Arizona republican., 1905-05-18

membership will add to the influence
 of the organization besides increasing
 interest in the work the directors are
 undertaking by making every member feel that he has a share in the success
 of that work, which is for the up- building of the whole community. In cidentally the membership fees will aid
 in carrying on the regular work of the board. which includes, of course, adver- Using and the distribution of descript- i've matter about the Salt River valley, for which arrangements have been made in conjunction with Immigration Commissioner Crenshaw for the com ing year.
 But it is felt by the directors that there should be what might be called Sustaining fund of considerable amount to be drawn upon for unusual expenditures as they may come up in the course of the work. For instance, at the present time there are in prog ress the getting up of the Anti-Joint Statehood convention, the sending of an exhibit to the Portland exposition, the entertainment of U. s. Senator Flint of California and a party of Los Angeles business men and capitalists who will visit Phoenix early next month, and the entertainment of the visiting irrigation committee of sen ators and congressman who are com ing to inspect the Tonto reservoir. While some of these may not call for @ very great expenditure, in the az gregate the amount is considerable, and before the year is over there will doubtless be similar projects to be ta- ken care of by the board of trade.
 Tn order to make lone bite at the cherry" and not be running after sub scribers to give to four or five smaller projects at various times, the direct ors decided at Tuesday nights meet ing to consolidate all the projects and finance them in a bunch. Any surplus, and it is hoped there will be a consid- erable one. will be available for future work of a like character. To this end the special committee appointed to pro- vide ways and means for the anti joint statehood meeting has been tempor- arily consolidated with the standing i finance committee for the raising of this special fund. It is felt by the di- rectors that they will be endorsed by the general membership in this move ment, and also. it is hoped, by some who are not vet members, but who may desire to help the board financ- tally as they have been morally sup | porting it in past years.
 It is probable that a plan will be l devised to have the subscriptions for this purpose payable in parts from
 time to time. so that the drain will not be great individually and yet the board will have the pledges as an in surance fund upon which to draw as money is needed. The directors feel | that the financial encouragement of their committee and prompt and favor able response will be in the nature of sn endorsement of the line of work they have mapped out, and it's prosecu- | ton will no doubt be materially aided | by these financial pats on the back"
 The members of the special commit | tee are: c. J. Hall, w. Fl. Ward. C. II. 1 Akers, H. l. Latham. J. A Marshall, and of the standing finance committed:
 B. A. Fowler, A J. Chandler. Geo. N Cage, C. J. Hall, c. H. Akers, C. E. DeMund and w. II. Ward. MT. Hall heinz temporarily chairman of the finance committee in the absence of MT. Fowler.