Bisbee daily review., 1919-05-29

in the community on a larger and broader scale than heretofore, was the decision yesterday afternoon of a meeting of the board of directors at the Commercial club. With that end in view a committee composed of N. J. Cunningham, l.. J. Overlook and J. J. Bowen was appointed and author ized to take up with the secretary a plan of reorganization, reporting their conclusions as soon as possible at a meeting of the board to be called ss soon as the plans have been formu lated.
 In addition to the plan of re-organ- ization it was decided that the mem bership in the Commercial club would be enlarged and as result another committee composed of Jesse Yoakum. Nose Newman and J. R. Henderson will lay the foundations for a cam paign to secure zoo new members At present the membership of the club numbers so.
 In behalf of the membership cam paign the secretary is compiling a folder depicting the results of the ef- forts of the Commercial club, what It has done in the past, what it is doing now and what it intends doing. ~ present, the organization stands out as the foremost of it's kind in the state If is the clearing house of the actlV- ities of the district and council for ail other organizations in the community. Ii is district deep and district wide, ready to consider at all times any problem that is for the common good of the Warren district. During the great war it was the bee hive of actiV- ity for every drive and every other problem that needed solving and which was vital and necessary for the successful prosecution of the war. In addition to this great service in be- half of the nation more than 15OO in come tax declarations were handled by the secretary and in the selective draft more than 1900 questionnaires were completed for men in the district who could not interpret the ques- tions propounded. In all the war drives it's officers were leaders and its efforts have been untiring and fruitful in every instance.
 At present the Commercial club is figuring on an extensive advertising campaign. h the near future it will subscribe for road maps of the cOun- try and these will be available for members free of charge.
 The plan of reorganization win be printed as soon as the action of the known.
 At yesterdays meeting a report was read from Dr. N. c. Bledsoe, who represented the Commercial club at the Bankhead highway meeting in Mineral Wells. Texas, on April IA. The Commercial club adopted the report and voted it's thanks to the doctor for the work ne had performed while at the convention. The thanks and ap- preciation of the club for the sacrifice he made in giving up his time in the interests of the club which resulted in the Bankhead Pathfinders coming through the district and which practi- cally assures Bisbee as one of the links on the great trans-continental highway
 The findings of the pathfinders will be made known in the next ten days, it is thought. and Bisbee will undoubt- edly be selected for a place on the route This will mean that Bisbee will enjoy the great traffic that migrates to the coast annually and will result in bringing to the city large number of tourists and a vast amount of money.
 The report of Dr. Bledsoe follows: Warren District Commercial Club.
 Bisbee, ATiZ.
 Dear Sirs:
 hereby present to you in detail my report on my trip to Mineral Wells Texas.
 On Sunday, April 13 1919 I left Bis bee for Mineral Wells, Texas. aTriv ing there on the evening of the 18th and found the northern part of the state we'll represented by Del Potter Judge Shute and several others. The Arizona delegation met in caucus and nominated Fred Sutter and Mir. Jones of Phoenix as directors of the United States Good Roads association. These names were confirmed by the conven ton. Preliminary to the meeting O the Bankhead Highway association the last years directors of the above named association met to consider tho proposed route from Memphis to k Paso. They decided on the all-Texai route.
 Later it became necessary to nomi nate two directors and vice-presiden for the Bankhead Highway associa tion. We nominated and elected pr W. A. Baker of Tucson. vice-president and Fred Sutter of Bisbee. and J. c Keating of Florence. directors, I'm officials of the association desired a this time to send a pathfinding com