The border vidette., 1921-01-01
GOVERNORS INAUGURAL BALL.


 gural ball which will be given to Governor and Mrs. Thomas B. Campbell by the people of l Arizona under the direction of the Arizona Inaugural Commit tee of which Dr. R. R. Brown field is chairman.
 Following days of uncertainty as to whether the new Ell Zari- bah temple would be completed in time, definite assurances were given by the shrine yesterday that the big auditorium, though | not entirely finished, would be in readiness to turn over to the Inaugural 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 arrange the elaborate decorations.
 For time it appeared that the preliminary work of the con- mittee was to count for naught. News came that the special floor ing for the big auditorium had been destroyed by fire while in transit to Phoenix, and it was feared that it would be impossi ble to secure a sufficient quan tity of hard wood flooring in Phoenix, or anywhere in the state to fill the requirements of the job. However, it was de- cided to comb the valley in search of the needed material, and as luck would have it an abundant supply of the finest maple flooring milled was locat- chased 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 through out the state at the earliest pos sible date. The distribution and sale of tickets will be under the direction of H. D. McVay, who has been made chairman of the finance committee.
 There will be no free tickets of any kind issued to any per son, was the first rule laid down by MT. McVay upon his appoint ment, and in approval of this stand the members of the exc cutive committee each laid down 5000 in purchase of the first tickets to be issued.
 This affair should not be con sidered as in any sense com mercial enterprise" said Mir. McVay, and it is we'll that the public understands that every dollar from the sale of tickets will be utilized to defray the ex- penses, with the understanding that any surplus will be turned over to charities. All expenses will be kept within a minimum consistent with the character of the occasion. Equipment and material are being secured at practical cost and all expendi- lures whether for decorations or for labor will be made with the idea of securing value received for every dollar spent"
 Under the committees plan for distribution of tickets, the total number has been limited, with the idea of providing a suitable allotment for each of the several counties, in keeping with the state wide spirit of the occasion. The advance demand for tickets has been surprisingly large and iu view of the limited number which can be disposed of in any one community it is believed that the total issue will be sold out promptly.
 In this connection the commit tee announced that drastic meas ures will be adopted to prevent speculation. All tickets scalpers will be summarily dealt with and prosecuted to the full limit of the law, it is announced. The plan of these operators is to buy up large number of tickets, then after all tickets have been sold, offer their holdings to the public at greatly advanced prices This practice has caused untold annoyance in other states in the holding of public functions of this character, and the commit tee is taking preliminary pre- cautions to guard against it in the present instance.
 Two kinds of tickets will be placed on sale. One kind is good for the admission of one couple, and the price will be $1O. For the accommodation of those who