Arizona republican., 1919-02-13
MORE THAN 1 1,000 ARE
 FED AT BARBECUE AT
 STATE FAIR GROUNDS

Hundreds upon hundreds of men and women, delegates = s'isitors to the cattlemens convea~yn i'm this city, and many others, swarmed to the state fair grounds yesterday noon to partake of a real honest-to- goodness Arizona barbecue prepared and served in the good old plains style, in honor of the members of the Arizona Cattle Crow CTS, Association and their families and friends who are guests this week of Phoenix during the annual con vention of the prominent organization. For fully two hours the barbecue held sway until more than 1000 people had been fed and had united in declaring it the greatest event of the kind ever held in the Salt River valley or in the state.
 It was truly a momentous event in this city's history as a cheer giving | host to visitors, and will long be re- membered. Thanks to the committee in charge, consisting of Sheriff John [ Montgomery, Charles Pishon and Joe MelcZer, AriZonians who know and appreciate what a barbecue is and should be, it was a perfect success. One of the main features that made it a success was the fact that there was an ample supply of hardy bar | becue fare to go around and take care 1 of the appetites of everybody.
 Twelve o'clock noon yesterday found long lines of motor carA parked about | the Hotel Adams, convention head | quarters, waiting 10 transport the cat tie men, their wives and their hosts l to the scene of the barbecue Within
 fifteen minutes the cars were stream ing away northward and westward or their way to the fair grounds, with
 every seat taken. The cars were wait ing at the hotel-the passengers were
 waiting at the same place. The cars
 were loaded quickly, in turn, anc l without delay began the procession tC the fair grounds, where, too, everything was in readiness and waiting. Fol
 probably an hour the procession o.
 cars barbecue bound kept up.
 At the fair grounds things worked without a hitch. Since the night be
 fore preparations had been under way
 and forty huge quarters of beef anC
 four halves of ostriches had beer
 temptingly barbecued for IS hours oI
 grates over the charcoal filled pits il
 the fair grounds, from which smok
 and an appetizing odor were gentl,
 waited by the wind. On either sid
 of the pits bare wooden tables wer
 lined, with bread. cheese, ready -cu
 meat. both beef and ostriche stacke,
 in piles to tempt the passer. Grea tube of coffee were boiled over tn ! other pits and placed where everybod
 tubs of coffee were boiled over tn
 ard coffee.
 The cattle men and other visitor
 lost no time. Long lines were forme : by the food-laden tables, and eac 9 person in turn passed and helped him 5 self. until his or her paper plate ha . been filled. Then the cattle and cit [ men and women retired to the variou l portions of the fair grounds to ca e drink and make merry, and hundred l of happy meals were eaten with tn T weedy inside of the grounds race trac as a seat and the blue Arizona six above as roof, while the Indian schot band added to the gayety of the oc
 casion with it's music.
 With plenty of food for two C |. . three helpings for everybody, the bar ], becue bread lines" were well file for nearly an hour, while little grouI
 of barbecuers congregated here an :. there about the grounds and mad merry over the meal By one o'clocl a however, the early leavers began to dc = part for town again, and from ths d time on a thin stream of cars made tf Q return trip. The afternoon had ha q passed before the event was a thin IT of the past.
 Q Altogether. it was a big success
 was the barbecue, and any one of tt d thousand and more people who wei l. there will tell you so. Incidental - among the chief contributors to i l. success were the cook in charge, V e R. Hawes, and the two sailor bo, n who acted as assistants, George Dur
 thy and J. C. Brown.