Weekly journal-miner., 1922-12-20

 with no goods to sell is questioned by Howard Cornick in the report ht
 submitted the chamber of commerce
 as chairman ofsthe advertising com.
 nittee. There was one dissenting
 voice on the committee.
 1 MT. Cornick divides his report into
 two sections, one dealing with the dissemination of news, particularly of
 mines and prospects, and the other deals with home building in an en- tirely new way. He suggests an in-
 vestment plan whereby fund may
 be raised to advance the cause of
 home building as contrasted with home-buying.
 The more important portions of
 the report follow:
 Yavapai county naturally divides itself, insofar as the effect of the advertising by this organization IS concerned, into two separate parts Yavapai county outside of the city of Prescott must be considered as one element in the problem, and the city Of Prescott itself must be considered as another element in the problem.
 Taking up first the question of Yavapai county outside of Prescott The secretary has read to you her proposal with regard to the county booklet. We already have $1,OOO promised by the board of supervisors and $500 by MT. Robert Tally, sub +jeet, however, to sufficient funds be- ing raised to publish the county booklet
 The interest in mining is now re- viving and the mines of Yavapai county are becoming more active. Our great agricultural and livestock resources make it necessary that this county booklet be printed, and your committee recommends that no ef- fort be spared in aiding and assist ing in any plan which the secretary and the board of directors may un- dertake toward the printing and dis tribution of the county booklet.
 Referring again to the mining in dustry in Yavapai county. The pres ent means of acquiring and dissemi- hating information IS so haphazard | and so untrustworthy that your com mittee would recommend that some definite arrangement be made by ! which information may be acquired | by some competent and responsible " person, and disseminated by him un- der the direction of the secretary of this organization. It has been sug- gested that MT. A. C. Gilmore, who is familiar with mining conditions, and who is thoroughly competent newspaper man, could be secured on he basis of SIPS per month to in- lestigate conditions of operations and prospects for development, MT. Gil nore to pay his own expenses. This 'alary plus approximately $25 per month miscellaneous expense incl lent to typewriting, postage, sta ionery, stenciling, etc, would make his cost $50 per month. A trial of ix months under this arrangement Eould demonstrate whether or not should be continued. That ques- ion could be settled either by the dvertising committee or by the di !o ectors of this organization at the aspiration of period of six months. Taking up now the needs of the d ity of Prescott. Attention is called $ 0 the fact that the Prescott booklet f which 15,000 copies have been q rinted and distributed, is now ex- T austed, as is also the supply of 25, % copies of the Forbes indorsement 0 f our climate The cost of the Il ooklet and of the printing of the 5 'orbes letter was approximately O 1 900, raised in Prescott and consist l' lg of Prescott money. Without y oubt, unless the Prescott booklet is O e-issued and the Forbes letter re- u rinted, the advantage which we " ave obtained from them, in adver U sing the benefits of the Prescott tc innate, will be lost. n It is reported that people from the O' utside come to Prescott, secure tenn d orary quarters, and cndeavor to To- It ltc themselves more or less perm tC lcntly, and in failing to do so, tn owe on.
 It is quite apparent that the city :. Prescott is growing rapidly in the fe lmber of people, but much less ia pidly in the number of houses or = her accommOdations. It appears
 your committee that the expendi- re of money for advertising pur- ,ses is a foolish waste of money lless there are accommodations fur shed for visitors who come as the suit of the invitation offered by