Arizona republican., 1910-01-21
PROGRESS |S
 FLATTER|NG Growing Enthusiasm Over the Aviation Meeting SUCCESS SEEMS ASSURED Committee Raised $7,300 of Guarantee Fund Tester day-Must Complete the Work This Afternoon. Better Dates Secured.
SUCCESS SEEMS ASSURED

The aviation situation at this min- ute is as follows:
 Nat Reiss has secured a changing of the dates to one week later. giving that much more time for preparation so the dates as now decided upon are February 10, II, r.
 This change of date also secured a postponement of final answer to the promoter until ? o'clock this afternoon The sum of $500 is now collected and on deposit in the National Bank of Arizona, as a partial subscription to the guarantee fund. The rest, it is be- lieved will be secured before o'clock this afternoon.
 The plan of business mems bonus was dropped and in lieu of il. an avi- ation association will be formed. every subscriber to the guaranteeNfund re- ceiving stock for his subscription. This insures him al least part of his, money back, possibly all of it if the show meets expectations, and a dividend if the judgment of some of the enthusi- asts is good.
 The subscription committee is tO meet at the store of McDougall & Cas- sou this morning at 9 o'clock sharp. to continue its solicitations. The biggest part of the job is done. but it is the last and smallest part that spells sue cess and Chairman McDougall urges promptness and cooperation
 Yesterdays Proceedings
 A majority of the members of the committee whose names were pub lished in The Republican yesterday morning, together with some others, met promptly at 10 o'clock in the board of trade room. All that was printed yesterday was gone over and a great deal more. Mir Reiss address ing the assemblage again for the bene- fit of those who had not been in the former conferences. The situation was viewed from every standpoint and thoroughly discussed.
 There was unanimity on the desir- ability of the aviation meeting The financing of the project was the only matter that called for careful calcu- lation and concerning it various sug gestions were made. During the even ing before it had been tentatively sug gested that a dozen or two men game enough to risk $500 or s1,000 each, should organize an association and finance it, taking the subscriptions to be secured as a bonus against failure. It was only suggestion. however, for nobody was anxious to be in the list Of speculators. even though there were possibilities of good return for the money. What they wanted was an aviation meeting. not a speculation. It quickly developed therefore that the sentiment was quite unanimous that the whole town should cooperate. The average business man would prefer to subscribe $500 with enough other busi- ness men. to make if cartain that he would get a considerable part of his money back, than he would to sub scribe S150 and know that he could not hope to get any of it back. except through increased trade during the week, and that if any money were made the nervy few would split it between them while the liberal business men had given them the nucleus of their working capital.
 In other words, the average business man would rather be credited with some nerve and some liberality than with mere liberality alone. He would be just as liberal in his subscription for the sake of liberality and then add a little to it to show his nerve and with an increased certainty of possible profit. or return, at least of as much or more money than he had added to his subscription merely to show his nerve. In short the city has a reputation of being "a good sport" ard feels a par donable pride in maintaining it. espe- cially when such a procedure adds to the insurance of success of the under taking.
 It was therefore decided that the