Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-12
PLAN COMPLETE
FOR VISITOR
RTAMlNENT

With the time rapidly approaching
for their advent, arrangements are
being completed for the tour and en-
tertainment of the congressional
party, representing members of the
House and Senate Naval Affairs
committees, and attaches, to the VAL
ley.
The party will arrive on Sunday
evening and will leave Ell Centre for
the return trip back to the Coast
Monday afternoon.
The personnel of the visiting con-
gressional committee is as follows:
Lamuel Phillips Padgett, Colum-
bit, Tenn; Fred A. Britten, Chicago.
H.; William J. Browning, Camden,
n. j.; John A. Elson, Berkeley, Cal;
Frederick c. Hicks. Port Washing
ton, Long Island, N. Y; William
Kettner, San Diego, CAL; William
Bacon Oliver, hltay, Ala; Daniel }.
Riordan, New York City; Carl Vim
son, Milledgeville, Ga.
The following ladies are with the
party: Miss Elizabeth Britten, Mrs.
William Brown, Mrs. William }.
Browning, Miss Jeanette Duncan,
Mrs John Elston, Mrs. William kett-
ner, Mrs Clarence F. Lea, Miss Mary
Mackrill, Mrs. Charles Peach, Mrs.
Daniel Riordan, Mrs. Thayer.
The San Diego & Arizona railway
trip is scheduled for Sunday as fol-
lows: M
San Diego & Arizona railway,
$3.50; Tiajuana, g: Tecate, IL; Cam
po, 1870; Jacumba (lunch), 12:30;
end of line, 1880; Jacumba, 3; FL
Eentro, 6.
Ell Centre, 8 a. M; Calexico,- 10;
Mexicali, II; Ell Centro, II; Jacpm-
ba, 3; San Diego, $3.50.
The Chamber of Commerce is pre-
pairing booklet of sixteen pages
covering the program Of the com
ing visit, and giving in detail all i'm
! portant data with reference to ever.
army and navy ACTIVITY in and about
San Diego.
The booklet will also contain
large Typographical map showing
every military and naval station in
San Diego county, as well as the
line of the San Diego & Arizona
railway and the Imperial valley
through to Yuma.
/ The coming of the congressional
party is of the greatest Importance
to the Valley, and the Associated
Chambers of Commerce will make
the most of the occasion to give the
members all possible first hand in
/ formation.
The following wire was sent to the
committee in charge of arrangements
at the San Diego Chamber of Com
| merce:
"The Associated Chambers of Com
merce, representing Calexico, Seeley,
| Holtville, Calipatria and Ell Centre,
at a meeting held Saturday decided
to meet the Congressional party at
Jacumba in autos, thence to Ell Cen
tro. arriving at 6 p. m.
! "The congressman and senator's are
to meet with the Imperial Irrigation
District directors from to 8 p. M,
later being entertained at banquet
at the Barbara Worth at $3.50 p. M.
Seating limit, 125.
"The party will stay all night at
the Barbara Worth, breakfast at
o'clock, leave for Calexico at s. thence
to Mexicali, thence to HOltville, view
ing ranches on the way, thence to
Ell Centre. arriving at noon. Lunch
con at the Barbara Worth. Leave for
! the mountains at 1:30 o'clock.
"Autos from the north of the VAL
ley will go on the Monday morning
! trip. Ell Centric autos will take the
party back to the mountains. These
arrangements were throughly dis
cuseed and decided upon by the as
sociated chambers represented, as the
most logical and satisfactory plan,
having in mind the comfort of our
guests and the shortness of their
stay"
The arrangements as outlined were
approved by William Tompkins, ex-
ecutive secretary of the San Diego
Chamber of Commerce.