The Arizona copper camp., 1920-05-01
VISIT
FULL OF PROFIT
FOR RAY BOOSTERS
County Seat Extends Regal
Hospitality to Chamber Of
Commerce of This Dis
trict;; Splendid Results to
Follow Trade Excursion.

CI1CG, Opl0Ilu1u NSSu1GS CO
Follow Trade Excursion.
FLORENCE, April 3O.-On Wednes-
day evening of this week some forty
members of the recently organized
Ray chamber of commerce were en-
tertained at a luncheon at the Flor
ence chamber of commerce. This was
one. of the best get-together meetings
ever held in Florence and bespeaks
a better understanding between the
mining and agricultural sections of
the county
The Rayites passed through Flor
ence early in the morning for a trip
through the valley and a visit to the
Casa Grande chamber of commerce,
also recently organized, where they
were dined at the noon hour, an ac-
count of which is contained on an
other page of this issue of the Cop
per Camp. Following the luncheon
the motorcade left for Florence, COM
ing through the irrigated sections of
the valley. Here they met many and
wonderful surprises on all sides.
Many of the visitors had never driven
through the valley but others who
had, noted with feelings of pride the
great development that is going on,
and returned to their homes fully
convinced that their bailiwick was
but small portion of the great coun-
ty Of Pinal. AS Mr. Boyd put it:
Eve realize that some day the Ray
mine will cease to produce it's great
wealth of copper, and that your val
ley will grow bigger and richer with
age, and one day not so far distant
will become one of the richest spots
in the west"
A Sumptuous Feast
The party reached Florence on the
return trip about $50 in the evening
and was met at the Florence hotels
by members of the Florence chamber
of commerce and entertained until
the hour of seven when more than
hundred Pinal county boosters sat
down to sumptuous dinner to swap
pleasantries and to become better ac-
quainted
A short business session of the
chamber of commerce was held, after
which came several short and pleas
ant addresses by various members of
the Ray and Florence chambers of
commerce. The welcome address was
delivered by Mayor ]. G. Heating in
a most pleasing manner, in which he
stated that we of Florence were more
than pleased of the opportunity to
welcome our friends of the mining
town of Ray.
Mr.. Eusey, president of the Ray
chamber of commerce, responded in
happy vein, and said in part: "The
pleasure is all ours. We come to you
as advocates of cooperation. Your
interests are our interests, and our
interests are your interests. Every
man is a booster for Pinal county
We have enjoyed this trip immensely.
We have heard much of your agricul-
tural development, and this afternoon
we have seen great things-almost
unbelievable things. With the diver
sion dam assured and the San Carlos
practically so, you have greater pos
sibilities even than has the Salt River
valley. This is the last great project
in the United States and within
few years you will have seen your
dreams of years fulfilled. You have
entertained us royalty and We are
just tickled to death, and we are with
you in anything that we can do to
help your cause" (Applause.)
Following Mr.. Eusey, j. R. Treat
was called upon to respond to the
possibilities of the real estate dealer
in upbuilding of the community" Mr..
Treat said in part: ':You never saw
city worth pinch of snuff unless
it was endowed with a live chamber
of commerce and it's quota of real
estate agents. The real estate man
has stood beside the banker, the mer
chant, and every other element of
progression in the upbuilding of the
community, the county and state,
and is entitled to more consideration
than is usually accorded" Mr.. Treat
then reviewed some of the things ac-
compIished hY the chamber of COM