The border vidette., 1913-10-18
500 rUCSONANS IN TOWN.
EIks' Excursion to NogaIes Is Turned
Into History-Making Event.

son and the two sisters cities of
NogaleS was celebrated Sunday
in one Of the greatest fete days
which has ever been arranged
in the great southwest. 1t was
great day from beginning to
end, and everything was good
the bull fights, the ball game,
the kermis, the barbecue, the
band concert, the grand ball,
and crowned by the event of in
ternational significance, the
meeting at the international line
Of Governor Hunt of the state of
Arizona, with Governor Carran-
"a, head of the constitutionalist
movement in Mexico, and with
Governor Maitorena, executive
of tie sister state of Sonora.
Five hundred Tucsonans, Elks,
cOnstitu tiOnalist sympathizers,
pleasure seekers, and members
of the baseball team, made the
trip from the Old Pueblo. The
excursion train left Tucson at 8
o'clock and arrived in the border
city at about 1920 o'clock. There
were eight coaches on the train
and they were all comfortably
filed. superintendent Dyer had
his private car Tucson" attach
ed to the train. Besides the ex-
cursionistS on the train there
We're eleven automobiles which
made the trip and added at least
fifty persons to the party. e.
W. Mix of Nogales accompanied
the train.
The train was scheduled to
leave at 7:3O o'clock, but be-
cause there was such a jam of
people about the ticket window,
and because the committees in
charge were very careful not to
miss anyone, the train was held
until 8 o'clock before the start
was made.
FORMALLY WELCOMED.
It took more than two hours
to make the run to the line and
when the train arrived at the
Noeales depot there was a large
crowd awaiting its arrival.
Mayor Mix formally welcomed
the excursionists and, standing
beside him, dressed as the mas
GU VI tIIS NOShISo jail LSdLI W otS
his young son with a gigantic
key of the city trimmed in the
Elk colors. This was afterward
presented to P. E. Howell, ex-
alted ruler of the Elks, at the
formal welcoming exercises
which took place Immediately
afterward at the Montezuma
hotel, to which many of the ex-
cursiOnists, including all of the
Elks, repaired. This hotel was
the official headquarters of the
order for the day.
AT the reception, which took
place in the patio Of the hotel,
occurred the presentation of the
key Of welcome by Mayor Mix
to P. E. Howell, followed by
speech by Howell in return. and
other speeches by Gov. Hunt,
Lon Haley, Tom K. Richey,
Judge Frank Duffy, Paul Geary
and Gerald b. Jones.
The Nogales Elks on the re
ception committee took much
pains to attend carefully to every
detail in the reception for the
visitors. Among the members
of this committee were the fol
lowing: Mayor l.. W. Mix, Bra
cey Curtis, DR.. V A. Smelker,
Dr. A. L. Gustetter. Phil Herold.
H. G.. Mundy, E. Butler, Judge
Frank J. Duffy, W. D. Hart, r.
Thornton, r. E. Earhart, Har
old Whealdon.
.COLORS EVERYWHERE
The Montezuma hotel was de-
corated in the Elk cOlOrs, and
the streets and stores were also
decorated in the colors of the
order, violet and white. Across
the street at the Montezuma
was a banner with the inscrip-
ton, Welcome Tucson" Many
of the Nogales Elks, members
OF the reception committee and
others, had regular cards Of
welcome printed with their
names written in the proper
place.
After the reception the crowds
began to drift across the inter
national line in search Of the
bull ring. This was located fin
ally by the main crowd which
had taken in the gaily decorated
streets. brilliant with national
cOlOrs, and with the first people
who arrived and had filed up
the "ringside" seats the place