Weekly journal-miner., 1917-12-26

port of the secretary, Miss Grace NJ. Sparkcs. was presented to the gath cring. The report covrcd the yea, just ending and as 1t treats of prac- tically every line of progress made in the county during that time, and IS consequently of interest to every resi- dent of Yavapai, it is presented here with in full:
 To the President, Board of Directors and members of the Yavapai Coun- ty Chamber of Commerce.
 Gentlemen:
 In making my report as Secretary of the Yavapai County Chamber oi Commerce and the Immigration Com missioner of Yavapai county, it will be necessary for me to go somewhat into the work of the various com- mittccs of this organization and in this Aggression, I trust the chairmcn of such committees will pardon. The report is a resume of the work per formed in and by this office for the year 1917.
  of the Yavapai County Chamber of Commerce., as a whole, for the year 1917, the most successful of any year during its existence. This Is un- questionably due somewhat to the great amount of prosperity, which was and is paramount in this county A glance at the records of the coun- ty for the year 1917 is convincing ir itself:
 The assessed valuation of Navapa
 county in 1910 was Q. .S5S,277.7SlOC The assessed valuation of Yavapa
 county in 1917 was O.. .S9S,7l6,072O. showing an increase in one year oi S40,43S, ,2olO0 Undoubtedly, this is due largely to the development of the mining industry, but the livestock and agricultural resources also show a market increase over the year 1916 The climate of Yavapai county and Prescott is becoming better known yearly, and as a result many people are attracted to this section.
 At the beginning of the year, we were scarcely awakened to the fact of the great struggle in which we arg . now involved, but for several months past, with a full realization of what confronts us, this organization has lent its aid and support to every movement which stood to assist the United States government in its big task.
 Three of these issues stand out distinctly: The Red Cross, the Liber- ty Loan and the Food Conservation drive. Your Secretary has acted as publicity chairman for the Red Cross in all of its drives, in which large sums of money have been raised, twelve thousand odd dollars for the war fund. Perhaps the greatest as sistance was given with respect to the Liberty Loan campaigns, when 5000 letters, posters, subscription blanks, advertising matter, newspaper work, and in fact, the greater part of the sccrctarial work was handled by this office One of these letters re- suited in Senator Clark crcditing the
 
 State of Arizona, and in the long run, Yavapai county, with a subscription of S1.G0OOO0 The total amount raised in the first campaign was ST. l76,TO0O0: in the second, S2,692, ,55000. In the pledge card campaign, for the conservation of food, the records of the state campaign manager show that 1858 families had enrolled in Iavapai county in this movement.
 The splendid work for the Y. NJ. (. A. and the Y. W. (. A. should not be forgotten, as such assistance as was possible was gladly and willingly given by this office.
 The work of the Navapai County Soldiers and Sailors Welfare com mittcc Is progressing rapidly, a list of all soldiers and sailors and men in the service, whether drafted or en- listed, being compiled and it is the sense of this special committee Of the Chamber of Commerce to see that the boys in service from Yavapai county are remembered by their home folks. as well as to stc that their families and dependents are cared for. when such occasion presents it. self The list shows that there are 659 men from Yavapai county in the service of the government today, and the list is not complete. Having been fortunate in obtaining the names and addresses of these men, they will be remembered by the Red Cross with Christmas boxes and by the commit tee with Christmas cards, news, papers, etc.
 Through special chairmcu, suitable farewell entertainments were given to the Nayapai county men who de- parted for the training camps
 Every effort has been made by this organization to have the Nhipplc Barracks rc-garrisoncd, and while no definite result has been obtained, there is every reason 10 believe that this post will be used by the govern mcnt, in some form or other.
 Aside from the issues of the war,