Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-09-14
DANCE AT M0RIARTy
Initia Social Event at the Santa Fe
Central Town a Success. IAN Ex-
ceptionaIy Fine Luncheon
Was Served at Mid
night Hour.

day night, the occasion being a big
dance, the initial social event at what
is to be the division point of the AL
! buquerque q Eastern extension of the
Santa Fe Central system. Those who
attended came largely in wagons and
on horseback from the surrounding
country, as far distant as Estancia
] and Chilli.
The promoters of the dance were M
T. Moriarty and William Mcintosh
while Mrs. M. T. Moriarty and Mrs
G.. j. Moriarty provided the excellent
entertainment, and good capon, which
was served to the dancers at mid
night The light fantastic was tripped
in the large and commodious store
erected by Mr.. Moriarty for the Dun
lazy Mercantile company. The spa
ciousness of the floor space and the
hardwood flooring afforded the dancers
as fine a dance hall as heart could de-
sire.
Old Sol was creeping UP on the hori
zon before the first of the visitors
sought their wagons to make the re
turn trip to their respective homes
The consensus of opinion, however
was that the night had been well
spent, for all had enjoyed the most
generous hospitality and entertain
ment afforded to the utmost.
The luncheon which was served at
midnight was one as we'll suited to a
drawing room reception as dance on
the plains of New Mexico. The menu
consisted of cold meats, potato salad
hot rolls and butter, marble cake,
chocolate cake, jelly and fruit cake, a
variety of fine fruits and the best of
coffee In addition to this the ma
jority of the guests before they de
parted IN the morning feasted on ham
and eggs in abundance, and the other
necessaries of substantial breakfast.
The dance music was furnished by
fiddler and guitar player, drawn into
service from a neighboring ranch, and
was better than the average music
furnished at barn dances in the coun-
try The dancing program, which was
in charge of Gus Thelin, floor manager
consisted of all of the American
dances.
Excellent entertainment was also af-
forded by Dan McCleay, bookkeeper
on the Mcintosh ranches, who dis
coursed varied program on the bag
pipes. With his bagpipes he also led
the grand march, which at it's height
consisted of 81 couples, exclusive OF
Mr.. McCleay, who marched alone.
Fred Fisher, storekeeper for the San
ia Central also sang number of
Scotch ballads, which were we'll re-
ceived.
A partial list of those present in
cludes the following: Mr.. and Mrs.
M. T. Moriarty, Mr.. and Mrs. c. J..
Moriarty, William Mcintosh, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed Haynes and Roy Stamm of AL
buquerque; Agnus, Duncan, John and
Allen McGillivray and Dan McCleay
of Chilli; Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Stewart
of Louisville, Ky, who are the guests
of M. T. Moriarty; Mr.. and Mrs.
Caruthers, Mr. and Mrs. ]. w. Records,
Gus Thelin, the Misses Lena and
Winnie Booth and Kate Mason, all Of
Estancia; Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Harsch
of Albuquerque, and Miss Jean Ber-
nard, of Chicago, a sister of Mrs.
Harsch, all of whom are guests at the
Mcintosh ranch; Fred Fisher, John
viz To-
Nicholson, Robert S. Mauger, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Townsend, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Davis and Hugo Gect.
Observation-Disclosures
acres of the public domain. 1t is not
possible, of course, for Congress to re-
peal the laws of the universe. But it
is entirely possible for land monopo-
ly to grow up in the arid region
which cannot be abolished until stu
pendous injustice shall have been
done to the American people.
That is precisely what is happening
now. From Canada to Mexico, and
from the Rocky mountains to the Pa
cific coast spectators and adventur-
ers are taking up the lands which
they can never use, at least for the
highest purposes. They can make
stock farms, and so hold for four-foot-
ed beasts the soil that is needed for
men, women and children; or they can
sell out their property to the real
homeseekers to whom it now belongs.
Will the American people counte-
nance a continuance of this outrage?
Will they not, on the contrary, over
whelm the next Congress with de-
mand for the immediate repeal of the
desert land law, the commutation
clause of the homestead law, and the
timber and stone act, in accordance
with the urgent recommendations of
President Roosevelt?
That is question for public opin-
ion to answer. The men of the West,
who have fought the battle of nation
al irrigation to it's first great triumph,
are appealing to their countrymen to
stand with them in winning the second
battle-the saving of the public do
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