Arizona republican., 1909-02-28
LAWMAKERS
 EXCURSION Picnic Tour Arranged By the
 Real Estate Board ALL RECORDS WERE BROKEN Swift Pacemaking In Auto mobiling, Oratory, Con- structive Ideas, and Demo- lition of Picnic Banquet. No Accidents.
ALL RECORDS WERE BROKEN

l
 mobile excursion, picnic, or junket, as
 it may be variously called, was the | biggest kind of a success, and as the
 first important undertaking of the new l Phoenix Real Estate board, that or | ganiZation is justly entitled to con
 gratulate itself The weather was | perfect, the attendance was good, the automobiles were strictly on their good behavior, the individual time record
 between Granite Reef and Phoenix was broken. and as an aggregation of ma
 chimes, travelling in company, all rec 1 ords were broken for speed and har- | mony and absence of irritating fea- | lures The picnic luncheon served by | Gass Brothers was a veritable ban i quet, the Granite Reef dam and Salt | river were both in the pink of condi- ! tion for making the best impression, and although no Oratory had been | scheduled the conditions were so su- ! perinducing that it was forthcoming and felicitous. The purpose of the 1 excursion was to give the territorial
 lawmakers a better understanding of | some of the local conditions of the
 valley that they might better appre-
 
 it is, within their power to make or | prevent, not only in respect to their | bearing on this county but on other counties. The occasion was to dem onstrate the hospitality of the Phoenix l people and at the same time perform a little justifiable educational lobby 1 ing by unfolding befofe the guests of
 the day the panorama of the most
 wonderful agricultural valley in the
 world. And 1T the expressions of the guests on their return. as well as the
 public utterances of those who con tributed to the speech making pro | gram, are an indication of their gen
 eral sentiments, the day was profitably | spent by all who participated in the outing.
 Eighteen cars formed the auto cara
 van and they all left Phoenix within | fifteen minutes after 9:15 yesterday
 morning, and all kept well together until they reached Granite Reef, ex- | cept one, that of W D. Fulwiler The ! route of the tour was changed in the
 morning, cutting out the ostrich farm
 and the sugar factory, to give more
 time in the upper valley. Mir. F'ulwiler 1 did not know this, so he followed the
 original schedule and reached Granite
 Reef little late. The machines car
 ried seventy eight souls. assuming that real estate men have souls, notwith- standing Bill Yves observations Most
 of the members of the legislature.
 some accompanied by their wives. and
 most of the attaches. were included in | the party The rest were real estate
 men and a few other citizens, includ- ing Chief Justice Kent.
 The party travelled north on Central
 avenue to the Arizona canal, west a
 mile and a half, south around the
 Hahn orange grove, and back to the
 avenue at a point a mile north of the Indian school. Then they went east
 through the fruit belt to the Cross
 cut canal, by the power house and In i gleside and on to Granite Reef. This ! tour took the party thus far through
 large part of the orange belt and | by many other groves and orchards ! All except MT. Fulwiler got there be- | tween II and 11:30 a. m. Dwight B.
 Heard was delayed few minutes by | slight machine irregularity. the only l mechanical shortcoming reported from l the entire trip. notwithstanding great
 sped was made, both going and com | ing
 The river was carrying a fine stream so that the dam was entirely covered | from end to end. and the 1000 feet
 of falling water made a beautiful sight
 in this so-called desert region, while | the spray that bounded from the | apron and rocks below it was a scene
 to enthuse an artist. Engineer How
 ard Reed was of the party, and under
 his direction the gates to the slUice-
 ways on the north side were raised i by the electrical devices, showing the
 visitors how perfectly and satisfac-
 torily they worked. and sending
 rushing torrent back into the river.
 An incident of the arrival was the i noting of a flock of ducks swimming
 on Lake Martin above the dam. They
 refused to be frightened until boat
 load of hunters went out after them. About 12:3O the picnic banquet was
 served. and it was a fine one, con
 taining al that would have been eX-
 pected at a town dinner and more than
 anybody expected at a picnic. Sharp
 ened appetites made it all the more | appreciated, and the reDast under the
 trees at the north end of the dam
 was one long to be remembered, for
 1t includd hot coffee, as well as pie
 nic viands without number.