Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-10-05
FAIR VERY CLOSE.
Batch of Interesting
Fair Items.
Ostrich Exhibit Will Be Some
thing to Brag About.
Big Display Of Blankets, Curios and
Fruits From San Juan.
RUNNING HORSES ARRIVING.

The Shriners will be represented in
the trades display and parade.
Mrs. A. N. Kearn has been appoint.
cd superintendent OF the art depart.
mont.
For the best float or display in the
trades parade prize of $50 will be
given.
Manager Zirhut will have n first
class opera company as the attraction
at Colombo hall during fair week.
The "old.timers." who own their
band instruments. are practicing
nightly, so as to be in good tune to
take part in the parade.
Hon. w. Il. Walton writes that the
Grant county exhibit at the Terrific.
rial fair will be creditable showing
Of the resources of that county.
Prof. +. Il. Lester informs The Cit.
izen that the exhibit from Dona Ana
county and the Agricultural college
will he first-class. with the exception
Of fruit.
c. n. McHenry, in a letter from
Pennington. asks for forty to hfty
feet of space In the floral hall for az
exhibit of San Juan county fruitp
and vegetables.
The big Albuquerque railway shops
will be again represented by several
appropriate floats. They are always
in the fair parade and their displays
in last years fair parade were much
admired.
The public schools of the city.
through the board of education. viii
tusA tupfanl "a ha
rade. With the other schools in line,
about 800 scholars will be in the pa
rade. that's an object lesson for
statehood.
Messrs. Borradailc and Everitt, who
were detailed to superintend the
trades display and parade, have re-
ceived notices to the effect that about
fifteen merchants have always signi.
fed their intention to prepare floats
for the parade. .
c. T. Brown. writing from Socorro,
states that the Black range mineral
exhibit. weighing about 5.l50 pounds,
OF iron ore, constituting of twenty eur
boxes, fourteen sacks and one large
chunk. will be shipped to the fair on
the 18th. Mr.. Brown will follow the
shipment In few days.
The statehood convention will be
held in the Perkins hall, public libra
ry building, East Railroad avenue.
Colonel Martin Tierney Is now en-
gagged experimenting the cleaning up
of the hall and he will also person
ally supervise the decorations. he be-
ing handy at almost any business he
undertakes.
At the meeting OF the Elks last
night II was agreed to turn out In the
trades display and parade on Thurs
day, and especially on Elks' day,
which will be Friday. Committees
were appointed to look after all de.
tails and to see that all visiting Elks
especially from New Mexico, Arizona
and Colorado, are royalty entertained
while in the metropolis.
There will be fine string of out.
side trotters, PAGERS and runners here
at the fair. Last night the following
runners reached the city: Colonel L,
owned by Steve Ballinger; Henry II
and Selix, owned by George Williams I;
Tom Tongue and Evelyn, owned by
Eli Shields. These runners were at
the Colorado state fair at Pueblo and
are owned by Montana horsemen.
George c. Bowman, the United
States gauger for this district. has
returned to the city from Farming.
ton. He states that the Hyde Ex.
ploring Expedition company has start
ed eight four-horse wagons loaded
with Navajo blankets and curios and
San Juan county fruits for the Terri
torlal fair. The caravan ought 10
, reach Albuquerque in about ten days.