The border vidette., 1926-02-13
GREATER ARIZONA

AAc ulVu year VI VIC OIGdbcI
Arizona" movement - which
sums up the work of the organ.
ization-is under way with the
Iodustrial Congress.
Officially opening with the an
nual convention held in Phoenix
January IL, and described in the
last issue of The Producer, the
years program was outlined at
the annual meeting of the board
of directors held the next day,
and which included the election
of officers.
Officers of the, congress for
this year are p. G. Spilsbury,
president; G. G. Cragin. chief
engineer and general superinten.
dent Salt River Valley Water
Users Association, first vice.
president; Kirt l.. Hart, Tucson.
president Arizona Bankers AS.
sociation, second vice president;
Dr.. A. J. Matthews, president
Tempe State Teachers College,
treasurer. Three directors at
large, serving one year terms,
also were chosen-Mr. Cragin,
J. e. Franklin of Yuma and
Lawrence G. Wilson of Casa
Grande. rounding out the full
board Of twenty one, the other
members being three directors
each from the agricultural. busi.
ness and financial, livestock,
mining. professional and public
utilities groups.
Work of the congress this year
will continue in maximum activity
the Trade at Home" Use Ari.
zona Products" and "See Ari.
zona First" movements which
have kept so many millions of
dollars in the state during the
past four year; will continue the
usual individual service given
producers and firms who seek
aid in solving their own prob.
lens, and in addition will devote
special attention to the State
Colonization movement launched
at the annual convention.
This colonization movement.
because it is new, and because
the new land developments and
possibilities in the state have
made it absolutely necessary,
will be an outstanding feature of
the years work. Already pledg.
ed the support of every organiza.
tion in the state, it will be carried
on largely through cha mbers of
commerce and similar bodies in
the different sections. Definite
plans for financing a state de
scriptive booklet-essential in
answering inquiries-are being
worked out by a committee con-
sisting of one representative
from each county, appointed by
the convention. Means of dis.
tributing these booklets have
been fully developed through the
cooperation obtained from the
Los Angeles Chamber of Com.
merce, which maintains Offices in
Chicago and New York, and
through co operation of the
Southern Pacific and Santa Fe
railroads.
Field service work also will be
developed more fully by the In.
dustrial Congress this year. Ar.
rangements have been made
whereby L. G. Mccullough, sec.
retary, will spend most of his
time in the field, establishing con.
facts with organizations, produc.
ers, firms and individuals in all
parts of the state, aiding them in
their individual efforts and pro.
blems, and surveying possibili.
ties for local development.
Through its contact with all. in
dustries and all organizations of
the state, the Industrial Con,
gress is able to be of valuable
service in most of the individual
problems of production and dis
tribution that affect producers
and business firms, and this new
field service will extend this aid
to a greater extent than has
been possible in the past.