Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-01
ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION.
BOARD or MANAGERS APPOINTS
IMPORTANT COMMITTEES
NEW MEXICO DAY.
Plans and Specifications for New
Mexico Building to Cost 5000 to
be Secured at Once.

Attorney Eusebio Chacon, secretary
OF the New Mexico board Of managers
for the st. Louis exposition, has re-
turned from Santa Fe. where he was
in attendance upon q most important
meeting Of the board. What was
done at the first meetings Of the
board has already been reported. At
the last meeting 1t was decided to-
create a Ladies' auxiliary, consisting
Of one member from each Of the twen-
ty-four counties Of the territory. These
appointments will be made at once.
The members will receive no pay.
This auxiliary will assist in securing
q suitable exhibit for the woman's
building, one that every woman who
goes from, New Mexico to the worlds
fair will feel proud Of.
A committee of three, on which
were placed the names Of President
Charles A. Spiess, Professor Fayette
A. Jones ad Arthur Seligman, was
appointed to secure Immediately plans
and specifications from Las Vegas.
Albuquerque and Chicago architects
for a suitable building to be erected
at st. Louis as a New Mexico build
ing. This committee was given
power to accept these plans and send
same to the exposition managers at
St. Louis who will call for bids and
look after the erection Of the build
ing. The cost Of the uilding is not
to exceed $4,000, including all furni-
ture and furnishings. 1t will be on
the Spanish mission plan, with broad
yerandas around the building; will
contain three or four rooms, havirg
reception room, toilets, and one or
two private rooms. It will contain
all necessary conveniences, affording
place for New Mexicans to meet
and be comfortable. The walls Will
be decorated with pictures of inter
esting places in New Mexico, and
otherwise fitted up SO as to be tybi-
cal Of the territory.
The following committees were ap-
pointed:
Educationel-Chacon and Dalies.
Archaeological and Cha
con.
Mining and Minerals-Spiess, Jones
and Walton.
Agricultural. Irrigation and Timber
l-Hagerman and Dalies.
Livestock-Dalies and Hagerman.
These committees will have charge
of the particular industries for which
they are named, and will secure the
exhibit for that industry and see that
II Is a creditable one. They will be
assisted, Of course. by the sub-com-
mittees in the different counties, men.
tion of the appointment Of which was
made yesterday
The matter Of selecting a date for
New Mexico Day" was discussed. but
no definite date was decided upon
There was leaning toward August
10, the date upon which General Kear'
ney took possession OF Santa Fe. and
virtually wrested this vast Mexican
cession from Mexico, but there IL
some doubt as to the advisability Of
selecting this date owing to great heat
prevailing In st. Louis at the time
1t is probable that some date In Sep
tember will finally be named as New
Mexico Day" The committees will
arrange for addresses to be made or
the day selected, and everything will
be done to make the day success.
NJ. w. Porterneld Of Silver City
who held similar position under the
last board, was selected as manag
er to have general supervision Of the
New Mexico building and exhibits Al
the fair. Mr.. Porterheld has had ex
tensive experience In this line o.
work and ought to be the right man II
the right place, says the New Mexi
can.
The board went at the propositions
before them in strictly business-Iil,
manner from the first. CONSIDERABLE,
time was devoted to. finances. Tn.
money available for this purpose wal
divided and appropriated for the iif
ferent exhibits in conservative man
ner and each industry was taken carr
Of by Just as large an appropriation
as the board could spare. When thi
was done It was found that each In
dustry would have enough II II wa
used carefully and economically
Everything is very promising now AM
there is no doubt that New Mexlc'
will meet the expectations Of hel
friends at the great exposition L
commemorate the anniversary Of tff
Louisiana purchase.
Soledad Vigil made homestead q