Arizona republican., 1921-02-09
FUTURE PHOENIX
 PAIN TED V|V|DLY AT TOWNMEET TING
Speakers Picture Prosperous City Of 75,000 Pull Together, Let's Co.," Is Slogan

The future Phoenix-a city of 75,0eo hustling, bustling inhabitants, where all civic movements have smooth sail ing over calm sea with no cross currents; the hub of an agricultural wheel having spokes of steel and the home of prosperity giving 1ndustrlesE was painted in vivid colors before sew eral hundred enthusiastic town boost ers'' in the opening shot of the cham oer of commerce reorganization cam paign at the high school auditorium last night. The future Phoenix will be natural sequence in the trend Of events if this new chamber of com merce movement is given the right kind of backing the speakers told their audience.
 The assembly was scheduled as a town meeting and community confer ence-the kind that held sway when Phoenix was only village. It was all that the chamber of commerce had planned and hoped for and more. Com munity spirit was revived and reborn Enthusiasm ran riot. Speakers took up the cue and it vibrated throughout the spacious auditorium. It developed such a state of perfection that when a monstration was called for. practi- cally every man present responded
 .Community spirit will win, Dwight B. Heard said in ringing address. n gram He was called upon to take the place of pr. R. B. von KleinSmid, president of the University of Arizona, who was unable to appear because of illness.
 We must pull together to put this thing over. Nothing is impossible if every good man in Phoenix gets into this movement We can make the Salt River valley the best community of any inland valley in all the world.
 Must Have New Policy We've got something here in the Salt River valley that takes second place to not even the imperial city of new policy. We want all of the people who believe in this town and this val ley to get into this thing.
 Let's go That's the idea. How many of you are ready to go" he shouted at the audience
 And to man. they responded. it seemed. The spirit of co-operation and civic pride had gained a new foot hold. in the audience.
 The speakers and audience were given an insight on methods employed by the most successful chamber of commerce in the world. the Los An geles chamber, by s. l.. Weaver. pres geies chamber, comprising the second excursion to the west coast of Mexico, were in the audience.
 T cannot emphasize too strongly i the value of community effort" MT. Weaver said in opening his talk.
 "Probab blv the easiest way to realize the true benefits from such effort would be for every individual to actu ally serve your chamber of commerce for few days and see the results You would then learn from actual eS- perience the value of community ef- ] fort.
 What Los Angeles Has Done The Los Angeles chamber of com merce is the largest in the world, con : sisting of more than 7600 members ] We hope to see the membership in creased to 10000 before the end of the present year.
 Today. Los Angeles is the largest city in the west. It owes that posi- ton to it's chamber of commerce. From the time of its foundation until 1888 I when the chamber was formed Los ! Angeles was the slowest growing cits l in the United States Since the or. i ganization of it's chamber it has beer the fastest growing city in the world There are always things for a cham 1 community. Of course, if you hay, 1 ceased growing and hold no hopes fo 1 the future, then chamber can be o ] little service to you.''
 Mayor Willis H. Plunkett told of tn, future Phoenix. City planners. em 1 ployed to outline plans for the futuri l Phoenix. have estimated that Phoenix through natural growth. will be cit, of 75,000 by 1950 he told the audience
 But we cannot grow without tn efforts of d chamber of commerce We need community effort And wit the proper kind of support, Phoeni, will grow faster than her 'natura growth
 Time to Wake Up"
 I have been mayor of Phoenix 1, months now. During that entire perio, have received just two helpful idea
 along the lines of city government On the other hand. I have receive.