Arizona republican., 1911-11-10
Merry Crowd of San Fran ciscans Are Given Fruits and Flowers and Also Au- tomobile Ride at the Angel City.
THEY WILL ARRIVE
 IN PHOENIX TODAY
Object of Visit Is Advertis-
 ing of the Great Panama
 Pacific Exposition Sched- uled for Nineteen Eff teen. ,

On Board Special Excursion Train,
 COUPON. Cal, Nov. g. Special )-Thc
 reception rendered the delegation of
 San Francisco business men who are
 enroute to the state fair at Phoenix.
 Ariz., by the Los Angeles chamber ot
 commerce proved conclusively that the citizens of that city are behind the Panama Pacific International ExpOsi-
 tiOn. The Los Angeles representatives
 shOwered fruits and flowers on the leXcursionists and then took them for
 an automobile ride through the resi- dence section of their city. When the special train reached the outskirts Of Los Angeles. a committee composed of
 James SlausOn. president of the cham
 Der ot commerce. Secretary Frank Wiggins and c. c. Johnson boarded
 the train and welcomed the delega- tion.
 Baskets of fruit were given each member of the party. Automobiles were furnished at the main station and
 the delegation paraded through the streets, headed by the official herald. whose bugle calls attracted attention
 to the exposition boosters.
 A. C. RulOfsOn, president of the
 Home Industry league laid in a supply of horns and the excursionists made more noise than the Herald. c. A. Cook. manager of the FairmOnt hotel. joined the party at Los Angeles and
 brought a supply of fans that were ap-
 preciated on the trip through the val Tbrorrot h2 nf IT
 Juda assistant general passenger agent of the Southern Pacific railroad, the departure of the train was delayed an hour giving the boosters a chance to
 get better acquainted with the An gelenos H. z. Osborne. w. s. Booth.
 Jud Iger. J. V. Vickers. pr. Walter
 Lindley. Arthur Kinney. Carl Me Stay. William Harrison. F. C. Cribb. NJ NJ Davidson, Geo. H. Pike. of Los Angeles helped to en- certain the San Franciscans while in
 the southern city. As no one on boarl
 the special could play the piano we'll
 enough for the critical audience. W. s. Cannon had the Eilers Music Co place a player piano on the train. Five car penters and as many more porters were pressed llJO SeTNlCe. 1uc lOTIileT took out plate glass window just to make things pleasant for the delega- tion. Almost every member of the
 party gave away souveniers. Before half the journey was over the delega tion had distributed the entire supply
 of buttons. fans. badges. flags. horns.
 more badges. booklets and cards and leverything given away was a boost for the 1915 Exposition.
 Tonight Miles Brothers gave nov ing picture show in one of the cars and plans were arranged to startle the natives of Arizona with a choice selec- ton of wells. songs and noises. Post master Arthur c Fisk was nearly tempted by POstOffice Inspector James O'Connell to leave the train at Los An
 geles to go fishing at Catalina. Fisk decided he was a booster and would stay with the party. A moving picture
 of Frank l.. Browns ca2aciOus smile was taken to please the newspapermen
 of Los Angeles. He was voted the big
 gest booster in the party. F.. c. ID. Price. besides carrying an alphabetical name is busy attending to the details of the IeXcursiOn and has relieved Frederick J. Roster. F.. H. Tyson. B. S Hubbard and w E. Webster, the committeeman
 in charge.