Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-14
BOARD OF TRADE
 HOLDS MEETING
Elects Officers and TranSactS Much Business of Import
 anee to City,

MORALES, Ariz., Aug. 13.-The Nogales and Santa Cruz county board Of trade held it's annual meeting in Nogales on Tuesday evening. E. Tit comb, the retiring president of the board, called the meeting to order. Judge w. A. O'Connor was chosen to preside. Walter Duffey placed the names of eight of the retiring direct ors in nomination for directors to rep resent the town of Nogales as fol. lows: E. Titcomb, H. NJ. Clagett. H. M. Chapman, William Schuckmann, H. w. Kelsey, M. Escalada, Con o. Keefe and Bracey Curtis, members of the old board, and E. D. Miller to take the place of the retiring member. secretary cast the unanimous vote of the board of trade for these genelt- men. The board then elected Harry l Barnett of Patagonia to represent the northern end of the county and H. T. Herr of Duquesne and Joseph E. l Wise of Calabasas were chosen as the other two members for the county. Report of Secretary.
 The chief report of the evening was | that of the secretary. This report covered ten typewriter legal sheets and dealt with the aims and accom- pIshments Of the board of trade for the past year, as we'll as a financial and statistical report. The report showed that the board of directors had never failed to meet during the year; that the average attendance of directors at the weekly meetings was eight, and that the board of trade chiefly through its board of directors, had taken up some twenty-four mat ters of great importance during the year, and that 1t had carried to sue cessful completion many of these. The report showed that the endeavor of the board to secure government aid for the construction of an irrigation dam on the Santa Cruz river was at very hopeful stage, and that pro gTess had already been made to the extent of securing a government guaging station for the purpose of measuring the flow of the river. The report also called attention to the fact that the efforts of the board to se- cure a change of route of the Rio Yaqui and Pacific from 1muris to No gales seemed likely to meet with sue cess ia the near future.
 The secretary's statistical report showed that there had been a tremen- dous lot of high class advertising done in behalf of Nogales and Santa Cruz county. the board having sent out during the year no less than 632 personal letters and over 13,000 pieces of printed literature.
 Boards Finances.
 The financial report showed that there had been over S3200 collected and that the board of trade was in very good financial condition.
 Following the business session the members and friends sat down to light refreshments and under the di- rection of Judge Eb Williams, who acted as toastmaster, many speeches were made and assurances given of the successful outcome of the work of the board for the coming year.
 The death of Charles H. Anderson occurred at the Nogales hospital on Thursday morning, the result of an aggravated case of appendicitis. MT. Anderson was one of the popular em- ployes of the Duquesne Mining and Reduction company and is well known in this vicinity. His remains were sent to Pittsburg for interment.