Arizona republican., 1913-11-16
Supt. Baker Brings Hun dreds of Pupils to See Arizona University Dem Onstrati0n Cars and to Hear Lectures z
MALCOLM FRASER
 ADDS APPROVAL
Mrs. Lawrence Scores Hit With Her Set of House hold Hints" and Overflow Meeting Has to Be Or ganized ill Evening
Especial to The Republican,


 PRESCOTT, Nov. 1.-The arrival
 of the University of Arizona eXperi-
 mental station demonstration train
 was greeted here this morning by the
 largest crowd that has seen the in
 terior of the exhibit cars thus far, proving it's tremendous success. The | hundreds of Prescott citizens and the farmers from around the city show keen interest in the exhibit | many remarks being made meanwhile that showed the appreciation of the educational value of the train. They | all seemed to display wonderful in terest in everything, especially dur l ing the lecture period.
 1 Shortly after 9:30 this morning, Su- | perintendent W. J. Baker of the Pres | colt schools, accompanied by fifteen | young lady teachers, and nine of the male variety, with full assortment | of the young beauty and life of the ! county, came aboard the train. There were six hundred and twenty-five in this one delegation alone. The com mendable interest and the gentle manly and ladylike bearing of the i boys and girls was a distinct pleas ure to witness, they reflected credit upon their teachers and the city | from which they came.
 Among the interested visitors to the train was Malcolm A. Fraser. sec rotary of the Commercial Club. who
 expressed his appreciation of the ex- Eibition in the highest terms. With the coming of the afternoon the lectures began, Mrs. Lawrence again leading off to an overcrowded ear of women and girls, upon the subject so near to the hearts of good housewives, "Household Hints"
 So great was the crowd that an over flow meeting was arranged for in the school house for the evening. One of the interesting and noticeable evi- dences of the appreciation of the wo- men folk who were at both lee lures, was that nearly all of them lad q note book along and took notes of the lectures.
 Prof ". II. Lawrence was the second speaker of the day and his topic was. Planting the Tree" Prof. Lawrence explained the different kinds of soil needed for the many kinds of trees. His lecture extended for one hour and the farmers were greatly benefited by his talk Prof A. M McOEie gave a very striking lecture on Pruning He pointed out the right and wrong ways ot cutting the tree and explained in such a manner that mystified the large gathering.
 Dr. O. C. Basslett. the assistant state entOmologist. Iectured upon the 'Injuring Insects and how they can be destroyed. in order to save many thousands of dollars to both the
 farmer and the state
 r. R. Sanders, the Mesa cattle
 breeder, held the attertion of many
 in his interesting lecture on The
 Cow and It's Food" So enthusiastic were his listeners that even after he
 had been speaking for fully an hour
 the men wanted more information
 and called for him to go on
 Three stops have been made by the
 educational exhibit since it's start and
 in all three q record turn out of
 those interested and directly benefit ted has been recorded. Farmers with
 in 90 miles of the city Hooked in
 during the day and took advantage
 of the profitable program
 There were two lectures this even
 ing at the school house, Professors Nc Omie and Freeman delivering them and crowded house was again the experience