Bisbee daily review., 1906-10-20
FL PASO MADE WELCOME IN
 B|SbEE
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 done much toward the advan cement of the city and its interests. We of Bis bee realize more fully than do others that as there is but one country for us. ous own beloved America, so. ID that country there is bul ,ns Bisbee, the peerless princess of the li'ls. Nh other city is like 1t; no city can boast of such magnificently rich surround ings: in no other city is it necessary that you build your lot besore you can build home, nor is the Q any oth- CT place where home is sweeter home than it is in our own Bisbee, for when the days work is done and the man with conscience of duty well performed reaches his home, II is with the complete satisfaction of being lord of ali and he is coatent to remain there until ddty shall call him hence again.
 We have but forty mercantile es- tablishments, carrying stocks amount ing to at least s1 ,500.000, the annual sales exceed 5000, ,000-and necessi- tate the employment of about 400 clerks.
 Our banking institutions, with capi- tai and surplus of more than 100000, have deposits amounting to more than s1 ,750, 900.
 .sThe assessed valuation of our coun- ty for the year 1906 is nearly S15.OOO,- 900. and the assessed valuation of Bisbee and Lowell, or Greater Bis bee, if you please. is $4,107, ,374- lit tie more than 30 2er cent of the entire county assessment
 Our school census shows 1912 school children in the district, with an enrolment of 1900 or about 3S per cent in the various departments from the kindergarten to the High School, in chare of corps of teachers o1dl S5 per cent of ~hom ae Normal CT College graduates
 .'Bisbee is noted for her open-handed charities. although we make use of no tiare-headed advertisements of the fact. The cry of help is never heard or the object of sympathy never pre- scented, that Bisbee's open pocket-book is not in evidence. In proof of this, we may simply say, the news nf that awful San Francisco calamity had scarcely ticked across the continent. when the Bisbee Chamber of Com merce was in session and through this agency nearly $15.000 in cash was sent to relieve the suffering in that strick- en city.
 Again, gentlemen, in behalf of the Chamber of Commerce and the mer- chants of our city, do we extend to you the right hand of fellowship. in that spirit which tends to make cities grow; may the intertwining of busi- ness relations be of such a character as will blend the beauties of your Pass City" with those of our own rug ged hillsides and may your recollec- tions of our Peerless Princess be only such as have the pleasant side of life uppermost"
 H. D. Slater, editor of the Fl Paso Herald, was accorded an enthusiastic ovation when he arose 10 respond to the toast With the Third Fl Paso Business Mems Excursion" NIT. Slater and the Fl Paso Herald has been a friend of Arizona for many years and his attitude on the joint statehood question has earned for him a warm spot in the heart of everr friend of Arizona. Mir. Slater told of the hospitality of the cities visited during the past five days; referred to the pretty Mormon girl of the Gila valley, the broad Guage man." of Tombstone, the 'Walnlts" at Nogales, and told how the w. c. Greene en- zine pushed them up the hill at Can anea- "W. c. Greene is always push ing" said MT. Slater. This brought out an enthusiastic response. You have . right to be proud of Bisbee. continued MT. Slater. We have to come up to see you and you drop down to see us. Bisbee is the primary source of Fl Paso's wealth. When we see what the production of copper does for city, we see the value of the pri- mary production of the soil, whether it be mineral or agriculture, upon which the trade centers of the country are dependent. We are here to get acquainted and we are getting along famously. Personal contact makes a difference in the manner of doing busi- ness. We are here to point out the natural advantages Fl Paso pos sesses as trade center and to share them with you In conclusion I wish to express to you. in the name of Fl Paso, the boundless gratitude we feel for Bisbee's expression of friend ship for Bisbee's best friend. Fl Paso. Texas"
 J. M. Cannon responded in happy manner to the toast: The G-eas Southwest" He referred to the real builders of the southwest: such men as Douglas, Ricketts and Simmons and compared Fl Paso with the Chicago of the Southwest
 At the conclusion of the remarks of Mir. Cannon, Postmaster McNair pu. the question to the Fl Paso visitors:
 Are you in favor of joint state? hood2"
 The answer came back "NO," whic1 almost raised the roof.
 MT. Van Dyke, of the Warren Realty & Development company. toll of the Warren district and it's ,m- dediate future. "The Warren district has a population of 16.000 people, said Mir. Van Dycke. There are folr thousand families in our midst anl 2000 splendid young single men of mar riagaable age. fact which we desire circulated in Fl Paso- The Warren district produces enough copper an. nually," said the speaker, ito stretch telephone wire from Bisbee to the moon and back. and if 1t were neccs- sary, could encircle the earth 450 ti;nss with copper telegraph wire" Mir. Van Dycke referred to the pleasant