Arizona republican., 1911-01-27
BOARD OF TRADE WANTS
 POPULATION ACCOUNTED
APPOINTED TO WORK
 TO THAT END
Congress Will be Memorialized to Appropriate Funds to Fight
 Alfalfa Weevil

There will be a recount of the popu- lation of Phoenix; if not official then unofficial.
 This much was decided at l meeting of the directors of the board of trade. held yesterday afternoon. Every di- rector and Mayor Lloyd B. Christy, who was present, was thoroughly con- vinced that it would be a mistake to allow the figures of the census enum- orators. giving Phoenix a population of only ll.l34. to be accepted as final
 Mayor Christy and Postmaster James H. McClintock, the latter director, presented strong reasons for believing that the census return is several thou sand under the real number of people living in the city. The mayor drew at tention to the fact that if the pond buy ing concerns are allowed to think that the census enumeration was correct, there may be some hitch in dIsposing of the sewer bonds. This was the strongest reason why recount should he made that was presented at the meeting The statement that the in complete census return might inter
 
 thereby hold up the construction of the system that Phoenix needs SD badly. awakened every one of the directors to greater sense of the gravity of the situation.
 Postmaster McClintOck had figures showing the receipts of the Phoenix office and pointed out that if the cen sus count was correctly made the peo- pie of this city write mere letters and send out more packages than the in habitants of any other city in the world
 It was expected that before the meet ing a reply would be received to the message sent to Franklin F. Towle of Globe, who was in charge of the cen sus taking in this territory. asking if il would be possible to have a recount accepted as official by the census bureau. This message was sent after President A w. Ballard Of the Pa cific Gas & Electric company offered to furnish ten men ten days to make a recount
 The result of the discussion yester- day was to refer the matter to the com mittee on county and municipal af-
 
 other officials and learn exactly what can be done The general sentiment seemed to be that whether it is pos sible to have a recount accepted as of ficial. a correct census should be talk en.
 Some little time was spent in dis cussing plans for the reception of Theodore Roosevelt when he comes to dedicate the Roosevelt dam. The president was empowered to appoint a committee of three to confer with the officers of the Water Users Associa- ton and other persons taking a lead ing part in arranging for the colonefs entertainment. This committee can increase it's membership if it needs help.
 Dr A. w. Morrill,. territorial ento- mOlOgist. was present by invitation and talked at some length upon the danger to the farming interests of Ari- Zona from the alfalfa leaf weevil. should that pest become established in this territory. The talk of pr. Mor- Till was along the lines of his circular issued some days ago and published in The Republican. At the close Of his address the directors decided that the proper thing to do was to memorialiZe congress to make an appropriation tO investigate the leaf weevil and dis cover some means of preventing it's spread The matter of preparing this memorial was left with Secretary Harry Welch It will be signed by the officers of the board of trade and oth- CT organizations having for their ob-
 
 valley.