Arizona republican., 1922-05-26
219 REALTORS
FROM EAST IN
VALLEY VISIT.
FOR ONE DAY
Prominent Business Men
Enjoy Stay In Land Of
Oranges And Long Staple
Cotton-Get New Ideas

Two hundred and nineteen realtors
from IS eastern and middle western
states came to the Salt River valley
yesterday, enjoyed the hospitality OF
it's people. were captivated by its
scenic grandeur and the richness of
its agricultural lands and left at
o'clock last night for Los Angeles on
the last leg of their. tour to San
Francisco, where they will attend the
annual convention of the National
Realty board.
Many of the visitors came to
semi tropical land for the first time
Yesterday: they picked oranges from
groves in half a dozen different sec
tions of the valley: saw the culture
of great fields of cotton and played
upon the outdoor Fairgrounds of the
city and valley. They enjoyed every
minute of their stay in Phoenix ana
when they left they carried with them
an impression of community spirit
and good fellowship that is found in
few sections of the nation. j. Soule
Warterfield. train captain, expressed
the sentiment of the entire party
when he said:
your reception and entertainment
of this party today has been one OF
the finest examples of hospitality
have ever witnessed. If your busi-
ness enterprise enjoys the same de-
gree of enthusiasm as your social
proclivities, as manifest in the en-
tertainment of this group. yours is
bright future indeed. 1 do not Won
der at your valley, its fertility and
its progressiveness when it harbors
such men and women as have graced
us with their presence today"
Record PARTY
1t was the biggest party OF its KIND
ever entertained by Phoenix and the
orderly manner in which every detail
of a busy day was carried out re-
fleets great credit upon the Salt
River Valley Realtors association.
which directed the entertainment. A
special chamber Of commerce COM
mittee aided.
Mr.. warterfield. as spokesman for
the visiting realtors, declared that
Phoenix gave them the most enjoy
able time OF their trip.
esYour program has been one of
many delights. of happy surprises,
he declared .At no place that we
have stopped had arrangements been
so carefully planned or so eScellently
and pleasantly carried into execution.
We realize that ct was gigantic
task to arrange this program he
had been made previously at Kansas
City Mo. Colorado Springs, Colo,
Pueblo, La Junta, Santa. Fe, Alba-
dueruue and Williams, thence to the
Grand Canyon.
Unlike most special trains, this
Realtors special from Chicago.
Santa Fe train de luxe, the heaviest
special train ever operated over
western or inter-mountain line. ar
rived III Phoenix promptly on sche-
dule time at 1880 o'clock yesterday
morning. There the visitors were
placed in automobiles and taken to
the Hotel Adams for breakfast.
While the visitors were dining, the
So automobiles that took part in the
motorcade through the valley were
arranged on the Adams street side
of the hotel. The street from Gen.
trail avenue to First street had been
closed to traffic. This expedited the
loading of the guests and the cara
van moved promptly at o'clock,
again on schedule. In fact, the entire
days program was carried out by the
clock as arranged weeks ago.
Trip Through Valley
The trip through the valley led
east on Van Buren, street to Chicago
avenue, thence north and east
through the olive, orange, grapefruit
and lemon belts. An unscheduled
stop was made at Ingleside club. near
Scottsdale, at 1915 o'clock and the
visitors were given the freedom of
the great orange grove to the east
of the club. They took delight in
picking the fruit from the trees,
though it was explained that the
orange season had long since passed.
Arizona oranges were declared by the
visitors to be of a superior brand
to anything I'VE get back east"
Many little courtesies We're ex-
tended the party by the management
of the Ingleside club. The club
houses were thrown open to the men
and women and boquets of flowers
were distributed among the women
members of the party - boquets
picked from the club grounds.
After stop of about so minutes
at Ingleside club, the caravan con-.
tinued its journey. proceeding north
along the Arizona canal to the old
cross cut, thence west along the
cross cut to the Phoenix Tempe
state highway, past Hole-in the
Rock. At the south approach to the
Tempe bridge, the cars weres stopped
and members of the Phoenix Ad club
distributed "ear shields for use on
arrival in California This bit of
lighted the visitors.
At the San Marcos
The caravan followed the state
highway through Tempe to Mesa,
then took the new county paved
highway to Chandler. where a stop
of 80 minutes was made at the San
Marcos hotel, through the courtesy of
Dr. Chandler who opened his resort
for the pleasure and comfort of the
visitors.
Leaving the San Marcos shortly
before noon, the party headed east
and north, finally travelling the Base
line road to the Bartlett-H Heard ranch
where g delightful cold lunch was in
waiting.
Lemonade and ice water refreshed
the visitors after the ride over the
dusty dirt roads and they reveled in
the idea of picnic lunch"
Sandwiches, potato salad, pickles,
green and ripe olives and ice cream
and cake made up the menu. served
under the eucalyptus trees in the
grove bordering the orange and
grapefruit orchards.
AT so o'clock, the party resumed
its tour. going north through Phoenix
and thence out through Glendale and