Arizona republican., 1909-02-16
Delegates From Many Clubs
 Form aleague
OFFICERS FOR SIXTY DAYS!
A Later Meeting Will Be Held to Select Officers For the Ensuing Year. The Final Meeting This Morning.

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 Delegates from many commercial clubs, boards of trade, chambers of commerce and similar organizations, met yesterday and organized federa- ton of clubs, which selected the fol- lowing named officers: c. H. Akers. president; George F. Kit, F. o. Poul- president; George F. Kilt, F. o. Pol presidents; F. A. Jones, secretary; George Fisher, treasurer.
 There was forenoon session, at which a temporary organization was formed. long midday recess during which the visiting gentlemen were taken on an automobile ride by the members of the Maricopa County Commercial Club, late afternoon ses- sion at which the temporary organiza- tion was formed. and an evening ses- sion devoted to a banquet at the Ford hotel attended by about thirty per sons, and a feature of which was speechmaking A board of directors was selected after the election of off CtIS lO StINb AOA oiAAg another election will be held to select officers for the ensuing year. The present, board consists of one mem ber of each of the organizations repre- sented in the federation or league. The directors will hold a meeting at 10 o'clock this morning to outline the business and policy of the organiza- tion-
 The delegates accredited yesterday were:
 Williams Board of Trade-F. o. Pol son.
 Flagstaff Board of Trade-M. I. Powers. r-s5r--.--.l Y s.-
 wiekenburg Tri-County Board of Trade-E s. Jones and C. W. Platt.
 Yuma Commercial Club-George W Norton. R. G. Hightower and Mulford Winsor.
 Nogales Board of Trade-Frank Duffy.
 Tucson Chamber of Commerce-Al bert Steinfeld, George F. Kilt and George Fisher.
 Globe Chamber of Commerce James Ewing. E. F. Towle. Ed Grider and J. N. Purdon. g. DOUkldS Ol anu Mines-W. P. McNair.
 Safford-W. w. Pace.
 Mesa Chamber of Commerce-O. s. Stapley and L. R. Gibbons.
 Tempe Board of Trade-vJ. B. Cook.
 Maricopa County Commercial Club Officers and directors.
 Phoenix Board of Trade-Dr. John ". Foss
 It is regrettable that there is no clear understanding as to the rela- tionship between the Maricopa County Commercial Club. through the activi- ties of which this league of clubs has been established. and the Phoenix Board of Trade, which for many years has been fostering many and diversi- fled projects for the benefit of all Ari- zona and particularly this valley. It is also quite apparent that, wilfully or otherwise false representations have been made in other parts of the territory, and especially in Tucson, concerning the board of trade It was understood locally that the chief mis- sion of the commercial club was to carry forward efforts to secure for this valley, and later by more compre- -AGAloIh G VI GeAlllZeAllJA lOI lllt MllOlC lcl ritory, better freight rates, purpose that is certainly laudabIe if properly pursued. and against which no person having either pryate or public inter est at heart would desire to raise his voice. Nevertheless, it has been noted for some time past that the Tucson newspapers. especially the Citizen, have been carrying announcements of the present meeting of the club repre- sentatives for the formation of a league, and similar publications, in which the Phoenix Board of Trade has been alluded to as the author of the movement, and one publication men tioned the presence of representative of the Phoenix Board of Trade in Tue son to confer with the chamber of commerce there. Members of the board of trade who noted these pub licatiOns assumed that it was a mere confounding of names and that the board of trade being time honored. it was the error of Tucson reporters, who perhaps were not aware of the ace tiyities of the commercial club.
 This inference was strengthened. when early in February the board of trade received letter from the Tucson Chamber of Commerce announcing the meeting of representatives of some of the clubs in that city and as a result the calling of the meeting held in Phoenix yesterday. This letter was ad- dressed to the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce" an organization succeeded by the board of trade. and under which name the board receives much of it's