Arizona republican., 1910-01-27
COMMITTEES ON AVIATION Making Fine Progress With
 Meet Arrangements PHOENIX THE ONLY PLACE
Curtiss Will Show Nowhere Else in Arizona-Light- ing and Decorations = Price of Boxes-Adver- Using Care of Visitors

Yesterdays work in connection with the coming aviation meeting. Febru- ary 10. II and F. consisted of whole lot of little things, each of them inn portant, and all a part of the CO., operative plan of making the show the biggest thing in Arizona. One quite important item was the adding of s350 more to the guarantee fund by the following named:
 Bennett Lumber company ...... s100 Peoples Ice & Fuel company. .. 100 George U. Young ............... 100 H. H. McNeil company ...- 30
 Speaking of the value of the meet ing as an advertisement of the city General Manager Nat Reiss says he is already piling up. the eastern pa- person which the Phoenix date line looms magnificently on the front pages and this is only the beginning
 1t is noted that the southern Ari- zona papers are publishing items to the effect that aviation meetings will be held in Tucson or Douglas or both, after the Phoenix meeting. For the benefit of those who may be led astray by such items and plan to see d show nearer home instead of coming to Phoenix. it is announced 'authoritatively that if such meetings are held Glenn Curtiss. the leading aviator in the country, will not be there Curtiss is under contract to Bernard, and Bernard's agreement is that there will be no other meeting in Arizopa- in which his aviators will participate; that is, not during the at aaf ie .sll that concerns anybody just now. All preparations are being made for the big meeting in Mexico City. There is a possibility that meeting may be held in Fl Paso shortly before or shortly after the Mexico meeting. but that is all up in the air yet. and there will certainly be no meeting in Arizona where the big flyers may be seen This is said without acrimony against Tucson. Douglas or any other town. but Phoenix acted first, got the plum and will try to make the meet ing the finest kind Of a success. To do so Phoenix expects the hearty cooperation of all Arizona. and will secure the best possible excursion rates to bring the people to Arizona In respect of these rates. Paul P Hastings. general freight and passen- ger agent of the s. F.. P X P. is here. and will meet with the com mittee this morning, and Assistant Freight and Passenger Agent Stubbs of the Southern Pacific will be here tomorrow for the same purpose.
 Regarding Curtiss. he is now in Hammondsport. x. r. the location. of his factory. for the purpose of su- perintendng the construction of two new bi-planes to be used in the City of Mexico. It is expected and hoped that he will have them completed in time to use them in the Phoenix meeting, though this is not positively assured But it is as certain as any
 thing human can be. that Curtiss will be here himself a couple of days or more before the meeting opens, and if he does not have his new ma chimes he will surely have the one with which he did his spectacular work on the coast All doubts may ice set at rest concerning Curtiss. He will be here and nowhere else in Arizona. for the purpose of flying.
 Nat Reiss yesterday wrote Wright Brothers. inviting them to attend the Phoenix meeting, and asking them how much it would cost for one or the other of them to make a flight. or in the event they cannot come. to send one of their machines, with a competent man to handle it. Noth- ing may come of this. but it is just as well to try. The intention of Mir Reiss is to make it just the biggest show possible.
 One of the incidents of. yesterdays board meeting was to tender the Elks an invitation to repeat their jolly musical comedy one night during aviation week It is believed they would have a packed house. for though practically all of the Phoenix people will see the show this week, there will be enough visitors in town who have not seen it to pack the l house several times over. The Elks have the matter under advisement and have made no announcement yet
 Concerning the sale of boxes in the grand stand, the club has fixed the price at SIS, the same price charged for them during the fair Those who want boxes are invited to. file their applications as soon as possible with the club at it's headquarters in the Fleming block The sale of boxes will take place at o'clock February 8 in the club headquarters, and they {. will be allotted to applicants in the l order of the filing of their applica-
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