The Coolidge examiner. [volume] (Coolidge, Ariz.) 1930-current, 1939-02-02
Ariz. Well Represent
ed at N. Y. Worlds
Fair


the Sunset State"
Arizona's contributions to the
prodigious show were revealed to-
day by Grover A. Whalen, presi
dent Of the Fair Corporation who
reported that a comprehensive and
recently completed survey placed
the state high among those Ameri-
can commonwealth upon which the
exposition is relying for new raw
materials and personal leadership.
AS the greatest Of all cooper
producing states, Arizona is
scheduled to earmark a large part
of its yield for Fairs 100000
pounds of cable; its 1000 miles CT
electric wiring; its bronze tablets
and innumerable door fixtures and
hinges; It's fountains and motors,
and for the many transformers re-
quired for the buildings and other
developments on the 1216h-acre
site.
With long staple cotton already
developed as a principal crop-a
crop which is said to equal the
fango,s white pods of Egypt-Ar1-
OF will reap still other rewards
from the Fair. According to the
recent survey the ushers and other
attendants will require approLi-
mately 10000 cotton uniforms and
at least 100000 cotton towels.
The same material, moreover, will
coyG $500 feet of hose-nearly
two miles of it-with a diameter
of two and one-half inches. Cotton,
too, will surface $3.50 feet of hose
with one and one-half inch
diameter. The 1000 miles of copper
wire. which will be manufactured
largely from Arizona metal will
require cotton as an essential part
of its insulation. Canvas roofing
of at least three large buildings
and railroad station, Furthermore,
will be fabricated from the same
stuff. The Fairs Aviation Building
will require 10000 square yards
of this canvas; the Maritime Build
ing, 100000; the Theatre and
Music Hall, 125,00O, and the Long
Island Railroad Station at the
exposition, $4,000.
Arizona cotton, too, will be used,
with that of other states, for the
thousands of awnings and flags
which are to add color and brilli-
ance to the enterprise.
In addition to its contributions
Of produce the raw materials the
Sunset State" has also given to
The forthcoming exposition some
Of its important leaders. Amo- g
them is Theodore T. Hayes. Absent,
FOR the present, from the Vista
del Monte ranch near Tucson which
ne owns, he Is In New York as
Assisted United States Commits
sioner to the Fair. AS such he
supervised arrangements. for the
visit to the site last year of Presi-
dent Roosevelt who dedicated the
cornerstone of the exposition s
Federal building.
Another key executive, John A
Reilly, halls from Phoenix, Arizona
and is director of the Fairs special
events Only recently he reported
that next July 18th had been
tentatively scheduled as ARIZONA
Day" The date, If officially con-
firmed, will find the Fair calling
the attention of some 100000
visitors - the expected average
daily attendance-to Arizona with
its opportunities, tourist attractions,
and colorful lore. 1t is also expect
ed to give to all visiting Arizonans
a community of spirit which will
bring neighbors together and re-
new state LOyalty
Many other personal factors have
alreAfy linked Arizona with the
forthcoming exposition. Although
the state has appropriated $4,000
to participate campaign by public
spirited Arizonans got under way
several months ago to raise more
money.
The University Of Arizona, too,
will be publicly proclaimed when
it's name appears on plate below
a giant sahuaro contributed by that
institution to the New York
Botanical Garden and to be dis
played at the exposition. The
sahuaro, Arizona's state flower,
weighed 500 pounds when it
reached here. At the Century Of
Progress Exposition in Chicago a
few years ago the University of