Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-10
COMMERCIAL CLUB
 ELECTS OFFICERS
 AND HEARS REPORTS
Secretary Gray's Report Show Splendid Growth of Club and Widening of Influence; Directors to Elect Officers.


 Directors for the coming year were elected and the annual report of John- J. Bowen, president, E. w. Beddaw. treasurer and J. H. Gray. secretary. were read at a generally attended meeting of the Warren District Com mercial Club held in City Hall last evening and that organization today starts out upon the fifth year of its activities. The meeting was held in the council chamber where the mass meeting four years ago decided that a Commercial organization was need ed to take up the work of the mori- bund Bisbee Board of Trade.
 Promptly at s o'clock last evening President J. J. Bowen called 10 order the members of the Commercial Club,
 tated that it was the annual meeting If the club and briefly announced the
 rder of business under it's bylaws. Following the reading of the minutes of the last annual meeting and the ap-
 royal of the minutes of the 27 direc
 DTS meetings held since the last cleo
 ion, the reports of the three officers were presented and it was directed
 hat the reports of the president and
 he secretary should be printed in 'amphlet form and copies thereof be
 ent to all members of the Club. The
 port of the secretary includes the
 alters that were referred to the va
 ious standing committees as well as he general work done by the club and
 Serefor avoided the necessity of a number of committee reports.
 Reports of the years work and the financial condition of the organization disposed of, President Bowen announc- d the election of directors for the com lg year Nominations were declared order and the following board was
 elected: J. J. Bowen. F. w Beddow. Richard Bretherton, E. c. Campbell. N. J. Cunningham, T. A. Hughes, M. Newman, l.. J. Overlook and Jesse Yoakum. This new board will, under he bylaws of the club, meet at its office next Wednesday night and elect he officers for the year, such elective officers being president, vice-president
 nd treasurer, who are members of the soard At the same meeting a secre- ary is selected and his services en- yaged. It is customary for the presi- lent to name the standing committees It the meeting following his election.
 The report of President Bowen sets 'orth some of the chief activities and ne most important achievements of ne organization during his second year as chief executive. In it he paid ribute to the loyalty of the members md the unselfsh devotion shown by his co-directors to the advancement nd the meeting of the needs of the ,ity and the district
 The report of Secretary Joseph H. Cray outlines the general work that has been undertaken and the result of such efforts. He summarizes his own work in part with the statement that n the year he wrote nearly 4,0OO let ters and his newspaper and magazine ,rticles that were published totalled 1ore than 25O.0O0 words and in space mounted to over 25O columns of ordi nary type in the ordinary newspaper. fe also reports on the regularity of of the directors comment ng upon their faithfulness, and con rasts the conditions they were called 1pon to face year ago with the splen- idly prosperous conditions of city and district today. This present prosperi- " he states widens a field of activity that has never before been afforded the organization.
 Since it's inception the Commercial Club has steadily gained in influence, not only locally but throughout the state and the southwest and it's oppor unities are to be increased with the permanent organization of the State Board of Trade this month, of which f will be a member and expects to ake an active interest.