Arizona republican., 1916-02-03
NEW DIRECTORY
 |S BEST EVER
Latest Publication of Ari- zona Directory Company Carries Valuable Informa- tion and Indicates Careful Work by It's Compilers

It is hardly likely that there has ever been issued Phoenix City and Salt River Valley directory more complete or more up to the minute than the 1916 volume compiled by the Arizona Direc- tory company and, now being distrib- uted It is the fifth annual edition and indicates careful and painstak- ing house to house canvass. The work of securing the data has been in the hands of R. F. Montgomery as super | intendent of the local offices and is a | credit to him and those with whom he surrounded himself.
 1 There are many interesting items and information of the greatest value to the community. the whole cOmprs- ! ing book of reference wherein is found the addresses and occupations of the residents of this section, together with an unusual fund of miscellaneous 1 information, a classified directory of the various professions and occupa | tions, as well as the information for | the rural routes leading out of Phoe- nix, besides giving general alphabeti- 1 cal information for Buckeye, Chandler Glendale Mesa and Tempe.
 For Phoenix proper there are 11,01t names in the latest directory. The uni. versal ratio employee by standard di- rectory companies throughout tn, country in computing the approximate population of a community is two ant d fourth times the number of name. appearing in a new directory. On thi' basis it is estimated that the actua population of Phoenix at this time i 24,7S6. It is generally admitted tha this method of figuring is most conser vativc
 The publishers of the director. maintain directory library at tn rooms of the Phoenix Chamber O l Commerce for the free use of all pa | irons, members of the Chamber O Commerce, and the general public. / copy of the Phoenix directory is sen by the company to each of the princi pal. directory libraries throughout tn | United States where they can be con suited without cost. By this mean Phoenix and the Salt River Valley re ceives an untold amount of good at vertising.
 Among the unique items taken ron the new directory by the compilers ar these: In the animal names there ar Bear, Beaver, Bull CoOns, Doe, Fo1 Kidd, Lamb and Wolf. Geographica names are Boggs, Dale, Field, Glenn Hill, Lane, Peak, Ridge, Street am J Valley. From the birds are purioine | Duck, Eagle, Finch, Jay, Owl, Peacocl and Wren. Fruits, etc. are seen in tn names of Apple Huckleberry, Lemo and Lime. The colors appear a
 Black, Brown, Gray, Green, Scarlet and White From the fields are takel Cotton, Corn and Wheat There ar also Herring and Crabb as water pro ducts. There are found among prec ious stones and minerals a Diamond Brass Gold, Nickel and Silver. Thougl the state is dry, in the directory it i easy to find Porter, Beers, Stout ant Ginn. From the heavens have beel culled Moon, Star and Sun. From tn elements are Taken Flood, Frost, Ice Snow, Showers and Rainwater Ther are also number of Long families a well as some Short ones There ar also some Little folks as well as som Riggs.
 Smiths take the prize numerically there being 1S0 of them in the direc tory, with 63 Johnsons, 55 Jones ant AS Browns.
 Altogether, the 1916 volume is a mos ! int ,lo