Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-13
FORMER RESIDENTS REUNITED
AT ALAMITos BAY
600 SONS AND DAUGHTERS ENJOY
THE DAY
Governor klbby, In Address, Advises
Waiting Until After 1910 Census
Before Asking Separate
Statehood

Bay yesterday by about 600 loyal former
residents of the territory who now make
their home in Southern California. Be
sides these who now live in Los Angeles
and vicinity there were nearly 100 more
citizens of Arizona some of whom came
all the way from their homes to attend
the annual reunion.
Prominent among the Hassayampas
under whose auspices the picnic was
given, were Governor J. w. Kibbey, Chiet
Justice Kent of the territorial court and
Marcus A. Smith, territorial delegate 10
congress. Governor Kibbey had been to
Sacramento to attend the national irriga-
ton congress. and in a speech he made
yesterday afternoon he said he was anx
ious to get back to Phoenix
The picnickers were whisked to Naples
on three special trains over the Paclnc
Electric, and the overflow, or those VINO
missed the earlier cars, went down In the
early afternoon. The morning was spent
with trips to Bay City and other adjacent
places in launches. rowing or boating on
the canal in the big gondolas and listen
ing to the song of the real estate man.
From the conversation overhead in the
cars on the way home last night the work
of the real estate men was not entirely
unsuccessful, as many of the party ex-
pressed themselves as delighted with the
new towns along the bay.
Lunch at Cafe
From noon until 2:3O lunch was served
in the new Pompeiian cafe, which was
opened for guests yesterday in honor OF
the Arizonans minstrel troupe dis
pensed coon songs and ragtime while the
excursionists partook of fine fish dinner.
Promptly at o'clock the aquatic sports
were opened by an exhibition OF high
diving by Prof Cox of Venice and Axel
A ne fba NJ haf From a
diving stage ffty-two feet high they dove,
turned handsprings and backflips for the
edifcation of the crowd, which heartily
applauded them.
Next came a swimming race of sixty
yards, which was won by Chester Smith,
with Morgan Brown second. Time, 3ora
seconds. The race was closely contested
all the way, Brown finishing within Two
seconds of Smith.
In the second swimming race of fifty
wards Brown won, with Kenilworth sec
and and Chester Smith third. Time, 70
seconds. Six entrants started in this race.
but Brown easily took the lead and held
it all the way to the finish
Tub Race Funny
V The tub race, which was next on the
.fprogram was the source of a great deal
OF merriment Four boys got into the
tubs to start but theree of them cap
sized as the word to go was given, leav-
ing Ludwig Grant to paddle over the
course alone. He finished the fifty YARDS
In one minute fat. The others in the
water had a difficult time trying to right
their tubs, and none of them succeeded In
doing so.
Rolling a log proved to be a slow task
for the boys, so they started in teams,
Grant and Parsons winning by pushing
their log ahead as they swan to the
finish.
In the tug of war arranged for the mar
ried and single women of the picnic the
women proved bashful and declined to
participate Then the master of cere-
monies called upon the bachelors OF the
party to pull against the married men.
Even the celbates were shy, and 1t re-
ouired fully five minutes to get enough on
the rope Not SO with the husbands and
fathers. They lined UP readily enough,
but they couldn't pull little bit, and
were dragged about fifty yards by the
bachelors.
The picnickers were then invited to the
payilion, where the president of the Has
savampa club made short address be-
fore introducing Governor Kibbey.
Governor Makes Address
csovernor Kibbey began by stating that
he had been away from home for long
time and would be glad to get home, as
the weather in California didn't agree
with one from the Salt river country. He
said In part:
'When I was up in Sacramento last
week it was so hot one could hardly en-
dure it, so thought would go around to
the weather factory and see what they
had served up to Phoenix that day.
guess the weather man saw me coming
and fixed the record accordingly. for 1t
Registered 100 degrees for Phoenix and
only SO for Sacramento.
.HThen came down to the southern part
of the state, and here l find 1t Is too cold,
SO I will be very glad to return to
warmer, but not hotter, climate at
home.
"Just think, have been away long
time (ten days), and though 1 must hurry
hack l simply had to stop off here to see
the Arizonans at their reunion. 1t is
good to see so many Arizonans, and If
there be any Californians among you they
NAV well feel complimented If am mis-
taken 1 can easily realize why Southern
California is so prosperous; 1t is because
so many of you from our territory come
here and spend Arizona money.
Discusses Joint Statehood
..Now have bit of good news for you.
have lust received a letter from Presi-
dent Roosevelt, in which he assures me
that the question or joint statehood is
settled SO far as Arizona is concerned.
His opinion is the people Of the great ter
ritory demonstrated their disapproval of
Il SO conclusively in the election last fall
that it will not come up again.
.'Now / think 1t will be wise for us TO
wait while before applying for indepen-
dent statehood. We all want it, but
think 1t best to wait until after the census
of 1910, when we can come before the
people with an argument they can't con-
trovert. We shall then have made more
progress in commercial lines, and our
population will be increased to such num-
bers that even the most skeptical Will be
convinced
s.Our great territory has made more
progress in the last three or four years
than in any other like period in her his
tory. and is destined to place among the
greatest of the states when we are finally
admitted to full citizenship.
eodspeed to New Mexico
"One word more. New Mexico will prob
ably apply for independent statehood this
,,sar ana wish every citizen of Arizona,