Arizona republican., 1910-11-12
TO ADVERTISE THE
ENTIRE TERRITORY
PURPOSE OF "ARlZONA DEVEl
oPMENT BOARD" FORMED
YESTERDAY
Will Meet Twice Yearly, at Phoenix
and Some Other Point
Immediate Action

The organization of the Arizona
for its object the advertising of Ari-
IONA, was completed at a meeting
held yesterday morning in the quar-
tiers of the Phoenix Board of Trade.
There was no preliminary discus
sion when the delegates. who were
representative of the various COM
mercial organizations of Arizona and
the county commissioners of immi-
gratin met for the second time. 1t
had been practically decided to form
a territorial organization at the first
meeting, held Thursday morning, the
details being left in the hands of a
committee. At the second meeting
there was nothing to be done eX-
the new board, in accordance with
the recommendations of the commit
tee. and elect officers.
The following were present at the
second meeting: H. V. Failor, secre-
tary Tucson chamber of commerce;
E p Gripdell, secretary Douglas
chamber of commerce and mines; DIR.
j. w. Foss, president Phoenix board
of trade; w. c. Bulge and Albert
Stacy of Nogales chamber of COM
merce; Mr. Thompson of Graham
county; DIR. J. c. Norton of Phoe-
nix board of trade; Harry Welch,
secretary Phoenix board of trade.
a motion was made and carried
that a territorial organization be
formed. The name, Arizona Devel-
ri h,-
delegates simultaneously and was Sc
lected as the most suitable.
The object of the organization, as
set forth in the constitution, is Ito
extend cooperation between the diff
ferent development bodies through
out Arizona and to secure the assist
ance of the commissioners of immi-
grafton and other officials and per-
sons interested in the advancement
of Arizona in all lines.
Separate organizations and private
persons may alike be members of the
Board. All the various
commercial bodies now existing in the
territory or formed in the future,
Officers of social clubs and county
commissioners of immigration are
eligible
The organization will meet regular
ly twice each year, one meeting be-
ing held during the territorial fair at
Phoenix and the other at some town
in the territory other than the capt.
tai. Special meetings may be call
ed by the president and officers at
the request of a reasonable number
of members.
Most of the work of the board will
be done with funds specially raised
for specific purposes. The annual
dues for membership is one dollar.
payable in advance in November
This is merely nominal and will be
used for postage and other inciden-
tails.
The officers are a president, first
vice-president, county vice-president
and secretary treasurer. The county
vice-president is. to be appointed each
year from the place where the half
annual meeting is held There is
also to be an advisory board consist
ing of one representative of each
commercial organization in the board
and the immigration commissioners.
All officers are to hold office for
one year, or until their successors are
elected. The following were chosen
yesterday:
President, H. V. Failor, represent
ing Pima county; vice president, E.
p. Grindell. representing Cochise
county; secretary treasurer, Harry
Welch of Maricopa county; advisory
board, O. d. Gallegos, Apache; Jesse
II
W. II. Clark, Navajo; T. n. Wills,
Pinal; w. c. Bulge, Santa Cruz; A.
b. Ming, Yuma. Representatives for
Mohave, Yavapai and Graham coun-
ties will be appointed later.
1t was decided that the first work
of the board should be the publica-
ton of a paper read by II. " Fai-