Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-16

great development of new and old
mines, with lead smelter content both
in Arizona and New Mexico that would
ship ore to Douglas and establish Of
fices here.
Speaking of the chamber of COM
merce, Beckett lauded the directors and
officers of the institution. He said the
| community owed to them debt of
gratitude for their work. He said that
their job was thankless one, but that
their work was invaluable to the com
munity. The speaker urged that the
men of the chamber of commerce go
steadily on, passing on new ideas and
proposals, curbing wild enthusiasms
and in steady and conservative man
ner continue to build the city.
| Mayor Hinton spoke i'm praise of the
chamber of commerce and commented
on them any opportunities that this
city offers 20 new people. He urged
that care be taken in the advertising
campaign that has been launched to
see that the people being brought here
We're impressed with the idea that there
| Isl every possible opportunity here for
those who wish to invest money and
| energy in new undertakings.
/ OLty WUter h'urNy StTeSSeU
Both Mayor Hinton and Fl. A. VIM
berley of the city water commission
spoke of the city water which was
guaranteed to be absolutely pure. 1t
was brought out that this water is
not good for irrigating at this time be-
cause of an alkalai in 1t that kills vege-
tation, but steps are now being taken
by the city water department to change
the system so that the water will be
good for all purposes, as it is now the
best drinking water to be had any
where.
r. e. Souers, introduced by President
Hubbell, the presiding officer, as one
of the best school men in the country
and q man whose place here would be
exceedingly hard to fill, spoke briefly
of the city schools as the greatest asset
the city has. He read figures on the
school budget showing at what low
cost per capita the schools are run and
! also some figures to show that there
are Approximately 11S more children
/ in the city this year than there We're
year ago
| The address made by Souers was well
received, but the response made to
! the laudatory remarks about the school
chief by the presiding officer was
deafening.
| Wealth Getting Explained
J. w. Tardy, president of the Bor-
| derland Climate club, spoke on the
vital issue of the day in this city, the
| question of bringing wealth and popu-
! lation here through a national adver-
tising campaign. He called to the at
= oF T,1do ha
and to the entire audience that it is
true that no community is built on hot
| air. but that Los Angeles, Phoenix,
Tucson and ten thousand other places
have been built and are being built
on something that was called "hot air"
by the knockers when the first men in
those communities started their adver-
tising campaigns. Tardy pointed out
clearly and concisely that the first
thing to be done is to bring the people
! here from all over the country, and
| that these people must not be poor
! people who want to work, but people
moderately well off who can support
/ themselves without being burden on
/ the community.
| He pointed out that the bringing of
people here in large numbers would
| automatically bring new businesses,
new industries and new wealth of all
kinds to the city. Tardy spoke of the
| great tourist hotel at Chandler and
outlined the idea of building another
one here to be one of a chain of hotels
| across the southern part of the state.
/ He hotly scored the knockers and
| the pessimists" who have been trying
to talk down such a proposition and
| told of the fact. that the hotel at
/ Chandler caters to a class OF people
/ who would not stay overnight in any
hotel that Douglas has to offer, that
rates at the Chandler establishment are
from SIS to SIS day, and that the
management turns away hundreds of
! guests every season that could be
/ brought to such a hotel here.
Tardy stated that this venture would
not only bring wealth to the city, but
would increase business for the little
! commercial hotels that already are here
although at this time he mentioned
there is not room to be had after 8
or o'clock in the afternoon in any
| hotel or rooming house im the city be-
cause of the overerowded situation
created through the Borderland clubs
advertising and through the increased
general prosperity.
HubbeIl Urges Cooperation
F. d. Hubbell, president of the
chamber of commerce and toastmaster
4 at the banquet, spoke about the great
work done by the board of directors
! of the chamber He showed that these
nine men had given to the city of their
+! time at the rate of $4,000 year, or
so hours of time each. He spoke of
the outsiders and the Stacker" MEM
bers of the organization who never do
anything toward the better or the or
/ ganization or of tho city, but who are
\ forever knocking the men who do'work.
! He asked that taese Stacker members
at least do their .work when appointed
on committees instead of pleading some
poor excuse.
The entire banquet was featured by
/ freedom of speech and probably one
Of the climaxes of the city's history
4 was reached when Hubbell, in his i'm
passioned address, asked the men of
the community to quit waiting for
James S. Douglas and others, some of
do n