Arizona republican., 1921-07-11
PIMA GROWERS HOLD ELECTION
 IF DIRECTORS
Twenty-two of "A Members Of Board Chosen-Co- operative Organization To Be Formally Incor- porated This Week
By charIe. M. Morgan

rectors for the Arizona Pimacotton Growers, held Saturday night in the Is election districts of the new CO., operative marketing association for cotton. resulted in the selection by the members of what is undoubtedly the strongest board that any farm in Arizona has ever had. and fully equal if not superior 10 the average board of any business insti tuition in the state.
 Of the seven directors elected at large by the vote of members in every district, ". s. Stevens easily led the field of ten nominees, re- ceiving the vote of every member casting a ballot fin II out of the 5 districts, and being within one or two votes of being high man in the 
 The next highest man was Dwight B. Heard, followed by Dr. J. c. Nor ton, then Webb Griffen and Harry Chandler with an equal number of votes, followed by Jos R. Loftus and T. C. McReynolds.
 The directors from the districts are all good men also, each possess ing marked characteristics that will cess, either in the line of success in his own business, experiene that win apply well to the affairs of the asso- ciaticn, or educational qualifications.
 The Directors
 The director from District 1 is B. J, Showers, a. graduate of the Cali fornia College of Agriculture. where he made a special study of success full cooperative marketing practice in that state.
 From District 2 ". S. Perry vas
  full business man in the East before coming to the valley and is an of ficial of the Water Users. and of the Orange Growers associat ation.
 District ! elected Charles ". Allen, formerly . we'll known New York attorney, for many years a resident of the valley. having large invest ments here.
 The growers in District 4 selected E. r. Hanks. a large land owner and successful cotton grower.
 Number s district elected A. L.. Brewster, one of the most respected farmers in the Glendale district. hav- ing large ranch as well as business interests.
 From District H. A. Thompson was selected Mir Thompson has had wide business and professional experience and was one of the ear Hest advocates of CO., operative mar keting for cotton.
 M. B. Brooks. was elected from Dis trict [. He is known as one of the most cuccessfui farmers of the West end.
 District No. . selected Fred Ga | lusha, known among the Laveen peo- pie as hustling young man of un- usual ability.
 M. A. Nixon. one of the substantial farmers Of the Roosevelt district | was selected by bis neighbors to rep resent them on the board, in Dis trict 10.
 From District II R. T. old wa. elected Mr. Old ia just the type thai | IS of the greatest possible assistance | Tn making a success of a marketing association.
 District No. 12 selected Ed. Tway one of the best known and most sue cessfui farmers in the Mesa district
 Number 13 elected E. A. Wilbur o | Gilbert. MT. Wilbur is known to hi, neighbors as a man of sound ideai and hard common sense. From district No. 14 was elected P | M. James. a former banker. now en. l gagged in business and farming, ant thoroughly capable.
 | District No. IS selected R. Monro, Miller, for several years successful farmer there, and formerly busines and professional man.
 | There are still two directors to b named, one by the governor to repre- sent the public interest, and one b, the bankers association. Taken ''b, | and large" the board is one of tn,
 best. that could have possibly beei | elected
 Last Committee Meeting | TnnfOhf q hA 1 organization committee, that band o l faithful devotees to their own bes | interests and the best interests of tn
 cotton industry and the valley tha
 has put across" the Arizona Pima
 cotton Growers, will hold it's las | meeting to canvass the vote, declar
 officially who was elected, and pas
 into history. It has done its worl
 well.
 Wednesday at 10 o'clock the ney
 board of directors will convene fo
 its first meeting, file the incorpora
 tion papers of the new association
 under the new cooperative market
 ing law. and carry out the other lega
 formalities necessary to make tn
 association a legally organized an
 going business institution.
 The Incorporation papers. bylaw
 and method of procedure for the frs
 meeting already have been receive
 from Aaron Sapiro, and are simila
 to the methods employed in gettin | the Oklahoma and Mississippi organ be used on the 18th to formally in corporate the Texas organization.
 By Wednesday night the farmers C
 the Salt River valley will have ac tually and legally formed and incor porated and officered the higges
 business institution in the valley. on
 that is destined to handle millions l
 business beginning the first year, an that in spite of the fact is a strictl , non- profit, non-stock, purely co
 operative organization. In the words of the new co-operat .. i've marketing law under which it being formed the Arizan Pimacotto
 Growers will be to Promote foste and encourage the intelligent and or | derly marketing of agricultural pro ducts Gin this case, cotton) throug
 cooperation. and to eliminate specu
 lation and waste; and to make th
 as direct as can be efficiently dor 2 between producer and consumer, an
 to stabilize the marketing problem
 of agricultural products"
 Arizona Third While the Arizona Pimacotto Growers is the first co-operativ marketing association to be organize and incorporated under the new Ar
 zona law, it is the third state cotto n growers organization to be perfecte ! under the same contract,-written b ! Sapiro,-and for the same purpos 2 to sell the members cotton to tn . best advantage and at the lowest ros sible cost.
 Oklahoma was organized in Apri