Arizona republican., 1910-01-21

large enough to cover the entire cost of the show as near as could be cal culated, on a basis of $12,000 receipts at the gate and 2 s12.000 guarantee | with % per cent of the gate receipts l which would make the cost S15,000 1 The concessions, it is believed, will | care for the advertising. When this subscription is secured or enough of
 it to warrant a final contract with the promoter, the subscribers will meet
 and form an aviation association. the subscribers taking stock for their subscriptions. With this accomplished the subscribers would be certain of having returned to them. prorata, ap- proXimately 75 per cent of the gate receipts. less such incidentals as can
 not be calculated upon in advance. If the receipts come up to expectations
 they will secure considerably more
 than half their money back. If they
 approximate the predictions of the en-
 thusiasts who have seen the Los An
 geles show, the subscribers will stand
 fine chance to get all their money
 back. In any event all will share alike.
 If there is money to be made all will
 
 is to be lost, no one person will be
 stuck" for more than his prorata, to
 later on feel sorry for himself as an
 unappreciated public benefactor, and
 the town will have sustained its repu- tation for gameness.
 The next step was the appointment of a soliciting committee. That was done by naming NJ. C. McDougall, $. Oberfelder, H. J. McClung,s Aaron Gold berg, H. l. Latham, A. R. Cater, C. IT. Akers. Nat Reiss, J. B. Long. Elliot Evans and Joseph Thalheimer. MT. McDougall being named as chairman. The committee at once opened it's sub scription book and before it left the board of trade room several thousand dollars were subscribed. It was really well along in the afternoon before the committee got on the street and at the close of its soliciting about dark, it had $500 not only on the list but in good negotiable paper in the hands of MT. Oberfelder. It will be noticed that the committee is not making two bites at cherry. It gets the money along with the subscription. for it is real money that counts in this instance. No uncollectable subscrip- tions are wanted. It will undoubtedly be known by dark tonight whether Phoenix will have a meeting or not. and if so the cash to insure it will be in the bank. If the project fails the checks will be returned at once to those who gave them. And if the meeting is held it will be only little over three weeks until the business men will know the result of their ven ture IL will not be like a worlds fair. similarly handled, in which tine result hangs fire until half the investors are dead. It is a clear ease of taking a play for big stakes under conditions that make a total loss impossible.
 Mr. McDougall said last night that the committee had not seen near all Of the business men yet and there are two or three men of large affairs that are not in town who are depended up- on for substantial subscriptions just as soon as they can be found. In no instance yesterday did the committee receive cold throw down. There were a few cases where one partner asked for time to consult his associates but none was found to disapprove of the project. Some of course only re- gretted that they could not make their larger and help it along. The committee therefore requests that every business man who has not been called upon will carefully consider the in advance and be ready to say what he can do and give check for it as soon as the commit tee calls for it must be cleaned up this afternoon, one way or another. with everything to date spelling sue cess in large letters. The committee hopes for the largest possible sub scriptions. for the larger the subscrip- tion. the more certain all will be to have a goodly part of their money re- turned within a month. the louder the town can talk, and the more interest each individual will have in boosting the big show. The management will start "out of the woods and every dollar that can be picked up at the gate will be a dollar coming home again.
 MT Reiss last night wired promoter Barnard of the progress of events and asked him to come here in person on the first train