Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-08-11
LATE FAIR NOTES!
Brief Pointers Regard
ing the Big Fair.
Changes in the Lawn Ten
mis- Committee.
The Handsome Central School
Building Accepted.
ARCHITECT CRlsTVS GOOD WORK.

Ten thousand letter heads and en-
velopes. announcing the fair. have been
furnished the merchants OF the city.
and they are being used judiciously.
The Indian school band at the Phoe-
nix government school would like to
take part In the fair festivities. The
OF James Devine. the band
master, Is now being considered.
The time for the opening of the bids
for the erection of the grand stand and
the platforms has been extended until
1880 O'Clock this evening at Hin & La
Drlere's Office In the Grant building
The president of the Fair association
Is now figuring with an eastern concern
who has a small railroad novelty, and
II his terms are not too high all yisi-
tors to the new fair grounds will be
carried on a diminutive railway train.
Pitt Ross, the city surveyor and engt-
neer. VIII survey the Midway Plaisance
lots and the diamond for the base ball
games and athletic sports Monday next.
As soon as he submits his drawings, the
fair committee will be ready to offer for
sale privilege space.
Fair contributors are requested TO
pay promptly on the call OF the oollec-
tors. Contracts have been signed and
funds have got to be on deposit in the
bank. The fair IL an assured go-no
power can stop the tidal wave, II win
be here from September is to 22. 1900.
As there will be considerable work on
the daily programs OF the fair. and also
time needed in securing fair souvenir
medals and badges, the president of the
association invites proposit ions and
bids on these two privileges before the
complete HIST of privileges are an
nounoed.
AS the lawn tennis tournament COM
mittee Is lacking in working numbers, II
has been suggested that +. II. Newman
and r. A. Stamm be appointed instead
os II. ". Wilkerson and l. c. Brooks.
who are out of the city on their vaca-
tion. Messsrs Newman and Stamm are
therefore appointed on the committee,
and are requested TO confer with Miss
Margaret Kent, the other committee
member.
1T is learned to-day that several mer-
chants, who helped to beautlfy Railroad
avenue and Second street with outside
booths last year, kept their boofihs In
tact and will brins them out for the
coming fair. with some needed improve
ments. outside booths, with the fronts
of stores and the windows Appropriate
ly decorated. will add much to the ap-
pearance of Albuquerque during fair
week.
This morning the fair committee Sc
cured uhe use OF AImory hall for the
big fair carnival ball, which VIII be
held on Friday night, September "a.
Samuel Piclxard has charge OF this ex-
ceedingly interesting adjunct to a street
fair entertainment. and he win am
nounce his assistants in a few days.
when good work toward making this
feature a big success will be promptly
inaugurated.
The Santa Fe railway, through Gen
eral Passenger Agent Black, and the
Santa Fe Pacific, through General
Passenger Agent Byrne, are now rem
dcrlng to the fair committee some sub
sta ntial help In the way of advertising
the coming big fair. Circulars announc-
ing the cheap rates from and return to
towns along the two roads. have been
been supplied with flaming fair posters.
A lady In Galesburg, H., has written
"a lengthy letter to the fair committee
on the subject OF Cooking" She would
like for the association erect a booth
and start a cooking school among the
many attractions. Should the committee
navorably decide upon her plan, she
VIII come and give demonstration lee
lures in the delightful art of cookery"
for 800 and her expenses. This Is a
new novelty that had not entered the Inn
aginary and fertile brain OF the com
mittee, but will be freely discussed at
the next meeting.
1t is now an assured fact--thcse de-
ductions being made from letters re-
ceived from all over the southwest
that the biggest crowd In the history Of
Albuquerque viii be here the third
week in September. and the good peo-
pie of Albuquerque should begin at an
early day TO make arrangements TO
comfortably house and feed the visitors.
All those who Will have spare rooms
ought TO send in their names. with the
number of rooms for occupancy, to
Ralph Hunt, who has charge OF the bu-
reau of information. He will list the
names and see that proper recognition
is given.
The voting coupon contest for the
Queen of the Carnival" is starting mp
nicely and the names OF the following