Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-09-16
THE Big FAIR.
A Batch Of Interesting Notes Re-
garding Territorial Exposition.
THE LATEST POINTERS.

The Santa Fe Railroad company will
be represented in the parade by two or
three fine floats arranged by the local
shops employees.
The cowboy tournament is moving
broncho busters in the country will be
here to make sport for the masses.
A number or merchants are begin
ming to fix up for the fair. The front
of the drug store of J. H. O'Rielly G.
Co. is receiving a new coat of paint.
There will be plenty of Navajo In
dian dancing, and the show they will
make on one of the principal streets of
the city will be worth travelling a long
distance to see.
The board of county commissioners
appropriated $3.50 for an exhibit of the
resources of this county. With $3.50
to his credit, any good man can make
fine display for Bernalillo count.
City Marshal McMillin is looking
around for some good men for extra
police duty. He has his optics on a
few and will land them in advance be-
fore they otherwise engage their SER
vices.
j. II. Lightfoot, of Nogal, n. NJ, in a
letter to the fair management, says he
is getting up fine mineral and fruit
exhibit for the fair from Lincoln coun-
ty, and of course wants space in the
floral hall.
I'VE feel very grateful" said Colonel
Twitchell, the base ball magnate and
manager, toward Albuquerque for
helping us out last Sunday and as
have always borne a truthful reputa-
tion you can rely on 500 people from
Las Vegas at the terrIuorial fair"
The base ball committee, to secure
funds to defray the expenses of the
professionals to represent this city at
the fair has reached 5000 in subscrip-
tions, but must have 81 200 before clos
ing the good work That amount will
be needed and every cent will be ac-
counted for.
The ping pong editor of The Citizen
says that ping pong tournament of
great magnitude will no doubt be one
of the attractions of fair week" This
game is almost as interesting as check
ers, still the ping pong editor of this
paper says positively that everybody
who plays it has hot time"
The art department of the fair will
he under the management of a most
thorough lady, who will have equally
as thorough ladies as her assistants
Mrs. A. n. Kearn was in charge last
year, and President O'Rielly has signi-
fed his Intention TO offer her the posi-
ton again for the approaching fair.
p. F. McCanna, secretary of the fair,
and w. l.. Trimble, the hors6man, will
leave tonight for Pueblo, where the
state fair is in session this week. After
seeing and conversing with the Off
cials and horsemen there, they will
visit Denver on territorial fair busi-
ness. They will be absent a week or
ten days.
Col John BOrradaile, who was re-
Gently named grand marshal of the
trades display and parade, is arrang-
ing list OF his aides, and will an
nounce their names in a few days. He
will call on the merchants shortly and
hopes TO persuade everybody seen TO
get out in the parade with an appro-
pirate float.
The churches of the city have Sc
cured the use of the Salvation army
tent for fair purposes, and will proba-
bly, remove the tent from South Second
street to the vacant lots corner of Gold
avenue and Third street Visitors to
the city, especially church people, will
find a royal welcome from the local
church members at this tent.
FL Paso w,l not have the famous
| Pittsburg team at the fair this fall, but
| the aggregation that will represent
that city will be just as strong. Note
these names: Delehanty, left field;
Watt Lee and Adkins, pitchers; John
Camel, first base; Farrell second