Arizona republican., 1914-07-18
GROWTH0F CITY /. COMMENDED BY
 TWO Fl PAS0ANS
Two Live Wires from Pass City Visit Phoenix-Elec- tric Lights, Good Stores, Broad Streets Call Forth Praise

Charles A. Kinne booster live wire, good fellow, former secretary of the Fl Paso Chamber of Commerce and at present a director of that body, the man who staged the Taft Diaz meeting at Fl Paso, was in Phoenix yesterday. He was accom- panied by his business partner, D. B. Smith, who is another of the live type of Englishmen represented so well in Phoenix by Harry Welch, secretary of the board of trade The two make an excellent team and when they called upon the board of trade yesterday afternoon and the three got together there was a gen. eral swapping of live notions that made the air feel surcharged with progress around the building.
 This is the first visit of Kinne to Phoenix since he came to invite Hon. R. E. Sloan, then governor of the territory to attend the general cele bration held in Fl Paso in honor of statehood of both Arizona and New Mexico The progress that has been made here since that time was cause of amaZement to him. Nothing like it had been expected. and it was therefore the more welcome Being the first visit of MT. Smith here naturally he was also surprised and 1 pleased.
 They brought with them however the true Fl Paso spilit and every thing they saw that pleased them they mentioned it, and if they saw anything that didn't please them they said nothing about it. It however kept them busy boosting for the 1 things that met with their approval The first thing that attracted their attention was the splendid lighting system, and the broad streets. Ar | irving late Thursday evening the first impression of the city was that received at night. The next thing was the attractive stoIe fronts. The
 next thing was the general good fel- lowship of Phoenix people They fol-
 lowed all this by taking a ride over the valley and came back enthused
 with what they SAW.
 ! With Kinne and Smith both talking
 at once it sounded like this. kinne leading off You certainly have a 1 fine city here, It is surprise to | me-" "Yes and the broad streets, fine lighting system and the up to
 date appearance" added Smith. The
 whole place speaks of the live men
 and women that go to make up the
 community" was Kinne's next re-
 mark And believe me you ought to
 be proud of the situation of the place"
 We saw your civic center and the
 start exceeds anything that I have
 seen for some time This was
 Kinne, who believes in municipal i'm
 roomy places. and you have them here' The residence of Smith in
 semi-tropical countries has given him that outlook You seem to be build
 ing the city on a sane, sanitary line land I congratulate you for it."
 Its the one oasis in the plentiful desert that I could tie to for life and feel satisfied This was Smith lagain And so it went for some hali
 an hour or so that the conversation
 was kept up. When we go back tc Fl Paso we'll be another couple oi
 boosters for Phoenix" said Smith. l Now let me tell you about oul
 country" said Kinne thorough E
 Pasoan. We are having built for u: a dam that will exceed in size tn, wonderful Roosevelt dam and reser | !, We have three distinct valleys un-
 der that dam which will derive theil financial worth because of the wate
 stored there by the great Rio Grande Valley land with us is selling well and the influx of population is good The sale of bench lands, that il