Arizona republican., 1913-01-17
Nine Hundred Visitors in Nearly Two Hundred Autos Enjoy Livestock Sociability Run to Gran ite Reef for Barbecue
THREE HUNDRED
 LADIES IN PARTY
With Almost Military Pre- cision Autos Leave Hotel Adams Taking South Side Up and North Side Re turning

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 The barbecue given the stockmen at Granite Reef today and the automobile trip there and back of the 1855 auto mobiles, seemed to>be generally con sidered by all the visiting stockInen as the most memorable event of the kind that has ever occurred in the west. The representatives of over 30 states were present. including nearly 300 ladies. and the barbeque committee composed
 of MT. John Orme, MT. Geo. Day and Mir. John Montgomery, deserve great credit for the way they fed the crowd MT. w w Cook and his efficient aides, handled the loading or the autos in such vigorous manner that the start was made almost promptly on ! time The lead guiding car being oc- cupied by President Jastro, MT and 1 Mrs Dwight B. Heard and MT. Sam 1 Cowan. the efficient attorney of the 1 American National Live Stock aSSOcia- l tion.
 | The roads through the entire distance were in excellent shape and every turn l en route to Granite Reef Dam was | clearly marked with placards with ar rows The automobiles moved off with 1 military precision and owing to the
 recent rain there was very little dust.
 The first point of interest passed af-
 ter crossing the Center Street bridge. ! was the new Neighborhood House and 1 the new union graded school just com 1 pleted, where the American flag was flying as a welcome to the visitors. In the next section 800 ostriches were l seen. running from chicks a few weeks out of the shell to superb pairs of mat ling birds Passing along splendid roads through the alfalfa fields of the Bartlett Heard company; where hund-
 reds of fattening steers were seen. the
 procession turned along the new west } ern Canal which is nearly completed
 and which it is expected early in Feb l ruary, will furnish government water
 | to thousands of acres on the South Side
 greatly adding to the cultivated area of
 1 that section
 The stockmen were much interested - in the next point of interest which was - the horse and mule breeding ranch of 2 the Bartlett Heard company. side . feature of which was $50 turkeys who
 held up their tails as if on parade as the cavalcade passed. Continuing east T the visitors were driven through the e beautiful alfalfa fields under the Tenn pc canal At the request of the nor - | mai school, the route was slightly
 | changed and the party taken by the
 splendid normal school buildings, which
 excited the admiration of all the visi- II l tors. The route then continued to ,- Mesa. through that enterprisins city l. to the government switching station. thence north through the thousands of i, acres of land which have recently been 10 cultivated for the first time under the Y Eastern canal, through reservoir wa
 ter The bank of the Eastern canal D. was then followed until the superbly 9d installed. recently completed south side ifs power plant was reached, after which O. the party followed on the splendid ca 1e nal bank road-the main south side f. 1 trunk canal until Granite Reef was
 reached.
 he Everyone was in the happiest ol O. spirits, the trip progressed without ar ad apparent hitch, and while the crowC he around the barbecue tables reSemblet as at times football rush; universa gal good nature of all made it possible t' h. feed 900 people whereas but 500 haC
 been expected.
 ris The visitors were greatly impresse1 ch with the Granite Reef dam and head ed 1 gates and many of them crossed tn ted dam to inspect the head works on tn
 a north side of the river. ey- After the barbeque was finished tn re- automobiles crossed at the ford jus
 below the dam, which had been put i nse excellent shape by the reclamatio gel | service and the spin of 25 miles froi
 that point along the road on the ban jig ! of the Arizona Canal was one of tn his most inspiring features of the trip. tf not visitors looking over tens of thousand CT of acres of beautiful alfalfa and graf the fields, citrus and deciduous orchard ted dotted with hundreds of prosperoJ all homes After reaching Central Avenl on part of the cars went west to the Glei
 to dale beet sugar factory, others return ,cu- ing direct down Central Avenue
 no Phoenix.
 fate The visitors on their return were her unit in stating that the object less' sses given them of the value of the Roos ,On- welt reservoir, was an inspiration al The everyone leaving the valley goes n this only as friend of this valley and the citizens but as a booster for this se in ton.
 lase William Green Resting Easily. that William Green. the aged cattlema