Arizona republican., 1918-06-14
GREAT CROWDS
 HELP DEDICATE
 ESTABLISHMENT l

Tt speaks volumes for Phoenix and it speaks volumes for the man, Ed Rudolph" said B. L. Greaves, general manager for the Ford Motor con- pany's southern California, Arizona | and Nevada territory, last night as he surveyed the crowd at the formal open ing of the ned Ed Rudolph garage, Fourth and East Adams streets The crowd spoke for itself. It was large and representative, made up of substantial people of the valley, peo- l pie who farm, engage in business, em- ployer and employe alike, also men and women from the mining camps be- yond the valley, and, in fact repre- sentative people from the four quar- ters centering in Phoenix.
 1 Ford owners. Ford friends, people
 who know Ed Rudolph, and people
 who want to get acquainted with him
 and his men, all flocked to the new
 building to inspect it and to admire
 to partake of refreshments, and then
 to go to Riverside park as the guests
 of Ed Rudolph, there to enjoy the plunge, the dance floor, the theater
 and other attractions offered by the management.
 Ed Rudolph had 1000 tickets
 printed. tickets admitting to every thing at Riverside park. The crowd
 started to reac hthe garage at 7:30 and by 80 o'clock these two thousand tickets were all distributed and it was
 necessary to substitute receipt checks
 from the cash register. Frank Doe,
 manager, estimated the crowd at $500
 at g, and by midnight it was esti
 mated that 5000 had visited the ga-
 rage. Of this number, at least $500
 went to Riverside park for the enter
 tainment Brandon Brothers, mana
 gers of the park, reported capacity
 patronage by every one of the conces-
 sions there, at the plunge, at the
 dance floor and the theater.
 Donofrio started off with 20 gallons
 of punch It was consumed like ice
 in the sun. Then another large sup
 ply arrived from the factory, making
 50 gallons in all. These 50 gallons
 were consumed before 9 o'clock, with
 hundreds of guests waiting to be served. Then another supply arrived, , and still others, until 100 gallons Of
 punch had been served.
 The office part of the building was artistically decorated for the occasion with all the varieties of flowers avail : able at this heated period and with ) green foliage.
 5 Everything was free. At o'clock the Riverside park stages began to $ pick up the crowd at the garage and : take it to the park for the evenings ! entertainment. So great was the de- mand for transportation facilities thai I it was found at the outset that the
 stages could not handle the crowd. Ed = Rudolph rose to the occasion by press Q ing into service a fleet of Ford cars 2 In this way the crowd was handled promptly, without any tiresome waits 2 on the part of lis guests.
 Lined on either side of Adams stree and Fourth street, a block each way , from the big garage, were parked au- | tomobiles all during the evening. Peo C pie came from everywhere, it seemed in answer to Ed Rudolph's invitation I that he would be the host of Phoeni!
 and the country, and that he mean :. it when he said he wanted everybod! :. to be his guest.
 :, MT. Greaves dropped in upon thu Il opening. unannounced. He said h. o knew the Ford people and their policy r but that this opening was actually go . ing "one better" he said it eclipset
 anything of it's kind he had ever seen II Tt speaks volumes for the people O II Phoenix he said. It is through then
 and the people of the country tribu . tary to the city that Ed Rudolph wa " able to build up such business here if This is simply a wonderful city an 'e country. There is no getting aroun "a that. Look at this crowd. These peo ,- pie, a large portion of them at leas1 - own Ford cars. Read that crowt ir They are peopel who pay their bill: n people who do things and are happy i If the doing. These are the people wit If whom MT Rudolph does business = these are the people the Ford compan
 deals with, the people MT. Ford mos & respects and strives to please. E AS for Mr Rudolph himself, it g not for me to say. The people of Phoe .a nix. as evidenced by this crowd, mus Il. have confidence in him, and he surel e has confidence in them. This buildin a is the largest Ford garage in the wes ,l. This opening is simply wonderful; it d a compliment no people, save peopl Id such as live in Phoenix, could ever pa n a business and it's proprietor le BRITISH SUBJECT
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