Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-06-27
ing spirit in the general convention

sessions.
What l have said is my own way
of telling you what |, personally, got
out of this convention. I hope you
get it, | know that you will get il.
If you will go with me to the next
Rotary onvention-because l am go
| ing TO the next one If l can raise the
railroad fare-that you, also. will re-
! turn home with this same sense of q
genuine benefit obtained
There were 1900 Rotarians regis
tered at Salt Lake headquarters. ano
approximately $500 visitors in all A
total of 727 accredited delegates rep
resented a club attendance of 7S.4E
| per cent. These delegates represented
392 clubs of which 500 were in the
| United States and the others in the
| Canadian provinces, and from Eng
| land, Scotland, Manila. Cuba, Porte
( Rico and Hawaii. Reports of the eX'
| tension division indicated that the
next convention will include delegates
from every Latin-American repub.
lie except possibly Mexico, and from
! a number of the nations of continental
| Europe.
| 1t is truly an International associa-
| ton 10 which we belong. Its serious
ness of purpose was shown in the
| convention sessions. A vast majority
| of accredited delegates attended every
| convention session and stayed from
| start to finish.
The new officers of Rotary are AL
| bert s. Adams, president, of Atlanta
| Albert use the first name, because
| it is now the fixed custom of Rotary
| to use first names without regard to
[ age, class or previous condition OF
| seservitude as a newspaper reporter
| who has achieved fame as a publicist
| in many worth while activities. Henry
| Bigger of Detroit, manufacturer
was his only opponent, and Henry
quit when he saw the way the wind
was Blowing toward Atlanta.
The new vice presidents are:
First---John Dyre of Vincennes,
Ind, farmer.
Second-Jim Finley of Chattanooga,
merchant
Third-Estes Snedecor of Portland,
| Ore, a lawyer
Rufus Chaplin of Chicago. banker,
was reelected treasurer and Ray Hill
OF. Kansas CITY sergeant-at-arms
Our district governor IS Roger H.
Hultt of Colorago Springs.
l wish | had time and ability to de-
scribe in detail the entertainment
provided by Salt Lake City. Its first
cost was over $4,000. The sum, we
were told, was raised m a 30-minute
session of the Salt Lake Chamber of
Commerce, in city of less than 100,-
600 Every member of Salt Lake
Rotary abandoned his business for the
convention week. Hundreds of nori
Rotarian citizens were ready with
their automobiles. If a visiting Ro-
tartan wished to go around the block
an automobile was waiting. 1t was a
crime to walk unless it was in a pa
rade. Every business house and many
private houses were decorated. Lit
orally thousands of Rotary embems,
cast in pure white cement with dark
blue lettering, were IN every window.
Rotary in electric lights hing - every
The high lights in the amusement
program We're:
The presidents reception, which the
New Orleans delegation turned into
a reproduction of Mardi Gras ball.
Rotary afternoon and evening at
Saltair the amusement park at Great
Salt lake Ten special trains carried
5000 Rotarians and their wives and
daughters the twenty-three miles
from city to lakeside. The big amuse-
ment park was closed to the public.
One thousand five hundred bathing
suits were furnished. There were five
regular bands and flocks of jazz bands
and other noise producers. An old
fashioned gambling hell, with roulette
tables, faro, craps, monte, occupied
one whole floor of the pavilion. A
dollar bought 500 worth of Rotary
money, or stack of CarranZa cur
rency. The sky was the limit and the
limit was used, Every game was busy
and every bathing suit was occupied.
They fairly filled the lake. The Salt
Lake club served dinner on the ship
cafe to every one of the 5000, 1t
was a good dinner, too, accompanied
by cold drinks in bottles. Every bot
tie was labelled less than per cent"
Fifteen hundred Rotarians were
taken the eighteen miles to the great
Utah Copper companys open cut mine
at Bingham.
The Ogden Rotary club, at its own
expense brought down a wild west
show that played two days at the
state fair grounds.
An Authoritarian vaudeville program
was given in Utah theater and it came
near breaking UP in historical riot
These were the main cards. There
was parade every few minutes, day
and night. The business district was
continuous band concert.
Much of the amusement was provid-
ed by the delegations from New Or
leans, Atlantic City and Cleveland, the
competitors for the next convention.
The executive board delayed the de-
cision. Cleveland looked like a win
ner. Cleveland brought special
Ohio train, with a band of sixty
pieces. Atlantic City brought fleet
of board walk chairs and hired sew
eral airplanes to shower the city with
it's literature. New Orleans brought
forty beautifully uniformed delegates
and as many of the prettiest women
ever held in captivity.
Texas went to this convention in
an all-Texas train. 1t included an
oil company's advertising car. Butte
took the attendance prize. All but
one of its 1S1 members attended the
convention. Everybody knew they
were there. Los Angeles. as usual,
was there with bells and other things,
bidding for 1921.
1t is impossible to describe the club
stunts to anyone who has not attended
one of these conventions. To those
who have, it is enough to say that
Salt Lake went them all one better.
found that many clubs form
special convention fund. This is by
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