Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-07-01

publicity all over the country was
| underwritten by the n. z. club and
they bear about 209o Of the expense
and the other clubs the other 5000
of a total actual cost of $50, OOO,
(through courtesy of bill board own
| ers. etc. which in the ordinary way
would cost 100000.
| Saturday. June 10th, left Los An
geles in autos for a 800 mile trip
through Southern California and into
/ Old Mexico to Tia Juana, the Monte
Carlo of America, returning and
leaving Los Angeles, Sunday evening,
June 11lh.
1 Monday, June 18th and Tuesday,
June 18th, through the Yosemite Ma
tional park and the Mariposa grove
of big trees, one of which is 331 feet
tall. Another has a girth at it's base
of SO feet and is estimated to be 1000
years old. The autos are driven
through 26 #. tunnel cut through
the base of Wawona Tree. From here
on to Oakland and June 18th at San
Francisco, and witnessed the Shrin-
er's illuminated parade which was
very fine. Left Oakland at midnight.
travelling through Northern Califor-
MIA. Mt. Shasta, snow capped and
Shasta Springs.
Friday, June 18th, arrive Portland,
Oregon, called the Rose City. Took
the Columbia River highway to
Multnomah Falls. Leaving Portland
at midnight arrived Seattle early
morning for a "a hour stop at Hotel
Foye.
Sunday, June 18th left Seattle by
Canadian Pacific steamer for an all
day sail along the coast of Victoria
and Vancouver, our pullman train
growing empty from Seattle to Van
couver. Leaving at S.25 P. NJ. all
Monday in the Canadian Rockies, set
watch ahead one hour to mountain
time.
) Tuesday at Lake Louise, beauti-
full spot. There I met four Augusta
:, to Oregon Falls.
!, At the railroad station at Bamff
= we take the tram, a gasoline engine
: hauls one car on rails to Bamff
: Springs hotel where we stayed all
5 day Wednesday. A fine hotel. They
have one outdoor swimming pool of
2 hot mineral water 9S deg. and a cold
: pool right side of it % deg. They
claim they haYe herd of 100 buffa-
= loeS.
l Thursday. June 23rd on our way
: to Winnipeg passing through Cal
t CARA Medicine Hut and Moose Jaw
E and before retiring set our watches
: ahead one hour to central time. Ar
: rived Winnipeg early morning, went
4 direct to Hotel Alexandria through
2 tunnel for an all day stay. They had
1 Just been hit by a hard rain and hail
f storm. Here the Rotarians gave is
fine entertainment. leaving p. Nj.
Saturday morning set watches
2 ahead one hour to eastern time. On
I train all day, arriving Toronto Sun
). day noon when the Rotarians served
l us a very fine lunch and entertain
1 ment. Arrived Niagara Falls, On
: taria, $50, dinner at hotel and q view
} of the Canadian and American Fail
' by daylight and later the Anne rican
: Fail Illuminated very beautiful
2 Crossed the line to American side
l and left Niagara 1870 p. NJ. via AL
bany, Pittsfeld. Springfield. Worces-
ter and arrived in Boston a little
after l o'clock June 20. A trip OF
over 10000 miles and a most Won
) derful one.
Your delegate took in about all the
side trips and didn't lose trick.
; Report of Officers
Following this interesting report,
the report of the treasurer, H. l..
Pishon was read by the secret ny,
George III. -Iacomber. The report
slows that ,il2re ,s a balance in Tie
treasury of s;&i.3S for the year. Mr..
Macomber then read his own re-
port as secretary. which showed ,Ea t
at the end Of last year there was a
Ill, mbcrs Up Of ia active and 20
honorary members and at the en- 4
) Of this yo* i'll active and four
honorary members. Both Of these
reports w3rc accepted
The elecGcn o: officers wa, then
held. the officers as dominated bring
, accepted and elected by the casting
Il a ballot by the secretary at Tie
VIII of the club.
Retiring PRESIDENT Elmer E. NsWbert
Retiring President, Elmer Il. New.
lert then gave 4 short speA III in
which he thanked the members 'or
their cooperation and spoke Of his
efforts. to enlarge and better the
Rotary Club of augusta. He saii
that Rotary is a great thing and that
1t is constantly growing. This is a
HCrld of men, net Of things or scenes
and the tusints; at hand is to pro-
Gree men and women who Will mnke
it a bett i place in which &c live
Rotary is working with this .! Ject
II view.
He then handed the presidents
saHel to the new president, Willis
Swift with the remark that he would
| nave more rIn with it than re had
had as mayor of Augusta
Newly Elected President, Willis e.
Swift
President Swift thanked the men,
bers of the club for the honor which
they had conferred upon him and
spoke of the Importance Of the work
to be done. He said that with CO.
operation between the members and
the president, he felt that Rotary
would grow. He suggested that al
though the meetings were to be dis