Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-10-11

ply the United States.
over 81 600 patents were issued In |
the United States last year.
Every lodge in this city will keep
open house during fair week.
All the territorial educational insti.
tutions report excellent attendance.
Roswell is becoming the garden spot |
Of New Mexico. Artesian wells is the |
cause.
This city is making ample provision |
to entertain thousands of visitors dur |
ing the territorial fair.
Every merchant in the city should |
be represented in the trades parade |
during the territorial fair
The republican party does things
and II will dispose OF the trusts TO the
satisfaction of the people
There will be music in the air at the
territorial fair, four or five bands be-
ing engaged for the occasion
Or H. *. Carroll reports the total
church membership In the United
States in 1901 to lie 2s.09o 637.
General Funston and staff will be
the guests OF the city of Albuquerque
during the territorial fair next week.
Oiiicial statistics show that during
the year 1901 no less than SGsi muir
ders were committed in European Rus
STA
The National Irrigation congress is
in session at Colorado Springs. There
is a large delegation present from this
territory.
Portales has one of the neatest news
papers printed in the territory. The
Herald is a credit to that young and
growing town. Long may II prosper.
The operation of the national irri-
CATION law will eventually add some
90 900 900 acres tn the agriculturally
productive lands of the United States.
The Citizen during the fair will con
sist OF twenty pages each day, and it
will contain full proceedings of the
great fair. and will be handsomely il.
Illustrated.
Coal. coal everywhere. but not "A ton
to burn at reasonable prices. The PEG
pie of the United States propose to
find remedy for these vamped up
coal famnes.
The I'll Paso Herald has secured the
Associated Press telegraph report, and
made many other improvem ents. The
Herald is a good friend of New Mexico
and has large circulation in this ter
ritory.
The republicans of Colfax county
will make no mistake il they nominate
Jerry Leahy for the territorial council.
He would make a valuable member,
and would do much good work for his
district.
Vast numbers of cattle continue to
arrive at the principal live stock mar
kets. Ninety thousand mead were re-
ceived at the Kansas City stock yards
last week, and the quotations on cat
tie are lower than they have been at
any time this season.
The republicans of this territory are
going 20 march to victory this iall.
The appointed territorial officials
should all be placed under the national
civil service rules.
Senator Andrews can be counted up.
on as an important factor in the future
politics of New Mexico.
President Roosevelt has apparently
not been able to cause a settlement OF
the coal strike. but everyone must give
him credit for n sincere. honest effort
to do so; and perhaps he has not play
ed his last card yet.
The Ration Range is now all pr lted
at home. and 1t is one OF the best week
l, La, he,
has done its full share In the building
of Ration, and it deserves the united
support OF the people of that enterpris-
ing city
The Cubans are looking out for their
own b. STIMULATING that no concessions
shall be granted in the island unless
at least so per cent of the labor EN-.
ployed by corporations shall be OF ma
tive stock. All of which is eminently
proper Those who do not look out for
their own are not likely to be looked
out for.
At last the base ball season in the
east Is over. and no more games will
be played this year. So far as attend
ance Is concerned the game has been
"a great success. ffODaDiy more peo-
pie have witnessed ball games this
year than ever before in the history of
the game. and the gate money taken in
has reached very large amounts.
The epidemic of cholera which Is
ravaging the province of Hello. on the
island OF Panay and the great number
of deaths accompanying ii, is the most
distressing item of news lately receiv
ed from the Philippines. The mortality
is said to exceed the total OF that of
Manila, combined with that of all 9th
er provinces on the island Of Luzon, In
which the dreaded disease first made
It's appearance.
II Is possible under irrigation to pro
duce more on forty acres OF the aver
age arid lands than can be grown on
eighty or a hundred acres In the hui