Arizona republican., 1918-01-04
 bECOMESF|NE
 REALITY. HERE
F. W. Griffin Is Chosen as
 President at Meeting in Which "Co-Oeprations"
 Is Keynote of Gathering

Bubbling over with spirit of vim and enthusiasm, such as would per haps be possible only in an assemb- lage of sellers of the earth, was the dinner and get together meeting of more than 50 Phoenix real estate men at the Hotel Adams last even- ing when the organization extended it's scope to include all of Maricopa county and named new officers and a board of directors to launch !ne campaign for a county wide member ship and 6 greatly increased activity.
 F. w. Griffin was elected presi- dent; George E. Lilly, vice presI- dent; J. A. Moore, secretary treasurer and the following, in conjunction with the men named, will constitute the board of directors: H. s. Prince. B. w. Getsinger, J. R. Loftus, Ralph Murphy, R. E. Grace, A. A. Carrick, of Glendale; E. w. Hanna, of Chand- Ter; and W. R. Stewart of Mesa
 A new scale of commissions was adopted and will be prepared and published at an early date. The new board of directors will hold another meeting tonight at which the orga- nization of the board will be per- fected.
 The organization will be known henceforth as the Maricopa County Real Estate board and an effort will be made to have it's membership , include every man engaged in the business of the entire county. After a dinner in the Adams din- ing room, the land men retired to the upstairs meeting place, where number of speakers were called upon. Webb Griffin, presiding, an hounced that Dwight B. Heard, as toastmaster, would call upon those who had been requested to make short talks.
 l 'Co-operation' was the destined keynote of the meeting, but the vari- 5 ous highways and byways and chan nels through which the phenome- nal prosperity of Salt River Valley E and Phoenix has had it's inception e and being, called forth discussion of the necessity of good roads, the value of maintaining high stand ards in the realty business, and tho need of publicity ar.d advertising. In his opening words, Toastmastel ! Heard declared that. the passing o 5 the "lean years" which evolution tn, I Salt River valley is very we'll knowr E to have experienced, was evidenced
 
 \ prosperous appearance of the mel making up the fraternity "W should endeayor to raise and main tain high standards and characte in our business said MT. Heard, The value of co-operatior. almos speaks for itself,'' said R. P. Dayie the first speaker called upon. MT. Davie set forth in convincini terms the theory that co-operatio
 should not be a strictly local plar ' but should be carried out to affec \ counties and states as we'll He calle \ attention to the fact that outlyin \ towns were well represented at tn | meeting, and that the success of on \ depends upon the aid and co-opera E tion of others.
 Spend your money for advertis E ing" said MT. Davie, "co- operate wit \ your chamber of commerce, and yo
 can double the population of Phoe
 nix in the next three years. wit E outside districts keeping pace in ac | cordaIice.'
 The speaker said that he considere
 land values in this district ridicu \ lously low, in view of the high price
 of land in other sectcions where tn \ producing possibilities are much les Ten per cent on $500 land indi
 eates that $500 is not enough fc
 land. Any farmer who cannot mak 10 per cent on 5000 land in tn
 Salt River Valley ought to give u E the farming business"
 ! East to be Informed
 That people in the east are not awa1 of the remarkable ptoducing oualiti of Salt River valley soil was il io statement of MT. Davie, who declare
 the visitor here from the east "; ef completely surprised when he learns
 what can be done here and blam lg himself for not having located he n: earlier.
 4, W. R. Stewart of Mesa related il it. amusing incident of Colonel Greer k visit to the Salt River valley, when \, s: Stewart and other real estate m, l: showed the visitor the various poin .c of interest, not failing to call atte] l ton to the mesquite brush in the de l. ert surrounding Mesa where the be or obtain pollen for honey at one seas, or of the year, while alfalfa furnished t e honey producing materials at oth o.. seasons. Too bad" Colonel Green 1 quoted as having said" that you ,as not cross the bees with lightning bu r so that they can work at night" om MT. Stewart declared the scope | I, tire country.
 VI Colonel L. w. Coggins, who W iSS' called upon to speak on the subje ~ The best way to obtain co-operatiol
 declared that the best way "
 something hard to find but that the
 were many methods trendng iowa
 the attainment of this ideal conditi,
 Policy of Allies
 He cited the policy which has be
 adopted by the allied nations in pitti
 their combined efforts toward the ;
 tainment of a common objective a
 pointed out that they are getti
 shoulder to shoulder and developi
 the personal touch with view to z
 complaining more than individual
 fort could possibly produce. He (
 for cruelty to animals, 1; for runni
 a disorderly house, 1; for frequent
 disorderly house. 10; for carryi
 concealed weapons, 1.
 Total number arrested and he
 for Bartlesville, Okla, I; held
 and returned to Tombstone, Ariz.,
 to Denver, Colo, l. to Riversi
 Cal, 1; to Gila Bend, Ariz., 1;