Arizona republican., 1922-06-07
ANNUAL MEETING Of
PIMA COTTON ASSN,
IS SET FOR SATURDAY

Completing its first successful year
the second annual election of direct
ors for the first cooperative mar
keting organization to be organized
and function in Arizona-the Arizona
Pimacotton Growers-will be held
Saturday evening in the fifteen dis
tricts into which the territory COW
cred by the association is divided
for the purpose of representation.
Election meetings of the members
in the various districts will be held
at the following points: District /.
Scottsdale school: district 2. Creigh-
ton school; district 3, Madison school ;
district 4, Washington school; dis
trict 5, Glendale high school: district
6, Peoria school: district 7. Fowler
school; district 8. association office;
district 9, Laveen school; district 10,
Roosevelt house: district IL, Kyrene
district 13. Gilbert high school; dis
trict IA, Chandler high school; dis
trict Is, Chandler c. of G.
Candidates for directors at large
are II. l.. Chandler. w. A. Grassford,
F. w. Griffen. Dwight B. Heard. d.
A. Jacobson, Leonard Nets. Thomas
c. McReynolds, J. c. Norton and w.
S. Stevens.
District Candidates Named
Candidates for district directors in
the various districts are: District No.
/. l.. Fl. Crosse and b. J. Showers;
district No. 2, w. S. Perry and A. T..
Tabor; district No. 5. Charles w.
Allen and L. IL. Smith; district No.
4, Conrad Hess and J. H. Bangston;
district No. 8. A. L. Brewster and l..
n. Stats; district No. 6. j. w. Burns
and II. A. Thompson; district No Z
NJ. B. Brooks and Jim Willis: dis
trict No. s, w. S. Hammett and L.
E. Jack; district No. g. Fred Galusha
and Fred S. Porter: district No. TO-
NJ. V. Nixon and George Cate: dis
trict No. II, w. w. Carney and r.
t. Old; district No. Il. Ed Tway;
district No IS. E. r. Wilbur; district
No. IA. G. w. Burns and e. J. Koch;
district No. Is, John Anderson and
r. Monroe Miller.
The candidates from the districts
were all nominated at primary meet
ings held last Saturday evening, and
candidates for directors at large were
nominated by petitions, as provided
in the bylaws of the association.
Following the elections in the dis
tricts, the annual meeting of mem
bers will be held at the high school
auditorium Monday, June 26, for the
purpose of electing, or confirming
the election, of the directors. con-
amendments to the bylaws,
and such other business as may come
before it.
Association One Year Old
The Arizona Pimacotton Growers
is rounding out its first year of eX-
having been organized in
a sign-up campaign that was begun
in March and completed in June Of
1921. The first elections We're held
a year ago. and the association form
ally incorporated and officers elected
July 13, 1921. The present officers
are Dwight B. Heard, president; W.
S. Stevens, vice. president; Charles
NJ Morgan, secretary, and B. J. Show
ers. treasurer
The association was financed by
the loan of $1.200,000 from the War
Finance corporation. the first loan
granted under the amendment known
as the Hoover Meyer bill, which
specifically allowed the corporation
to loan to cooperative marketing
and on agricultural
products for domestic sale.
There has been large increase in
throughout the year and
in the recent drive by the farm bu
reau for the organization of the new
associations to handle dairy products,
grain and hay, large increase in
for the cotton associa-
tons was secured by the farm bureau
workers.
The Arizona Pimacotton Growers is
4 cooperative marketing association
on the Sapiro plan and contract,
similar to the other seven state cot
on growers CO. operatives, and one
IF the original members of the Amer
can Cotton Growers Exchange, the
national overhead organization made
Ip of the various state associations.
md known as "the largest co-opera-
i've marketing association in the
world"
The Exchange has a membership
exceeding 10000 members, sign
lp of more than 100000 bales. and,
t the crop should be normal. will do
/ business this year of S300,000,000.