Bisbee daily review., 1912-04-02
COMMERCIAL CLUB
 WILL HELP CAUSE
 OF VALLEY FARMER
Directors Meet and Take Up Handling of Farm
 Products
SECRETARY IS CHOSEN

| i Good roads, obtaining a market for the produce Of the farmers of the [ Sulphur Springs valley and other dis tricts that are contiguous tO Risbee
 and the selection CT secretary were the chief matters considered by the board of directors O. the Warren | District Commercial club on Sunday | afternoon. The matter of market
 in Bisbee for produce came up in con.
 nection with the good roads and is
 one that will be given early atten tion.
 What are good roads for? That is what benefit will they be to Bisbee?"
 was the question put by Sam Franken ] burg to hls cO-directors. The answer was that they would be of the great
 est advantage in bringing the trade 1 or the surrounding farmers to the city. ! To do this, Mir. Frankenburg insisted that there must be some. indecement
 Tor the farmer to do his trading here some reciprocal arrangement He in quired what the agricultural commit | tee was doing or planning in this
 line.
 As a result of MT. Frankenburg's remarks an effort is to be made to ar.
 range with the business houses oi this city to take their prorata part
 of the produce, green vegetables and fruits especially. that may be brought in In the course of discussion on this
 matter it developed that there wero two sides to the question. That the ranchers in the past could not be de- pended upon 10 bring in produce at the conye nience of the merchants but at their own convenience !, will re. quire education on this point, a get ting together of producer and seller This is one of the matters that will be taken up at aan early date as the secretary will soon take a trip ] through the valley and meet ranch CTS and farmers and take the subject up with them, after the agricultural committee has seen all of the business men handling the class of goods on the subject.
 It is claimed that there is no en- couragement to the farmer, and that produce that might well be grown about here is brought from Los Ange les, thus entailing a middleman's $ pro fit and an express company's profit on the goods that were brought to this city. It is urged that if matters are so arranged that dealers here can depend upon receiving what they re 1 quire and in needed quantities at
 times certain the high cost of living problem will be nearer solution. The matter of the border highway was briefly considered and il was shown that it is necessary to act i'm [ suits are to be achieved It was esti | mated that such route would mean at least 5000 a month added business to the district from the touring part ies. 1t was agreed that Mir Drum, rep resenting the TranscOntinental Tour ist Association should be met at
 Douglas and brought to the district and that the club would use every en- deayor to aid the project A map of the northern and southern routes
 was on the desk for examination and
 and to it reference was made in eX- plalning.
 Secretary is Selected.
 The matter of a permanent secre
 tary was one of the first taken up
 by the board and the office was offer ed to and accepted ny J. II. Gray, at present editor of the Review who will assume the duties actively when a successor is secured for bis position on the desk at the Review office.
 The selection Of NIT. Gray was made because of his experience in news paper and publicity work. In addition to his newspaper experience he was engaged in publicity work at the St. Louis and Portland expositions. For more han five years he has been in the newspaper field in Cochise county. in this city and in Douglas. Weekly letters to the papers of the larger cities that are most especially inter- ested in mines and mining will be made a feature of his work.
 Will Visit Tombstone
 Further arrangements for a visit Of a delegation to Tombstone on Friday to take up the matter of oiling the Bisbee approach of the road to Doug las was discussed and it is expected that five auto loads will make the trip from this district to the couDty seat to urge the proposition or the board of supervisors
 Band Services Appreciated.
 Comment on the playing of the 1 band at the smoker of the night before !. was made by all of the directors and | general appreciation of this action Of the band and the members donating 1 their services for the occasion was ! expressed as was praise of the excel { lence of the music furnished.
 Wednesday night of each week has i sa.r|