Arizona republican., 1922-03-10
MESA c. OF c. WILL
LAUNCH DRIVE FOR
NEW MEMBERS SOON


MESA, March 9.--Organizations Of
teams and plans for an active MEM
bership campaign were put underway
at a joint meeting of the financial
and membership committees OF the
Mesa district chamber Of commerce
at q meeting held Thursday after
noon in the new club quarters, IN
terest and enthusiasm in the organi-
zattor's program for the coming year
was manifested on every hand and
before the meeting adjourned plans
were laid for the enlisting of every
available citizen in the Mesa district
as a member of the chamber Of COM
merce.
j. G. Raymond, president OF the
chamber, addressed the committee
members and emphasized the fact
that it is a duty of every citizen to
be a member of the chamber of COM
merce and to lend his financial and
moral support to its success. Mesa
has an enviable reputation over the
state and elsewhere as a live wide
awake city, the president declared,
and it is UP to it's citizens to perpetu-
ate this idea and see that the COM
naunity lives UP to its name.
The campaign teams have at their
head Earl Peterson, and his pep and
enthusiasm WAS injected into every
worker with his enthusiastic re-
counting of the possibilities that lay
before the chamber of commerce..
Under it's new plan, the chamber viii
economize by not employing a secre-
tary for the time being, but commit
tees will function and committee
chairmen will be responsible for and
assume the work that was generally
left to the secretary. 1t has already
been demonstrated, Mr.. Peterson
pointed out, by the good roads and
tax committees that work can be ac-
complished to a satisfactory end by
the committees themselves. and the
plan will be followed out along those
lines.
eve want every business house.
every citizen Of the town and every
citizen and rancher of the district as
members of the chamber Mr.. Peter
son declared, and the membership
teams will go to work next Monday
morning with that object in view.
Individual membership in the
chamber Of commerce this year has
been fixed at $12 per year, payable 81
per month, quarterly or annually.
Business houses will hold member
ship at $50 per year and there will
be a sustaining membership OF $72
for the larger concerns that can at-t
ford it..
The chairman Of the Joint COM
mittees which met Thursday has APP
pointed the following teams OF two
men each to work during the mem
bership campaign which will open
next Monday morning: i. f. Coe
and Phil Isley, sam Cohen and 9. B.
Mar
Mannon, G. G. Jarrett and Jennings
Johnson, D. L. Stapley and Dan
HILBERT
Eleven on Ticket
Eleven candidates are in the field
for nomination as candidates for the
city council at the primary to be held
on March 2S. The nine original
names filed Wednesday afternoon
was augmented with the addition of
two others late that night, but few
hours before the period for filing
closed.
The completed list OF candidates
who have filed their certificates with
the required number of 29 signatures
OF taxpayers includes: II. c. Hol-
comb. #. 3. Gurley. Robert Scott. r..
q. Attaway, w. A. Macdonald, Fred
G. Weekes, George A. Johnson. j. u.
Asher, C. r. Clark, ID. L. Stapley and
Leonard Nets. All are running on
the taxpayers ticket and from this
number seven will be nominated at
the primary as candidates on the tax
payers ticket for election at the gen.
eral election to be held on May "a.
Five Of the seven present council
men are in the field for reelection.
w. e.. Walters who automatically
ceased to be an alderman when he
removed to Tucson some time ago