Arizona republican., 1911-11-11
Phoenix Turned Over to the
 Flying Legion PANAMA FAIR BOOSTERS
Surprised at the Excellence of the Arizona Fair. New Record for Cordial Felici- tations. Banquet Tonight at Board of Trade.

What would elite Frisco, the social 1 Mecca of the western coast, thinl.
 about its hundred favorite sons if it
 could see them now? Last nights
 representatives Of local culture of
 the west were seen dancing the
 loclstep Indian dance in the lobby of
 the Adams hotel to the tunes of In
 dian and Mexican bands
 The special train arrived at 9
 o'clock yesterday morning with fifty
 seven oc the most distinguished busi- ness men of San Francisco. who will
 be the royal guests of Phoenix until
 tonight They were met by a com
 mittee of citizens headed by Mayor
 Christy. and after their welcome
 amid the singing of songs and the
 footing of a golden trumpet about d
 mile long which the visitors brought
 with them, they were escorted to the
 Adams hotel for breakfast. Frank
 l. Brown was given a golden key about four feet long as evidence that the city was turned over to the | boosters. Brown carried it around for
 an hour. but it proved too great d task and he placed it in safety i deposit vault for safe keeping.
 | After breakfast automobiles were | furnished the visitors and they were shown the valley and also taken to | the fair grounds and later to the ter | ritOrial capital In his speech to l these members of the Panama Pacific
 International Exposition boosters, Governor Sloan declared that his ter rif I,,;r
 the 1915 worlds fair
 This statement was enthusiastically received by the fifty-seven excursion ists who crowded the governors pri 1 vatc office in the Capitol
 We believe in reciprocity in Ari- | Zona," said Governor Sloan. You are | down here to see our fair and I as | sure you you are welcomed by each | one of us. l am going to see your fair. of course, in 1915. and not only
 that, but we are going to be repre- scented at your fair by the finest ex- hibit that We can get together and by as fine state house as our lim- tied means will permit us to build
 ''I feel the compliment of your call as l know there are many distin- guished men in your party You lave the greatest city on the Pacific coast. We feel very near to you in recent years. You were our nearest city. and all the old-timers look upon San Francisco as their own metropo- lis. in sense. I had the pleasure of being with you q short time ago and was tremendously impressed with the energy that prevails in mod ern San Francisco, and I was greatly impressed with the plans you have laid out for your exposition. Judging { by the energy you are showing at th's carly date. there is no doubt fn my mind that you are going to have the greatest fair the world has ever seen
 Frank L. Brown. one of the direc- , tors of the exposition company. I thanked the chief executive for his | sentiments. and three hearty cheers { were given for Governor Sloan
 In the afternoon the members j made merry at the fair, saw the wild west performances, the harness and l burro races. and came away with . many new ideas upon the making Oi I a successful state fair (
 III tHe evening Governor Sloan, I Mayor Christy and General Sampson . were rendered a dinner at the Hotel i Adams by the boosters committee Among thosep resent were Duncan I Mckinley, Arthur G. Fisk. Frederick I Roster, William J. Dutton. Frank l L.. Brown, Frederick s. Myrtle. F. C. 8 Parker. Colonel George IT. Pippy, A { ' Rulofson, R. J. Tyson, F. H { Tryon, C. A. Cook, B. S Hubbard C and Louis Levy. { After dinner at the Adams hotel. T both the Indian and the Mexican To- I 'al bands serenaded the visitors in l he hotel lobby. and the visitors had { | hilarious time. With their dress coat tails Tapping in time with the l music. the distinguished and cultured I gentlemen executed the Indian dance C over the floor of the lobby and cast 2 dignity to the winds. Then the ( trumpet sounded and the delegation I marched down to the Majestic thea i ter. Moving pictures of local scenes were shown and x-Congressman i Duncan B. Mckinley delivered an ad- c dress upon the Panam canal. He | went into long description of it. I and otherwise. and was given the closest attention Moving e pictures of the ground breaking at | san Francisco were shown in the va 2 can't square opposite the board of { trade last night and were seen by thousands of people
 The splendid showing made by the { visitors won the approval of the citi- 4 zens, who also comment on the fact I that such leading business men of q san Francisco could sacrifice their .ime to make such a long journey. This has had a great effect and the people of Phoenix promise splendid 20 o-operation
 The songs and wells adOpted hY the