Arizona republican., 1910-05-16

the splendid institution that means so much to Tempe. an institution that now represents an expenditure in alone of over S300.000. He pointed to il as an example of CO., operation and predicted that there would be as much advancement in the next ten eyars in the normal and in Tempe as there had been in the past ten.
 To Attorney Charles WoOlf was giv en the broad topic of ''Tempe's Flu ture." Mir WoOlf handled the subject in q very conservative manner and confirmed himself to what may logi- cally be eXpected-not mere flights of the imagination. Summed up Tn nutshell Mr. Woolf's remarks were to the eject that The worst is over and the future is bright" He advanced the theory which is readily accepted by every resident Of the town. thai Tempe will shortly be looked upon as the model town of the territory. Dur ing his remarks he took occasion [" present q few very excellent thoughts on the subject of sewerage system and other municipal improvements Tn Tempe.
 w J. Kingsbury talked on Co operation" When first learned of this banquet" said Mir. Kingsbury. "I figured that there would probably be twenty-five or thirty present and was told that it would be unnecessary to prepare an address of any length. When upon learning but d short time ago that the ticket sale had passed the red mark, prepared the best speech of my life. But l lost it shortly before leaving for this banquet this evening and was unable to find it any where. Imagine then. my consterna- ton when our president arose and de livered my speech IL took five min utcs for the laughter to subside. In q serious vein the speaker then illus trdted the good results of cooperation with various incidents in the history of the United States wherein it vas proven that in unity there is strength. "l am inclined to think" concluded the speaker. that it is cooperation. not competition that is the life of trade"
 C. P. Mullen spoke on the subject Of The Rancher." He gave one Of the best talks of the evening and did not cOnfine himself to that topic alone but took up several very timely matters and pointed out where Tempe by boosting and showing better spirit of cooperation could profit much. It is unfortunate that more of the Tempe ranchers could not have been present or that space will not permit the giv- ing of MT. Mulien's remarks in full.
 .Tempe's City Schools" was natural ly assigned to Superintendent Scudder but the hour being late, Mir. Scudder preferred to give his time to the next speaker and he introduced Hon. Henry R. Pattengill of Michigan. Mir. Pat tengilfs presence at the banquet was what might be termed q fortunate ac- cident. He arrived here late Friday evening for the purpose of delivering two lectures at the high school but gave neither for the reason that he got in too late Friday night and the in terest in the banquet Saturday night was such that it was no; possible to give the one planned for that night. Mir. Pattengill, however, was prevailed upon. at the suggestion of Mir. Scudder to speak al the banquet IL was about one o'clock when Mir. Pattengll began his remarks but the lateness or rather earliness of the hour. was promptly forgotten and had the speaker seen fit. his hearers would have gladly listened to him an hour longer It is not often at q banquet that one has the oppor- tunitv of hearing q speaker with the ability of Mir. Pattengill. He mixed just enough humor with the more se- rt. nh .a,-lye spice to the whole He highly com plimented Tempe upon it's enterprise and it's schools. The thing that inn pressed him more than any thing else was AriZona's educational facilities and it's fitness for statehood. the one following the other. Why" said Mir Pattendll. referring to the purchase of the high school site in Tempe. some of the people back my way would all most pass away if told that you out here had paid $500 an acre for nine acres for school site. They would insist that quarter of an acre-just enough room for the buildings would be sufficient" He assured all that he was prepared from his observations here, to preach the gospel of statehood tor Arizona from this date on and that he had already commenced it by writing to a number of persons of his personal friends. influencial con gressmen in behalf of Arizona.
 Mir. Pattensilrs remarks concluded the program of toasts and the hundred and two people gatered at the banquet tables departed, feeling that the even ing had been one not only of pleasure but of profit and all agreeing that the Tempe board of trades first banquet was a distinct success from every point of view.