The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-16
WITH BOOMING BOMBS AND
BRASS BAND ARRIVED IN
CAIRO LAST EVENING"
GREETED BY cA|R0|1ES
Speeches and Smoker at Armory-
Train VIII Have Completed $50
Mile Run on Return @
Home Today.

| he EdSt ot. LOUIS BOOSlerS lHFar
led Cairo last evening, coming down
/, the Big Four railroad in special
, train, which arrived at $40 O'Clock
on schedule time. Their arrival was
signalled by the explosion or several
bombs which aroused the people In
the lower end of town. At the sta.
/ tion they We're met by delegations
| from Cairos three big commercial or
ganizations, the Board Of Trade,
| Commercial Club and Retail Mer-
chants Association, and procession
was formed headed by the Boosters
band, and quick march made to
head of the rain storm which was
fast coming on
| The visitors took supper at The
Halliday and at 8 O'Clock went to the
Armory where an informal smoker"
was held. Although terrific rain
storm had prevailed goodly number
of citizens joined the visitors at the
Armory, where Mayor Parsons did
the honors for the city, bidding them
welcome, but leaving the principal
part of this to Hon. Walter Warder
who succeeding in making the Wis
itors feel that their presence was a
joy to every Cairoite Mr.. Warder
cited an instance in the trip of Col
Roosevelt, VINO came to one town
syhg4 f,, m ~ a4t ntt
and formal reception the citizens
had voted him an honorary ctzen"
of the town, He declared it to he a
pleasure to the people of Cairo tc
confer like homer upon the Boosters
from East ST, Louis who might nov
consider themselves as honorary citi
zcns of Cairo.
Some very strong talks were made
by members of the visiting party, in
cluding Mayor Cook Of East st
Louis and other representative citi-
zens. The purposes of this trip and
some of the experiences were dweit
upon, but in the main the great adj
vantages of East st. Louis We're pre-
scented, and they We're many. The
lation in ten years; its manufacturing
Ioutput has increased 140 per cent:
lit is the first in the world in various
industrial enterprises. the greatest
railroad center in the world; its
moral condition is of the best; it of
ters extraordinary inducements to
capitalists, to real estate men, to
working men, as place for invest
ments, for business and for residence
"a city of great opportunities where
all were welcome.
Hon Reed Green concluded the
speech-maltin with a strong presen-
tation of Cairo's claims to favor. He
said Cairo had her knockers like
other towns, but they We're few and
of not much consequence. Cairoites
generally were boosters and they
had accomplished great things in the
| building up of the city, solving sue
cessfully all the difficult problems
| that had presented themselves In the
way of protection from floods, filling
iup the low site of the city, providing
sanitary drainage, etc. Cairo was
doing what East st, Louis was doing;
there was room for both in Southern
Illinois; and each while helping itself
| was helping the other by attracting
lpeople to this section of the country.
The Booster Special Is the third
that has been started from East ST.
Louis and it completes a triangle Of
$50 miles In which 100 towns were
Visited. 1t is under the auspices of
1.-THE East st. Louis Real Estate Ex-
change; left st. Louis via the Big our
| Thursday morning at 1880 o'clock
with la in the party and when the
trip edns at East st. Louis today
there will be $50 Boosters on the
train. They have distributed tons OF
literature, and the trip will have cost
|S3,000-the cheapest and best adver-