Arizona republican., 1909-04-11
A MAMMOTH
 GATHERING .0fthe Residents Ofthe Tempe District AT THE PROMOTION PICNIC A Splendid Picnic Dinner, Informal Addresses On Timely Topics and a Gen. eral Good Time.
AT THE PROMOTION PICNIC

It would be impossible to Imagine a more gratifying success in every par
 ticular than the Promotion picnic held at the public school grounds yester-
 day noon under the auspices of the
 Tempe board of trade. Everyone and everything combined to make the af
 fair a perfect success ;even the weather, which for some days has been windy and disagreeable, took the pie nic into consideration yesterday and the day was as near ideal as could be desired. The conditions were all most suspicious and the results even more satisfactory than the committee antici- pated. Right here, the board of trade committee desires to express its most sincere thanks to the people of Tempe and vicinity for the liberal support which was given the picnic. both in men willingly closed their places of business and sacrificed two hours or more of valuable time, for which they deserve credit. The country people came long distances to be present, for which they. likewise, are thanked. and the ladies of the community did their full share in preparing a bountiful pie nic dinner, and for this they deserve more than passing recognition.
 This much having been said by way of introduction. the main features of the picnic will be dwelt on briefly. The board engaged the services of a compe- tent man to prepare some twenty-five or more gallons of coffee: excellent craar1 yraS nroyidaJ and tbis ,uitb q n of fresh bread, butter and pickles, constituted the boards contri button to the dinner. The visitors came self provided with well filled baskets and the dinner was served on hur- riedly improvised tables consisting of kegs and blanks The people arrived promptly on time and the picnic began shortly after 12 o'clock. No one went hungry for there was an abundance of everything. The attendance was splen- did. being roughly estimated at 300, and representing every section of the Tempe district. The dinner lasted probably an hour and following it those present gathered on the shady side of the building, where another hour was spent most profitably. It was an in ACAAhhA 6o1hCAEHS cillu tNtl ltlt dl home. The program of addresses was likewise informal, a number of the speakers having had no previous inti- nation that they would be called upon They made no effort at oratory, but talked simply as one Tempe man to a number of other Tempe men on diff ferent topics of vital interest to the community. presenting straight facts in plain language. The gathering of men and women listened attentively and indicated an intense interest
 The first speaker introduced by Mayor Dimes was J. B. Cook. president of the board of trade. MT. Cook spoke of the good the board was doing in Tempe, the amount of advertising the had received through it, and the support it had been given by the people of Tempe and. vicinity. He also spoke of what a community could do by giving such an organization loyal support and assistance. As an ex- ample he cited Los Angeles, which, when he first went there, was little larger than Phoenix, but which has grown wonderfully through the ener- getic boosting of it's residents. He talked bridge likewise, emphasizing the need of a suitable structure at this place, and urging the Tempe people to stand together on the project.
 J. w. Woolf followed and at some length pointed out the need of the support of the Tempe people In securing the bridge here. As an example of what may be gained by the cooperation of the people of a certain district on any proposition, he spoke of the present normal school, the ground for which site was contributed years ago by the Tempe people, and which now represents a value to the of thousands and thousands of dollars. MT. Woolf particularly em- phasized the need of unity of the Tempe people on the bridge project; he spoke of the need of such a bridge here and the benefits that would ac- crue, and especially of the advantage of the Tempe site over that offered anywhere else.
 J. c. Mullen followed MT. Woolf and urged the centralization and cooperation of the Tempe population Dn the bridge matter and everything else that might come up. calling for unity of purpose and action He cited many examples in history where unity and cooperation had accomplished great results and predicted a similar -esult here if the same tactics were Ised.
 Prof. G. NJ. Frizzell of the Normal, 'ollowing in the same line as MT Null en, made direct appeal to the Tempe people. by that term meaning the peo- Dle of the entire district. town and country. to get together, work together