Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-09-11
TERRITORIAL FAIR NOTES.
Base Ball Tournament Excursion TO
. Las Vegas and Hot Springs.
ELECTRICAL SIGNS.

opened on september 10. Those who
desire privileges not enumerated in
the notice should at once advise the
secretary.
Col. r. E. Twitchell, of Las Vegas.
was here yesterday. He is positively
certain hat Las Vegas will be repre-
scented at the fair by a professional
team of base ball players.
This afternoon, w. l.. Trimble and
Joe Barnett visited the fair grounds,
and inspected the work being done on
the track. They say the track will be
a fast course by fair time.
DR.. A. X. Albers, who visited Califor-
mia and was here yesterday, continued
on to Ell Paso last night. He Jays Eel
Paso will be represented at the fair by
a fast aggregation of ball tossers.
Colorado horsemen are very slow in
answering letters or entering their
trotters, PAGERS and runners, so Secre-
tary McCanna and w. l.. Trimble will
leave one day next week for Pueblo
and Denver. They will be absent sew
eral days.
This morning, the fair management
received a letter from ]. o. Miller, of
the Agricultural college, regarding
foot ball at the fair. The college team
will be play the local government In
dian school eleven, and the game will
take place on Tuesday afternoon of
the fair.
This morning, J. H. O'Rielly, presi-
dent of the Fair association, appoint
ed Co. John Borradaile grand marshal
Of the trades display and parade. The
colonel is the right man in the right
place, and he accepted the appoint
ment. He will announce his aides in a
few days.
H. Scott knight, manager OF the fair
bill posting car, with his famous force
Of bill posters, returned from the north
They went as far north as Trinidad,
and they knew we were in town." said
the genial and petite manager. AS
soon as the car arrives. il will be re-
stocked with fair literature, and sent
south with the bill posters.
liOlb Il nay iloluo, IOulS u. IOohS
and Charles w. Ward, members of the
Albuquerque Tennis club. will have
charge of the tennis tournament at the
fair. They are already in correspond
ence with the crack tennis players of
New Mexico, Arizona and Ell Paso, and
hope to have the best tournament OF
years here during fair week.
Tom and Jerry" two members of
the Scott knight bill posting crew,
were at the office of the fair secretary
this morning. They discussed the wind
question, the wind having blown
down the fair banners at Las Vegas
which they put up while there the
other day, and which they found re-
moved in passing that city on their re-
turn south yesterday.
This morning, the Electric Light
company made n valuable donation to
the fair in the shape of furnishing dur
ing fair week three large electric
signs free of charge. These signs will
be Welcome "Montezuma' and
Statehood" Myriads of incandescent
lights will surround each sign. and
they will burn all night long on each
night of the fair. The signs will hang
across Railroad avenue at proper inter
| walls.
Roy Mcdonald, who was recently ap-
pointed manager of the base ball tour
nament at the fair, with c. C. Hall and
others, was around yesterday securing
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the crack team that will represent this
city at the tournament, and the COM
mittee was noticed on the street also
today. Yesterday afternoon, at quit
ting time, 1920 had beer subscribed,
and moi a TURF down recorded. The
committee expect to secure at least ST.
200 before giving up the good work.
The fair management are now in
charge of the excursion to Las Vegas
next Sunday, and committees, having
tickets, report good progress in the
selling of same. The excursion train
will leave here at 6 O'Clock Sunday
morning. and on the return leave Las
Vegas about s o'clock p. m. Division
Superintendent Fox sends word that
every eXcursionist will, on reaching
Las Vegas, be given a free ride to the
famous hot springs, and this induce.
ment alone ought to be instrumental -
securing several hundred patrons for
the Las Vegas excursion train next
Sunday. Great interest is being mani
Tested in the forthcoming game of base
hall between Las Vegas and Santa Fe,
and of course everybody wants 10 see
that game at Las Vegas next Sunday.
So get your tickets and be at the depot
Sunday morning at 6 o'clock.
Don't delay a minute. Cholera in
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