Arizona republican., 1905-04-12

search of information about this sec
 ton of Arizona Sometimes the suh-
 feet inquired about is beyond the ken of the secretary but it has been his earnest endeaVor to furnish the intor-
 nation desired. In response to per sonal letters of inquiry or to persons
 whose names have been furntsheP by
 correspondents, friends and various of
 ncials of the city and territory, there
 have been sent out during the year individual letters and printed matter
 about the Salt River valley to persons in every one of the forty-five states and all of the territories of the United
 States. including the island posses
 sions of Hawaii and the Philippines; to provinces of Canada, to England, Scotland and South America. In our own country, Illinois leads with 12l inquirers. Ranging downward from this the list includes New York with 116, California with 94, Ohio with 9S,
 Iowa with s2, Missouri with S1 and
 so on for a total of 1925 names put on the mailing list during the year.
 While it has been the endeavor to
 encourage the coming of persons with capital and energy to engage in build ing up the city and surrounding coun- try. it has been as well part of the
 work to discourage the coming of
 those without means and health and
 who would likely become charges upon public and private charity.
 Two articles on Phoenix and the Salt ! River valley have been given wide and
 gratuitous publicity during the year as prepared by the secretary for publica- l ton in Leslie's Weekly and in the l National Magazine. Inquiries are yet ! coming from the readers of these as well as former articles and printed matter sent out in previous years unI ! der the auspices of the board of trade. 1 Another method of disseminating in l formation about Phoenix is through i letters sent to-their home newspapers ' by visitors. who naturally look to the ! board of trade for the facts upon l which to base their writings.
 A method of advertising at the ! small expense of furnishing the Ian | tern slides was through illustrated ] lectures delivered by Rev. w. H. Bag | by. formerly of Phoenix These are yet in progress. having been given. al ready in nine towns in Texas, three l in Missouri, one in Kansas and one in i Oklahoma.
 1 The. local newspapers have done their share in the work of securing i investors and desirable residents and l have heartily co-operated with the l board of trade in it's efforts to fur l ther the interests of Maricopa county i in general.
 The board of trade room has been l open to local organizations of public nature as place of meeting and has | been so used during the year. Through ] the courtesy of. Delegate Wilson, IL i has been the local distributing point ! for government publications of inter l est to residents of this section. and
 for a supply of vegetable and flower ] seeds.
 Financially the past year has been
 rather a strenuous -one-strenuous fin ! the endeavor to do the best with lim- l ited resources and to make both ends
 meet. Starting with . balance of l s113.61. the board closes the year, af-
 ter paying all bills including the un
 usual expense of buying a new type
 writer. with S2.61 in the treasury. The
 total receipts were S19oo.61. and expen- 1 ditures $1,S9S.OO.