Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-08
San Diego Businessmen Will
Be City's Guests Tomorrow
Will You Help Entertain 'em?
Good Fellowship Excursion of Exposition City Boosters
Coming to See Resources Of the ValleyWil Arrive at
Campo Friday Noon and Ell Centro Must See that Autos
Are There for Ride to this CtyNoty c. of c. Secretary

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= Ten more automobiles are \
4 necessary to make the greeting 4
\ trip to Campo tomorrow morn =
4 ing, according to a statement 4
\ issued this afternoon. 1t is i'm =
\ perative that these cars be OBJ \
y tained from those persons inter- \
= ested in the success of the Cham =
\ ber of Commerce plans to enter \
\ tain the visiting business men \
= from San Diego. The running =
4 expenses of the trip tomorrow, =
\ including oil and gasoline, will \
\ be paid by the Chamber of Com \
\ made not later than 9 o'clock to- \
\ morrow morning, stopping at =
\ merce. The start should be \
\ Twohy Bros railroad camp two \
\ miles west d Campo, where =
y lunch will bel served. Drivers \
= only should accompany the cars \
\ for this purpose, as there are =
\ $50 men to be returned to Ell \
\ Centre. =
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Plans are being completed for the
entertainment Of the San Diego Good
Fellowship excursion of business men
due to arrive in Ell Centre tomorrow
The Ell Centre Chamber of Com.
merce is asking the representative
business men Of, the city to join ir
the plan to meet the excursionists
at Campo tomorrow and bring them
from there to this city.
The excursion is composed of tho
men who do big things in San Diego
Among them will be several of the
leaders in the movement that made
the exposition possible. They are
coming to the Valley to extend the
hand of friendliness to the people who
are just as anxious to see the COM
pletion Of the San Diego & Arizona
railway as are the San Diegans. The
Chamber of Commerce plans to give
the visitors every opportunity of see.
ing the resources of the Valley and
experiencing Valley hospitality.
It is important that thirty automo-
biles make the trip to Campo tomor-
row. The plan is to leave the Of
flee of the Chamber of Commerce not
later than $3.50 o'clock tomorrow
morning in order to be ready to
leave Campo at l o'clock. The Cham
ber of Commerce will provide the
necessary gasoline for the cars max
ing the trip tomorrow. Those willing
to make the trip for the benefit OF
the Chamber of Commerce and greet
the Valley visitors are urged to COM
municate with the commercial secre-
tary at once.
The San Diego men will be taken
for an automobile ride through the
Valley Saturday. The Holtville Com
mercial Club, the Imperial Ad Club
and the Brawley Chamber of Com
merce have agreed to furnish auto
mobiles for this trip, which is to start
from the office of the Ell Centre
Chamber of Commerce Saturday
morning at 9 o'clock.
Holtville and the rich surrounding
farming country will be visited first
then the cavalcade will proceed north
to Brawley and Westmoreland and
the ostrich farm. The excursionists
are due to arrive at the Timken ranch
at 2 o'clock, where lunch will be pro-
vided by the Timken Ranch Com
pany. The party will leave at 4
o'clock and visit Imperial and the
Roy McPherrin ranch, arriving at El
Centre about o'clock. The banquet
will be held in the ballroom OF the
Barbara Worth hotel at 8 O'Clock.
The demand for tickets indicates thai
at least 200 guests will be seated te
a feast of Imperial Valley products