Arizona republican., 1905-11-15
BUREAU OF INFORMATION
Regarding Board and Lodging During
the Fair Week.

This is something that will interest
! a great many visitors to the fair and
ought to interest all resident Phoenix
people who desire to help along the
success Of the big show. 1t is expected
that Phoenix during fair week Will en-
terrain a much bigger crowd of peo-
pie than ever gathered within her
gates before. The reasonable conclu-
sion therefore is that every regular
hotel and lodging house will be filed
to it's utmost capacity and that there
will still be many who will have to
| rustic" for entertainment. That is
the situation in every city where there
are unusual events and if the visitors
come in the numbers now Indicated
it surely will be here.
Phoenix cannot afford to let any
visitor lack for a comfortable place to
| sleep, especially when the visitors will
| have money in their pockets and be
willing to spend it for accommoda-
tons. 1t is therefore up to the people
of the town to fit up every spare bed
they have and place it at the disposal
of the city's guests during that week
| at reasonable charge. This means
everybody. Not alone the well to do
who live in fine brick mansions bat
every family which has a spare room,
or room it can MAKE spare by
little crowdiug, whether it be located
on Millionaires Boulevard or down by
| the stockyards; any place that is clean
and comfortable. The town will be
taxed for lodgings and the visitors will
be glad to pay a reasonable price for
what they get. There are many no
doubt to whom the weeks rental will
be no object and who would prefer
not to have the bother, but they should
remember that this event is only one
step to a greater Phoenix, and co their
part willingly. There are other fam
lilies no doubt who can fix up room
or two temporarily. and for whom the
few dollars income will be an object
as well as a convenience for the WISH
tors.
AS an agency to this end, the fair
commission has arranged with Secre-
tary Van der Veer, to conduct a free
bureau of information at the board of
trade room. All visitors who do not
secure accommodations through their
friends. or the hotels. are to be direct
ed to Mr.. Van der Veer. And that he
may know where to send them il is
urgently requested that every person
who can entertain one or more people,
will call on Mr.. Van der Veer and leave
the address, nature of accommodations
and the rental to be exacted. He will
keep a sort of card index of these
rooms that he may know where to
find them and whether they are filled
or not He also requests that when
one has listed his room, and a visi-
tor applies for and accepts 1t, the
owner will report the fact promptly
that he may scratch it off the availa-
BILE list This work is to be done alb
solutely without charge, either to the
householder or the visitor who may
become the temporary tenant. It is
entirely for the accommodation of the
visitors and the good name of the
town
While this is to be the principal
work of the information bureau, all
possible information concerning the
fair or other things in the city. will
at the same time be gladly furnished
by Mr.. Van der Veer, who will be in
formed as to what is going on at the
fair grounds, when special events are
to occur, etc. In respect of other mat
ters the board of trade is the logical
source of information anyway and
while Mr.. Van der Veer and his as
sistants will not advertise that they
know everything, they will try to know
as much as they can during that week
for the benefit of everybody