Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-07-30
THE TERRI
T0R|AL FAIR
President A. B. McGaffey Of A.
buquerque Says it Will Be
the Best Ever Held.
DUKE CITY DOING WELL
New Mexico Exhihit at St. Louis Very
CredtabIe and Attractiye...BuiId.
ing Highly Pleasing.

A. B. McGaffey, of Albuquerque,
president of the New Mexico Territor-
ial Fair Association. and head of the
Benham Indian Trading Company, was
in Santa Fe yesterday, en- route to
Mancos, Colorado, where he goes to
inspect sheep belonging to the Hara-
bin-McGaffey Company Of Thoreau.
At the Palace last evening Mr.. Nc
Gaffey waxed warm when approached
on the subject of the territorial fair,
which meets in Albuquerque during
the week beginning October TO- He
said that the people Of that city are
very enthusiastic over the prospects
for a record breaking entertainment.
and that the outlook for the fair of
1904 is the most flattering in the his
tory of the association.
"The citizens of Albuquerque have
Responded most literally" continued
Mr.. McGaffey, "in fact they have sub.
scribed Is per cent more than ever be-
fore. The following attractive purses
have been decided upon, and the size
of them will guarantee the very best
in the respective lines $4,000 for horse
racing; s1.50O for baseball games;
$1,000 for band concerts; $1,000 for ex-
hibitions; $500 for bronco busting;
$3.50 for bicycle races.
"These, together with other purses,
to be arranged later, should certainly
guarantee weeks amusement well
worth going to see.
'The band concert is new feature
and from the interest already being
taken by the different bands in the
Territory promises to be winner. 1t
will provide week of melody and
plenty of music goes a long way.
'It has been decided to conduct the
baseball games on an amateur basis
and this seems to meet the hearty ap-
proval of all, as there are several first
class teams in the Territory and the
games, it is believed, will prove more
interesting than they would if profess
siOnal mines were engaged
Mr.. McGaffey conferred with the
of the Santa Fe Central
baseball team of this city and was as
sured that the aggregation will enter
the contest if the same is confined to
amateur players.
In speaking of the manner of adver-
tising the fair, Mr.. McGaffey said:
"The management has decided upon
a very novel way of advertising the
fair this year. In addition to the regu-
lar bill posters, company of vaude-
vile artists have been engaged. In
cluded in the company will be first
class four piece orchestra. which will
give short entertainment in each city
visited, as we'll as furnish free dance
music.
Albuquerque is this year exper-
iencing a building boom which is un-
equaled in the citys history" said Mr..
McGaffey, ''for at the present time
houses in course of construction. The
new electric line is now completed and
ready for the cars which were shipped
from St. Louis, Missouri, several days
ago. The American Lumber Company
has recently completed it's box, sash
duu uOOL LAWFUL anu HoW Ado ohC oL
the largest concerns of the kind in the
country The capacity of the saw mill
running one shift is approximately
160 200 feet daily and this amount can
be doubled by putting on night force.
Arrangements will probably be made
will have the privilege of inspecting
this plant, and to those not familiar
with the lumber business it will be a
treat indeed. The logging operations
of the company are conducted at
Thoreau, 125 miles west of AlbuQuer-
que Here the company has railroad
sixteen miles in length, with several
miles of spurs, that in point of con-
struction is the equal of any trans
railroad. 1t passes for sew
eral miles through beautiful box
canon and taps what is probably the
largest and finest trail of white pine
in existence. Every stage Of the Oper-
alton, from the telling of the tree and
loading of the logs on the specially
logging cars, by aid Of
steam leaders. to the finished product
for the market displays system de-
veloped to its highest point"
Mr.. McGaffey recently returned from
st. Louis, where he spent some time
at the Worlds Fair. He visited the
New Mexico building and says that it is
4 gem of architecture, tastily and most
furnished. and that the
exhibits, especially the mineral and
fruit, rank second to none, and are
credit to the Territory and the board
Of managers responsible for the dis
play.