Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-25
STATE TRADE BOARD
 PLEDGES ITS WORK
 FALL FOR ARIZONA"
Newly Formed Organization
 will Strive for Mutual Inter- ests in Every Phase of Up- building Throughout State.

That the Arizona State Board of Trade is to be an important factor in and for the state of Arizona it's un-
 building and progress, is the confident
 opinion of Secretary Joe Gray of the
 Warren District Commercial Club. who represented this district at the meet ing in Tucson. He says that this opn- ion was voiced by every member in attendance. IL is only the start that
 has been made, but that start was lsplendid one. and when the scope of itbo Arizona State Board of Trade is recognized, when it becomes known what organizations are eligible for
 membership it's magnitude and impor- itance will be much enhanced
 Gray was chairman of the commit ] tee that drafted the constitution and
 bylaws at the Tucson meeting, com
 mittee which was made permanent for
 the purpose of further perfecting those
 rules and laws, since their work on
 Tuesday was naturally hurried. In tho membership clause there is a wide
 scope as to the organizations that are
 eligible. For instance Commercial or
 ganizations. business protective asso-
 ciations, taxpayers' associations, farm
 CTS and ranchers associations, water
 users, cattle growers, sheep growers,
 boards of supervisors, immigration commissioners and numerous others
 ere made eligible The slogan All
 for Arizona" briefly summarizes the purposes sought.
 After Gray reported for his commit
 tee a constitution and bylaws which were read section by section and adopt
 e1 with little change, he permanent
 organization was effected. H. M. Fen inimore.. forner president of the Phoe-
 nix Chamber of Commerce, was chos- Nose Drachman retired. John F. My CTS. of the Tucson Chamber was then made permanent secretary.
 As thel officers form the executive
 committee. it was suggested that selec- tions be made to represent all tho
 chief industries of Arizona. in the election of officers. President Kim
 ball of Thatcher as first vice-president represents agriculture, Prof Willis. superintendent of the state bureau of mines, and of Tucson, represents min- ing. Tom Wells of Pinal County repre- sents cattlemen and P w. F'redericks of Prescott. the treasurer, represents | banking When MT. Willis was nomi- hated for second vice-president Gray did not care to advance any nomina- \ ton from this district where mining stands first of all, awaiting the HOmi- nation of directors to present the name of Capt. J. C. Greenway for this county, and as his interests and those of his sompany extend to Douglas as well the nomination was seconded by ' Oscar Coll.
 ' Gray placed in nomination two for mer Bisbeeites for directors, both of whom were named, one being w. B. Kelly from Greenlee and the other Joe Prochaska from Gila.
 | In the morning session the Bisbee resolution for a mine experiment sta ton and for endorsement of Tucson HS the location was unanimously adopt ed, the fact that such motion came ] from the greatest mining camp in the southwest being most gratifying to the people of the Old Pueblo, who were warm in their expression of apprecia- | ton. There were also ringing resolu- i tiOns for national preparedness passed and committees named on the San i Diego exhibit. Los Angeles exhibit and TT Paso exhibit and on a silver ser vice for the battleship Arizona, when a recess was taken for committee work and for luncheon which was served at i the Old Pueblo House.
 At the afternoon session, in addi- | tion to perfecting the organization the matter of a gift to the battleship Ari- zona was considered at length, the sil- yer service was abandoned and a cop per emblem or monument for the for ward turret substituted. Resolutions asking federal aid for protecting the Gila valley from further erosion and for other flood sufferers in the state were adopted and the matters of fed eral aid for destitute tuberculosis pa- tients and federal roads through and to forest and military reservations were considered and referred.
 There still remains to be named the ! members of the seven standing com mittees that were provided for and upon these the Warren District and i Cochise County are promised full rec ognition.
 Tn addition 10 the work connected ! with the State Board of Trade, Gray took up the matter of the issuance of ! a new book of maps of the Borderland ' Route and received promise of a mutu- 1 al bearing of the expense from Tucson | Phoenix and Douglas. This matter will be taken up further with Fl Paso. l