Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-02
uNcALLEp.FoR ATTACKS UPON
THE PARK MANAGEMENT.

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future development Of Las Vegas.
Though its formal opening occurred
ess taau a month ago. on July the
Fourth, tAe officers ~ this enterpris
have already demonstrated III the SAL
iSlactioa Of tie public its value as 4
tpiaee oi amusement and recreation.
lin their efforts d make the park q
success. ITS officers have the hearty
support and encouragement Of the
business interests 81 this community.
fIheas Interests Wiil resent to d man
the statement which occurred iii an
editorial from the Santa Fe New Mex.
lean, reproduced ~ The Optic yes
terday, that The plan of the driving
park management ID use The territor
i'll eneanipmenl as 4 source of profit
was reprehensible,'
II VIII be remembered that when
tile difficulty D between the park
management and General Whiteman
Iuser the arrangement of sports for
1.-THE week, the New Mexican promptly
came cut with h statement attack
ing the park management and declar-
Ing that Tie encampment would prob
ably ne removed from Las Vegas %
Santa Ne. II Il safe to assume that
had the New Mexican had rs way,
such would have been the outcome.
The I'll Paso Times 81 Sunday D
taina an article sent from Santa Fe.
which, from various CAR marks, We
have no hesitation iii atfrsbutlng to
the same source as the above al.
tacks. which reads as follows:
Quite d rnmpus 4 kicked up
this week over ali effort az tho Las
Vegas Driving Park association 10
make a side show Ut tho National
Guard encampment 81 % held at
the Meadow City fer one week iies
thinning Oh AUGUST 4 Adjltant
General w. II. Whiteman got Onto
The scheme Id time and hntfoated
II tp Ins Vegas III "Wednesday 10
threaten the e~utefpriBing sports.
men With d removal of fhe nropps
"a encampment 10 Santa fe unless
another camping ground than the
associations race track q pro
yssNa Itlia WAS done anu the
spectacle u the National Guard If
New Mexico being an adjunct 10
base ball games and horse races
was thus avoided, Almost three
hundred mon Will be mustered 1T
the encampment bnt nearly one.
third OF these win be commission
ed and non,eommissioned officers
Tho guard has fallen upon evil
days. for despite the most energet
K recruiting for the encampment
and tho promise u the expenditure
~ $4,000 for d weeks outing and
fun. or oyer 500 per man, II was
impossible % get together more
than 800 men, counting In all
the colonies IN tho governors staff
and the captains and %lieutenants.
most of whom hold their honors by
favor and but few by merit.
The above Is not only meant for
q roast OF the Las Vegas driving park
management but Is an attempt to dis,
credit the coming encampment. to
Impress the public with the small
number of men who will attend and
Is further Il slap at the officers, quite
a number OF whom are Las Vegas
men.
These attacks are hardly worth
noticing. but The Optic wishes to call
attention to the enlmently creditable
and generous attitude OF the park
management In regard to the en-.
campment.
In the first place. the park direc
tors had no desire TO turn loose in
the park the encampment, with the
men, horses and equipment. as the
park has just been placed In the
most perfect condition and this would
naturally result in no little disorder
and .muss." but the Commercial
club. DESTROYS OF making all possible
Inducements for the authorities 10
bring the encampment here. strongly |
urged the park management to tender
the use OF the park as n camping
and according 10 this request,
the offer vas made. II Is safe 10 as
sumo that few park arrangements.
completed such q beautiful
pleasure ground. would have submit
ted II TO the necessary abuse, at
tendant upon such m event. After
offered the park, the manage,
ment went further in order 10 assist
III the success Of Tile uncampment,
aud agreed to contribute between
$500 aud 800 70 meet certain ex
penses which the g>~rd had no funda
10 meet. Then In order 10 add still
"a tho success OF the encamp
ment, and made IL a memorable event
In the history Of the National Guard.
the park management began 20 make
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