Arizona republican., 1916-01-21

Der of commerce elected last night: C. A. Stauffer, J. D. Loper, H. M. Fennemore, J. C. Norton, E. L. OMalIey, H. w. Asbury, Warren McArthur, Jr., C. D. Dor ris, Harry TritIe, p. K. Lewis, J. M. Aiken, A. E. Esgate, H. C. Bennett, Franklin D. Lane, F. H. Ensign, Arthur Luhrs.
 IO----- The liveliest meeting ever held at the chamber of commerce came off last night when the members gath cred at the chambers building for the annual meeting.
 large representation of the mem |, bership was present. and enjoyed the smokes passed around on the house. The first thing on the program, was the reading of the Presidents report. Following that, the report of the sec retary was read Both reports were well received. and showed great strides being made by the organiZa tiOn The report of H. L. Aller chairman of the finance committee was read and showed that the cham Der of commerce was in good finan- cial condition. good share of the deficit which had held over from the year previous has been taken up During the evening a resolution was introduced asking the city com mission to increase their appropri ation for advertising for the state f,i,. it oIf fore $2500 has been set aside for this purpose The additional 5000 is to be used for general advertising pur- poses. A resolution was also intro duced asking the city commission to change the building code. so that it will conform with that of other up to date cities
 Following the election of the new board of directors President Fenni- more, invited both the retiring di
 rectors and the new board to meet
 with him at lunch soon, and there
 they could choose their new officers. A motion was made that the board of directors choose five honorary
 members of their body from differ
 ent parts of the valley. They are to represent the other commercial l organizations in the valley.
 Presidents Report
 The report of H. NJ FennimOre was exhaustive and in great detail. He took in the work of all the commit
 tees for the past year. It is given
 in part as follows:
 1 First of all let me thank those peo-
 pie, members of The Chamber who by ! their liberal donations. efficient co-op-
 eration and whole hearted support have enabled the work dune during the past
 year % be carried on SC successfully.
 All thanks are due them from all our | citizens. In the review of a year $
 work it is only possible to touch a few of the most important points. The
 range of activity is unlimited and the
 calls on the chamber are unceasine 1 Celebration at me dam. We held a
 very successful celebration at the fill | ing of tie Gam in April last year. This year we are rot celebrating quite so much. but nevertheless rejoice at the fillnG again of our big storage reser- vOir. May t always be full. Al th' organizations in the valley worked to
 make the celebration a big success from every standpoint and we have had lample evidence that it was an occas
 ion which attracted a great deal of al . itenlica to the valley Gl | the agricul- Itulal possibilities here Over three
 hundred machines made the trip from
 this side, and as many more from the Globe end. Working together with the
 valley organizations other important
 successes have been achieved. Confer Iences of the different commercial bod
 ies were held regularly for scvera
 months, and are again being planned
 for 1916.
 The Roads Committee has plans fOl
 a good roads day on February 14th
 Like several of our events this winter it has been necessary to change tn,
 date. It was to be held on January 1St
 but owing to the rain a delay was nee
 essay. In this a.tsit tie coUutv ur
 Ganizations are all doing their shar,
 and this Cooperation will insure tn, . success of the occasion. By the time O the celehra1ioE the roads committc,
 will have interviewed the board of su-
 pervisors un the question of perma
 nent roads in Mariccra county. anC we nope that some definite pl3E of ac ton will be decided upon which vii
 be .,f hcnt fit 10 everybody. The com nlttce IS a!so plan in for som, roat signs which | can re vol. will b,
 attractive and mac d hit w'rcl the,
 appear, which will be within a weel
 or so.
 In civic affairs lot of work has beer ttc
 prepared by a special committee is O
 value to the community, and if th recommendations of the report ar carried out the results will be of ben eft to all. The extension of stree signs through the residential district :. has been encouraged and will continue In paving matters the work of tn :, committee has been very extensive D The question of paving is one whicl e must ultimately be decided by the prop e erty owners, and until the propert l owners are in accord it is difficult { s make the progress that we would lik n to see. We believe. that from now Q f much greater progress will be made 0 and we shall soon see considerable ac e tivity in paving lines. It has been sug = gested that steps be taken whereb a the city can take up these pavin
 bonds and issue city bonds in thei
 place. This would mean a saving an
 no doubt during the coming year som s method with be arrived at whereby thi l, method can be carried into practice '. Your rural affairs committee ha
 had investigations made of condi eior f in several lines of ogricu1turaI affo,