Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-05-16

u IHt best Town. L
. up-todate in all appearances. that .
. | have seen en- route through the .
. great southwest. and everything, .
. on all sides. In the city shows &C. o
. tivity and business enterprise" .
They have come and gone-those
enterprising Kansas City gentlemen
While they were here they were
busy entertaining the farmers of the
Rio Grande valley that came in to
meet them. Telling them this and tell.
ing them that; showing them this and
showing them that, so that by the
time the Kansas City gentlemen's spe.
cial left the farmers were chuck full
of the wonders of Kansas City, her
great enterprises and her up-to-date
get.there business men.
The Commercial clubs special train.
which left Kansas City Tuesday after
noon at 5 o'clock on the 1903 trade ex.
tension trip. which will be the biggest
one In its history, reached Albuquer.
que this morning on schedule time.
$3.50. The train consists of seven
cars--four Pullmans. dining car. a
refreshment car and a baggage car.
On the side OF the cars were CONNER.
oial club banners proclamng the
identity of the organization, which Is
to advertise Kansas City and bring
additional trade there. The excursion
lists were met at the train after 1t had
been In several minutes by commit.
tee from the local Commercial club
The various heads OF the big Kansas
City houses then saw the farmers. saw
the leading merchants and took in Al.
buquerque. They distributed small
booklets. on the front cover OF which
Is picture of the convention hall.
Within Is a list OF the excurslonists.
classified by business. the itinerary,
pictures of the Commercial club of.
GERS and views Of the clubs rooms in
the Exchange building. Another souv.
enir. issued with the compliments OF
the Kansas City Southern railway. con.
tains the list OF travellers and the itin-
erary. Other souvenirs were distrib.
uted galore.
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on May 90. Eighty.two towns In Colo.
RADIO. New Mexico. Texas. Arkansas,
Oklahoma. Indian Territory. Missouri
and Kansas are to be visited and 2.793
miles will be Travelled over FIVE lines
of railroad-the Atchison, Topeka 4
Santa Fe. the Southern Kansas. the
Texas & Pacific, the Choctaw. OKLA.
homa & Gulf and ,the Kansas City
Southern. 20
The club stopped last night in Santa
Fe. Other all-night stops will be at
Silver City. lei Paso, Tex. Carlsbad,
n. NJ. Amarillo. Tex. Oklahoma CITY,
Hartshorn, |. T.. and Silver Springs,
Ark. Zimmerschied's orchestra fur.
nished delightful music under the
porch in front of the Harvey curio
rooms. and the vocalists were heartily
encored by the large crowd that gath
cred around.
The refresnment car contained
everything that the inner man wanted.
and the farmers and merchants did
not leave that feature escape without
a visit. The excursionists left at l2 80
well pleased with the result of their
stop in the Duke City. All had words
OF praise for the hustling and growing
city of the great southwest.
| They will make a stop at South
Springs. and from this point will drive
in carriages five miles to Roswell.
Jerry Simpson. ex-congressman from
Kansas. says that this country is the
finest in the United States.
The merchants that are on this trip
are: r. b. Mul!ett. c. b. Norton. H. +.
Schneider, l.. NJ. Miller. w. b. Hill,
John NJ. Steele. ID. Il. Spalding. II. r.
Ashbaugh. w. II. Weeks. S. @. Puter-
baugh. C. j. Carter, e. s. Moser, w. H..
Cline, A. +. Stoeger, A. l.. Confer. G
w. Evans. w p. Trickett, Charles
Rechner, 7 VI. James, Jr., John r..
Townsend, A. H. Munger, George A.
Barton. George II. Peck, l.. w. Shouse.
c f. Gould. II. u. Faxon. H. Mcwil-
Hams, A. ]. Liebstader. Burton Pierce,
L. N. Clendening John w. Speas. ]. H..
McQuaid. ] r. Morton. J. p. Raymond,
T. l.. Hill, w. 8. Cowherd, ]. +. Zim.
merschied, NJ. C. Refer. T. C. Miller,
II, d. Cutler, George w. Fuller. j. e.
ONeiil. J. f. Richards. c. ID. Parker.
r. C. Ellet. ]. d. Ravens. Keene Jack
son. T.. ]. Penfield, J. w. Hawkinson,
ID. Thornton, o. w. Philbrook, NJ. w.
Barber. J. w. jenkins. w. II. Hogsett,
Abbreviated Notes.