Arizona republican., 1910-01-29
BILL POSTERS.
 ARE ABROAD They Will liven up Dead Walls All Over Arizona AVIATION IDEA GROWING
Assurance of Big Crowds at Coming Meeting - Plans For Entertaining People. Harry Allen in Charge. Help Him Out

loaded down with paper which all who
 run may read, calling attention to the fact that the second American avia- | tion meeting will be held in Phoenix | February 10-11-12. Six men scattered ! in four directions last night. They are experienced men equipped with Nat Reiss' brushes. paste pots and general | bill posting paraphernalia- One will go to Prescott and surrounding points. one along the Santa Fe main line. an 1 other down Yuma way, another to Naco. Douglas. Bisbee and southern Arizona points. The fifth man heads
 for Morenci. Clifton and eastern Ari- | zona. and the sixth man is off for
 his way back across country via Kel- win. Winkelman. Ray and Florence. The ready made paper. to which was added the Phoenix imprint, arrived from Los Angeles yesterday morning
 and the city shop windows were given airship adornment yesterday. A lot of big 32-sheet posters. hand painted in this city, were turned over to the committee yesterday. Three of these were placed on the Phoenix bill boards
 just as a sample of what is being sent out. rather than because of any need of advertising in Phoenix. The rest were turned over to the bill posters
 who will display them to the best ad
 vantage throughout the territory.
 There was a rousing meeting of the
 members of the Aero club yesterday. a large representation of the stock
 holders being present. The purpose
 of it was to give the directors an op-
 portunity to report to the subscribers
 what has been done to date and to
 counsel with them concerning plans
 for entertaining the public, the time
 for action having arrived. Letters
 asking for room reservations are all
 ready beginning to arrive at aviation
 headquarters. The result of the con
 ference was a decision to handle the
 visitors. just as has been done here
 tofore during fair weeks. only little
 more so. The managers expect a much
 bigger crowd than ever attended fair Whether it comes or not they
 propose to prepare for that kind of
 a rush. Harry Allen was decided up-
 on as the best man available to take
 charge of the information bureau and
 attend to the rooming of the visitors.
 A desk for his purposes has already
 been provided in aviation headquar-
 ters and he is ready now to begin
 listing rooms, rates. location, etc.
 Householders are not merely invited.
 but urged to list every available room they can place bed in. Those in the
 room renting business will be glad of this cbapC fn avail of fraa agency service. But the listing is by
 no means to be confined to them. Householders generally are urged to recognize the occasion as one in which
 it is the duty of all Phoenix to play host and list every possible room, as much for the accommodation as for the money. It is expected rooms will be furnished by scores by those who under ordinary circumstances would not take a roomer and whose charge will be. merely for the trouble and not be- cause they particularly want the money. More along this line will be
 published from day to day. but it is
 hoped a good start in listing will be made at once.
 Emergency resources were also dis cussed. such as renting halls and equipping them with cots. One of the finest plans suggested. if it will work. will be the securing of a lot of stand ard and tourist sleeping cars to oc- cupy the Phoenix side tracks and serve as lodging houses during the meeting, just as Albuquerque did dur ing the meeting of the irrigation con-
 St,,h be and passenger agent of the Southern Pacific. volunteered to take the mat ter up at once with the district agent of the Pullman company and see if such an arrangement could be made.
 Another decision of the club was to adopt red, white and yellow, as the official colors for the aviation meet ing This is mentioned for the ben eft of those who may wish to do little decorating on their own account.
 Messrs. R. S. Stubbs of the South ern Pacific. and P. P. Hastings. gen. eral freight and passenger agent of the S. F., P. & P, both met with the club and volunteered to do everything they could in the matter of rates or otherwise. to boost along the big show. One thing they agreed to was to have the trainmen on all trains Phoenix, just before they. get here. distribute handbills to passen- gers, apprising them that they can se- cure lodgings by applying at once to aviation headquarters. This will save | them running all over town to look l for rooms they cannot find. Any | thing available can be secured with l less loss of time by going direct to | There will be no charge ' pr commissions for the information.
 In the matter of rates. MT. Hastings | said he could announce that the round | trip rate from Prescott would be s4. | md for points between Prescott and | he main line. such as Jerome and |