Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-03-19

that the great increase of arrivals to
that city from the number of i'm
quiries in comparison with those in
Phoenix and Ell Paso, was due to the
efficiency and follow-up efforts of
Jerry McGovern, in charge of the
Sunshine club campaign there.
advertising is one thing, raising
money another Harris declared. but
perhaps the most vital problem in
this work is functioning properly SO
as to get a maximum of results from
the number of Inquiries" The aver
age arrival cost in Tucson for the
past three years period has been
S273S, and during 1925-26 this figure
dropped to $25.53 per arrival, a re-
markable low sum.
Thus in Tucson" the speaker went
on, "for every 1000 circulation, they
have had one inquiry and for every
ten inquiries they have had one ar
rival" He then mentioned the ex-
penditures of the Sunshine visitors
and residents in Tucson and told that
since that organization has function
eQ IneE0, the rear estate iuCn nave
attributed alone to those who it has
attracted: a 100000 increase in
business, the automobile men a total
business of $6S,OOO; hotels and res
tourants, $225,O00; doctors, $4,000;
sanitariums and hospitals, 100000;
grocery and drug stores, $225,G00,
public utility companies, 100000; con-
tractors, $5o,OOO and miscellaneous
businesses, about $4,000.
Gained 2OOG Residents.
Thus, the total amount of new
business brought into Tucson as a
result of the Sunshine club there has
totaled to date about $1,176,0OO, tho
speaker stated, this traceable to
about about 1000 new residents who
have actually given the sponsors of
the club back SIS for every dollar
that they have spent
Harris then told how charts of the
population trend indicate that indi-
viduals are moving this way toward
the coastN and that Arizona cannot
help from having a big boom, wheth-
err it works for it or not.
In closing, Harris urged that the
sponsors of the club here choose the /
very best talent in the city to run
the affairs of THE club and to seek
live president and secretary, espe-
cially. He suggested that the Doug |
las Kiwanis delegates to the ma
tional convention of that club in
Montreal this summer put over some
stunt which will impress the other
delegates with the attractiveness of
Douglas. His last word was that |
Douglasites should sell the city first
among themselves and then work I
hard to sell it to others.
Many Addresses.
J. w. Tardy then read the names I
of the board of directors and all
those present agreed to serve. Brief /
talks Were made by several others !;
present and DR.. T. Causey, giving due
ties of Douglas declared that the |
directors might seriously consider +,
the need for big, modern hospital
in this city. Fred Hubbell then |
mentioned the great hospital recently /
awarded to Albuquerque, N. M, by !
the Mothers Memorial association ,
which plans a hospital in every state /
in the nation. Both Hubbell and |
Russell Meadows, commander of the ,
local legion post, supported DR.. Caus
ey's appeal and Meadows predicted |
that the new veterans hospital to go !
UP in Tucson, is but the first of sew
eral and that Douglas should get
out and work for such an institu
ton. Tardy, in closing, thanked all
for coming out and stated that he /
thought those in i'll health should be /
attracted here and that Douglas
should be glad to have them.