Arizona republican., 1910-01-31
The Monday Morning Aviation
 Sermon
PREPARING FOR \ CROWD
Publicity Work Is Pro- gressing Nicely-Question of Entertainment Will Be Vigorously Handled This Week

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 Yesterday being Sunday there was little doing at aviation headquarters
 but that fact gives opportunity for a mention of minor matters that are be- ing attended to all the time. especially in the matter of publicity. The pub licity committee is losing no time in its work. It has forwarded copy for half page advertisements to sixteen Arizona daily papers and nineteen weekly papers outside of Phoenix. to be run three issues and as many more as any of them feel inclined to run the ad for the money appropriated. In addition the papers are all requested to run as much publicity text matter concerning the meeting Gas their well known liberality will justify. It is pleasing to note that most of the pa pers have already begun the publica- ton of the advertisement and many of them are liberally mentioning the meeting in their news columns.
 In return also it is the plan of the management to extend all proper cOurtesies to the visiting press and to that end the big band stand at the fair ground will be reserved for their exclusive use for it is expected that most of the papers will be represented as visitors if not in a reportorial ca pacity. The little press box used dur ing the fairs will hardly accommodate the local and active visiting press re-
 
 pressed into service for this occasion and it is likely the aviation manage ment will provide badges for admis- sion to that stand exclusively on the proper identification of applicants representing the Arizona newspapers. Everything possible is being done to make it an All-Arizona exhibition
 P. P. Hastings and R. $. Stubbs. representing the Santa Fe and the Southren Pacific. respectively. have promised to each place in the field travelling passenger agent to boost for the big show from now until the sale of tickets closes. They will travel all over their lines. spending few hours in. each town. injecting the local agents and the populace with the hacilIi of aviation. This offer comes voluntarily from these gentlemen who recognize the bigness of the event. not only for Phoenix but for all Arizona and who are doing all they can to make it a success. From present re- ports it is expected the aviation fever will become epidemic before this week is over and that the travelling bug will seize every citizen who can raise the price of the very reasonable excursion tickets.
 Another means of advertising adopted by Manager Reiss is the util- izing of all .he moving picture ma chimes in the territory to tell the peo- pie about it. Almost every town of any considerable size has it's vaude- vile or picture show, some of them have two or three. MT. Reiss has pro- Vided all his bill posters who are now afield. with slides announcing the sec ond aviation meet in America at Phoe- nix. the date, and the invitation to come and see it. These slides will be run in all the picture shows once during each performance from now until the 10th. It is believed most of the show houses will do this much as a courtesy to Phoenix and the Phoenix showmen. If they will not they will be paid a proper price for their trou- ble. Anyhow the bill posters have au- thority to make terms as they go.
 Mir. Reiss yesterday heard from Prescott and Jerome that the aviation paper is up and that the greatest en- thusiasm prevails among the people.
 The big thing now is the rooming business and this week must be de- voted to careful preparation for the entertainment of the visitors. who ii is now a certainty will come in great numbers next week. The information by Harry Allen who is not only com potent to handle that kind of a job but is genial. courteous and obliging Whenever he happens to be ont there will be some one to attend to the business in his absence and it is now the duty and should be the privilege of every citizen to list with the bu- reau every spare room he now has or can fix up with bed, cot. or any oth- CT comfortable sleeping device It is believed that if the people of Phoenix will give up their extra rooms, or equip with bedding all the extra rooms that can be made comfortable even if they are not now used for bedrooms. that the crowd can be entertained. There was surplus of beds during fair week. though that is not accept ed as criterion for the crowd figured upon will be great deal larger Phoenix will raise crop of new ho- falc hafnra h,.f time arrives it is up to the people to