Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-09-12
BOOSTED THE FAIR.
VERY COMPLIMENTARY WRITE UP.

One of the most distinct inuNiduall-
ties and most pleasing personalities In
the social and political life OF New
Mexico are combined in the popular
sheriff OF Bernalillo county, Captain
Thomas j. Hubbell who for the past
ten years has served his county as
sheriff, and he is one OF the most capa-
BILE and popular officers In the terri
tory. says the El Paso Times. Sep
TENDER ..
Captain Tom HubDell has no coun-
terpart in New Mexico. He Is one OF
those sunny op,ismistic dispositions
that aces only the bright side of life;
he is an inexhaustihie reservoir OF
good humor. charged with a degree OF
personal magnetism that Is delightful.
But behinu this pleasing personality
Is on individuality as fixed and deter
mined as fate itself and SO forcefui
as to make Tom Hubbel n powerful
influence in Shaping the political des-
tinles OF New Mexico He laughs and
jollies those OF opposing views into a
good numor while ne leads them TO
the goal he las in view He possesses
the happy faculty OF appearing to fol-
low where ne Is leadlng.
But Captain Tom Hubbell Is no POI
hNcal CRATER; he makes his fights in
the open and is loyal to his friends.
He does not forget them after election
day. Inc only objection that can pos
s.bly be offered to the popular sheriff
of Bernalillo county, n. IA. IL that he
is repuC-.can. that is, ne Is a repub-
| lican In New Mexico. hut when he
| comes 10 democratic I'll Paso he Is as
! good a democrat as any In TEXAS dem
/ ocratic bunch Al Is necessary to the
welfare of the country that few good
men like Tom Hubbell should be found
in the republican party. At present
! he is in I'll Paso where he has hosts
of friends among people of both poit-
ical creeds, and he is a particular ia
vorite with the Elks OF this city.
captain HrfDbell, wherever. he goes,
talks and worNs for ..lbuquerq1e, his
home town. Yesterday he WIS around
among III Paso's business men whoop-
up Albuquerque lair, which begins
on October IL and runs until the night
of the 18th OF the same month Speak
ing to a crowu in the Zeiger hotel
about the fair, Captain Hubbell said:
1T will be bigger than ever this
year and we shall expect E Paso to
send good crowd. You have to fill
a couple of coaches. My friend Char
lie Zeiger here. who has taught your
people to enjoy good eating and drink
ing. was one of the first men to put up
money for a fair at Albuquerque, and
we want him tc be with us this year.
This year we will lave the finest
racing meeting ever held In the terri
tory. Twelve thousand dollars In cash
purses nave been hung up and some
of the swiftest horses in the west have
already been entered. The racing alone
will be worth going to albuquerque
to see. Then arrangements have been
made for the biggest cowboy tourna-
ment and exhibition of broncho bust.
ing ever witnessed in the southwest.
The cash prizes offered are large
enough to attract the best riders In
Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Colo
RADIO. All the champions wiii De there.
Yes, baseball will also constitute an
attractive sporting feature of the fair.
! And we are going to have an ex-
J hibit OF fruit that will make Califor-
mia green with envy. his exhibit
and our mineral exhibit are being pre-
! pared especially for the Worlds fair,
but your people will ne given an OPP
portunity TO see them before they are
I sent to ST Louis. | want to tell you
! another secret: If you would see the
very finest exhibit of thoroughbred live
: stock meet me at the fair grounds In
: Albuquerque any day from the 18th to
! the 18th OF next month. tell you
! the whole show is going to be the big.
gest thing that ever happened in this
section of the United States.
Albuquerque has always stood
ready TO help I'll PasO; she sent large
delegations to your mid-wlnter carni.
, val anu | want 20 see about 1000 El
Paso people at our fair next month.
, The Elks are going to keep open
| during the fair and any who call on us
are going to be given the time OF their
, lives, and their friends will be treated
, the same way"
= Captain Hubbell intended to return
, home Friday night, but some OF his
, FL Paso friends suggested that the Al.
E buquerque ball team would have no
body here to root for them and that
he Captain HubbelD was running
away to avoid seeing his boys defeat
ed. THAT settled it with the genial Al
. buquerque sheriff. He declared there
should be at least one unterrified roo
er for Albuquerque in the grand stand
and that rooter had money TO say that
! Albuquerque could not be beat at any
thing.