Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-11-16
Wind and Dust BY the Whole
sale Marred the Santa Fe
Central Excursionists'
Pleasure.
MANY NEWSPAPER MEN
w. P. Clarke, Land and Industrial
Agent, Disposed Of a Number Of
Town Site Lots.
Estancia zephyrs.


According to the settlers in the Es,
tanca Valley. they are as a rule very
invigorating, but wind and dust by the
wholesale, which were the conditions
that greeted the Santa Fe Central ex-
cursionists from Santa Fe and Albu-
at what is to be the seat of the new
county of Torrance after January 1,
1905, marred the pleasure of one and
all. As it was, several of the lots in
the town site were carried away in the
eyes, ears and clothing of the eXcur-
sionists, and W. P. Clarke, the land
and industrial agent was heard to re-
mark on the side, that several OF his
lots were blowing over the railroad
track, and in the direction of McIn-
tosh
Despite the inclement weather, how
ever, upwards of 100 excursionists
from the Capital City and the Duke
City, had a glorious good time, and it
may be added incidentally that the
Santa Fe trains both north and south,
Joined in the frolic, and for the first
time in over a month were on time,
and made direct connections with the
special run over the Santa Fe Central
for the occasion The arrival of the
two trains on time was duly celebrated
by the excursionists from the Duke
City, who gave three cheers, as the
evening train pulled into Kennedy,
t1n rf a
Fe Central train also whistled long
and loud as welcome to the uneX-
pected.
Newspaper Men Galore.
There were newspaper men galore
on the trip, and if the price of Colonel
W. S. Hopewells lots in the town site
of Estancia do not go up several
points, il will be on account OF the
lack of appreciation of the good time
that was shown them yesterday by
Colonel Hopewell, w. P. Clarke, land
and industrial agent, Santa Fe Cen
tral, the Pennsylvania Development
Company and the New Mexico Fuel
and Iron Company.
The newspaper men in the party
We're D. T. MCPHERSON, president, and
Albert ]. Livingston travelling repre-
sentative and correspondent of the AL.
buquerque Morning Journal; w. T. Nc
Creight, business manager, DR.. G.. T.
Gould, reporter, and J. A. Beal, travel
ing representative and staff CORE
spondent of the Albuquerque Citizen;
J. H. McCutcheon, editor of the Indus
trial Advertiser, of Albuquerque, and
Charles M. Stauffer, business manager
and James H. Nicholson, news editor
of the Santa Fe New Mexican.
Three New Subscribers Booked.
Despite the fact that the Albuquer-
que newspaper men had several bum
dies of sample copies along, and post
ers advertising their respective sheets
as the only Reliable Newspapers
Published in New Mexico the hustling
and enterprising business manager OF
the New Mexican, with neither sam
pies nor posters, booked three new
subscribers, the desire on the part of
Andrew King to subscribe, resulting
in j. w. Records, master mechanic OF
the Santa Fe Central, and Fred I.
Fisher, also joining the ranks OF the
readers of the New Mexican. All sub
scribed for year. The result OF
the Albuquerque hustlers who by the
sweat of their brow defied the wind
and dust storm, in distributing their
sample copies, and displaying their
posters is still to be heard from.
The storm of wind and dust was the
only drawback to the New Mexican
hustlers booking several other sub.
scribers at Estancia and other points
along the line, as the paper has been
well advertised, and is we'll liked by
the residents of the Santa Fe Central
towns.
Excursion in Detail.
The Santa Fe Central special pulled
out Of Santa Fe at 9 o'clock. reaching
Kennedy an hour later, where at 10: 80
o'clock connections we're made with
the regular train from Albuquerque
over the Santa Fe, having the Albu-
querque excursionists on board, which
swelled- the number on the special to
upwards of 100. A short stop was
made at Clarke, after which the train
pulled out for Moriarty, where 1t went
over the Albuquerque-Eastern Y so to
turn around, the balance of the trip
being made by backing down to Es-
tancia.
On reaching Estancia the excursion
lists were confronted by q severe
wind and dust storm, which did not,
however, serve to abate their hunger,
rs was attested by the ample Justice
done to the viands provided at the two
restaurants. w. P. Clarke's afndavit,
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