Arizona republican., 1914-05-10
Spacious Premises of Pratt Gilbert Company Have Largest Modern Sales room in the Entire South west
| EVERY SORT OF
 IMPLEMENT
Machinery Display of Pio- neer Firm Extensive, In- teresting and Up to Date. Modern Business Appli- ances for Transact in g Their Business

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 Hundreds of people flocked to the Pratt Gilbert Co. opening yesterday afternoon and evening, and viewed there q display of agricultural machin- cry second to none in the Southwest
 Not even Los Angeles can boast of q larger or finer sales and display room for this line of goods than the one on g. Central Ave, which the Pratt-Gil
 bert people threw open yesterday to the inspection of their many friends and patrons.
 On the main floor of the new fire
 proof building the visitors found dis play of almost every kind of farming
 implement conceivable. The main lines carried by the firm were here ar
 ranged in way that displayed them
 to the best advantage. and proved q revelation to many who saw them.
 From the mammoth Jumbo buck rake
 and the mining hoists to the diminu-
 tive engine whirling a 25-gallon sani-
 tary churn, the display was full of in ltl tot " dSOiIS, DuSSitS, ploNS pl w
 cry description, engines driven by gas.
 gasoline, kerosene or distillate, wind
 mills, cultivators and harvesting ma
 chinery of every description stood in orderly array for inspection. One feature of the display was the showing of pumps, of which the Pratt Gilbert Co. carry a very complete line. from
 the ordinary kitchen pump to the ad- vance line of centrifugals. Close to
 these stood tree of pipe fittings. starting with q trunk six inches in diameter. and tapering to an eighth of an inch at the top, an illustration of
 the large line of fittings carried in stock by the firm.
 On the mezzanine floor which ex- tends half way around the room, is To- cated the main office of the company and also display room for large and complete line of cultivators
 In the office are the most modern devices for expeditions handling of business. including not only cash car riers and a private telephone system 1 connecting with every part of the plant. with also a pneumatic tube sys- tenn for transmission of orders direct to the warehouse. From the mega
 nine floor also, one gets a fine view 1 of the entire main floor before des- cending to inspect the basement and warehouse
 The basement affords ample room for storing and assembling several car loads of machinery, as we'll as for vast l number of supplementary parts of the many different implements handled by the Prdtt-Gilbert Co. Across the alley to the south, is the warehouse. where ! are kept hundreds of tons of pipe. and
 are the bins of pipe fittings. the most complete line in the state.
 In addition to the regular lines of machines handled by them, the Pratt Gilbert people also carry a complete line of parts of all machinery they
 handle, and are prepared to supply any
 needed part on short notice. In order ! that this may be done, an elaborate index has been prepared, making it possible for an order for any part of any machine carried in stock to be filled with dispatch.
 The Pratt-Gilbert Co. are state dis tributors for a number of standard
 lines of farming machinery, among which are the Planet Jr. cultivators
 and planters, the Cutaway harrows and cultivators. the Samson windmills, Lion fence. Advance pumph and the Children's Sons rakes. In addition to
 these they carry the I. H. c. line of
 harvesting machinery, and gas engines up to % H. F., and full line of ve- hicles and harness They have agents Or subagents at Florence, Casa Gran
 de, Palo Verde, and practically every point of importance in the Salt River Valley, and aim to supply anything needed by the varied agricultural in- terests of the territory they cover
 Nothing was lacking to make the oc- casion a most pleasant one for the crowds of visitors that accepted the invitation to the opening. In addition to the floral souvenirs for the ladies. there were watch fobs, stick pins and thermometers were distributed to the visitors to say noIhing of delicious punch for all. The First Regiment band Furnished appropriate music dur ing the evening.
 Among the representatives of man. ufacturerS present for the opening were F. J. Johnson, of the California Moline Flow O.: J. Y. Seaman. repre- sentin" the International Harvester Co: c. Y. Williams of the Republic Iron c- Steel O.. and Fred GoWan of the Mover Buggy Co. Syracuse, N. Y ,,,,,>< .,.1D,rNNI NuncC EANIC