Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-06-29
FIRST SETTLEMENT OF new MEXICO.
300th Anniversary at Ohamita on July l3,
1898-Oelebration Promises to Be Great
Affair-Committees in Charge.

Affair Committees in Charge.
The Booth anniversary of the first
permanent settlement Of New Mexico.
which is to be celebrated at Chamita
station on the d. e r. g., on July 30
next, is attracting increased attention
and assuming increased proportions.
This is as it should be, for centen-
nial anniversary does not occur very
often. In the spring of 1898, Onate
with his army and colonists, marched
up the Rio Grande from the Concho
river, passing Ell Paso on the 4th of May
resting for some time at Senecu tSan
Antonio) and Teipana (Socorro) and fin
ally arriving in the beautiful valley at
| the junction of the Rio Grande and the
Chama. Here the first settlement was
made opposite the Pueblo of San Juan
and was called by TIE Spaniards San
Gabriel 1t is the anniversary of this
settlement that will be observed this
year. The New Mexico Pioneers first
took up the matter and appointed
committee consisting of Hon. l.. B.
| Prince, Hon. Amado Chaves and Hon.
j. ID. Sena to cooperate with similar
committee of the Historical society. The
latter is made up of Colonel Max. Frost,
Hon. Samuel Edodt, and Colonel Ven
ceslao Jaramillo. The joint committee
organized by electing Governor Prince
chairman and Mr.. Sena secretary.
An interesting program is being ar
ranged which includes addresses by
Gouornon Otorn al Thovny How III
B. FERGUSON, Hon. Amado Chaves and
others from New Mexico, and Governor
Adams, Judge Stone and President Slo-
cum from Colorado. Messrs. IIldodt
and Jaramllo at the head of local
committee are arranging for grand
Mexican cavalcade, Pueblo Indian cere-
monies and various games and sports.
The railroads are doing their part
very handsomely, the D. & r. G. run
ming special train from Santa Fe to
Chamita at o'clock in the morning and
returning so as to reach Santa Fe at 7
p. m. The excursion fare will be $l.25.
From all points in the territory on the
A., Z. & S. +. line the rate will be one
fare for the round trip. and the same
rate will be charged from the d. e Il
G. in the north points to Chamita.
General Committee of Arrangements
L. Bradford Prince, chairman; Jose ID.
Sena, secretary; Amado Chaves, Max.
Frost, Sam1 Eldodt and Jenccslao
Jaramillo.
Committee on Publicity and Transpor-
tation--Colonel Max. Frost, r. j. Helm,
Twitchell, w. S. Williams, Jose Segura,
Pinto Pine, M. c. de Baca, George T.
Gould, George f. Albright, w. E. Mar
tin, w. G. Ritch, Fl. S. Lutz.
Committee on Finance-Sam Eldodt,
Venceslao Jaramillo, Amado Chaves.
Committee on Local Arrangements
Samuel Eldodt, Venceslao Jaramillo, j.
Amado Lucero, Rev. Camilo Seux, Fa-
cundo f. Pine, Charles A. Scheurch, J.
R. Hudson, Roman L. Baca, Hilaro l..
Ortiz, Jose Salazar y Ortiz, Frank Bond,
A. M. Bergere, Alexander Read, l.. M.
Ortiz, J. M. c. Chavez, Pedro A. San
chez. Henry Grant, Victor Ortega, Pc
dro Sanchez, Francisco Serna, TeodOcio
Trujllo, Placido Garcia, E. r. Otero,
George A. johnson, c. L. Pollard, Lu-
ciano de Herrera, Serafn Salazar. Alta
nacio Romero.
County committees
Bernalilo--E. s. Strover, Alexandra
Sandoval Pedro Castillo, Harry R. Whit
ing.
Chaves--G. A. Richardson, John W.
Poe, J. B. Matthews. James w. Null
lens.
Cofax-Jesus G. Abreu, NJ. w. Mills,
j. w. Dwyer, M. M. Salazar.
Dona Ana-Nestor Armijo, Eugene
Van Patten, Jose Gonzales, Louis Hos
tetter.
Eddy-B. A. Nymeyer, E. 0. Faux
ner, L. Fuller, L. w. Holt.
Grant,. E. Sheridan, Richard Hud-
son, Robert Black, D. Fl. Kedze.
Guadalupe-Lorenz Labadie, John
G. Clancy, Celso Baca, Roman Dodge.
Lincoln-Jose Montana, X. E. Lund,
T. G. Tillotson, George Sena.
Mora--Severiano Martinez, Rafael Ro-
nero, j. b. Watrous, Macario Gale
gos.
Rio Arriba-General j. NJ. Chavez,
Thomas d. Burns, j. M. Archuleta,
Thomas H. Sargent.
San Juan-C. H. McHenry, Juan N.
Fl. Jacquez, John G. Kello, 7. A.
Koontz
San Miguel-F. f. Olney, E. H. Sa
lazar, Eugenio Romero, Frank Springer.
Santa Fe-Antonio Ortiz Salazar,
Page b. Otero, J. D, Hughes, Solomon
Spiegelberg.
Sierra-J. j. Aragon, W. S. Hope
well, f. S. Winston, Thomas L. Hall.
Socorro-Estevan Baca, Silas Alex
ander, Juan Jose Baca, E. w. Eaton.
Taos-Juan Santistevan, Antonio Jo-
seph, Malaquias Martinez, T. P. Mar
tin.
Union-Luis C. dc Baca, Edward w.
Fox, Francisco Gallegos, j. E. Curren.
Valencia-Colonel j. T. Chaves, Ro-
man A. Baca. Solomon Luna, Louis
II uning.