St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-10-29
A TERRITORIAL FAIR.

EDIIOk SAkEDOtihN'
see that in order to maintain a t
nroper amount Of self-respect | must !
write you from this, what appears {
to many of your readers. far-off {
country, that has been in past a
national "Trip Van Wrinkle" sort of a
place, where a large portion of the
land was regarded as hardly fit for
most holes, and the best Of it could be
purchased for a dollar to dollar
and quarter per acre.
The history Of New Mexico has al
most parallel in the past of Califor-
MIA; in it's possibilities it can only be
eoualled in California. Convincing
proof of this proposition lies in the
fact that this present year, many OF
its orchards have yielded as high, in
their product of fruit, as $3.50 per
acre.
Iarrived in Albuquerque in season
for the annual Territorial Fair which
opened on Monday, Sept. 18th. The
Albuquerque of today is just sweet
sixteen" The town site was sur
yeved and staked off in the summer
of 1880. 1t maintained town gov.
ernment until 1891, when it was in
corporated as city. and it is today
as full of life and business activity as
any city OF its age in the country. l
am now speaking of the new"
Albuquerque, as the old adobe city,
built by the Mexicans-no one knows
when-is about one and half miles
from the city proper, and is con-
nected with the same by fourishing
street railway. found great prepa-
rations in progress for the seven
tenth annual fair, which was to sur
pass in the excellence OF its exhibits,
its programme Of sports and in the
numbers in attendance any of its pred
ecessors. The first day was Gov
ernor's day" and the programme
opened with a magnificent parade,
headed by corps of mounted police
and several military organizations
as an escort to the Governors party,
who were in carriages, drawn by
magnificent white horses, and fol
lowed by large numbers. of carriages
containing the city council, othcers
of the fair and many prominent Wis
itors, and after them fully fifteen hun
dred men on horseback. Arrived al
the fair ground, the troops ant
mounted men deployed to the rlgh
and left of the grand stand, allowing
the Governor to pass through. TAX
ing his place in the center OF tn
grand stand, in the midst OF a vas
throng of people around him and
sea of faces in front, the Governo
then proceeded with his openin
address, spoken in the finest Englis
and translated, paragraph by para
graph, by relative into the SPANS
for the benefit of a large proportio
of Mexican people present. Governt
Otero of Santa Fe is descendant
one of the old Castilian fam'lle
and besides being very able me
and thoroughly Americanized, ha
ing been educated in St. Louis, is
very popular and highly respect.
Young man of 3S years OF age. ID
speech was a very able one, al
showed him to be perfectly famlll
with the necessities and conditions
the territory, patriotic in its to
and sentiment and in hearty acco
with the most advanced theor
necessary to the highest order
civilization. He earnestly advocat
the early admission of the terrific
into the Union as essential to its S
cess, and regretted the long deli
during which the general governm'
has apparently given little attent'
to the oft repeated entreaties OF
people. The annual territorial II
as an institution, presents spien
example OF the enterprise OF the P
pie of this new western count
Three to FIVE thousand dollars
raised by subscription each Vt
which together with all rece'pts
the fair association is EXPENDED
premiums, for the various exh'1
races and sports.
1t would be tedious task TO "
ton, in detail, all Of the exn'o'''
this large building, so will con
myself with brief mention OF
of the more prominent and intel
ing ones. On the left as you e
the hall large space was deVo'e
the beautiful works OF art emo'