Bisbee daily review., 1904-02-03
BOOMING THE STATE
HOW CALIFORNIA IS ADVERTISED
 THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
The Work of ., Los Angeles Assocfs- tion Composed of Thirteen Hun dred Business Men-A COmmu pity That Exploits Itself.

tion Composed of Thirteen Hun-.
 dred Business Men-A Comm pity
 That Exploits Itself.
 California believes in talking about itself. especially southern California. and when it is asked why that especial region is probably better known than any other in the country to people who do not trave! a typically American sto- ry is told of whole community that is organized to advertise itself.
 There is chamber of commerce in Los Angeles composed of 1900 busi- ness and professional men. Eight years ago the writer was appointed ''wnlk- ing delegate" to wait upon desirable reputable citizens to request them to become members. The society was not then so popular. as. it is now. Mem bers haS to be begged to join at that time. but only respectable citizens were solicited One man l succeeded in en- listing bright and early in the norn- ing. In the afternoon the papers said he had beaten his wife. and had the delicate mission of returning his sub scriptioB to him the next day Thus. with some care, were the members selected The citizens of Los Angeles now pay annually SlI.000 for belong ing to the association. Back of all these members stand jealous. inde pendent wealthy executive committee and an unusually capable official.
 The chamber of commerce main tains a free show of fruit products. mission and Indian relics. maps and minerals. All the rural local visitors and most of the eastern tourists haunt this free exhibition. It has q reading room and meeting rooms for small so- cieties and has two women employed handing out laudatory southern Cali fornia literature to applicants. It or ganizes southern California displays in distant cities. It issues pamphlets de scrptivc of southern California. many of them telling of the shadows as well as the lights as regards investment. The truth Is told as no private enter prise could afford to tell it. IL secures statistics of crop returns. It forms a reliable depository of information for
 
 CT lands who really wonder whether these things are so. It answers thou sands of letters of inquiry and de- vises schemes to help advertise south ern California to the great world
 It entertains associations and emi- nent individuals. A literary programme Is furnished on these occasions. couSid- erable handshaking gone through and a weak punch served to visitors. nll Of which is duly advertised to the press of an continents. Army and naval of hcers. governors. senators and distin- guished men in the arts and sciences are entertained in the same way and much good incidentally done for the cause of southern California
 Looking forward to the future. this association is building a large edifice for its use. It interests itself in recip- rocai treaties of tile United States. par tcularly in reference to California products: in the Nicaragua canal prof. ect: in new railroads projected in the direction of southern California; in the protection of the forest reserves. upon which so much in treeless. arid dis trict depends: upon the loca ton of mil itary posts by the government: upon harbor matters and new government buildings. Like workingmen. it has taken advantage of organization and instead of directing strikes and arbi- trating quarrels between the employ CTS and the employed spends its time in lauaing southern California.
 The consequence of all this persistent effort is the continued upbuilding of southern California. the redemption of more of the desert. the erection of vast blocks and unnumberad domiciles and the consequent benefit to the individual member who now hastens. however re fuctant he was years ago. to join the association. Kindred associations are now springing up in many rural towns. The society serves as an example for all undeveioped or partly developed sections.-Word's Work.