Bisbee daily review., 1921-01-13
HENDERSON ELECTED PRESIDENT COMMERCIAL CLUB; SECRETARY
 EGAN TELLS OF WORK LAST YEAR

The annual meeting of the Warren District Commercial Club for the election of officers was held last night with about 100 members pres ent. After the election the new board Of directors met and chose for offic- CTS. J. R. Henderson, president: George B. Winfrey. vice-president; F. w Beddow, treasurer. and T. A Egan. secretary.
 The recommendation of the nomi- hating committee was adopted in its entirety. the following being elected on the board of directors: J. R. Hen dersOn. M. J. Cunningham. J. J. Bow en. L. J. Overlook, Jesse Yoakum, Nose Newman, F.. L. Smith. George E. Winfrey, F. w. Beddow.
 The retiring officers are: L. J. Ov- erlock. president; J. R. Henderson. vice-president; the latter being elect ed president. and F. w Beddow be- ing reelected treasurer.
 T. A. Egan. secretary. presented his annual report. which follows in part:
 The Warren District Commercial Club is the organization through which public spirited citizens in this community may express themselves collectively on questions of communi- " welfare, and through which they may make their collective desires ef fectiye. It is based upon the well recognized principle that more can be accomplished by working together for a common purpose than by indi- vidual effort
 -The commercial club does not at tempt to usurp the functions of the local city government. but cooperates with and assists government and all other proper agencies authorized fer special purposes. Its work is to as certain what the local problems are. formulate plans for their solution and then proceed to solve them. The problems cs ascertained and deter mined upon form its program of ac- tivities. and committees are appoint ed to make the program effective. to improve conditions found to need i'm provement. and to eliminate evils found 10 exist Tn order to attain it's maximum efficiency, the organiZa- tion should have wise. counsellors, az gressive leadership and enthusiastic workers.
 such is a brief resume of what your organization has tried to stand for in the past year That it was sue cessful is apparent by the fact that on our drive for membership last year. men of all classes and positions came forth willingly to join the or ganization. and we succeeded in add ing two hundred new members to our roster.
 The unsettled condition of the country for the past two years has reached this far. and has caused a temporary depression in this district. but it seems 10 be the concensus of opinion that the low tide Of depres- sion has been reached, and from. no,S on we may look for more stable bus mess conditions. But in spite of the unfavorable conditions of the past year. the accomplishments of the Warren District Commercial Club have been of great importance to the district.
 Accomplishments
 At the beginning of the year the club lent its secretary to the United States government for the purpose of assisting about q thousand miners and the business men in filling out and computing their income tax re- turns, saving by his knowledge of ex- emption thousands of dollars for the people of the district
 Roads
 The club has always taken lead ing part in the securing of good roads for Cochise County. We secur- ed through the efforts of the state engineer and the Board Of County Supervisors. enough federal aid and county money to complete the second section of the Bisbee-Douglas High way. We secured the widening of the Bisbee-Tombstone road at all corners by having the state engineers forces blast away all points. thereby mak- ing the road far safer for traffic. We hove with the aid of the Board of Supervisors to have the road from Forest Ranch to Courtland improved with two feeders leading out to tine valley. so as to enable the many far mers to have a speedy and direct