Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-08
COMMERCIAL BOOTHS
AT FAIR HOLD EVERY
VISITORS ATTENTION

VlOlION , AL Elm llOIy
The commercial booths lined along
| both sides of the center of the Agri-
! cultural building at the fair grounds
present wonderful display. They
make ordinary machinery and ordi-
! nary materials look attractive and
| full of beauty. The first booth as one
enters the doorway on the east sloe
of the building is that or the Ari>
l%ona Gypsum Plaster company, which
illustrated that the building material
dug from the ground in the Douglas,
district and worked up into blocks
by this company will build as beau
tiful, sturdy and inexpensive home
as money can construct
The display booth of the Delco Elec-
trio company is an interesting one ana
is incidentally doing a great service
for the fair visitors in that it is cool
ing the drinking water for the entire
building This is done in the iceless
refrigerators which they have on dis
play in actual working order. The
water is cooled to degree that
makes it very good for drinking ana
is then distributed to the different
lOuHldlIlS SIDOuI llC Oullu'
ing. An attendant is on hand at
this booth at all times to give out
information and to show he visitors
the wonders of the iceless cooiers,
The Gadsden Beauty shop seems to
have moved an entire shop equipment
to its booth, for with two attendants
in charge they are marching hair
and giving various treatments to-
make the ladies more beautiful. The
work is carried on where all may see
the methods they employ. Electric
equipment is used throughout the diff
ferent operations. d,a
M. J. B., the coffee that is ad-
vertised to be good all the time, is
being dispensed from one booth
where little cakes and sandwiches
are served with each drink, Ths
company wishes to prove that their
coffee is really good.
The booth erected by Fernando
Mendoza, manager of the Aqua Prieta
chamber Of commerce, and others rep
| 1esenting Sonora is ibeautiful place
showing many things from Mexico,
including three young ladies dressed
in the formal Mexican costumes.
The Arizona Edison company oper-
ates a booth in which are shown IN
actual working order a large num-
Der of the aids to housekeeping which
this firm handles. They have some
very presentable articles of furniture
and a washing machine that washes
large toy ballons which are probably
supposed to represent clean soap
bubbles.
On the southwestern corner of the
center of the building the Pacific
Mutual Life Insurance company mas
set up an agency and is making every
effort to impress the public with the
need for insurance. This booth has
several polite agents installed therein
who interview all the visitors who
pass the booth and press upon them
! little booklets in which the story O
insurance is told.
The Phelps Dodge Mercantile COM
pany has lined the booth at the north
west end of the center aisle of the ag-
ricu1tural building with floor cover
ings of different sorts and shades.
They have covered both the walls and
the floors with this novel display and
the booth is one of the most unusual
on the grounds for it's simplicity and
beauty
The Anderson music store operates
the most appreciated commercial booth.
1t is filled with musical instruments
and a big Victrola of the very latest
model is kept running through the day,
giving the public some Ct the finest
music that has ever been recorded
The Douglas drug store has a very
we'll decorated booth which looks like
1adys dressing room in that it is
dainty and filled with articles that
one generally associates with the toll
cite of the fastidious.
Stewart Warner, the radio special
lists, reserve booth for the display ell
their very finest cabinets and to the
person interested in radio this booth
holds much of interest.
The Bisbee Daily Review advertises
their publication from a we'll arranged,
booth and maintains an informationl
bureau and the services of an attend
ant
Fred D. Hubbell Realty company
presents to the public the Home Beau
tiful and chances tG purchase the home
This booth has in it a miniature of the
Home Beautiful which has been very
we'll made and is Illuminated from
within at night.
The United States forest service, in
the interests of fire prevention week
and the forests of the state in general