Arizona republican., 1910-04-09
BUSINESS SUMMARY FOR THE PAST YEAR
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SEcRE.
 TARY OF BOARD OF TRADE.
Record of Important Transactions and
 tie Boards Finances.

George II. Taylor. acting secretary of the board of trade. has ma: ed to each G'-rlb,r a printed copy of the annual
 report ot the secretary, giving sum-
 mary of the work of the board for the { last year IL includes also a statement
 of the receipts and expenditures of the board. The report is printed on four page circular. which begins with the call for the annual election. next Tues day. April r., at o'clock D. m. Other
 features of the circular are an official roster of the members of tho board. roll of honor of presidents and the
 names of the present officers. directors and members of board committees. as
 we'll as the bylaws of the organization. The socretary's report is as follows It is difficult to make an accurai D
 report of the work done by board of
 trade. A large majority of the work done cannot he chronicled in words or
 figures It has frequently happened
 that our correspondents have immi- grated to the Salt River valley and purchased property. and the secretary would have no knowledge of it until he recognized the names in the report ! of real estate transfers, and there is
 no doubt but great many families have been brought to the valley by the board that they have no account of.
 Int directors and members of the board have worked in perfect harmony. Our directors meetings have been eN- ceptionally well attended and this will
 be appreciated by the members when they consider that they are all busy men whose time is money"
 1 The board has suffered a severe loss ! through the sickness and death Of the late secretary. George w. Cowgirl The I organization has reached its present i high standing mainly through his en- ergy and untiring effort. His work was thoroughly appreciated by all and his being called away so early in life deep | ly deplored.
 | During the past year we moved from our old quarters at the corner of Ad- ans and First avenue. to our present ! location in the Fleming block Some new fixtures have been added. others have been renovated and new eXhib- ! it's prepared. until we are no" said to 1 have the best agricultural exhibit in the southwest with the exception of ! that at the Los Angeles chamber of 1 commerce
 ] Since the first of February. lectures 1 for the benefit of visitors and others have been given at the board rooms i every Wednesday and Saturday after noons The attendance at these lec- 1 lures has run from twenty to sixty, 1 the average being about thirty and d show of hands has always brought out ! the fact that large majority of those attending were strangers. A number of our more prominent business men and ! private citizens have given up their l time to give these talks and the board takes this opportunity to thank them. At these lectures an opportunity is al ways given for those present to ask questions. and the advantage that has l been taken has shown that the lectures have met real necessity and should be made a permanent feature of the board of trade work here.
 In addition to the meetings held by the board of directors. a number or mass meetings have been held by the board to push along such improvements as the Center street bridge, the Buck eye railway, the aviation meet and good roads At one of the good roads meetings. MT. Mcintyre. superintendent oC streets at Riverside, Calif., gave
 very interesting talk.
 One of the best features of the adver-
 tising done for the valley during the
 past year was the giving up to the
 Salt River valley of the entire August
 edition of 50.O0O copies of "The Earth l.,- lao { Senta Fe railroad The board of trade and the commissioner of immigration each purchased 1000 copies of this pa per. all of which were distributed by [ the board of trade. The business men of Phoenix also purchased and distrib-
 uted d large number of copies. These being in addition to the large sl bscrip- tion list of The Earth which reaches all parts of the United States.
 UntiI the first of February the com missioner of immigration has been running half page advertisement in the Sunset Magazine. for which this
 board prepared copy and from which many answers have been received.
 The board also supplied the Santa Fe railroad with 200 photographs of the valley. from which stereoptican slides
 were made to be used with illustrated lectures given at county fairs and 1 farmers institutes throughout the mid | dle west
 | While in Chicago last summer MT. D. | E Heard made a very advantageous arrangement for a board of trade eS- hibit at the United States Land and Irrigation exposition held at Chicago. November 20 to December 1. under the auspices of the Chicago Tribune. The board of trade exhibit, which included ' live ostrfches. ripe oranges and ripe dates. besides the general products or the valley. attracted more attention than any other exhibit in the Coliseum and the advertising which this valley received through this medium cannot be overestimated. Many people have called at the board rooms and stated that their attention was first called to | Arizona by this exhibit. We have also received q number of letters from peo- pIe who visited the exposition. some of whom expressed their intention of set ting in the Salt River valley. In con- nection with this exposition the Salt. River valley received a number of good