Arizona republican., 1922-04-20
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The Arizona Republican, In CO.
operation with the Junior chamber
of commerce. will stage the first real
downtown Jubilee ever held In Phoe-
nix on the streets OF the business dis
trict on Thursday night. April ~.
There will be a two-fold purpose In
putting on this great event. First,
that of furnishing the finest free en-
tertafnment ever presented In this
city to the many visitors to the good
roads convention and the residents
of the valley, and second, to give the
merchants of the city an opportunity
to display their newest and latest
merchandise to the best advantage.
A parade. street dance, special
feature acts, window displays of
merchandise. living models, souve-
Mrs and all the fun galore of a car
nival are some of the features
planned for the big Phoenix Downton
Jubilee. the most gigantic free show
ever attempted in the history Of
Phoenix. 1t Is expected that the
jubilee VIII bring d larger crowd to
the business district Of the city than
was brought out by the fail faghfun
show Of The Republican last year,
when the largest crowd In the his
tory of Phoenix, joAtIed elbows in
their efforts to walk about the
streets.
Bio Style Show, Too
The jubilee, plans for which have
been in the process of formation for
several weeks by committees, in ad-
dition to giving the city carnival
spirit during the good roads conven-
ton, lis being staged for the purpose
of Affording the visitors to the good
roads convention and the citizens OF
the valley q chance to get acquainted
with latest styles In all kinds OF
merchandise in the city.
The jubilee viii start with a whiz
at o'clock sharp when red flares
viii be lighted simultaneously on all
of the downtown corners. Imine-
diately following the flares, the ner-
chants of the city will undrape their
show windows which will be espe-
cially prepared to show their finest
display of late spring and early sum-
mer models of merchandise ever
shown in Phoenix.
At S:15 o'clock. the huge street
parade with more than 100 entrants
representing humorous, alleg0rical
and fantasticai characters, inter-
spersed with 100 live clowns viii
start. The firms of the valley also
will be represented in the parade and
there will be take offs on all the
prominent visitors attending the good
roads convention, IN addition TO the
representations OF the local firms,
Tucson, Mesa, Miami. Glendale.
Scottsdale and many other cities Of
the state win be properly repre-
scented.
Plenty Of Music
There will be plenty of music in
the parade. Both the Indian School
band and the st. Johns Indians Mis-
sion band win be in the parade with
three local orchestras The finest
clown band In the world, composed Of
the musical members of the Junior
chamber of commerce, also Will
march in the parade.
Other features of the parade viii
be Cheyenne Kiser and his cowboys
and Indians. Sheriff Harry Mitten in
charge Of chain gang brought from
the state bastile especially for the
occasion, and the taking Of movie
reels" of the parade and spectators
by Elf Kunzelnan. An opportunity
also will be afforded for the spec
tators along the line OF march to hear
the voice OF President Harding voic-
ing his approval of the good roads
convention. for through special
a radio receiving station
has been obtained and this will be
set up and hauled in the parade on
a truck. 1t will receive messages
direct from President Harding in
Washington In addition to broadcast
ing concerts. lectures and so forth