Weekly journal-miner., 1919-01-22
ANNUAL REPORT OF |. OF !. IS
 MADE PUBLIC

 vapai County Chamber of Commerce held at tne court house on Thurs day evening. the secretary of the or ganization, Miss Grace M. Sparkes, rendered her annual report and statement, portion oi which is pub ished herewith:
 To the president, directors and members of the Yavapai County Chamber of Commerce:
 Gentlemen:
 In making my report to you as secretary of the Yavapai County Chamber of Commerce and Immi- grafton Commissioner for the coun- ty of Yavapai, I do so feeling that the work of this organization for the year 1918 was the most success ful during the life of the Chamber of Commerce Necessarily the work of the secretary is closely aligned with that of the committees, hence this outline in some respects will serve as report from several of the committees.
 As you are all aware, the prin- cipal item of work in this organiza- ton was that dealing directly with the war. Roughly, I should estimate that seventy per cent of the work of the Yavapai County Chamber oi Commerce for the year 1918 was confined to war activities. How well this was accomplished IS shown by the report of your president which recently appeared in the col umns of the daily press.
 Yavapai Top County.
 Yavapai stands today as the fore most county in the state, when all matters are considered. Of all coun- ties in the state, Yavapai is the only one which reached its maximum quota in the War Savings Stamp campaign While the total contribu- tions from Yavapai county to the war work funds was $8,0Q6, ,580, the bank deposits for the county, as shown by the presidents report, are SSO0,000O0 higher than in May 1917 when the calls upon the citizens first commented. The honor which Yavapai county has won and the re cord which it holds, reflects the energies of the Yavapai County Chamber of Commerce. This organ ization, through its president, com mitteemen and secretary directed many of the branches of the war ac- tivities throughout Yavapai county. Without hiring an additional clerk, or the expenditure of any money, this work was accomplished. To the average person the volume of work transacted can never be guess ed. Thousands of posters, letters, advertising matter, news articles, the general clerical and executive work having been handled through this office Hours meant little to those who had this work ill charge from early in the morning until late at night, this office handled its work quickly and efficiently. Through the good will and patrioticsspir of a few volunteers help was occasion ally given the secretary or her as- sistant To the willing volunteers throughout Yavapai county belong just praise and credit for their share in this patriotic work.
 Whipple Barracks Restored.
 Next to this, came the re-estab- lishment of Whipple Barracks. Re port after report had been compiled by this office setting forth the claims of Whipple, not mentioning the amount of work done by your military affairs committee, and while we were not successful in hay ing located here one of the large training camps, we have at the very door of the City of Prescott an in stitution which far surpasses the fondest dream of those whose inter est in Whipple had never wavered during its idlcness. Gentlemen, Army General Hospital No. 20, Whillpie Barracks represents an in vestment to this community of hun dreds of thousands of dollars and for which we guaranteed travel able road and supply of water, and for the latter a reasonable rate would be paid. Aside from these two things, we bid nothing.
 Denver, Colorado, where Army General Hospital No. 2l is located, approved the request of the United States government that it was not buying hospital sites, but preferred to rent them at a nominal figure and the committee appointed by tine civic and commercial association, secured options on several sites and upon approval of the request of the gov ernment raised $l50OO0 in four days time. or this, approximately $l40,- OOO was used i'll completing the deal for the estate on which the hospital is now being erected. To this fund the city and county of Denver con tributed $l000O from its general rev cnue. The site Is rented to the gov ernment for $l a year. If the es- tablishment of such hospital meant that much to the city and county of Denver. what does 1t mean for Prescott and Yavapai county? Tn