Bisbee daily review., 1917-01-28
DOUGLAS RESIDENTS
 ENTHUSIASTIC OVER
 CITY'S POSSIBILITIES
Operation of Big Shelters and Mining Activity Below the Border Bring Prosperity to Community.

Only the homecoming traveller can realize the beauties and attractiveness of the city of Douglas. Why should it not be spoken Of as a transplanted eastern city, when it's citizens come from every state in the Union? T. is the cosmopolitanism of the east with the frankness of the west.
 Douglas has dreams of Empire. This section of the great southwest is an empire of wealth in her producing mines. The millions of tons of ore blocked out. show that the output of the past few years is but the prelimi- nary to the shipments of the future. The mines have merely been scratch ed. Why should the owners of Doug las mammoth smelters spend millions for improvements if they did not know of the long years of work ahead of them in reducing the ores?
 Rich Mineral Region
 To the south. in the state of Sonora. the richest of all Mexican states, are untold millions of wealth yet to be mined The wealth of Midas is to be found there Through Douglas must come this mineral. Through Douglas must be shipped the supplies to devel- op this empire. The steady growth of Douglas during the past few years, while conditions in Mexico have been unsettled. is as nothing compared to l, ,- nently established.
 Fhe position of Douglas is an excel lent one.
 The agricultural development of the great Sulphur Springs Valley is in its infancy. The government lands now open for entry in that valley will soon be thing of the past. Gas engines and centrifugal pumps are being in- stalled. Water is in abundance
 No spot in all the sunlight zone of the great southwest is as near to per feet as the 4.O00 foot elevated mesa. upon which is situated the city of Douglas, claim its citizens. The joy Of living in this climate alone will at tract the tourists. well laid out city; the best schools in the entire state, and that standard is high; churches of all denominations; homes and modern business houses; through train service with but one change of cars from New York to Los Angeles: these are few of the reasons why Douglas feels confident of a great fut- uTe..
 It is not generally known. but no city in the entire state of Arizona can show the steady consistent gain in nopulation that is taking place in Douglas. Born in 1901. conservative estimates show that Douglas has population of about 16,5O0 within it's corporate limits. The scholastic pop ulation is 33O0 while the schools em- ploy a staff of 1O1 teachers.
 Citizens Confident
 The postal receipts in Douglas show a larger percentage of increase than | any other city in the state.
 The deposit growth of the two l DOuSldS bdhhS ID dHOluci NilNtIlOn OI ! steady growth and progress. The last i bank statements show about S4.000,- I 900 on deDosit. This is about double i the deposits of three years ago.
 The combined smelters have pay roll of about 1850 men. which. together | with the railroad shoDs, means monthly disbursement Of over S300,000 | not taking into consideration the .ex- penditures made every thirty days by the United States government in main taining it's soldiers on the border at Douglas. which is conservatively esti- mated at about s250.OOO.
 The character of the shelter and railroad employees give to the retailer of Douglas good reason for faith in the future of business conditions. Starting up some fifteen years ago, the smelter fires have never been per mitted to go out and as result have furnished a steady stream of pay checks semi-monthlv to the men.
 The citizens of Douglas have faith in their city; their dreams of the fut- ure are not nightmares.
 In northern Mexico are great num- bers of small mines. cattle ranches and villages. The retailer. as well as the wholesaler, in Douglas. has firsti chance in supplying this trade with merchandise. machinery, provisions and mining supplies.