Bisbee daily review., 1908-03-13
SHOULD BE OCCASION FOR BOOSTING.

The banquet of the business men of Rkbee. which has been set for the exening of March 18th. promises to be an occasion of much importance to the taSsre of this city. and it should be made So, It Is 60 he hoped that some gentleman wiR oa that occasion be prcaarea tp submit some authentic sseA which wii show upon what this esty Is depending for its future growth Saa proSpergty
 e Is an Unaispated fact that Bis bee. including the Warren district. has during the past half dozen years been the most prosperous district to be found in the mining states of the union According to population there has been more wages paid in Bisbee shan in any other mining district. Anu in no city has there been more money in circulation per capita Npf in habitants.
 In six years the Copper Queen Com pany has alone paid out more than $17,00O,000 to it's employees here and in Douglas. Other companies have 10 doubt paid as much more during the same time Bisbee can attract woTld-. wide attention by gathering the data concerning the industrial and com- merciaI conditions here, and making the facts known to the outside world. A good time to begin this will be at the banquet. and we hope someone will devote himself specially to this sask.
 Such a statistical feast should in slude the population of the district according to the last registration. compared with the population of other cities of the territory, based on the same records; the amount of ore mined in the district and sent away to the smelters in Douglas; the num- Der Of cars required to haul this dailys;' the amount of money required to meet tne monthly wage earned in the dis trict during the past year; the mum Der of ears of merchandise received at the Bisbea railroad station. Our local government could also be ex- ploited with interest, showing the money expended for public improve ment and what has bean accomplished since the incorporation of the city. Cur public schools would afford as founding figures. as showing the edu- cationai spirit which abides here. Our churches. libraries. clubs. Y. NJ. c. A. and other features of the city will supply good material for an enthusi- astic Bisbee booster.
 There has been a disposition on the part of Bisbee in the past to sit and enjoy prosperity without making the advantages known that others might come and take q hand in the feast; this is seiishness which does not pay. About us lie vast undeveloped mineral  wealth and other opportunities for profitable investment, and if we will but let our light shine, our present and past prosperity can be outdone many times over
 We read of trade excursion from Tucson this week. right into the coun- try tributary to this city, and we read Of awakening in our nearest neighbor city where the Douglas chamber of commence and mines has recently been organized with membership Of near two hundred. .Bisbee can become the. greatest future commercial city in the west, just as it has been the great est industrial city in the past The occasion of the banquet of the busi- ness men next week should be made the starting point of this endeavor
 That the people are susceptible to an awakening to great energy for the future growth of the Warren district was made plain on the occasion of the street car celebration on Wednesday. All that is required to promote en- thusiasm for Bisbee is to call the people together occasionally for con suIfatIon over the opportunities which will. be constantly presenting them .sefves for making the greater Bisbee.