Weekly journal-miner., 1920-03-17
FRONTIER DAY ASSURED IF FUNDS BY
 PRESCOTT
(From Tuesdays Oaily.)

After talking much common sense the business men who attended lasl evenings Frontier committee meet ing tried talking a little dollars and cents, and made steps toward sue i cess in financing the forthcoming wild west show. It was not until quite late in the session that it was proposed to speak concrctely of in tentions instead of abstractly of hopes
 It was clearly shown that there was no justice in letting four mem bers of the committee-not by any means the heaviest financially iii the city-carry the load of indebtedness of the previous show. That amount ed to a little over $400O and was caused by unusual expenses, but eX- penses that were wholly justihable
 The announcement that the con testing cowboys had paid over 5000 more to the show in entrance fees than the businessmen of the city had contributed, was intended to bring a blush of shame to the various cheeks, but was accepted with calm ness. It did, however, impress those present with the wholesale apathy the city had shown to the 1919 show
 Chairman Clark outlined the prop osition very briefly, and left 1t to He'd Aitl,en, veteran committee member and present finance chief, to tell the gathering in cold figures what the association is up against this year. He announced various items from the budget, showing that the show last year had required handling over $23,000 He did not state, however, that the estimated amount spent in the city by visitors to the show lay between $l50000 and S2GG.O0G.
 The funds collected last time from the various interests in Prescott had been segregated. Garages had put up Sl20; professional men S150; ho- tels and restaurants S5o3; stores $l73O: banks 5000; Prescott Gas & Electric Go. $1OO; Yavapai Club $lOO; City of Prescott $500. The to- tai for the business interests, with whom the visitors had spent their money, was around $330O
 The committee, headed by Lester Ruffner, arena director, offered any body a chance to run the show if they thought they could do it more economically or better. The offer was declined by Judge Wells, who said he was perfectly willing to have the city get some more benefits from the ability of those who had done the work in the past. Ed Block called up a vote by which it was seen that everyone present proposed to sec the thing through. F. L. Flaw orth, speaking as arena director for a number of years, told the crowd some plain facts about the way the directors of the affair had been able to assume at the same time, the re- sponsibility for staging the show and that of providing the money there for. There was a good deal of talk about the wonderful advertising value of the affair, but not word was said about the actual cash value.
 T. C. Norris expressed confidence in the committee. The fact the members had run a few thousand dollars in the hole meant nothing in his young life He believed they had done it because they had to, and was willing to accept his share of it. R. F. Morrison produced letter from a correspondent at Flagstaff, showing that the rival show that has been started there this year is sup plying the business and personal sta tionery of that burg, so that each outgoing letter might carry the news of their stunts to the outside world. The meeting was enlightened and interested to know that Doc (. w. Pardee, erstwhile stellar performer
 and resident here, is to be arena di- rector of the Coconino show.
 Morrison naively suggested that