Bisbee daily review., 1908-10-10
SAYS B|SDEE AMONG BEST
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]. E. Thompson, Formeriy a Leading Business Man of Warren District, Surprised
 At improvements Made Here

J. B. Thompson, formerly one of i the live wires of Bisbee, and now
 located in New York, where he mas
 no troubles in geeting three squares
 day, arrived in Bisbee yes ierday morning, and was kept busy
 throughout the day shaking hands
 wien some or the many friends he
 has in the district. Thompson still
 has extensive interests in the camp.
 and is here to look after them, to visit
 his friends and to take a look at the city.
 Thompson is very much impressed
 with the Improvements made in Bis
 bee and the Warren district since he left here. The building up of a won derful public spirit, which was con spicuous by it's absence two years
 ago, was another of the new condi-
 tions of the camp which attracted his Immediate attention He heard in
 New York of the showing made by
 Bisbee at the Fourth of July ceIebra-
 ton in Douglas, of the public enter
 prises which had been launched and has found it to be a very noticeable trait of the people of Bisbee since his return.
 In an interview last night, Thomp- son said:
 "Bisbee has forged to the front wonderfully within the past two years. more than ever before in her history. Sometimes I think that the people of this camp do not realize how many advantages they have over other mining camps. You have two com panies here, the Copper Queen and the c. & A., which are more liberai 1 Tn their treatment of the men, than l of any mining companies of which I i have knowledge.
 Not only has Bisbee made won- | derful progress ir the past two yearA, but l have the utmost confidence in | the future of the camp. I am well 1 with my investments here. and will increase rather than decrease them. 1 am very glad to see that a is on foot by your progress sive city council to sell bonds for the purpose of improving the roads of he city, and bettering the water works system The improvement of |. he O. K. trail and most of the other improvements were discussed and leeded two years ago, and are, it ! ,eems, necessary, if the town is to continue to compete with the other progressive cities of the territory. lost of these improvements should ave been made even prior to this ime iC
 Among the other improvements | hat have been made during the past ( ear and a half, I think that the t country club and the street railway l re two that reflect especial credit pon the enterprise of Bisbee. The treet railway service leaves little to I e desired, while the country club , Fin be large factor in making Bis zee a desirable place in which to re- ide.
 In response to a question concern ng his interests in Lowell and John. It on Addition, where he has about 7 3O.000 invested, Thompson said:
 You may quote me as saying, a me of the principal property owners Ii If Lowell and Johnson Addition, that n my estimation the people of those i sections of the district are standing !, n their own light by not annexing II themselves to Bisbee, and enjoying Ill the benefits of a Bigger Bisbee.'
 hope that within the next twelve months this will have been accom- ,lished."
 Thompson thinks that business con Iitions throughout the country are "on the mend" and that conditions from now on, and especially liter the presidential election, will continue to grow better. In regard Fork, beyond the fact that the results O the political conditions in New were doubtful, Thompson did not care O be quoted.
 Thompson will leave today for Can lanea, from where he will return to Sew York
 A meeting of the directors of the landlord company, in which he Is in- crested, will be held at 10 o'clock his morning.