The copper era and Morenci leader., 1920-12-31
INAUGURAL BALL
 WILL BE GIVEN
 JANUARY l4TH

Phoenix, Dec. 30 Friday evening, January II, has been definitely set IS the date of the Inaugural ball which will be given to Governor and Mrs. Thomas B. Campbell by the peo- pie of Arizona under the direction of the Arizona Inaugural Committee of which Dr. R. R. Brownfield is chairman.
 Following days of uncertainty as to whether the new Fl Zaribah temple would be completed in time, definite assurances were given by the shrine yesterday that the big auditoriumg though not entirely finished, would be in readiness to turn over to the In- augural committee on January 10. Immediately it was decided to hold the ball on the evening of the 14th, thus giving four days in which to ar range the elaborate decorations.
 For a time it appeared that the preliminary work of the committee was to count for naught News came that the special flooring for the big auditorium had been destroyed by fire while in transit to Phoenix. and. it was feared that it would be imposa slpie to secure sufficient quantity of hard wood flooring in Phoenix, or anywhere in the state to i'll the re- quirements of the job. However, it was decided to comb the valley in search of the needed material, and as luck would have it an abundant sup ply of tn finest maple flooring milIed was located at Goodyear This was purchased and the workmen are now we'll along on the task of laying the floor
 An order was placed today for the
 printing of the tickets for the ball,
 that they may be placed on sale in Phoenix and throughout the state at the earliest possible date. The dis
 tribution and sale of tickets will be
 under the direction of H. D. McVay. who has been made chairman of the i finance committee.
 There will be no free tickets of any kind issued to any person, was the first rule laid down by MT. Mo Way upon his appointment, and in
 approval of this stand the members i of the executive committee each laid ! ccwn SD in purchase of the first i tickets to be issued.
 "This affair should not be consid- ' cred as in any sense commercial
 enterprise said Mr. McVay, land it
 is we'll that the public understands that every dollar from the sale of
 tickets will be utilized to- defray the
 expenses, with the understanding
 that any surplus will be turned over , to charities. All expenses will be kept within a minimum consistent wth the character of the occasion.
 Equipment and material are being se , cured at practically cost and all ex- 3 pendtture. whether for decorations 3 Q" for labor will be made wiin tho g idea O. g. curing value receiv.d GOT y every dollar spent"
 l. Under the committees plan for dis. o tribution of tickets, the total number t has been limited, with the idea oi j., providing suitable allotment fol h each of the several counties in keep 5, ing with the statewide spirit of the It occasion. The advance demand fol e tickets has been surprisingly large G. and in view of the limited number o which can be disposed of in any ont
 community it is believed that the tcta n issue will be sold out promptly. Iy In this connection sthe committe, Id announced that drastic measures vii B. te adopted to prevent speculation e. All ticket scalpors will be summaril is dealt with and prosecuted to the ful
 limit of the law, it is announced Tn 70 plan of these operators is to uy u , a large number of tickets, then afte :. all tickets have been sold, offer thei ,o holdings to the public at greatly ad o,, vanced prices. This practice ha
 caused untold annoyance in othe n states in the holding of public funt oh tions of this character, and the con ;, mittee is taking preliminary preca, .a tions to guard against it in the pr'
 sent instance.
 in Two kinds of tickets will be place is On sale. One kind is good for the a
 mission of one couple and the pri,
 will be $10. For the accommodate " of those who desire to provide f
 the admission of more than one la,