Arizona republican., 1920-12-28

They a1 f,u the linotype machines. watch ns thelr almost human working ana l'lsi Nehlng at the perfection of what among the chief achievements oF e .Ie mlnd of man applied to machinery. eney saw the assembling of the lisnIav %a'oYertlsements, the news stories and te pictures in the makeup forms. IVY sdw the chases rolled into the stereotyping room, where the b,,ga casting box, the steam tables tba fi1- isner and Gl the other clattering ma shihery of this department makes tbe linlshed plates, and observed. in short sll the various mechanical operations which take the copy of the repor+ ana the advertising man and the pic- tuIeS or the photographer and turns Uut d finished metal product ready for tne press. This part of the trip was unoer the direction of Charles Wallace. foreman of the composing room. and oscar r. Johnson, chief of the stereo- tSping forces.
 Adjoining the composing room was thC telegraph room, where the news of ar. entire world is flashed over tka wires to Phoenix for the information anc instruction of The Republican's readers. Here were Ed Harrington, I.Iesraph editor, and C. r Deem, As soclated Press operator to give the visitors glimpse of how the worlds news IS brought in and prepared for the breakfast table. In and out of this room and the news rooms hurried Hubert $. Hunter, correspondent Of the Associated Press and head of the newspatherinG and dispensing forces of 'i'de great organization in Arizona.
 See Job Printing department
 From the composing rooms the guests were taken through inc stock room of the job printing department. where E. Price directed them to the job department itself. Here all the mod ern mechanical equipment of the un- to-date job printing establishment was Tn operation, from the small job print ing machines to the large flatbed press which would be the pride of rerular newspapers. This press was operated py Miss Adeline Hobold, while Fred O. Adams, superintendent of the job de- partment, was in more than general evidence, making the visit a pleasant one for his several thousand guests. A feature of this department which was commented upon all during the evening was the exceptional cleanliness and neatness of the entire room.
 Alter inspecting the job department the guests went to the circulation de- partment, where the circulation man ager, Oliver s. King, was host to them in a real mauner. for here had been
 
 cakes, which were served to the wis., itors by Lea McNeal, Selma Price, Brownie Mayer and Ella Glockner.
 The next place of interest was the press room. where J. F. Halloran, chief of the press forces, explained the oper- ations of the great Hoe press which was delivering special souvenir editions of The Republican to the guests at the rate of g0,0Ca sn hour. As the visitors watched the huge machine drawing into Itself the speeding web of paper from the spinning rolls and delivering the finished newspaper faster than they could be counted, J. D. Wilson handed out a copy, or ss many copies as were desired. to the evenings guests.
 The visit to the press room com pleted the round of the newspaper plant. From the whirlfng press, then, the visitors were taken to the offices of the Dwight B. Heard Investment company on Central avenue, where the entire personnel of that and allied com panies was on hand to meet the guests. Here. too. were baskets of flowers for the friends of The Republican, with Mrs. F. McAlpine presenting them to the women. These offices, which are large and commodious, and beautifully finished, were the objects of universal praise. From this feature of the Heard building the visitors were taken by elevators to the seventh floor, where all the offices were open, displaying not only their size and completeness but the tastefulness and beauty with which many of them had been fur nished.
 During the three hours of the recep- ton there were many little touches oi that human nature which makes t' whole world kin. One of these in ..t vNfsx each of whom had been in Arizona 4, years, met in the offices of Dwight B Heard and spent a half hour in goini over the incidents of two years ago when such an institution as The Re publican was undreamed of. Anothe occurred when Mrs. L. B. Heard mother of Dwight B. Heard, presiden and publisher of The Republican, wh is spending the winter in Phoenix made a trip through the plant, seeinl with brightenec eyes the ramification of the institution of which her son i the head and guiding force.
 Another feature of the evening wa that among the visitors were tn members of many of the trades union of the city. who saw in the great plan the things that make for the pride c workmanship and production--a flea ture which was also apparent in th great number of Republican employe who gave their time and services making the reception success.
 And. during the whole time of the re ception. on every floor and in every de partment, were Dwight B. Heard. pres ident and publisher, and Charles 4 Stauffer. general manager of The Re publican, welcoming their friends an the friends of the paper, receiving the expressions of good will. and in generi jusa as busy and as happy as two e2 ecutives could be on such an occasion
 The reception was the finest kind A tribute to The Republican, 1t Ws said on eevry hand as the crowc passed through. And the sentiment The Republican, from the boy WI helped carry the punch to the guests the publisher of the paper himself
 one of appreciation for the friendl ness evinced by the thousands who a' cepted the papers invitation to wis with it. and a desire that in servic in helpfulness and in high purpose TT RepubIican shall continue to serve
 +bc future as 1t has served in the pas