The oasis., 1907-08-10

To THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE
 MORALES AND SANTA CRUz COUNTY
 BOARD OF TRADE.
 GENTLEMEN:
 have the honor to present for your consideration a report of the business transacted by the Board of Directors during the past year, covering a period from August 24th, 1906, to August 9th, 1907.
 On August 18th, 1906, public meet ing was held in Armory Hall, Mayor Brickwood presiding, the purpose of which meeting was to organize a Board of Trade. At this meeting committee of seven, afterward increased to eight, was appointed to draft a constitution and bylaws and was instructed to report to the Chairman of the meeting as soon as such work should be completed.
 On August 23rd, the Committee on Constitution and Bylaws having noti- fled the Chairman that they were ready with their report. a second public meet ing was held in Armory Hall for the purpose of hearing the report.
 At this meeting the report of the Committee on Constitution and Organ ization, after some amendments, was accepted. The organization as finally perfected called for Board of Directors to consist of nine members from Nogales, three members from the County and membersof the Board of Supervisors, making fifteen in all.
 As a result of balloting for officers and members of the Boar,l of Directors, Mir. E. Titcomb was elected as Presi- dent, Mir. Bracey Curtis, lst Vice. Presi- dent, Mir. R. K. Richardson of Pata- gonia, 2nd Vice-President, afterward filled by Mir. II. NJ. Chapman on resignation of Mir. Richardson Mir. H. NJ. Clagett, Treasurer and the follow ing gentlemen as members of the Board: Messrs. J. E. Pellegrin, Con O'Keefe, Il NJ. Chapman, II. W Kelsey and Col NJ. H. McCord of Nogales, and Messrs. Stewart, Balloon and Tower to represent the County.
 The newly elected Board of Directors held their first meeting on the evening Of August 24th, 1906, and since then the Board has never failed to hold it's week. ly meeting at which there have been an average of eight members present on each occasion. Probably very few
 
 such high average of attendance on the part Of their Boards of Directors, and 1t has been very largely due to the untiring faithfulness ef these members that the Board has been able to show such marked progress during it's first year of existence.
 One of the first matters before the Board was the selection of q permanent Secretary; and on August 2Sth Mir. E. W. Amsden was selected to fill this position, continuing to act in this capacity until his death the following November.
 The Board authorized the preparation and printing of 10000 copies of small folder containing concise statement of the advantages to be found in Nogales and Santa Cruz County.
 Early in September, owing to exag- gerated statements in the yellow Journals, of revolutionary troubles along the border, the Board took the matter up, and lengthy telegram of protest was sent to the Los Angeles Times.
 Other matters which were taken up oy the Board during the same month were, movements for better water supply for Nogales for the laying of cement sidewalks for reception to the bflgadier General of the U. s. Army, who had been expected to visit Nogales, put who failed to come; for the secur- ing oi Carnegie Library for the Town, ana last but not leasL, the establishment | station on the Santa Cruz River, wl!h the ultimate object of securing the nuiiulng of reservoir to store the flood waters of the river.
 During October the Board took up i Il'e matter of legislative enactment '8VAlpg te the all9WaEce et q greater tax