The border vidette., 1928-06-23
GREAT HOTEL DEDICATED
Writ G. Bowman Royalty Entertains
His Home Town Folks

/ San Diego, June 18. When
beautiful Aqua Caliente hotel
opened Saturday night it was
the old home town friends Of
| Writ G. Bowman, president Of
Aqua Caliente Company, Inc. !,
who were present to appraise
the s. 500, 900 group of build
ings at Tijuana Hot Springs.
And to be sure that all his old
friends in Phoenix and Nogales.
and in Old Mexico were present
at q formal pre-opening party
Saturday night. Mr.. Bowman
chartered two Pullmans to bring
his guests direct to Aqua Cali
ente via the San Diego & Ari
zona railway. The party con
sists of about 20 representative
citizens of the places mentioned
and the guests remained at the
hotel until this morning, when
the special cars will be availa
BILE for the return trip to No
| gales.
i In addition to leading repre-
sentatives of every business and
profession in Nogales, invita-
tions have been sent by Bow
man to his old friends, General
and Mrs. Alvaro Obregon, the
! former Mexican presidents SIC
cretary and his wife. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ignacio P. Gaxiola, Gov.
and Mrs. Fausto Topete of So
nora, and several other notables
of the neighboring republic.
/ An interesting program. de
signed to keep the visitors busily
engaged for the weekend stay,
was arranged. From the time
the San Diego & Arizona train ar
rived at Aqua Caliente Saturday
morning the guests found q con
tinuous round of parties. dane.
ing and sightseeing tours. For
those who desired, trips to San
Diego were available as we'll as
I journeys to other points of ia !
terest. A race was run Sunday
at the adjoining hound course
for the enjoyment of the visi
tors.
| However, beautiful Aqua Cal
ieute itself served to keep the
guests from desiring more in.
teresting attractions. Thous
ands have visited the resort
hotel during the process of con
struction, but none have had
opportunity of viewing the com
pleteness and appointment of
the enchanting buildings. And
this alone, Mr.. Bowman Sreserv
ed for the appraisal of his old
home town folks.
| The Aqua Caliente group, two
miles east of Tijuana. lis com
munity ia itself. Arranged in q
great U, the group provides for
500 guests.a a great garage, power
house, casino and cafe. Yet to
be completed is q natatorium
that will feature the medicinal
waters of Tijuana's hot springs.
The hotel has been furnished in
elegant simplicity and the first
visitors found it had all of the
hospitality that the old missions,
after which the architectural
group is patterned, offered to
the weary travellers of old.
Among the guests Bowman
had invited for the pre-opening
event we're:
From Nogales-Mr. and Mrs.
l.. G. Hardy, Mr.. and Mrs. G..
Hardy, Mr.. and Mrs. Otto 81.
Herold, Mr.. and Mrs. Grover
Marsteller. Mr.. and Mrs. J. E
Wise. Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Phil
lips, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Berk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phil ,Herold, DR..
and Mrs. V. A. Smoker, Major
and Mrs. Bliss. Mr.. and Mrs.
j. M. Astiazaran, Mr.. and Mrs.
M. M. Espinoza. Mr.. and Mrs.
w. w. Barbee, Mr.. and Mrs. G.
Fowler. Mr.. and Mrs. Ed.
Rose, Mr.. and Mrs. Guillermo
Robinson, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Diamos, Mr.. and Mrs. J. A.
Harrison, Mr.. and Mrs. L. Fl.
Watkins, Mr.. and Mrs. 81. r
Sisk, Mr.. Mrs. Fred Hannah,
Mr.. and Mrs. W.. J. Mitchell,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. K. Cumming,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E Hardy, Mr.
and Mrs. Dave Loeb, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. M. Mather, A. M. Gil
lespie, Emory D. Miller. John
M. Hughes, DR.. A. L Gustetter,
Capt. G. L. Beatty, Mrs. Clara
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