Bisbee daily review., 1908-02-12
DOUGLAS PUBLICITY
 BUREAU INTERVIEWS
Citizens Express Their Views Freely In Favor of the
 Proposition,
Douglas International-American.-

(Douglas International-Americ The proposition for the establish
 ment of a publicity bureau in Doug las to be placed in charge of some competent man who will get newsy readable stories about the city in the columns of the outside press, prepare and disseminate literature which will contain and illustrate the facts of the city's marvellous growth and still more remarkable future, and in gen eral conduct a tireless and endless ao vertising campaign, has met with a warm reception among the business men of the community and is a plan which is universally favored. All that seems necessary to be done to bring the plan to a satisfactory realization is for one or more people to take the initiative and call a meeting of the business men to perfect plans, to en- gage a publicity man and to open the bureau.
 One cannot but be forcibly i'm pressed at the uniformity of sentl-
 ment in favor of the project and the enthusiasm which is generally shown in talking of the matter.
 A reporter of the International American today interviewed a num-
 Der of the prominent business and professional men on the subject and did not find a dissenting voice among all those seen. For instance. L. C. Hanks, cashier of the First National bank, said:
 Of course I favor anything which is going to bring the people together for our common good. The idea -S excellent and l should be delighted to see such a bureau in operation. Pub
 licity is always good and Douglas needs it. We have made remarkable progress without it but now much greater would be our progress with it. We will favor and support such an undertaking"
 Ed. NJ. Thornton of Scott and Thornton is always a booster for Doug las and was another enthusiastic sup porter of the idea. We are with it, said MT. Thornton, and will do our share for the support of the plan and make monthly contribution to that end"
 w. S. Dixon of Von Arnim and Dix. on said: 1t is just what we want
 something which must come sooner or later. Let us get a publicity man and make him secretary of the min ing bureau or of a chamber of com merce or some such organization. Let him conduct an advertising campaign, keep the name of Douglas before the outside world, conduct campaigns to bring congresses and conventions here when possible and the results are bound to come. Of course we
 want it and equally of course we will help"
 E. Fleischer asked: What is this idea, anyway? If it's anything in the way of a chamber of commerce or to unite our interests or boost the city I want to go. in" When the plan was explained 10. him he said: Nothing could be better; we want it and will do my share in helping to carry out the plan with the others who will go in"
 At the Bank of Douglas Cashier C. O. Ellis said: T am heartily in fay or of the plan and it will have our support if carried out. It can be made an excellent feature and it should be done as soon as possible"
 4. A. Dudley, real estate man, said: Favor it? Why of course I do; ev- erybody must. There is nothing like advertising for a city. Take the case of Los Angeles and San Diego Both were nothing but sand dunes, and water had to be brought in at great expense and it was done. As to eli mate they were equal but San Diego was a seaport and Los Angeles was not. Still Los Angeles advertised, be- came the best advertised city in the country and as a result Outstripped San Diego more than five to one. want to see the city advertised and will do my share in supporting pub licity bureau. I think the man se- lected for the work should be the sec retary of some organization and be representative of all interests, but 1 favor the plan in any event"
 H. E. Dugan said: I am always a booster and try to be always a-boost- ing and l always welcome help in the boosting proposition. We ought to have an organization for this purpose do not care what it is called. A publicity man should be made an off Ger of such organization and we should all do our part to support such an undertaking. Let him work for the united interests of the city and we shall all get our individual shares of the good results. I am ready to help and I want to do so'"
 Judge c. W. Cass, as president of the recently established mining bu- reau, expressed himself as heartily in favor of the movement and further said: When we formed the mining bureau was a part of our plans to ultimately do just what is now pro posed. The bureau was formed quick ly for the purpose of sending dele gates to the mining congress and you know what was done there in the way of attempting to bring the next congress here. If we had had ad- | vance literature and a competent, ex- perienced publicity man to take the | initiative there We could have un- | doubtedly accomplished even more | than we did.
 -L'T do not think that the city czn conduct two org8niZnriCns along the l lines of a chamber Uf ccumerce and l the name is immateriGl provided the 1 results aimed at are the same. From | the peculiar conditions which exist l here in Douglas everyone is interest ed either directly or indirectly in min | ing, for it is from the mines that our i prosperity comes and we all share to | some extent in that prosperity Hence | mining bureau is of the most uni l varSa1 fnfpreSt to inc citv and caO !