Arizona republican., 1908-02-13
MESA
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING.
Directors of Mesa Chamber of Com merce Plan For a Future City.

The Mesa Chambe, of Commerce directors met Tuesday night in their rooms with all members present and | President A. J. Chandler in the chair. The meeting from beginning to end was one of the most enthusiastic ever held by the men in charge of the pub | licity department of the town. Mayor Loper who is also a director and | Councilman Lewis were present and conferred with the members in regard to the water works question which will be one of the paramount issues at the next election. From the evidence introduced il goes without saying that Mesa will have a system of water works within year which is a credit to a town several times the size of this one or she will know the reason why. This is one of the problems which has to be worked out by every town growing at the gait that Mesa has started and il is well that the matter is taken up at this early date so that it may all be solved in due season with days of grace unnecessary.
 One of the features of the evening was the report of the soliciting com lillNltt NlllEll Has DttH SOillS Oul III tIlt hedges and by-ways for the purposes of getting a lubricant to keep the machinery of the boosting apparatus in a smooth condition. The committee reported that they had collected $60S and without much of an effort. What they would have accomplished had they made a determined house to house canvass is a matter which can hardly be decided. The point Is that Mesa business men and people inter ested in the future of the town gen. erally have given liberally of their means and that they are anxious for the worth of their home town and country to be known far and near
 The question of putting a board at Ash Fork and Maricopa to instruct the wayfarer of the advantages of the Mesa section was brought up and the railroad committee was instructed to get busy on the proposition at an early date. For a long time it has been recognized that there were a good many people passing through Arizona on their way to California who get the impression that the territory is desert waste or mountainous scenery pIOIJSlliOil Il SiBH pldCtu OI the two main line railroads would at least notify these misinformed indi- viduals that there is such a place as the Salt River valley and even if they do not come this way it may at least leave a doubt in their minds that there is a better part of Arizona than that traversed by either the Santa Fe or the Southern Pacific main lines.
 The matter of The Republicans spe- cial edition which is to be printed and circulated early in March was brought to the attention of the members by pr. Palmer who suggested that commit tee should be appointed to urge the farmers to get in letters from this sec tion of the country at an early date so that Mesa might have a fair represent ation in the homeseekers issue. Upon motion Charles F. Jones was appointed as q committee ot one to interview the ranchers and urge them to get their letters in at an early date.
 The Chamber of Commerce directors meet every two weeks and it is neces- sary that the attendance be kept up to what it was Tuesday evening in or der to insure the greatest amount of success and that is one of the things which is being striven for