Arizona republican., 1908-03-19
NEW REALTY FIRM
 ANNOUNCED TODAY
H. l. Latham and Frank AIkire Com bine Their Energies For Greater Ptosrix.

The Republican has the pleasure of announcing this morning the forma- tion of a new real estate firm in the city of Phoenix. with paid mp cap ital stock of s25. 900. and the name of
 it is The H. L Latham company. The members Of the firm are H. l. Latham
 and Frank T. Alkire both residents of l this city for many years past The ! similarity of name to that of H. |. ] Latham & company calls for some eX- 1 planation. aS il is the same Latham in l a new suit of clothes that it is con ceived will better fit the conditions of : the hour The old firm was H |. { Latham himself and though it was in ! corporated Mir Latham was the com pany. others worked with him from time ito time on one basis or another 1 but he was always the firm.
 i II is different now for he is only part of il and in dividing honors he shares them with man who is even older in his Salt valley experience and only slightly less experienced in respect of realty matters and property values Frank Alkirc has been a resident of Phoenix since 1886 when he came here and engaged in the cattle business.
 first on New river. and later in the
 valley in connection with ranching. He
 next went into the hardware business
 with ]. E. Long and then in 1896 he re-
 entered the cattle business with his
 brother George Alkire.
 In 1893 the Alkire Brothers bought
 the drygoods store of Dillon and Ke-
 nealey which they conducted until it
 was all but destroyed by fire Reveno-
 waiting their stock, they moved loca-
 tion, and went into the shoe and stock
 ing business exclusively. This they
 have conducted until the present time
 and will continue to direct 1t until their
 stock IS sold out in accordance with their present advertising
 Fran Alkirc has been in charge of the commercial enterprise for some years past. while his brother George
 has been in charge of the ranch and cattle business which they propose to continue. Frank Alkire desires 1t stat ed that the closing-out sale of the store IS bona fide and was undertaken after plans for his association with MT Latham had been perfected. and for that purpose alone. He has done well in business and is grateful to his patrons. and you'd leave it with re- gret onlv that he believes he can do as well in the realty business and without the worries that are necessi- tated by his personal management of the store. When the doors Of the AL kire Company close t will be the closing of the oldest establishment in the cit. that originally began in the drygoods and clothing line.
 Of MT. Alkire's personal fitness for the real estate business it is only nee cssary to say that he has owned prop erty here for twenty years some of it since 1887. and still owns some of his original investments He has also been in close touch with the water storage movement since it's inception and has been one of those most depended upon in furthering its success.
 Of MT. Latham it is only necessary to say that he has been in business here for ten years and now has one of the largest realty clienteles in the val ley. He has successfully exploited Latham's addition and Latham place and is now handling Syndicate place. in addition to having made many of the largest sales in the city and valley in the years gone by. He also boasts of conducting one of the largest and most successful insurance agencies in the valley, is looked upon as one of the leading realty men in the valley and has probably done more toward indi- viduai colonization work than any oth- CT one man. In the last year and d half he has brought over 250 residents to this valley and the best of it is that everyone of them is enthusiastic and satisfied