Bisbee daily review., 1908-11-15
PROOF Of BIG
REVIVAL IN THE
SHELTER CITY
Business Men of Douglas Tell
of improved Conditions
More People on Streets and
Greater Activity Evident.

One of the evidences of returning
and increasing trade In Douglas is the
announcement that next week an al
ditional banking house will begin bus
mess here, the room now nearing com
pietion In the First National bank
building. Tenth street, will be occu-
pied by the Arizona Trust & Banking
company.
Another evidence of the fact that
business is improving is increasing
number of people who are to be seen
daily on the streets, going hither ana
thither attending 10 business.
Still another unmistakable evI-
dence Of returning prosperity is tne
increasing arrivals at the various ho-
tells OF the city.
This morning a representative oil
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS visited a
number of the business houses for the
purpose OF feeling the commercial
pulse of the city. He was agreeably
surprised at the reports from the mer-
chants which ali agreed that trade
was rapidly increasing and to find
that all are confident that the fall
season will be equal to any previous
one In the history CT the city.
At the Copper Qu-en store it was
was very materially better than for
several months. Il was stated THAI
the business received last month from
the smeiters was the largest for any
previous month during 1908.
Ed Thornton, of Scott & Thornton.
when approached said: This is
house where the CRY CT hard times is
never heard. Our business is entire
/,
eral months during the summer traue
was light. We are selling goods now
to people who reach Douglas from the
new mining districts which are spring
ing up around Douglas. We are an
ticipating a heavy uade during tue
remainder of the present year ana
have prepared for It by providing
large stock in our line"
Harry Calisher said that the Calisn-
er stores were doing a good business
and that they were pleased to be able
to report a rapid increase in trade.
81 think there has been too much tax
in Douglas about the hard times dur
ing the past year; while trade was
slow for time, still, compared with
other cities in this section OF the
country, Douglas had reason to pc
satisfied with conditions, so far as
trade was concerned. / think the
time has now arrived when every
merchant in the town should put up
a sign announcing that business is
good and | believe that such an
nouncement would only tell the
truth"
Albert Stacy, of the Douglas Lum-
Der company, stated that while the
lumber business had always been good
in Douglas and the stump OF last year
did not materially reduce the volume
Of the lumber trade, he could say that
business was rapidly improving now.
The same report comes from the
Douglas Lumber company. Said MIR.
Stacy: 1T requires a vast amount
of lumber to supply city the size
of Douglas and few people realize the
amount of building which has been
done during the present year and me
season following ihn panic OF last
year. Several years ago the building
of a new house attracted more gener-
al attention than the building Of a
dozen now. ] am expo citing that there
will be much building in Douglas dur
ing the coming winter; there are
number of good buildings starting
now and there will be plenty more.
f r Fleischer: Il am sure that
the business men of Douglas are 90
ing a very much better business now
than they were during the spring ano
p summer months, and l expect to see
increased trade coming here from no"
on. The building Of the Southern "a
cifc railroad from Pearce to Douglas
would be the means of adding vastly
TO the present trade of Douglas. This
line would bring to US practically all
the trade from the rev mining camps
starting in the Sulphur Springs valley
which is now going mostly going &c
Bisbee."
Avery Curry, of Tie Emporium. was
found counting his cash for deposit
in the hank. Business is good, sale
he. "and I am confident that Doug
las Is now entering an era OF increas
ed prosperity"
And SO it went all around town
Won Arrin E. Co., the Pirtle company
Dugzu, Temple and other real estate
offices were all confident that gen
eraI business revival throughout tbs
country was now assured for the neal
f,ture and that Douglas was in pc
sitton to get more benefits from thl:
revival of the industries of the coun
trv than any other southwestern CIT!
because of the vast amount OF unce
veloned rich mineral county sur
rounding the city.