Arizona republican., 1919-03-14
250 ATTEND THE
 ANNUAL DINNER
 PHOEN|XC. OF |.
President Asbury Presides As Postmaster; Board of Fifteen Directors Chosen to Serve for New Year

speaker ana mlrTOred Tn tne IdCtS Ol everyone at the tables, was co-opera- tion in the upbuilding of the city, the community, the state and the nation, cooperation for the benefit of all mankind.
 More than 250 members of the chamber of commerce and their guests sat down to the banquet in the Wom- ans club building at 6: 30 o'clock. A. $. Asbury, president of the chamber for the past year, acted as toastmaster.
 President von KleinSmid of the Uni versity of Arizona was the first speaker, taking for his theme United Effort" He spoke of the remarkable accomplishments of this country in the period of the war as the miracle of the ages and urged that the same sort of united and cooperative effort that made us successful in the war would make us the leader in the worlds commerce.
 Discuss League of Nations
 l.. H. Chalmers, chairman of the foreign relations committee, led dis cussion on ''The League of Nations The first to speak on the subject was George II. Maxwell, who said that while the league of nations would pre- vent wars between nations it would not prevent trouble between the peo- pie of a nation, and proposed rem edy for the industrial unrest now pre- valent. His remedy is to reclaim the deserts, thus providing homes and sustenance for millions in comfort, but to so change the system that every boy should be taught to till the soil, and to so de-centralize things that every family could have a plot of ground to cultivate even though the man of the family was a wage earner in industry.
 MT. Maxwell and Andrew Kimball left immediately for a twoweeks tour of the southern part of the state in the interest of the big reclamation pro- jects proposed for this state in the Olmstead report.
 Bishop Atwood was the next speaker. He emphasized the fact that we are already in alliance, that there is already a league of nations. He be- lieved that the Monroe doctrine was afforded greater facilities for enforce ment by the league, since it stood for ! the self f-determination of small ! peoples.
 Vice President Not There Bishop Atwood reported that Vice. ! President Marshall, who had beer 1 scheduled to speak on the same sub | ject, had a bad cold and was conse- ] quently unable to come.
 Warren McArthur spoke of the urg- ent need Of a high class tourist hotel and said a plan to secure it would bt iannounced in a few days.
 Y The annual election of a board oi 1 15 directors to serve for the ensuing ! year resulted in the choosing of ". C 1 Button of the Berryhill company; L | Power Conway of Warren Brothers; ! Robert r. Dayie of the Davie Realty | company; Donald Dunbar of the Cen | tral bank: A. T. Esgate, cashier of tho ! Valley bank: Roy $. Goodrich, ownel Goodrich building; F. W. Griffin, req ] estate; W. w. Lawhon, broker; Ralpt 1 Murphy, Phoenix Trust company | Warren McArthur, of McArthur Bros. II. D. McVay, telephone company: c ! P. Nevitt, attorney; Charles $. Pratt 1 Pratt-Gilbert company; C. A. Stauf fer, Arizona Republican and Franl Niaplt, Phoenix Flour mills.
 The new board will meet with tn old board in q few days to choose of ficers and committees.
 The Indian school band furnishe, music during the course of the ban quet.
 The following report was made b. H. w. Asbury, president of tn chamber of commerce:
 The activities of your organization have extended over d very wide field impossible to refer to in detail I'm results indicated in the report befor you evidence the progress of the com munity, much of this growth secured by the efforts of your organization. ] Liberty Loans-In liberty loan worl the chamber of commerce was wei represented. H. J. CcClung, presiden of the chamber of commerce in 1918 i state chairman, and no branch of Wa work has been without it's share of sup port from the organization of whicl you are members. The chairman O the Red Cross for central Arizona wa for several years an active director i your organization, and so it goes on.
 No credit is taken for this activity it was a duty which the chamber ha' its greatest pleasure in fulfilling.
 Soldiers and Sailors Club-The or ganization of the Soldiers and Sailors club, one of the last tasks accomplishe III Nlll OllitA OA otliil<@tA tions. has initiated a movement c which all citizens are proud and tn result of which will be of untold benefi , to the community. This movemen should have unlimited support, morall and financially, of every individual l the county and state.
 Entertaining Visitors-The matter ( entertaining visitors to this city result in a great deal of benefit. often nc realized for some time. The value ( this work is well illustrated by the re port which just comes from Washing . ton, stating that at a lecture before tn National Geographical society, the fou aviators, who visited Phoenix in De cember, gave half of their lecture tai 10 6 description of the Salt River val ley. the splendid reception which the received here, and the advantages an opportunities of the city of Phoenix
 Drafted Men-In taking care ( drafted men in 1918 the Chamber sper q falrly large sum, nearly $2,OOO, whil
 Tn entertaining, in the first thre months of this year, nearly $3,000 Ina
 been expended in taking care of wis ltors to the city and valley. This
 a big expense for one organization an
 steps should be taken to have this fun
 secured on broader subscription basi
 School Gardens-Through the co
 operation of one of our former direc
 tors. Hon. Lysander Cassidy, now (
 Berkeley, Calif., the chamber of con
 merce has been able to offer fund (
 SlOo a year for three years for prize
 Tor school gardens in rural schools {
 this county.
 Dairy Situation-The dairy situatio
 has been gone into very thoroughly |
 a representative committee and recon
 mendations helpful to the industi
 have been made and some benefi
 were secured.
 State Fairs-In order to close up g
 deficits on state fairs held up to ar ! inplp1inu 1QI- ha rxf t,,c