Arizona republican., 1911-08-30
WILL OPEN HOTEL NOV. 1
Furnishings Will Be Ship ped by October l. Brings Assurance that Geers Will Attend Fair With His Racing Stable.

J. c. Adams returned home yes terday after a visit of four weeks in Chicago, Grand Rapids and De- troit, devoted mainly to the purchase of the furnishings of the new Hotel Adams Nevertheless, his instincts as a horseman, drew him 10 the Grand Circuit tracks on two big days and he mingled with the drivers and owners as of yOre, and returns with the news that the Geers string will be here for the territorial fair, the string including The Harvester and Anvil, pacers, the former being the most sensational horse the world has ever seen, and the latter being the winner of the chamber of commerce stake on the Grand circuit. Vernon Mckinney. winner of the merchants land manufacturers stake, will also be here for the fair, making three 1f the fastest horses in the world.
 Respecting the furnishings for the lnew hotel. NIT. Adams said everything would be shipped on or before Octo- Der 1st, and impossible as it might eem to some. he still insists that the big hotel will be open for busi- ness by November 1st. The furnish iings throughout will be on a parity with those of the largest and best hotels in Chicago, such as the La Sale and New sherman. both of which were fitted up in the maih by the same houses he patronized. Dur ing his absence from Phoenix, A.. ' w Ballard has devoted a great deal | Of attention to looking after con- struction details about the building. l and good progress has been made. | The doors and trimmings will be here | in week or ten days and will be put in place just as fast ss possible. i The bedroom furniture of the hotel | will be supplied by the Sligh Fur niture company of Grand Rapids. AL cXandor Smith & company of New York, the largest manufacturers of ivelvct carpets in this country, will furnish the carpets for the hotel, which will be of wilton velvet Coul- son & Son of Scotland, will furnish the linens FordJohnson X com pany. of Chicago. secured the order for the chairs and Ketcham &. Roths- child of Chicago. will furnish the Upholstered furniture. The tables were bought of the Wolverine Table ccmpany of Detroit. makers of the famous Cadillac desk tables All the guest-rOom tables will be Cadillacs, which combine table and writing desk
 The same company will furnish the tables for the parlors and mezzan-
 inc floor.
 Mir. Adams says he was assisted in tho selection of the furniture and car pets by the Doris Heyman Furniture company, of this city, while Barry
 Goldwater of the firm of NJ. Gold
 water & Brother, helped him in the
 purchase Of the linens. Both firms
 did all they possibly could to help
 the hotel company secure its goods at the lowest prices and without prof
 it. favors that he desires to acknOw-
 ledge
 Reverting to the races. MT. Adams
 witnessed the two big Grand circuit events. the chamber of commerce
 stake and the merchants and man. lutacturers stake. The former was
 won by Vernon Mckinney, which horse only last week, broke worlds record in Columbus, ohio. pacing the fastest three heats ever recorded in
 a race
 The winner of the other race. the merchants and manufacturers stake
 was Anvil, a horse owned by Frank lJones. millionaire of Memphis, now probably the most prominent owner Of ltrotting horses in America. Anvil
 was driven by Ed Geers, who is per
 raps the most notable driver in Am lerica and who is a long time per-
 scnal friend of Mir. Adams. Mir Geers
 'cld Mir. Adams that he had beer promising to bring his horses to tho
 Arizona fair for q long time and this
 year he is surely going to do so
 He is fully advised as to the climatic
 conditions here and knows that Ari-
 ZOna claims to have the fastest track
 in the world. He proposes to bring
 his entire string for the express pur- lpcse of establishing new worlds rec
 lords, for trotting stallions, with hi,
 horse The Harvester It may cost him moro than he can hope to mako
 in purse money. but Geers has reach
 ed the age when glory means as
 much to him as money. and this vii
 be his first trip west of the Mississ