Weekly journal-miner., 1913-12-17
REVIEWS YEAR OF
 GOOD BOOST WORK
Annual Report of Secretary Fraser t Chamber of Commerce is Resume
 of Results Achieved
(From Thursdays Daily)

past year in detail, the annual re- port of Secretary Fraser of the Chamber rendered to the organlza- ton at the meeting Monday even ing is an interesting document. In it are also contained some valuable suggestions. It is as follows:
 To the president, directors and members of the Prescott Chamber of Commerce.
 Dear Sirs:-Bclieving that the gentlemen comprising this organi- zaEon know whether on the whole the office administration during 1913 has been satisfactory, will submit few facts and figures concerning the work done and some thing as to hopes for the future, if the present office man is re- tained.
 Your secretary took office four months after the inception of the Prescott Chamber of ComEerce, on March 9. 1911. At that date the membership of your organization stood at 1H. During the first fiscal year, assisted very ably by the membership committee, he was able to raise the membership to just 5OO-
 The number who died, defaulted in dues. or removed during the first year was 16, ill 1912, 54; 'n 1913. to close our books we wiped of but F names. The collections made during the campaign of the past three weeks, largely due 10 inc activity of MT. Aaron H. Pow CTS, have added roundly S5O. In the campaign mentioned, 7 new members were added to our roll.
 A campaign of editorials and let ters in the Journal-Miner assisted in the work But one unfavorable comment on the work of this or ganization was received and this resulted in a shoal of letters from all parts of the county and from many unexpected sources, com mending the successful efforts ol this wears officers, directorate and members.
 Early in the present year K. N Fredericks and other members oi a special finance committee, se- cured subscriptions for maintenance during this fiscal year, amounting to S3.450; of this, $3l4 Is still due About S25O Of this sum seems pos sible Of collection before January 1. 1914. The balance is slow and perhaps doubtful.
 In considering the balance, re- ported on hand by the treasurer, and the fact that 1t costs about S350 a month running expenses, 1t will appear that this sum will barely place the chamber on a sound financial basis, until the next quarterly payment for maintenance becomes due.
 Your attention Is called to an extra item of expense, involved i'll the carrying out of the purposes of your new mixing committee, which has met with great satis- faction throughout the county. The preliminaries toward securing full list of properties and prospects to which capital may be attracted will involve all expense of about SloO' including newspaper advertising and other overhead costs. When this list is i'll hand and after 1t has been reduced to the smallest space possible for publication ill its final form. it will be necessary to carry on an expensive campaign to in- sure its distribution to the best advantage.
 These things should be noted by those who consider the present bal auce satisfactory.
 There remains in the Pine Crest fund S5O2O6. In the advertising fund a balance of S4l.2O Is in hand, with the final payment still to be called for.
 The purpose of this fund, col iected by the finance committee oi the last administration, was to sc cure publicity in Eastern magazines of the highest standing, for our mineral, agricultural and climatic resources and advantages. Adver- tisements in Golfers. kverybodys' and the Saturday Evening Post were run, results checked and the last named medium found most productive of replies. The results were both tentative and tangible. Sojourners, and in some eases res idents were secured through these means.
 There are on hand about l5.O0O