The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-09
BOOMING THE
VALLEY TOWNS
Enthusiastic Meeting at
ViSalia.
ORGANIZATION PERFECTED
P. A. BUELL. IS ELECTED TEMPO
RARY CHAIRMAN.
Meetings Will Be Held Quarterly and
the Delegates Must Be Chosen
From the County organi-
cations.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NISALIA, Nov. S.-RepresentatiVes from
all the important towns of the San Joa-
Quin Valley met in this city to-day TO con-
slider the advisability of organizing asso-
Citations 10 promote the interests of this
valley. Heretofore no concerted action
has been taken. The following towns and
cities sent delegates Stockton, Modesto,
Dinuba, MERGED, MADEIRA, Fresno, Han
ford, bakersfield, Reedley, Porterville,
Orosi and Tuiare. Besides these there were
twenty-five delegates from the Visalia
Board of Trade.
The convention was called to order at
1870 by Susman Mitchell of this city. He
stated the object of the meeting and in
troduced E. c. FarnsWorth who made
an eloquent address of welcome. He told
of all the undeVelOped resources of the
San Joaquin Valley. how great its area,
how high It's mountains, how deep It's
canyons, how tall its trees, how fair its
women. He detailed the object of the
convention and pledged Tulare County
support to the proposition to make known
to the world the possibilities of this val
ley. On motion a committee on organi-
cation consisting Of one delegate from
each county represented was appointed
@ MERGED, J. NJ. Davis; Fresno. E. F.
Bernhard; Stanislaus, L. l.. bennett;
Kern, s. c. Smith; San Joaquin, P. a.
Pnsbury; MADEIRA ]. NJ. Griffin.
The committee was dismissed with in
structions to report in thirty minutes MIN
The committee report provided that an
association be formed to be known as
the San Joaquin Valley Commercial ASso-
citation, its object being to further the
agricultural, mineral and other interests
of the entire valley; that the association
be composed of commercial bodies from
the following countless San Joaquin
Stanislaus, MERGED, Fresno, Kings, Iu-
lare, Kern CalaVeraS, TuOlumne, Anna
dor and Mariposa. Meetings are to be
held quarterly, each time in different
Of ami
unanimously adopted p. A. Buell. OF
Stockton was elected temporary chairman
by reclamation. A secretary was also
elected. The following vice presidents
were chosen: George Perley, Stanislaus;
S. c. Smith, Kern; A. j. Pillsbury, Iu-
lare; r. Roberts, MADEIRA: S. E: BiddIe,
Kings; T. c. Law, MERGED; S. T. Booth.
Fresno; O. S. Henderson, San Joaquin.
In response to questions the president
stated to the members that the delegates
must be selected from county Boards OF
Trade or similar organizations. Each
county would have six representatives.
In case of more than one county organi-
cation the representatives would be di-
vided equally among them. In case the
county had no organization it would have
no representation in the present body.
J. c. Moss of the Santa F'e Railroad
Company and s. F. Booth of the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company announced
themselves in hearty accord with the OBJ
jects of the association and sad they
would be pleased to consider any PROPOSE
ton that might be made TO advertise San
Joaquin Valley throughout the nation.
Major Berry made speech asking the
association to take up the matter or
making better county roads.
]. Fairweather of Reedley said the asso-
citation should take immediate steps to
secure a better water supply for irrigat-
ing purposes
The hall where the convention met was
erandly decorated with roses and chris
anthemums, while heaps of oranges.
apples, ounces, grapes and pomegranates
were scattered about the stage. Each del
egate was given a souvenir of a box Of
Tulare County prunes. On the stage Of
the hall also were immense pumpkins
three feet in diameter and cornstalks
fifteen feet high, all homegrown. The
evening session of the convention was
held at o'clock, after which there was a
big Spanish banquet at the Palace Hotel.
The delegates were given royal welcome
by Visalia and it is believed the associa-
ton will accomplish great results for San
The next meeting will be held at Fresno
November 25