Arizona republican., 1915-02-13
ROTARY HEARS
ABOUT LINCOLN
G. w. Barrows as an Adj
died Feature to Program
Makes Splendid Address.
HefIin Talks Locks, and
Holmqlist a City Plan

, Turning from service talks for q
while, the Rotary club yesterday aft
iernoon heard what mas peen called the
best speech ever delivered before it.
George W. Barrows, a personal friend
of President Lincoln, added to tn,
program at the last moment to speak
concerning the great emancipation, de-
livered one of the most appealing ad
dresses ever heard ON the martyr
tpresident. Quite aside from the really
forceful and interesting business ad-
dresses of Fred Holmquist and w. S.
Helm, Mr. Barrows' talk made the
hit of the program.
| The commemoration of the birthday
of Abraham Lincoln. personal bits of
information about him and a deeply
Thoughtful character portrait formed
the basis for the BarroRs' address,
which. coming on the anniversary of
his birth, added much to the rotarians'
program.
| Chairman w. c. Button called about
fifty rotarians to order after an ex-
cellent luncheon had been eaten at the
Adams Grill. A number of visitors
were present.
About Locks, Mostly.
w. S. Helm of the Talbot and
Hubbard company:
| Hardware is the most essential
part of the equipment of every build
ing. No single detail of architecture
| is of more Importance, nothing in a
building gets so much or is subjected
to so much abuse.
! IN selecting hardware for the
home. the front door should be first
carefully considered Because it is
the main entrance to the building. its
central architectural feature, the place
where our friends are welcomed and
receive their first Impressions. it spe-
cially requires hardware trimmings
that are in perfect harmony with the
style of architecture and in proper
proportion to the door
| Cylinder locks are now most gen.
orally used on front doors and on
account of the very high degree of
security they offer. should be used ON
all outside doors"
! Mr. Heflin went into detail regard
ing cylinder locks. which he described
/ in words. and by means of a cut
out" lock- which he passed around.
Not "By a Damsite."
! Fred Holmquist. civil engineer,
broke back from the main survey and
covered some ground not mentioned
in the reconnaissance. Instead of
speaking on the topic, by a Damsite, -
1 Fritz went into detail about Why
City Plan"-which he read as the
title of his address in question
/ ing tone of voice.
! That the city beautiful is an eco
nomical thing as well as JOY for
ever, was the Sist of Holmquists re-
marks. For, he proved, planning u
city's development along lines of
beauty. simply has to result in much
saving of money due to the fact that
development will be all co-ordinated,
and along e-arranged ideas.
In closing. he brought out the real
punch of his speech. when he said:
IF YOU are interested in a city
beautiful-and we have a wonderful
opportunity here-insist on having a
definite plan formulated for Phoenix.
If you care nothing for beauty but
merely for economy. do it anyway. as
it means dollars and cents to every
person who lives here, and doubly
so to those who pay taxes"
Holmquist gave eight sound reasons
for city planning. and backed them
up with one of the best addresses of
his young and interesting career.