Arizona republican., 1910-02-10
BOARD OF TRADE LECTURES

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 BOARD OF TRADE LECTURES
 Probably the most largely attended of
 any of the board of trade lectures
 were those of yesterday. when the
 speakers were Judge J. H. Kibbey and
 Dwight B. Heard. Though the talks
 were general, the former spoke mainly
 on the water question, and the latter on the orange industry The lectures strangers in the city seeking informa- ton about the territory and valley.
 LEwIsSohN IN PHoENIx-Jul-
 jus A. Lewissohn, son of Adolph Lew
 issohn, the New York banker. and J. Parks Charming, consulting engineer for the Lewissohn copper properties. arrived in Phoenix yesterday on q
 general trip of inspection of their holdings in the territory. While here
 they will visit the Miami, the Ray Central and Planet mnes. They win
 remain over a day or so in Phoenix. and probably get look at the avia- tors today
 THE PRELIMINARY MEET-The first aviation meet ebgan yesterday afternoon and continued until late at night In front of the shoe store of H.
 4. Diehl, where the efforts of the Phoenix youth stimulated by an offer of MT. Diehl. found expression in fly ing machine models of various types Most of them looked as if they would flu k4Rkir1 nrI ha fa b,- the way, the lack of the right kind of motors that keeps aviation every where from being what it should be
 YUMA WSIToRS-C. D. Baker of Yuma is in the city. and yesterday ap- peared before an assemblage of mem bers of the board of trade, accompan- jed by a stereopticon operator, armed with about 100 slides. showing phases of agricultural life under the Laguna near Yuma. The gentlemen all repaired to the Wigwam theater. across the street, where the slides were shown and briefly described by one Of the party. The purpose was to illustrate a plan the Yuma people are considering of trying to make an with the Phoenix board Of trade, to send a competent lecturer with full set Of slides, representing both sections of Arizona, to Chicago during the next irrigated lands expo- sition, or elsewhere, where it may be deemed advisable to secure publicity for the development of both sections or of all Arizona
 HE WELDED AN Ax-John Hen derson, an old-timer, who lives on an alley in the southern part of town. was arrested yesterday on the com plaint of Thos. c. Marshall, a neigh Dor. who said that Henderson tried to brain him with an aX. Henderson was brought before Justice Johnstone for arraignment, and attempted to tell his side of the story. He said that Mar snail had sought quarrel with him ana was trying to enter his house to attack him. Henderson said he had the ax in his hands at the time. split ting kindling wood, and that he mere Y raised it to emphasize a request to 1 harshall to stay on his side of the ! -ence. The matter will be further i heard today.
 HOTELS CROWDED - Yesterday ! afternoon every hotel in the city was llied to its last capacity If any more 1 'isitors to the meet come. they will | lave to seek quarters through the ayi- ition bureau unless some of those at | he hotels now shorten their stay and l make room for others. Every available | 'it Of space at the Commercial was i aKen up and cots placed in the balls | ast night. At the Ford similar con- iitions prevail. and at the Adams. which is nearly always crowded, it was case of first come" It will not be | ienied that every hotel is already taxed | O the utmost and the need of better | md greater accommodations for the raveling public is at no time so well | Illustrated as when Phoenix tries to | do something" A great convention. 'uch as the Elks hold annually, is im- possible for Phoenix until there are nore hotels. The present accommo- lations are barely sufficient for thet 'isitors who come here at the begin ling or tail end of the season; in mid winter all the hotels are crowded. md a special event. like aviation week. inds the accommodations entirely in idequate,