Arizona republican., 1908-05-11

will be arranged. In the carrying out of today's program attention is called to the facts that the freight rate busi- ness is a matter between the visitors and the directors of the Commercial club and the conference will be held at ono o'clock in MelcZer hall, as the club rooms are too small to accommo- date so many as will be present, with comfort. In the entertainment feat lures however. the Commercial club and the board of trade will cooperate and in the automobile ride there will be accommodation only for the visitors and the directors Of these two busi- ness organizations and newspaper men. There are 9 lot of other good people it would be a pleasure for the clubs to take along, but accommoda- tions cannot be secured so the invita- tions- are confined to those indicated above and eleven automobiles have been secured for their transportation. If the visitors will consent to the south side trip as Y is believed they will. for the Tuesday feature, the af- fair will be under the direction of the Tempe board O. trade and the Mesa chamber of commerce.
 While the trip today is designed to be a pleasurable one it will neverthe- less be a business trip. No opportunity will be lost to impress upon the guests of the day the business side of the val ley's greatness. So far as possible there will be an elimination of super lative descriptive -adjectives and the beauties of the valley will be expressed in dollars and cents, the guests being men peculiarly fitted for appreciating that particular style of dictiOn.
 Dr. Foss has been named as the lec- turer for the day and he will begin his duties by a preliminary talk at the Hotel Adams about o'clock. The purpose of this will be to outline to the visitors a few Of the things they will be asked to make a mental note Of as the day proceeds. One can all ways read a book more profitably after looking through the index, especially if it be a big encyclopaedia of facts, such as the Salt River valley is today and Dr. Foss will recite the index be fore the whee,s move and the home members of the party can then call off the name of the chapters as the pages are turned during the day. He will outline the nature of the crops that are now grown or can be grown in the diff ferent sections of the valley, refer probably to the irrigating systems, etc, etc.
 Then the ride will begin the course of it being out Grand avenue to the Christy road, thence west a sufficient distance to get an idea of the lower valley, thence north to Glendale and beyond it to the Arizona canal, thence east through the beet and cantaleupe area paralleling the canal until the orange. olive. cantaloupe. orchard and truck gardening section east of Ph5e- nix. As the different soils are passed over the faces vii be noted and the products must s.dapte- to ea1h one cill be exnatiat=d upon b, the home folks.
 It is believed that by the time this tour is completed the visitors will have become somewhat impressed with the present achievements hereabouts and by noting the still vacant and utilized area and the perplexing conditions that have an appreciation of what the flu ture Of the valley means to home build CTS and those who need its products. as well as to the transportation lines, that they had not previously realized. And when they visit the north side and see a duplication of all that is to be found on the north side they can multiply the result by 70" Then if there is time enough to talk to them about the mineral development in the surroundings hills the multiplier will be called into use again.