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Show With its 10,000 fcot of floor space ablaze with electric lights and the gicat rooms turned Into a perfect bower bow-er of brilliant dazzling electric beauty, thronged by thousands of Ogdenltes, Ogden's "Hall of Electricity" for tho Ogden Electrical Prosperity Week Show will ho formally opened, to the public Wednesday afternoon of this week at 1:00 o'clock on the ground floor of tho Dec-Eccles Building on Twenty-fourth StrcoU Electrical Prosperity Week, November Novem-ber 20th to December 4th, opens today in overy town, city, village, hamlet and rural community in tho United States. This is tho week designated by the electrical interests of tho country as an occasion to bring homo vividly to tho American people the many conditions condi-tions for which they may offer up thanks; to make moro vivid tho era of prosperity that Is dawning for the nation, na-tion, and to emphasize tho wonderful rolo played in the ovory-day life of America by electricity. The celebration of Electrical Prosperity Pros-perity Week Is nation-wide and to Ogden's credit it must 'be said that fow cities of even double tho sizo of tho gato city have arranged so elaborate elabor-ate an obscrvanco of tho week as the electrical interests that aro here, together to-gether with tho manufacturers, electrical elec-trical vehicle men, and oloctrical ma chinery men, Tho securing of tho ontirc ground floor of tho Dce-Ecclos building, tho establishment of tho beautiful decorations decor-ations that aro being installed and the magnificent booths and electrical displays dis-plays that will go In ready for Wed- nesday's opening, entail a heavy expense ex-pense that those giving tho show aro meeting from their own pockots, In order that Ogdenltes may onjoy an unusual un-usual week of electricity. Tho following electrical firms of Ogden inaugurated tho movement for tho show that opens Wednesday: Utah Power & Light company; Ogden j Electrical Supply company: Redfield I Electric comrany; Electric Service j company; SnJvoly Electric company; 1 Modern Ele"ctrlo company; Central 3 Electric company. Westinghouso Elec-I Elec-I trie company; General Electric company, com-pany, Western Electric company; Fairbanks-Morso & company; Inter- Mountain Eloctric company; and the I Capital Electric company. Leading Ogden business men expressed ex-pressed themselves today as highly pleased over tho plans of the Local Committee in charge o the nationwide nation-wide prosperity campaign promulgated j by tho Society of Electrical Develop- ment of New York. During tho week, November 29th to December -ith, this city will tako part in a unique seven-day seven-day celebration during which the public pub-lic will -view the inner workings of things electrical. One of tho members of the commit- J tee In charge of plans for Ogden, when J , tr seen at his office today said: "Men WTZ at tho head of tho oloctrical industry of this country, representing invest- JPP ments of more than $3,000,000,000 mot lrecl in New York and decided, the timo was try ripo to still tho cry of 'hard times.' R $7,1 They started what undoubtedly is tho wtrlcal biggest business building campaign JSnnd cvor attomptcd. In the United. States. fl ?2, Electrical Prosperity Week, Novenv ownt ber2f)th to December 4th, was selected MUnd as a fitting time and. weapon to crush M $4 the calamity howlers who have been jlncss disturbing tho people's optimism ia . ?7 tho coutnry's prosperity. jfov The entire electrio industry, thd jmYeVZ power stations, manufacturers, job- Mk $S bers, dealors and contractors have MMkPiril united in a nation-wide fight for hot iM-0'1 ter times. Other big business mati- tyj tutions aro co-operating. m!'- "Every town and city in the conn JHifc, try will bonofit by this movement be- . " ing directed by the Society for Eloo I,n ' trical Development, which, In its short Jll f span of oxistence, Is exercising a lifp wondorful healthy influence in thd AwVX' business world." Am "Tho Society has dLvidod tho coun-f I try into 'electrical states' in -whlcb 3I special committees of loading (business KM men will direct the progress of the ' campaign. Ton3 of literature will he M ' sent out from tho Society's head-quart- H " ors in Now York. Through tho mcd, ium of newspapers, electrical adver- Using signs, trade publications and 'H motion picture exhibitions, an effort I will be made to convert the ibusbies3 S pessimist into a trade builder. H During Eelectrical Prosperity Wfee&,, P housewives of this city will have un- J usual opportunities to have demon- m strated to them, without cost, tho S economy and convenience electricity; ML brings to the home. Hundreds of cx perts will bo at their calL "Because of tho active interest wt k men are talcing in the campaign, the B committee will bring this city the jBL newest electrical appliances and a pes corps of salesmen who will demon- jcM strate their workings In tho stores ffzl electrically cooked luncheons will bo Mr served without cost and Postgraduate TP Domestio Science Demonstrators win u be on hand to give advice to house-1 ttfl wives." math A most remarkable transformation fc3 Is taking place in the ground floor KpS room of tho Dee-Eccles Building, un- CqjI der tho hands of the score of decor- wnS1 ators and artisans who are at work, mm installing beautiful electrical oxhiblts, gg, magnificent decorations and a thous- Egg and and one interesting exhibitions 1 for the benefit of the crowds who will kW throng tho building, Wednesday, Kk Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Ad- IhK mission will be. free and the show will Mil be open to tho public from 1:00 o'clock WS each afternoon until 11-00 o'clock at night. ontl roTt |