The Prescott daily news., 1914-04-13
LITTLE ROCK MAKING
ELABORATE PREPARATIONS
Little Rock Press Club Begin Arrang-
ing Program for Entertainment
OF State Press Association
In, May.

ly raising funds for the Arkansas
State Press Association entertain
ment makes failure, the entertain
ment rendered by the people of Little
Rock at the May meeting will surpass
anything heretofore offered. The
committees have worked over about
half their territory and report with
over half of the desired fund, and the
assurance they will raise the amount
required. The funds will be turned
over to the Little Rock Press Club.
which will arrange the programe, and
see that the editors are tickled in the
very sports they like best to be tickled.
Hotel rooms will be provided for
the visiting members of the Associa-
ton, and their families. At noon
each day luncheon will be served at
which the business men of the city
will join with the paper men. AS 500
will be fed at each of these meals. a
most elaborate spread is promised
Two days the luncheon will be held
at local hotels, but the third day the
editors and guests will be taken to
the Country Club, where open house
will be maintained in their honor.
There will be no formal banquet, it
being the opinion of out of town edi-
tors who have been consulted, that
other forms of entertainment are pre-
ferable.
IF it is possible to secure a suitable
boat, the visitors and business men
will enjoy ride up the Arkansas riv-
er one evening. All boats have now
abandoned the Little Rock wharf, but
the Grand is expected to come back
and enter the spring and summer ex-
cursion business. If this trip is taken
it will be started early in the after
noon and supper will be served on the
banks of the river, Is miles above
Little Rock. An orchestra will be
taken along, with provisions for dane
ing by those who desire to indulge in
either the ancient square or round
dances, or them ore modern tango and
lame duck If it is impossible to
secure boat, some other equally
pleasing form of entertainment will
be provided.
The Little Rock lodge of Elks have
notified the reception committee that
it desires to tender reception in the
magnificent club building of the lodge
one evening during the convention,
and this invitation will probably be
accepted. AS the Little Rock Elks
never do things by halves, something
elaborate is expected there.
The Arkansas Association of Pio-
neers has also requested that time be
granted that association for a recep-
ton to the editors.
In addition to this entertainment,
one evening will be spent at Forest
Park. Little Rocks summer amuse-
ment center. The scenic railway. the
merry -go-round. the dancing pavilion
the summer theatre, and all the shows
will be thrown open to the editors.
Street cars will be placed at their
disposal to take them to and from
the park, and refreshments will be
served on the ground by the loyal
Press Club.
To make the stay more enjoyable
automobile rides over the city have
been planned, with the owners of the
cars driving them in order that they
may get into closer touch with their
visitors, and also to point out and ex
plain all points of interest.
An exhibition run by the Little
Rock auto fire apparatus, with thrill
ing rescues from the tops of sky
scrapers by the arial truck, is another
feature on the program. The editors
will also be the guests of the citizens
at local theatres and picture shows,
where reels showing the manufacture
of paper, as we'll as the operation of
large metropolitan paper, will be
shown
The dates arranged for the con-
vention are May 1919, and 20. 1t is
planned to start on the annual excur-
sion on the afternoon or night of the
Goth. with Harrisburg probably the
first stop. The party will travel in a
special train, and before returning to
Little Rock Sunday night will visit
Harrisburg, Jonesboro, Paragould,
Judsonia, Beebe, Bald Knob, Newport
Hoxie, Walnut Ridge, Corning, Mann