The oasis., 1907-01-12
ARE DOING GOOD WORK
Board of Trade Directors Take Action on Many Matters of Importance 10 peopIe of Santa Cruz County

considerable interest to ma of the counties in Arizona was dis cussed at the meeting of the dlrec- tors of the Nogales and Santa Cruz County Board of Trade. 1t was relative to the assessment ot prop erty and the following resolutions, submitted by a committee ap- pointed some time ago to look into the matter, were adopted:
 WHEREAS, We, the members of the Board of Directors of the Nogales and Santa Cruz County Board of Trade, be- lieying that property Would be more satisfactorily assessed if the Territorial Legislature would create the office of County Assessor for counties of the Fourth. Fifth and Sixth classes, to be filled by appointment by the Board of Supervisors and
 WHEREAS, We believe that counties of the classes mentioned would be greatly benefited by the work that would be done by such County Assessor, It IS, therefore,
 RESOLVED, That we, as body, peti- tion the Territorial Legislature of the Territory of Arizona to create the office of County Assessor for counties of the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth classes; said office to be filled by appointment by the County Board of Supervisors; and 1t IS further
 RESOLVED, That Hon. Bo. ]. White side, representative of Santa Cruz Coun- tv in the Territorial Assembly be re- quested by this body to use his influence in the Assembly to bring about the enactment of law providing for the creation of the office of County Assessor in counties of the classes mentioned herein and it is further
 RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the Board of Trade be instructed to furnish copy of these resolutions to the Coun- ty Board of Supervisors and a copy to Hon. E. J. Whiteside.
 At the same meeting Mir. Bra cey Curtis loomed up as cham pion of the home papers, making an emphatic talk against the pat ronizing of advertising schemes of outside newspapers and other foreign advertising solicitors. The special write up of Nogales ap- bearing in the midwinter number of the Los Angeles Times was specially referred to by members in the discussion that followed Mir. Curtis talk and the mention was not at all complimentary to that paper. The result of the discus sion was the presentation by Mir Curtis of the following preambles and resolution, which was adopted by unanimous vote:
 WHEREAS, The business men Of Noga les and Santa Cruz County have beer repeatedly and successfully approached by representatives of outside news papers and by solicitors for advertising to appearsin directories fvariouskinds and by representatives of other adver Using schemes, soliciting advertisins and special write-ups of the bushes, men and the town and county, and
 WHEREAS, Such representatives o outside newspapers and other advertis ing devices have during the past yeal taken out of Che town and county many hundreds of dollars for which the busi ness men and the community have re ceived little if any benefit, and
 WHEREAS, We, the Board of Direc tors of the Nogales and Santa Cru County Board of Trade, believe that tht money so spent by the business men q the town and county, could have beer advantageously. and protitably used il paying for the publication of specia editions of the Nogales newspapers therefore it is
 RESOLVED, That we, as body, re