Arizona republican., 1912-10-07
Geographers Shouting Lau- datiOns Return From Roosevelt Delighted With Entertainment and Ex- periences of Trip
LEFT HERE
 WITH REGRET
But Carried as Remem- brances Boquets of Roses and Handfuls of Ripe Dates; All Praise Con way

way
 You did it, old man. you did it" 1 Professor William NJ. Davis so greet
 ed Power Conway at the Santa Fe 1 depot yesterday afternoon when the | last car had arrived safely from
 Roosevelt, and the visit of the Amer l ican Geographical society transconti- mental tourists became history.
 Through the whole journey. trying as l it was in some places, the visitors enjoyed the splendid hospitality of Phoenix, the Salt River valley and the men who care for the project. Although delayed, and inconveniencd by the. change in schedule. the geo graphers made the best of the cir
 cumstances. inspected the work of the reclamation service and rested day for the first time in the six ] weeks of their American tour
 The reception and good-by party at the train yesterday afternoon was the fitting end of a tour that will go into history as the most success fully managed event of it's kind ever attempted here. When all the visitors had been accounted for there were l floods of congratulation for all who had anything to do with routing the cars In spite of the rainy weather and the consequent dangerous condi- ton of the road. and in spite of the extra day at the dam, the whole af- fair was in the words of the visitors, perfectly managed" no accidents l marred the journey and the supply of eatables though sorely taxed, stood the strain. The train was pre- pared for it's occupants and decorated with a large number of famous Ari- l zona Beauty roses. The officers and members of the board of trade ar
 ranged everything for the comfort of
 the travellers. While the early arri-
 vals were waiting for the delayed | cars, there was an open air party at | depot. As the motors pulled up and
 unloaded their sets oof wanderers Dr. | Martin and his assistants handed
 around boxes of dates from the local orchards. and the surprises of the | three days stay in the valley were ] topped by this exhibition of the re- | sources of Arizona At five thirty the 1 special pulled out with every traveller accounted for and all of them happy l over the success of their visit to the 1 dam.
 The run from Roosevelt was per l feet. The rain instead of making the
 road impossible, as was feared the night before dried and left the sur l face firm and dustless. The day was | cool and clear enough to allow the 1 tourists to take in the wonders of 1 scenery along the route. The start was made at eight in the morning after the cars had been carefully put | in shape and the party photographed on the dam and in front of the Lake 1 side clubhouse. A few of the cars
 were sent down to Fish Creek sta | tion Saturday evening to relieve the congestion at the hotel and club 1 house They arrived in Phoenix about noon yesterday with the advance party, headed by Engineer Fitch. The ! remainder came in two sections about l three hours apart, some of the cars
 having had minor accidents being de- | layed until five o'clock. MT. Fitch said "The tour is completely sue | cessful. It is seldom that so large i a party gets through with so little ! trouble I am sure the visitors en- 1 loved it to the limit" There is no doubt that the geographers got l great deal of pleasure and profit from the inspection of the main pOitn
 of interests in the project. They are 1 a most appreciateive set of men, and 1 their expressions of gratitude and
 good wishes were numerous and gen
 uire
 As Saturday wore on and the rain
 continued to falI it became appar
 ent that no one could get through
 that night The unexpected problem
 of the added day did not give the
 committee a single pause. In the 1 evening the party came in wearied
 by a day of tramping over the dam i through the power house and to the cliff houses, and assembled in the | chapel of the clubhouse to relax. The resourceful Phoenicians and their guests alternated on the program cf | amusements. Dr Joseph Partsch of
 the University of Liepzic spoke first | His address delivered in faultless but
 uuaintly accented English was an eX- pression of appreciation and congrat-
 ulation Professor Karl Oestreich, of the University of Utrecht followed
 with a narration of amusing and eX-
 citing experiences in the Himalayas. l where the weather took a hand in
 the game and treated party of Flu
 ropean explorers to much the same
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