Arizona republican., 1912-12-11
ID PERPETUATE
 SHOW IN FILMS
Big Mid-Winter Festival In Phoenix Likely to Furnish Subjects for Moving Pictures By the Sclig Company.

Scenes and incidents of the mid winter festival planned to be held here February II, 15 and 16. will be perpetuated in moving pictures and shown all over the country, if the plans of Secretary Harry Welch. of the board of trade, and Harry J. Cohen. business manager of the Selg Polyscope company. are carried out. MT. Cohen arrived in this city yesterday. accompanied by Secretary Welch and General Agent A. R. Cat ter of the Arizona Eastern, the three having spent Sunday at Castle Hot Springs. In addition to making films in connection with the big fes- tival Mr. Cohen stated yesterday that he will likely have a big com pany in Arizona about that time and that several dramatic or comedy films will be manufacturing here which will be used in the regular service of the Selig company.
 Before coming to Phoenix. Mir 1 Cohen spent several days at Prescott where he interested the Prescott | Commercial club in d proposition to 1 bring his company to that city for ! three ar four weeks From Prescott 1 to Castle Hot Springs he had as his companion. Malcolm Fraser. sec retary of the Prescott organization. l The company which will be brought to Arizona will be made up in Los ] Angeles, although the home of the SeIig company is in Chicago. In Los | Angeles, the Seligs maintain q little army of actors ready to pose for all most any sort of picture. In addition they have a mcnaScric of 1S6 wild animals which are used in the Kings of the Jungle and Lost in the Forest pictures.
 To Manager E. P Conway. of the l Iarber Asphalt company. belongs some of the credit for the plan to make moving pictures of the midWin- ter festival. He was the man who really pointed out to Mir. Cohen the real importance and scope of the af- fair and secured q pretty positive assurance that the suggestion would be adopted. MT. Cohen left last eve hing for Los Angeles to begin ar engagements for the visit of his com lpany here in February.
 1 MT. Cohen is not stranger to Phoenix In fact he is entitled to bo ! classcd as former resident of this
 city. if seven long weeks devoted t'
 hard work at measly wages, is sut- ficicn. to establish q residence.
 l It was twelve years ago to q day | that MT Cohen first came to Phoenix
 He then held the position of advance agent of the Falk and Veronee Stocl company which was engaged to fiji an indefinite engagement at the olt Doris theater now the Elks. Cohel reached here several days ahead O the company which was completinf lits arrangement in Prescott. In thu words of Cohen. the company rod' i into Phoenix on it's trunks Ina is there wasn't enough money amon' the combined forces. after arriving l here to buy postage stamp. |" company played a few nights ah' then closed with q bang.
 i Cohen would have been pretty wei - fixed at that if he had been able t
 collect all the back salary due him |, | but he couldn't rustic a penny iron the manager and at last in despera tion he accepted q position as pli nocter at one dollar per day. H |, worked at sticking posters on pli , boards for seven weeks ana ever day he went down to the Southeri | Pacific depot and inquired rom LII ticket agent the price ot ucNe to Chicago.
 |. 1. Tn seven weeks he saved seven u"i lars. One day while posting som lpaper near the depot the 'icNe agent emerged from the oi'lce an
 hailed him. ,. :. Chicago" he asked.
 r You bet I am," replied Cohen'
 well. I can get you a chance
 ride as far as St. Louis on stili'
 said the agent.
 Cohen didn't know what II was iabout. but he said, Alright, tiid lwiU help some,' and Immediately pe
 gan to wonder what he was eXpecle
 to do next.
 He was supplied with two ticket land told that he was to see that 'i' dead one" in the baggage codc Ireached St Louis. He traNeleu far as New orleans. ran across
 boollmalling friend who gave nm
 ten dollar a day job at the rae track and Cohen forgot all aoouI LII icorpse on the train. To thls daE II idoesn't know whether the body feach ed it's destination, nor even Whetit Iii was that of a man or Woiild' white or black.
 . Today he holds the most reSponS' bIe position the Seiig company mas
 offer. in fact he is the right nan
 man of Nathan Selig, who leaVt
 practically all the business affairs
 his hands. He finally reached Chl
 oogo and makes more money in
 n,in,,to now than he used to make i
 ,,.oelx Some of his hard knocks j ar,,. days may be responsible to
 certain extent for his sterlng cna'
 acta,. and kindly disposition of toda,