Arizona republican., 1909-10-09

will mobilize at the Central building, with their respective companies lined up along Center street. In addition to the hundreds of Phoenix children,
 the Mesa City, Tempe and country
 schools all over the county who. de-
 sire to and can conveniently do so, are invited to assemble at this point also. that the president may secure comprehensive view of the connty's | best and most promising product The children who expect to hear this talk of the president direct to them are requested to go to school as usual and not to go to the city plaza. just
 to go to the plaza and not to the
 capitol building.
 From the Central school building
 the automobile party will proceed
 directly north along Central avenue
 to the United States Government In-
 dian school, will be driven through
 those large and attractive grounds to
 the road passing east and west north
 of the school grounds. It will then
 turn west for a little over a half
 mile. until the old Black Canyon
 road is reached, thence south to the road passing the Adams ranch, thence
 west again a mile to the new Black
 Canyon road, and thence south past
 the territorial fair grounds to Grand
 avenue and back to the city, closing the days official program. as the presidential party will leave at once for the north.
 There has been a slight change in the route from the original plan, which has disappointed a great many, who had hoped that the president might have an opportunity to pass along the Grand canal, one of the principal waterways of the valley. as he would have done had the original plan been adhered to. He would not only have seen one of the larger supply ditches full of water. but could have noted the cement bridges. gates and other constructions. giving a much better idea of the real activi- ties of the reclamation service than can be secured by merely seeing the laterals and smaller ditches. It has been arranged that persons along the route should be engaged in irri- gating. This was especially desir- able, as this is probably the first point on the presidents trip where he will have been brought directly into the heart of a country irrigated by any of the systems of the recla- nation service The change was made because of the narrowness of the road along the canal. and it was feared some accident might occur in the hurry of the day.
 The president, however, will, in the course of the short excursion, see other things of interest all the way. Central avenue, lined with country homes; the Osborn school, with its children in line: a repre- sentative country district: numerous farm homes, and the territorial fair grounds. to say nothing of the In- dian school and grounds. where in the neighborhood of a thousand of the native Americans are being in- | structed in the arts of civilization.
 One more subject was discussed ! by the committee yesterday, that of the proper entertainment of the vis- itors to Phoenix from other territorial towns It is expected the crowd will 1 be the largest that ever assembled in Arizona, and that there will be tnOuSdnOs neTe IDOn otner pldces ] It will be the duty of Phoenix to furnish them all the entertainment possible. Every citizen will be ex- pected to consider himself a com | mittee of one to do all he can to 1 that end. In addition, the commit tee on arrangements will plan to have a series of concerts by all the | bands in the city at appropriate | times and places during the day. | that there may be some entertain | ment, other than walking around and | getting tired. It is also urged upon | all restauranteurs to prepare for a | large patronage, and the hotels should | arrange o accommodate as many as | possible of those who do not leave | on the evening trains.