Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-07-15

We oA0 ioohAHS LUZ, But ne must have
the cooperation of our people,"
After being introduced Mr.. Koepler
urged his hearers not to take Mr..
Trulock's high standards too serious
ly. He apologized for his oratorical
abilities and said he prepared two
speeches upon coming here, but the
Graphic got one and the Commercial
got the other hence he was speech
less.
! ga friend told me in New York,
Said Mr.. Koepler, that if I accom-
plished one good thing in Pine Bluff
it would be to get clean the streets,
After my arrival I found the streets
spotless. I know nothing of the
things gone before: I don't want to
know anything about them. We are
looking for the future. We want to
look at things in an optimistic way
and not from pessimists's standpoint
"Mr. Koepler closed his brief remarks
by inviting everybody to call at the
Board Of Trade and assured them that
he would call as often as his duties
permit.
Mayor A. c. Jordan said he pro-
missed to appear after he learned
that each speaker was limited to five
minutes. He congratulated the Board
of Trade on it's large turnout" ct
is an inspiration to myself and ought
to be an inspiration to ALL" he said,
"This get-to-gether movement is one
in the right direction. The City
Beautiful Club, he said, has done
much to beautify the city and clean
it's streets, and, while he was too
modest to claim the credit for the
city administration, he said that the
help given it by the ladies was
thoroughly appreciated. One of his
first principles in his platform dur
ing his candidacy was "clean Streets
81 am too gallant to claim the credit
however" Mayor Jordan, promised
Mr.. Koepler, all the assistance in the
power of the city administration.
"You do not come to little railroad
town." he said. eve are putting on
city airs We have -25 miles of con-
crete sidewalks, So miles of sanitary
sewers. 8 IL miles of storm sewers,
35 6-1O miles of water pipe, and the
purest water that any town in this
great union can boast of. We will
continue the good work until all OF
the lights on the ornamental posts
of the Pine Bluff Corporation will be
Inadequate to reveal any dirt on the
streets The city hall is no longer
a roosting place for bats, owls and
reaches, and we invite you all to visit
us there"
Judge w. D. Jones, introduced as
the humorist, said he was not In
humorous mood, and he was not.
fudge Jones made one of the most
enthusiastic and interesting address
SEES of the evening. He was there, he
said, to lend his presence at Mr.
Koepler's reception. He expected to
talk about Arkansas, jefferson Coun-
tv, and Pine Bluff, but feared that
five minutes was too short a time
to tell of their many resources and
advantages. He said he had selected
a. text for the evening: "lf we have
never worked together, let's begin
now. We can work together better
than we can work alone The
speaker created great applause when
he suggested the slogan-Get To-
getber, Stay Together And Pull To-
gether." "Pine Bluff needs it more
than any one thing" he said. 1T has
been proven in the past; we get to-
gether, some fellow sees his nelghoor
is going to make dollar and ne
backs out. If we had ten million
Koeplers it would be physical I'M
possibility to accomplish anything
unless we stay together. There mas
been too much pulling back. MOI
enough going forward. 1t is pny-
steal impossibility to do anything
without a united effort"
After telling several musing stories
Judge Jones told of Jefferson county
winning the long and short STAPLE
first prize at many Worlds Fairs and
Expositions, but added that the peo-
ple of this county had never taken
advantage of the great advertising
possibilities therefrom. Father Lucy
he said, had few sample miniature
bales of cotton made and distributed
in the north as souvenirs. judge
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