Arizona republican., 1907-10-30
10 WELCOME VISITORS
 DURING FAIR WEEK
Phoenix Streets Will Be Decorated and Rooms Will Be Found For All Who Apply at Board of Trade.

At the citizens meeting held at the
 board of trade yesterday afternoon,
 action was taken on two matters ot
 considerable importance in connection
 with fair week. One was favorable action on the proposition of decorating
 the streets and the other was the in
 itiative in a movement to properly
 house the visitors to the fair in man
 ner similar to the plan used during the
 preceding fairs. only more thorough in
 detail. The meeting was presided over by H. J. McClung.
 Concerning the decorations there was
 a free discussion of the subject and q
 MT. Ellis of Los Angeles. a professional
 decorator, gave the meeting an idea of what might be done satisfactorily with
 a small outlay of money. A committee
 was appointed consisting of M. C. Mo Dougall, Paul Brizard and Roy Good rich, to take charge of the project, so- licit funds and expend the money to
 the extent of $500 by entering into a contract with some suitable person for the street decorations.
 Concerning the housing of the far visitors il was decided to raise a fund of s125 for the maintanence of an in formation bureau during fair week. to | be under the direction of Secretary Geo. w. Cowgirl of the board of trade, the bureau to have charge of the work of finding rooms for those who want them. It is understood of course that this is merely an arrangement for fair week and the bureau is not expected to be maintained permanently or to engage in the business of hunting up rooms for winter or permanent resi- dents. whether invalids or well people i though if those who are placed through it's good offices should prove to be per manent residents and are satisfactorily located. so much the better both for ! them and for the householders.
 It is proposed to ask every house holder in the city who has a room that can be spared during fair week to leave the address and the price that
 will be asked, with the information
 bureau where it will be listed as was
 done last year and the year before This is not designed as money mak- ing project for anybody except those
 who have rooms to rent all the time
 and they are just as free to take ad- vantage of it as any other person. The
 chief purpose is to find place for the ! visitors to spend the week in comfort
 and it is expected that many public spirited citizens will list their spare
 rooms. even if they have to crowd a ! little to make one, that the visitors
 may be accommodated. It is expected ] that there will be big lot of people
 in Phoenix this year and it is expected ! Phoenix will do her best to entertain ! them as they should be. at least to the : extent of physical comforts. House 1 holders will be urged therefore to list
 every vacant room. whether the money ! is an object or not. and set their own price on the entertainment, though it
 is surely not expected that any person
 will ask an unusual or an unreason- able price. Mir. Cowgirl has not yet perfected his office plans put will be ready in a day or two to list rooms. A clerk will be employed to have charge of the business in the board of trade room and two carriages will be kept in waiting during fair week to take the visitors to the rooms assigned. | There will also be boys or other run
 ners at the depot tO meet all trains
 and inform arriving visitors that they can secure rooms by applying at the ! board of trade information bureau.