Arizona republican., 1910-06-22
TRANSACTION
 IF BUSINESS \ Busy Session of Board
 of Trade NEW DIREGI0R ELECTED
A Resolution Recommend ing an Appropriation for Pineair Indorsed. New Advertising Scheme Started.

A special meeting of the board Of trade was held Monday evening and vast volume of business was transact ed There was a good attendance of the directors and the meeting did not adjourn until late hour.
 The first matter to come up was the election of a new director to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation or w. E. Geach. G. R. Finch was unanimously elected to the position.
 The matter of placing signs setting forth the resources of Tempe at Mari copa, Ash Fork and Tempe, was brought up. It was decided that by way of experiment one sign about nine by twenty feet be constructed and placed near the depot here. That VIII give the board some idea of the ex- pense and later if possible, a similar sign will be placed at Maricopa and another at Ash Fork. There is no question but what such a method will be of immense value to Tempe, but the board is a little handicapped by lack of funds and the advertising it is able to do will be proportionate to the amount of dues that are collected.
  thorized to enter upon negotiations with the superintendent of the West ern Union with a view to securing an up town office here. Considerable dis satisfaction is expressed with the pres ent service.
 A short time ago a resolution was passed by the Mesa chamber of com merce, at the instance of the Pineair association, recommending that the board of supervisors appropriate s5,OOO for use on the project. This resolution was unanimously indorsed by the Tempe board.
 The two important paragraphs of this resolution read as follows
 Whereas, we believe this enter prise to be of great and lasting bene- fit to the citizens of Maricopa county, inasmuch as it affords a convenient and pleasant place for our citizens to spend their summers and vacations near their homes, and will be the means of retaining within our county much money heretofore spent in other states and territories and attract hith- CT visitors from other places,
 Therefore be it hereby resolved that we recommend the expenditure of at least S5,0O0 by your honorable body for the benefit of this worthy undertak- ing"
 The question of the wagon bridge across the river at this place again came up and the board passed a motion respectfully requesting that the Tempe bridge committee give report of pro- gress. It should not for a moment be thought that merely because there has been little said of late on the question of a bridge that Tempe has in any wise forgotten the subject It is more important today than ever.
 It was suggested by member that it would be a little inconsistent to have an elaborate sign setting forth the re- sources of the district placed at the depot when the background of said sign would be fringe of sage brush. mesquite and rubbish It was unanim- ously agreed that the president of the board shall attend the next meeting of the city council and there request that the ordinance requiring that vacant lots be kept clear of brush and rub bish be strictly enforced and that spe- cial pains be taken to keep those lots in the vicinity of the depot clean.
 Charles Alexander, representing the homesteaders southwest of Tempe, was present at the meeting and spoke at some length requesting that he and his associates in that section be given the support and the sympathy of the board and the community in their eff forts to secure pumped water on their lands. He pointed out that there are 12,000 acres of land there, second in quality to none in the valley, and that as soon as water for it is secured ev- cry foot of it will be placed under cul- tivation and the greater portion of it will be tributary to Tempe. It is obvi- ous that if this is accomplished it will mean a great deal to the town and the community, and MT. Alexander was as- sured that he and the other home steaders would be given the hearty support and assistance of the board in any and all ways DOSSihla