Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-04-01
LADIES' WORK OF THE EXPOSITION.

The ladies' committee of San Mi.
guel county, for raising funds 20 help
the exhibit for the territory, have
been circulating the following paper
for signatures,and with geQd success,
it having been endorsed bvthe Board
of County Commissioner, the Com
mercial club, and many hundred citi-
zens.
We, the undersigneds sEesidents of
the county of San Miguel and terri
tory of New Mexico, heing in symps-
thy with the ladies' of this county in
their efforts to assist in the exhibit
of the county at the Worlds Colum-
bian Exposition to be held in the
city of Chicago in 1893, and also be-
ing in sympathy with the depart
ments organized by Mrs. Franc l..
Albright, of Albuquerque, and Mrs.
Cora l.. Bartlett, of Santa Fc, lady
managers for the territory.
And in view of the fact that the
territorial appropriation is not suffi-
cient to carry on the enterprise with
out additional funds (the amount re-
ceived by the womens department
being hut 10 per cent of the same)
we hereby pledge our support by
patronizing the ladies in their enter
tainments and endeavors to raise
funds, provided the work is carried
on unitedly under the management
of one finance committee, who shall
have charge Of the entertainments
and the disposition of the funds,
which are to be divided properly and
equitably as the requirements may
demand.
The following resolution was
passed, in relation to the same work,
at the last meeting of the council:
At a special meeting of the board
of trustees of the town of East Las
Vegas, held on the 3Gth day of
March, 1892, the following resolu-
tion was offered by Trustee Bell,
and was adopted:
Be it resolved, By the board of
trustees of the town of East Las We
gas that the members of said board
generally of the said town, being in
hearty sympathy and accord with
the ladies of the territory of New
Mexico, and particularly of the
county of San Miguel, in their en-
deavors to raise sufficient and neces-
sary funds for the proper exhibition
of the resources of the territory OF
New Mexico, and county of San Mig
uel, at the Worlds Columbian Expo
sition, and desiring the success of
the undertaking of the ladies of said
town in this enterprise, we hereby
endorse said enterprise conditionally
that there be unity and harmony
among the ladies of said town in
said enterprise, and the raising and
disposition of funds under their con-
troll, and that there be but one prop
er and suitable committee to be des-
ignated and recognized among the
ladies of said county, and to be
called the finance committee to ac-
cept, receive, and have disposition
of all funds raised within said coun-
ty of San Miguel for the benefit, pur-
poses, objects, for which the ladies OF
said county of San Miguel, have
been duly organized in connection
with the Worlds Columbian Expo.
sition, and we pledge ourselves to
give our support as citizens and as
we'll as officers of said town in aid
of said enterprise, but only to one
duly recognized and accredited or
ganizatioD in said county for said
purpose.
j. NJ. CUNNINGHAM, Mayor.
Attest: w. III. KELLY.
1t will be seen from the above that
the ladies are meeting with great
success in their efforts to enlist the
public in their work.