The Winslow mail., 1916-03-03
Echoes of the Banquet.

at the recent commercial club
banquet, throws the following
fragrant bouquet of flowers of
rhetoric and 1attery at the feet
of the commercial club:
The booster banquet given by
the WinsloW commercial club last
Tuesday evening in the Harvey
House in that city was an
enjoyable affair to all who
participated, and it is certain to
mark an important epoch in the
development of this section Of
Arizona.
The banquet room was beauti-
fully decorated, the scheme fol-
lowed being commemorative of
Washington's birthday. Music
was furnished throughout the
banqueting hours by the Shipley
orchestra, many patriotic selec-
tions being rendered.
The menu dicusssed was an
elaborate one; the service was
excellent, and the spirit of good
fellowship was abundant.
The commercial club as an
organization, and the members
as individuals, are entitled to
great praise for the manner in
which their banquet was han
died. Nothing that would add to
the pleasure of their guests was
overlooked, and the affair was a
pronounced success in every
way.
This club is an organization of
which any town might we'll feel
proud. 1t is composed of pro-
gressive business and profes-
sional men who give freely of
their time and money to boost
every enterprise that will help
the growth of the town and the
county. It's record of good
things accomplished is a splendid
one, and it's possibilities for
future good works are wide.
Such an organization is worthy
of imitation, and the citizens of
Holbrook could not do better
than band themselves into a
similar association.
And then Bob Smith, of the
Snowflake Herald, who was also
an invited guest, but refused to
attend because he is troubled
with dyspepsia and is suspicious
of banquets and late hours,
tunes up his harp of blandilo-
quent muses. and trums a dulcet
strain whose sweet Limitations
will be sweet music to the auricu-
lar faculties of the commercial
club:
On a special invitation from
the Winslow Commercial Club,
Jos. w. Smith and Jas M. Flake
of Snowflake and Jas. ]. Shum-
way of Taylor made a run to
that growing little town Tuesday
afternoon. The principal object
of the trip was to attend ban
quet provided by the cluo for
the local members and invited
guests. The affair was a brilliant
success. The banquet was most
delicious, and tastefully served
at the Harvey house, and the
program of speeches and music
was splendid. Our visitors from
up this way speak in the highest
terms of the royal welcome they
received. They say the business
men of Winslow are wide-awake
fellows and are setting the pace
for the rest Of the county in the
way of pushing for business.
Winslow being the largest
populated city in the county,
with no surrounding resources to
speak of at the present time for
supplying the 'necessaries Of
life," there is always a demand
for garden, orchard and farm
products, butter, eggs, chickens,
etc., and there is no reason why
their money should not be left at
home for these commodities
instead Of sending it out of the
county, as the metropolis now
does. To facilitate this, a propo-
sition was discussed at the
gathering to make a direct road
connecting WinsloW and Snow
flake. After being investigated
and found feasible the enterprise
will be pushed without let up.
We raise the products in this sec
ton. Winslow is bidding for
them. Why not the road? Mr..