Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-11-18
NEW MEXICO
EXHIBITS
Captain W. c. Porterfield Will
Assemble the Best That
Can Be Obtained.
MINERALS WILL LEAD
Agriculture, Manufacture, Forestry,
Fish, Game and the Schools Also
to Be Featured.

| New Mexico exhibits at Worlds Fair
Captain W. c. Porterfield, of Silver
| City, who is superintendent of the
| New Mexico exhibits for the Louisiana
| Purchase Exposition, to be held in the
city of st. Louis next year. is making
every possible effort to have the ex-
hibits the most elaborate that the Ter
ritory of New Mexico can produce He
expects to feature the minerals as well
as agricultural and manufacturing
pursuits, also forestry. fish and game.
"The plans and specifications for
the New Mexico building have already
been accepted by the committee on
building of the New Mexico Board of
Managers of the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition, said Captain Porterfield.
"The building will be constructed of
staff similar to the material used in
the construction of the other build
ings on the fair grounds. 1t will be in
the Spanish mission style, one story
and half and will cost about $4,000.
"An effort will be made to have the
exhibits the most elaborate ever sent
out of the Territory. The agricultural
mining and manufacturing pursuits Of
the Territory will be illustrated, as
we'll as forestry, fish and game. The
mineral exhibit will be in charge OF
Professor Fayette A. Jones, of Albu-
querque, who has already made decid-
ed progress in the collection of his ex-
hibit
Next to the mining resources of
the Territory, the agricultural pursuits
will be shown. The Agricultural Col
lege will aid us in every way possible,
and Professor Foster has promised to
duplicate the official exhibit of the
government for the Territory. The
fruit exhibits from Carlsbad and Ros-
well have been collected, and have
been placed in cold storage ready for
the opening OF the exposition in the
spring. During May and June small
fruits will be exhibited as fast as they
ripen, and during the entire summer
the fruit growers will send exhibits
from time to time
''In the department of manufacture
we expect to exhibit the wool indus
try, showing the wool raw. cleaned, in
process of manufacture and as manu-
factured at the Albuquerque Woolen
Mills; the products of the smeltefs
and ore reducing processes; filigree
jewelry and the brick manufacture,
hair work and canes turned out at the
New Mexico Penitentiary. OF course
the manufacturing exhibits from the
Territory will be necessarily limited.
as the chief industries are mining and
agriculture.
"The department of forestry, fish
and game will be another item of the
New Mexico exhibit All of the woods
grown in New hlexico regardless of
the use to which they are put will be
shown, with complete assortment of
cactus and all of the classified orna-
mental trees and shrubs. The hsh and
game exhibit will be as extensive as
possible, and will include the stuffed
Elk in the possession of the
Santa Fe Lodge, No. 460, B. P. O. E.,
which was killed in the southern part
Of the Territory.
"The New Mexico Historical Society
has also signified it's willingness to let
us have it's large and interesting col
lection to exhibit, and besides this
many private anthropoligical exhibits
have been secured, including blankets,
pottery, curios and Indian relics.
Still another important feature in
he exhibit will be the work OF the
schools of the Territory. The officials
lave communicated with all of the
county superintendents of schools, and
he heads of the various institutions
# learning in the Territory, asking
hem to send in as extensive exhibits
S possible, and very general re-
ponse has already been guaranteed.
'The New Mexico exhibit in its en-
irety will be credit to the Territory
nd it's enterprising citizens, for NO
tone will be left unturned in order to
ssemble the best that Is obtainable."