Arizona republican., 1909-04-14
IT'S BEST YEARS WORK
Twelve Members of Board of Directors Reflected. Speeches by Goddess of Salt River Valley" and
 Others--Board Conditions.

The annual meeting of the Board of Trade. held yesterday afternoon. was probably the most notable session in the history of the board, in point of attendance, harmony. the reviewing of work we'll done. and in the pleasing survey Of the field of future activities. The annual election followed an en- Tightening program. consisting of the reading of the reports of the officers relative to the boards condition, and the delivery of two or three most in teresting addresses and a number of short speeches. When the time for the election arrived, a committee ap pointed to nominate candidates for the fifteen directors of the board reported a list of thirty names of eligibles, in cluding the fourteen present directors of the board. there being one vacancy. The thirty names were printed on typewritten tickets. which were dis tributed, and each vote was cast and recorded as methodically as at a cOun- ty election The fifteen receiving the highest vote in the order named were: John W. Foss~ and Dwight B. Heard. 49: B. A. Fowler. A; J. H. McClintock, 43: Frank Thomas, 42; s. J. Michel son. 41: H. B. Wilkinson and Elliot Evans. 39: R. B. Burmister and A. J. Sampson. 3s; A. J. Chandler. 36; Dr. J. C. Norton. 31: Charles Korrick, 25; Roy s. Goodrich. 23: c. H. Pratt. 22. The new board will meet for organiza- ton in a few days, probably the latter part of the week.
 Order of Events.
 The meeting was called to order by President Foss with a few timely re- marks. but they were very few, for there was lot of business ahead. Re ports were read of the years transac- tions of the secretary and treasury and of the work of the finance committee, the committee on auditing the books. the committee on membership and grievances, the house committee. the committee on parks and boulevards, the committee on transportation. com mittee on advertising. and several oth- CT of the committees having specific matters in charge. These reports were. some of them. very long and exhaust i've. and demonstrated the importance of the matters the board has had in hand the past year, and what has been accomplished. These reports cannot be given in full. except in few in stances. on account of their length. but attention will be called to some of the more important features of some of them not printed in full.
 Another matter was the receipt and reading of a letter from E. l.. Medler. representing the executive committee of the Irrigation congress that met in Albuquerque. the letter rendering to the Board of Trade a check for s250 in lieu Of the mules. the prize won by the Board of Trade in the exhibit con tests at Albuquerque. The board very enthusiastically directed the secretary to write at once. accepting the offer.
 The Speeches.
 The president then introduced to the assemblage Mrs. Marjorie Russell. edi tor of The Earth, already well known to many in the community personally and to almost everybody in respect of her newspaper work and her friendly interest in this valley. Mrs. Russell chanced to be here year ago at the annual meeting of the board and made I tests it was her first platform effort Yesterday she elaborated the enthusi- astic praise of the valley rendered a year ago and added much of interest that has come to her during a year of personal knowledge and closer touch with the valley. She also described in considerable detail the nature of the next August issue of The Earth and hopes to make the articles even better than the very good ones published a year ago. She says she hopes to be able to give the edition forty pages of fine reading matter and pictures. and she is already securing both, the form CT being contributed by various we'll known citizens who have been assigned to specific subjects for the best treat ment they can give them. Most of the matter is to be written by Phoenix people, not professional writers or TO- mancers. but business men who deal with facts in the use of the pen. just as they do in business. She announc- ed that the leading article in the num- Der is to be by B. A Fowler. president of the Water Users association. A feature of the plan is that she pro- poses to have these special articles in her possession before she leaves Phoe- nix, so there will be no delay when the time comes. and MT Busyman will have no excuse.
 Mrs. Russell was enthusiastically and sincerely applauded as her talk progressed. and at it's conclusion the |