Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-10-28
FAIR ANp STATEHOOD.
Abbreviated Paragraphs About the
Bio Show Of Last Weak

When Editor Hutzel returned 10
Bland after attending the fair and
statehood convention, he was so well
pleased that he filled this weeks Her.
aid with the following items about
the convention and fair:
Santa Fe was well represented In
Albuquerque last week.
Deming sent a strong statehood del.
egation TO the fair last week.
Ike Graham of Albemarle was ''one
OF the boys" in the carnival parade.
Thursday was Albuquerque day
and all business was suspended in
the city.
The usual number of street fskirs
and cheap shows were in evidence at
the fair.
Some very fine exhibitions of
Workmanship were seen during the
cowboy tournament.
The Navajo Indian dance proved a
great attraction to the thousands who
had never seen anything Of the kind
before.
The weather during the entire fair
week seemed to have been orderd
especially for the occasion.
Mrs. Merit Wagner and Mrs. Gran.
thum, OF Thornton, enjoyed them.
selves the last four days of the fair
In Albuquerque.
some OF the merchant ~, Aim.
auerque had window dlsnIavs ioS,
week hat would have done credit TO
the leading cities of rho oast
Sherin Hubbell and HIM toods ,o
mated very liberaliv 10 tho nicLnooJ.
cts last week the former bv sIeo In
cash and the latter by a very valu-
Rob Douthitt. of the Washington
mine. was I'm A~lbuaueroue last week
He sent some very fine specimens of
ore down to the fair from that mine
Judging from the enthusiasm dis.
played at the statehood convention
it's a pretty sure thing thar tbo o.
ritory of New Mexico will soon give
way to the state of New Mexico
Albuquerque never before enter.
tanned so MANY visitors n, last voek
Notwithstanding the Immense crowds
all were cared for In n manner 10.
fitting the leading CITY of the tori.
tory.
one of the most ENJOYABLE events
of the week was the grand baI given
at the Commercial club ON Wednesday
evening. The leading society peonle
Of Arizona and New Naxico varo in
attendance.
Messrs. Hall A. Learnard. the onter.
prisine and pentlemanlv music deal.
ers gave some very Leantiful ana
choice selections M their booth I'm
exbibition hail and aIyoy. bod q
large and anpreciativo audience
E~yerybody turned ont on carnival
night and each tried IN outdo mis-
ncjphbor I'm %getting into he most
ridiculons costume but the crowd
was kept in perfect order and every.
body seemed To eni low tbemselves
A few p~ickpockets GOT in their work
in Albuoueraue last week but not.
w%ithstanding the immense crowds
Marshal NcMiIlin deserves moro
than ordinary credit for the very of.
Recent maner in which he locked af.
Ter the Interests Of the citv and bar
visitors.
The A~gricultura colIeoe nj MesiI,a
Park had an oxhibit of sngar beets
nj the Territorial fair that was n very
fine wi of Thai very nroitoble
vegetable. and II ought IN no an in.
centive to the armers 10 90 in for
raising the sugar beet even more sx.
tensivelv than over before
r q Rlake of this Damn c.rried
off the first nrize s75 in the bropcho
busting contest on SATURDAY md Tho
second nrize s25 in the teer TYING
contest on SUNDAY He made the |
quickest time made in the contest in
tying after the steer was down. I'm.
like the other contestants Mr. p,oke
had onIv one rome and that broke af.
ter he had got his steer hut This ala
NOT ston him for he soon caught nm
with the steer. and. reaching down 10
the ground while al fuIl speed. caupnt
the broken end. and then Inv a ne.