Arizona republican., 1910-12-07
TRADE TOUR
 E SUCCESS Rose Special Visits A. 8C.
 Country ARE WARMLY WELCOMED Over Sixty Representative Phoenicians Spend Day in Six Towns and Return Tired, But Happy, Over the Result of Trip.
ARE WARMLY WELCOMED

History was made yesterday for Phoenix and the Arizona & California
 country when the Rose Special" with
 over sixty representative business men of this city, visited Parker Bouse | Vicksburg. Salome, Wenden and Wickenburg. AnG history will repeat
 itself sometime within few months. | for the success which crowned the ex- cursion of yesterday will probably re- suit in this trip becoming an annual | feature and may ultimately bring about the organization of similar parties which will visit other towns in prox- unity to Phoenix.
 It was 6:3O o'clock yesterday morn ! ing when the Rose Speciar' in charge 1 oldest men in point of service on the l line, and the man who conducted President McKinley's train from Phoe- l nix to Congress Junction and return. and the train of President Taft from this city to Ash Fork, pulled into Parker With Engineer F.. Landon l and Fireman Chas. Snodgrass in the cab. Brakeman G. l.. Culp everywhere he was needed and Pullman Conductor H. G. Eichorn looking after the per
 
 run had been made without incident.
 Superintendent H. C. story accom- panied the train in. his private car at tached to the regular Pullman coaches and with him was George Tisdale. su- perintendent of bridges and buildings. Both Superintendent Story and Super intendent Tisdale, like Conductor Graves. had been on the Mckinley and Taft trains and each exercised the same watchfulness yesterday over the welfare of the excursionists as though president were aboard.
 Breakfast was ready when the train arrived and the party was escorted to the tables by Secretary R. C. Saufley, of the recently organized Parker board Of trade. Following a most satisfying breakfast and a few remaks by Secre tary Harry Welch and H. J. McClung, the party was taken in carriages to the Colorado Indian reservation where the i buildings were inspected and much 1 valuable information was received.
 After three hours of pleasant sight | seeing and interchange of ideas during i which roses were distributed like | leaves from a forest, the entire party | once more entrained. All the ladies in l the town, together with a liberal | sprinkling of business men. accepted 1 the invitation of Superintendent Story and General Agent w. s. Goldsworthy, | to make the trip over the Parker bridge I to the California side.
 The newspaper men and several oth- CTS were permitted to mount the roof of Superintendent Story's private car, and were given a most excellent view of the river and the mountains in the distance
 When the Phoenix trade tourists rolled out of their berths about the first | thing that happened was the presenta ton to each resident of a copy of "The AriZonagram." little newspaper printed on rose colored paper in the interest of the Rose Special" which | contained besides much interesting matter. complete list of those aboard Ond the houses they represented. The impression was not hard to create that 1 ''The Arizonagram" had been printed . aboard the train and that James G. Simpson, the editor, and Secretary Harry Welch, and dozen contributors had spent the entire night in bringing 1 it out. The little paper made T decided hit and thousands of copies were dis tributed along the line at every stop | and will make a very pretty souvenir of the trip.
 One of the prettiest souvenirs dis tributed yesterday was a 1911 calendar of the Home Builders of Phoenix. and | c. J. McElroy was about the busiest | man aboard the train while the supply | lasted
 Farewell was said to Parker after the entire party had voted Parkerites as good people as the best on earth II and the Rose Special" spend on its way to Bouse. where dinner was in waiting. A full account of the trip | will be given tomorrow.