Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-10-01
SAN BERNARDINO TO BE
HEARTILY WELCOMED
Local Committee Makes Preparations to Re-
ceive Large Delegation From Southern
California City.

san 66TIldTQlIlO Will Ue llGdI tlly
welcomed to Las Vegas next Sat-
urday, October S, if plans being
rnatured by the Chamber Of Com
merce reception committee are car
ried through.
This committee, consisting of O.
A. KimDali, chairman, K. q.
Knudson, o. K. Aocock, H. l..
Perry, Thomas Harland, l.. j..
OakeS, c.. P. SquireS, DR.. Roy w.
Martin, Carl D. Farar and Sam
Shaw, met last Friday evening and
discussed ways and means Of show
ing appreciation of the visit to be
made by some sixty or more of the
prominent businseS men of San
Bcrnardino.
Tentative pans were outlined as
follows:
Have the streets decorated with
flags during the stay of the party,
Saturday.
Meet the train at the railway
station at Cos and bid the guests
welcome
Escort the visitors to breakfast
at various restaurants.
Arrange for the transportation
of the visitors to the Colorado
River and a visit by power boat
to the Black Canyon dam site,
for which a special low rate has
been secured.
At 100 p.m. the visitors and the
people Of Las Vegas will gather
at the beautiful new Pioneer Title
Insurance & Trust company build
ing to dedicate the new building
and to inaugurate with proper
ceremonies and good wishes the
opening of business of the 2 firms
occupying the structure, the Stock
we'll -Birney Company and the
Pioner Title Insurance & Trust
Comapny.
A drive about Las Vegas and
the surrounding valley during the
afternoon according to the wishes
of the visitors.
In the evening a Dutch treat,
dollar dinner at the Green Mill
Cafeteria of John Van Ryn.
Carl D. Farrar has been chosen
to act as toast master at the dim
ner. Dr.. Roy w. Martin vii give
the address of welcome and short
talks will be made by several other
Las VeganS.
The San Bernardino delegation
will include several good speakers
who will be called upon to voice
the sentiments of the visitors.
According to the San Bernardino
Sun of Sunday, September 30,
reservations for the trip are pour
ing in rapidly to r. H. Mack, sec
retary of the San Bernardino
Chamber of Commerce. Requests
for reservations have been made
by many of the business houses
although as yet there has peen
little or no attempt to boost the
tour, and requests for reservations
have come in unsolicited.
During this week, it was an
nounced, xhe San Bernardino
Chamber OF Commerce expects to
do some extensive work in behalf OF
the Las Vegas jaunt. 1t is believed
that many of the San Bernardlno
residents, aside from those travel
ing on the special Pullman cars
will make the trip by automoplie'
George Hertz, contractor on the
Arrowhead Highway north OF Dag
gett, has announced that he Will
serve luncheon to all the good
will" trekkers dropping in at the
construction camp.
Among the San Bernardino bus
mess firms to send representatives
on the tour are the George M.
Cooley Co., the w. P. Fuller
Company, the Harris Company,
the Sun Company, the Pioneer
Title Insurance & Trust Company
and all the banks.
Individual reservations already
made include r. H. Shock, George
w. Wolf, S. o. Ferguson, B. l..
Holmes, William Starke, o. L.
Cowan, Frank j. Solt, R. H.
Mack, j. l.. Mack, F.. E. Page,
jerome B. Kavanaugh, w. q.
Henry, j. H. wilson, George I.
Mallery, Joseph Ingersoll. Grant
Holcomb, Ralph E. Swing, Dwight
F.. Towne and Paul Shafer.
The Las Vegas committee VIII
meet for final arrangements next
Friday evening at the office oi
o. A. Kimball All members are
urged by the chairman to be pre-