Arizona republican., 1912-07-01

lights provided, the tables laid with plates; but the west wind had other views and during the early afternoon proceeded to tear away the tent, fill the plates with dust, and cause a encouragement of plans. When the banquet was finally served it was in the dining room of the restaurant with the exception of two tables spread on the lawn and reserved for a few ladies and their escorts who were present
 Notwithstanding the adverse condi- tiOnS of the day, the night was beau tiful-moonlit, cool, and the atmo-
 sphere balmy. The banquet itself
 was something to remember and was
 served in excellent style considering
 the necessarily cramped quarters
 The menu included roast beef, boiled tongue, boiled ham, light rolls, salads, olives, pickles, iced tea, iced canta- loupes, coffee, nuts. delicious mint julen stood at the plate of every guest when seated at the tables. At the close of the meal glass of wine. and ice cream and cake fol- | lowed. The Chandler boosters cer- 1 tainly did themselves proud in pro- viding the banquet and are entitled
 to take due credit for the good work MT Peabody, who is one of the chief officials of the organization spoke briefly and called upon J. H.
 Childs of the Chandler club for a few
 remarks. MT. Childs proved to be a finished orator and in brief and well delivered address welcomed the l -;.-s+ | took his seat Governor Geo. w. P Hunt was called on. The governor | responded in speech cOngratuating
 the people of Maricopa county upon
 the progressive spirit shown by the members of the various commercial
 organizations. Referring to various matters of public interest the gov | ernor spoke of his own interest in | the question of good roads. He be- lieVes that good roads would do more
 than any other one thing in attract ing to the valley the right kind of citizens. Incidentally he gave out
 the information that in a short time he would have a camp of cOnVicts l at work on the public highway. l These men are to be placed on their honor; there will be no guards and only an official of the engineering department will be with them. They are to be men picked from among
 the best of the prisoners now in 1 Florence Other camps will be later established with guards. In this way, the governor said, he proposed | to use the convicts for the benefit of the people who have to pay for their maintenance while serving out their sentences Governor Hunt read a list of the laws passed by the last Legislature. both regular and special sessions, and characterized these laws as being of the genuine progressive kind. calculated to benefit the entire state.
 1 Dr. Ancil Martin spoke briefly, and was followed by NJ J. Dougherty,
 president of the Mesa Commercial club. MT Dougherty's address was
 one of the best of the evening and frequently he was applauded. George Purdy Bullard, attorney general. was l then induced to say a few words, although suffering from hay fever. l He said his hobby was generally 1 known, and he spoke of the advan- tages of having good roads, es- | the continental highway wauld be permanently located so as to include | Phoenix. Tempe and Mesa. The 1 bridge across the Salt at Tempe made 1 this fact certain. He also spoke 1 of the value of an interurban cleo tric line that would bring the various communities in closer touch one with another.
 | Calls for Dr. Chandler brought the l modest man to the fore and he dellV- cred one of the stirring talks for which he is famous. The doctor
 praised the spirit of "get together Illustrated by the meeting, and urged that it was the duty of one section of the valley to not only boost for it's own particular locality. but for all of it's neighbOrs.
 | The party broke up about II o'clock after agreeing the next meeting of the allied boards of trade of Mari copa county should be held at Mesa L1