Arizona republican., 1922-04-28

were no long, tlreSOme waits between
| events. Rather, there was so much
going on that it was almost impossi-
| bic to keep apace with the program
It was such program as goes tc
make a better community and in this
| the Junior chamber made an auspi-
! cious bow to the public. Everywhere
there was evidence of good fellow
ship, of the brotherly spirit of CO.
operation that contributes to a live
progressive city.
The grand finale was a great pub
| lie dance on the public thoroughfart
| between Central and First avenues
How many thousands participated
only can be guessed at, but it wa:
without question the biggest dance
ever conducted in Arizona. Here the
jewellers held forth from 10 o'clock
until midnight.
The parade was everything thai
had been claimed for it. There was
fun galore-such fun as everyone car
| enjoy. There were allegorical floats
take offs on some of the prominent
convention visitors and beautifully
decorated floral floats, the whole
| blending into one of the most pleas
! ing, most entertaining street specta-
| cles Phoenix citizens have ever wit
| messed. circus parades not excepted
Promptly at o'clock the ornamen-
| tai lights of the business district were
cut off simultaneously, torches were
applied to the hundreds of great rec
| flares. Then all steam and air whis-
| ties in the city shrieked their an
nouncement of the jubilee's opening
For three minutes this opening cere-
monial held.
The 12-minute interval between
| S:03 o'clock and Sis o'clock, wher
| the parade started, was given over tt
| the Fashion Revue, when the hund-
reds of merchants undraped theii
windows and exposed the new spring
and summer styles.
A few minutes later. the great pro-
| cession got under way, exactly or
schedule. It moved from the place
of formation at Seventh avenue and
washington street, the line of march
/ being east to Third street, north or
/ Third street to Adams, west on Ad-
ans to Central avenue, north on Gen.
| trail to Monroe and thence west on
Monroe to Second avenue, where II
disbanded.
Police Chief Leads
Police Chief George o Brisbois
mounted on a beautiful blacS charger
headed the procession A bufscsque
! float of Jerry Doyle's second hand
yards furnished plenty of laughs. II
was intended to represent Doyle's
circus band wagon and in place OF
the conspicuous monkey, so familiar
in the business district. a caged-ur
human on the reach underneath the
float expressed his displeasure at his
predicament by continuous kicking
The Phoenix volunteer fire de-
partment" contributed many laughs
along the line of march by its antics
A tiny toy steam engine was mounted
on a big two-wheel car while volun-
teer hosemen sprinkled the specta-
tors with a fine spray The new
American La France aerial truck
from the Central fire station gave
spectators some idea of old and new
methods of ire-fighting.
A 1900 model Oldsmobile came
chugging along at this point followed
by take-off floats on Col. j. A. Roun-
tree and Col Bennehan Cameron, two
of the most conspicuous figures at
the good roads convention. The
Rountree float carried a sign saying
I'm from Ala Bam."
The Miami Superior Hihgway Gel
ebration committee Of Miami entered
a float to advertise the big celebra-
tion at Miami Saturday on the occa-
sion of the opening of the new
Miami Superior highway
Jewels from Mesa
Jewels from Gem City, read a
banner on the side of beautifully
| decorated float entered by Mesa city
! On it were seated 25 of the prettiest
girls of the Southside metropolis. A
| pretty color scheme of red and white
| was carried out in the float decora-
| tions
Floats entered by the Madison club
of the Madison district created much
amusement. 1t was to advertise a
big dance Saturday night and a
| black-face was dancing to the tune
of MANIC music.
Thomas r. Marshall for Mayor
read a banner on the side of q laugh
making float entered by the Scots
dale board of trade. A group OF
| chandeliers followed, after which
came the American orchestra.
Then came Junior Chamber en-
try. A couple of yeggmen We're seer
at work on a steel safe. mounted on
a tiny cart, the locomotion being
provided by two policemen. As the
officers went about their work, the
soup men" rifled the safe and made
away with the loot
Radio Float
1t was followed by the radio float
by the Nelson Radio company. A
float moving backwards, to adver-
tise the slippery Gulch' fun fes-
tival was next, followed by an un-
usually appropriate float by the
Arizona Seed and Floral company
Figures representing beets, onions
| turnips and carrots flanked the float
on which was mounted hundreds OF
products of the company.
An official junior chamber car. a
float by the Taylor Paint house and
floats by the Detroit Auto Paint
Shop. the White Sewing Machine
company, the De Luxe Cleaners,
Berryhill company and the Emerson
Drug company. advertising Bromo-
| Seltzer, followed in the order men
| toned.
Extra Republicans"
A miniature newspaper plant
mounted on a truck and printing
extra editions" of The Republican
"the States Greatest Snoozepaper, /"
was The Arizona Republican entry
| in the procession. 1t was this float
that took fire in front of the Strand
! theater soon after the start of the
parade. 1t created no little end OF
excitement but little damage was
done. Tie printing press was moved
from the truck by the assistance OF
several by-standers and no damage
was done it. 1t was remounted on
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