways & m, ans was appointed by the char:
 Messrs. Smith, Lemon, Alsap. Fowler. Ha.cnmb, Ellis and Burger.
 On motion of J. NJ. Ellis the ap> pointment of Hon. A. D. Lemon as County Commissioner to the exposi- tion was unanimously endorsed by the meeting.
 A motion was made by Mir Frank Cox that short recess be taken for ! the preparation of a set of resolu- | lions, but as it was getting late the l motion was lost, and motion pre- vail,d to adjourn subject to the call of the chair, on infoI nation from the Ways and means committee that hey were ready to re, ort.