Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-10
WANT TO KNOW
WHAT'S DOING
Instead of Appealing to the
Homeseekers, the Board
of Trade Is Now Busy
Answering Their CUES
tions, Directly or Indi-
rectly.

The people of this big country have
finally come To- an appreciation of the
fact that there is something in the
Salt River valley they ought To know
about. and that is the first step to-
ward filling its inviting acres with
happy settlers and home builders The
daily mail brings to the desk of Harry
WEIGH. secretary of the board Of trade,
a sufficient number of inquiries to
keep him busy all the time, if he
could give personal attention To every
thing and write letters To all. but he
cannot and the general inquirer is dis
posed of with literature and form let
tiers. Those who ask for specific in
formation are given personal letters
wherever il is possible.
From a single days mail the fol-
| lowing are taken as illustrating the
character of the inquiries. one IS ad-
dressed To- the governor and referred
TO Mr. Welch. II comes from maya
zine writer who is collecting inforna-
ton for an article of value 10 all irri-
CATION sections. and is a request for
| lot of statistics concerning the val
| lev. its resources and its population.
II will be furnished.
Another is letter direct 10 Mr..
WEIGH from a man who is preparing
an article for a bond and realty paper
in an eastern city. He desires similar
information. together with pictures for
the illustration of his article. one
could write book in response to his
queries and not stray far from his
subject.
The third request comes from the
Pacific Information league of San
| Francisco. and is of a similar nature.
ONLY that the league offers To spread
widely all the facts il can secure. and
at no expense to the board. II has a
broadminded purpose. and an extract
| from the letter shows that II is just
| the sort of an organization the board
wants to deal with The letter saws:
| please put us on your regular mall
ing list for all bulletins and all other
matter germane To our purpose. we
want to cover all the western states
and British Columbia. There will be
no charge of any kind for filing the
information and sending homeseekers
Your way. or putting YOU in comnu-
nicaticn with them. We hold no bret
| for California as against any other
part of the west The map of human
opportunity is being changed on tlus
coast and we hope To be able To IA
duce a great number of desirable cut
zens tn locate i'm the great west.
The fourth letter in mind Is from
Mrs. Cowgirl. who has charge of the
branch board in Los Angeles she
reports that a representative OF the
Western Railway Magazine wants an
article on Arizona. giving the railroads
due credit for what they are doing To
build up the country. and accompa-
MED by pictures for the magazine,
which has a wide circulation among
| railway men and their families. Mrs.
Cowgirl also asks for more of the
monthly bulletins for distribution.
These are but sample letters and
scores of a similar nature are re-
ceived Many ask for special articles
which Mr.. Welch furnishes himself.
as has been noted in these columns
| from time to time. The seed has been
| sown and all il needs is campaign
Of cultivation and this valley VIII
| reaD a rich harvest of homeSeekers
The board could spend to good adj
| vantage ten times the money at its
disposal if it could only be raised,
and the result would be hundred
| fold The good work of years gone
nv is now only beginning to he felt.