Bisbee daily review., 1921-10-07
.B|SBEE URGED
To ADVERTISE
ITS FEATURES
McGregor, Retiring as Head
Of Luncheon Club, Points
Out Attractions

pointing out how this could be done,
A. G. McGregor, retiring president or
the Bisbee Civic Luncheon CLUB MADE
his concluding talk as the head OF
that organization K. c. Campbeil
was selected to succeed McGregor as
president of the cluh for the next quar-
ter, and T. A. Hughes was chosen as /
vice president.
President McGregor opened MS re-
marks by reading a part of a letter
which he had received from William
III. Brophy, president of the Bank OF
sBisbee and one of the leading citizens
of the state.
i McGregor said
Recently i received a letter from
our very good friend, VIM. H. Brophy,
in which, to my mind, offers very
good suggestion to us. In it he says:
~ am convinced that you should
endeavor to secure cooperation from
the Ell Paso & Southwestern Railroad
company as | do not remember having
in the past, taking any particular
pains to advertise for the benefit on
tourists any attractions along the
line of their railroads in New Next
co or Arizona. 1t seems 40 me they
could do as much in their way as the
Southern Pacific has done for the
Apache Trail.
LAS an instance of what might be
done in advertising Bisbee, Douglas
and vicinity, l am thinking of the
American Bankers Convention to be
held in Los Angeles on October 3rd.
Had Bisbee a live advertising medium
some of these bankers could undoubts
edly be diverted and spend at least a
day in visiting the greatest copper
mining region in the world, en- route
from east to west, or vice versa
Points Out Attractions
Il am sure this is good idea. Can
you imagine a more satisfactory "a
hours to the average eastern tourist
than getting off the Golden State Linz
tied in the evening at DOUGLAS, spend
ing the night there, getting into an
auto the next morning, riding about
Douglas, then to Aqua Prieta. After
this, riding to Bisbee over the per-
fectly paved highway, in perfect
weather? At the approach to Bisbee,
at the Forrest Ranch, there is won
derful landscape view. The tourist
would pass through Bisbee, which is
unique and in its setting. and would
be OF great interest to them to the
end of Tombstone Canyon, or posi-
bly, up to the Divide then back
through Bisbee, TO Sacramento Hill,
where the big steam shovel opera
tions may be viewed and also the big
ore hosting operations.
Possibly a trip down shaft to
the underground workings can be ar
ranged. After this, ride through
our beautiful residence suburb to the
Phelps Dodge company's new mill; a
trip through the mill, returning to
Bisbee for luncheon. After this re-
turning to Douglas, going through the
smeters in the, afternoon.
Can YOU Imagine more pleasant
and instructive way, to spend "a
hours? Such a trip would be of i'm
Inense value to Bisbee and Douglas.
Incidentally, some advertising for cop
per and advantages in it's use could
be accomplished. 1t seems to me that
d stop-cver privilege at the Bisbee
copper mines, on such trip as | de-
! scl1bed, could be worked out SO as
to be of great advantage to the rail
road companies involved, as we'll as
| TOGO urselveS.
Suggest Stop-Overs
There is no other transcontinental
railroad passing as close to copper
mines and smelters as does the Ell
! Paso & Southwestern and where large
mining and smelling operations may
! be witnessed by tourists so conven-
iently as in our district
This will be a worthy object of
our new Chamber of Commerce to
| take up, i'll conjunction with the Doug
| las Chamber of Commerce, with the
railroads involved. Undoubtedly they
can count on good support from the
automobile people The auto stage
companies were mainly instrumental
| in putting over the Apache Trail fea-
| ture with the Southern Pacific. 1t
should be worked out so that a spe-
cial coupon attached to the tourists
| ticket, and paid for with purchase of
ticket. would entitle the holder to the
necessary hotel accommodations, the
auto trip, meals, etc. just as this is
done with the Apache Trail trip.
You will note, Mr.. Brcphy uses
| the words Mining Region | wish
to take this occasion to point out that
tIiS 10 iiiuiuS ISSiOH, OF mining
district. and Is not to be spoken of
as mining comp, which to many sig
nifies gold mining camps of brief dur
alton, with shacks and other tempo
rary buildings. Copper ore will be
mined in this district for generations
! perhaps centuries.
You will note that in the trip
| schedule, | propose for stop-over at
the Bisbee Copper Mines. I stated
that the stop-over at night would be
made at Douglas. Perhaps when we
get big tourist hotel here, we can
reserve the order a part of the time.
at least, and this brings me to anoth-
| er point.
Benefit From Tourists
I'VE can receive a great benefit
from tourists here. When you think
of Albuquerque, with a winter CT,
mate not so mild as ours, enjoying an
immense benefit from winter tourists.
and when you think of the Salt River