Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-11-18
NEW NEXlC0 AT THE
1904 WORLDS FAIR
Board of Managers Entitled to Great
Credit For Successful Work---
Grand Exhibits and Great Ad-
vertising--.Territoridl Day.
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| know what vast service they were
doing to the Territory, for this Land of
the Turquoise sky will for many years
reap the benefits and the great essen
| tial advantages that will accrue from
the honest and earnest endeavors of
thusiasm and loyalty to the land of
their homes, to make the exhibits a sue
cess and demonstrate to the country at
large, what most of it's inhabitants are
almost wholly ignorant of, the wonder
| full resources, developed and undevel-
| oped, of this Territory. The New Mex
| leo exhibits were designed and collect
ed for the essential purpose of show
ing the desirability of the Territory for
homes and investments. They have
fulfilled their purpose, the Territory is
under great obligations to the board of
managers, who served without COM
pensation and gave their time and Ia
Dor freely and unstinted in order to aid
the Territory.
On May 12, 1903, Governor Miguel
A. Otero appointed the following as
members of the board: Charles A.
Spiess and Eusebio Chacon, Las We
gas; Fayette A. Jones, Albuquerque;
Arthur Seligman, Santa Fe; Carl A.
Dalies, Belen; Herbert j. Hagerman,
Roswell, and w. B. Walton, Silver City.
The organization of the Board was
I,x, ho Of
officers: Charles A. Spiess, president;
Carl A. Dalies, vice-president; w. B.
Walton, secretary; Arthur Seligman,
treasurer. M. w. Porterfield, of Silver
City, was appointed superintendent of
exhibits and manager
The board succeeded in collecting
various valuable and extensive ex-
hibits, which have become great
pride to the Territory and great object
lessons to the many thousands who
have viewed them. Credit is due M.
w. Porterfield, superintendent of the
board, who has had supervision of the
work Of collecting, preparing and in
stalling the various exhibits and who
has been in charge of the same since
the opening of the Exposition.
Built on the Mission style, which is
characteristic of the country, New
Mexico's building is one of the most
attractive on the Plateau of States
and yet it was erected at a moderate
cost on plans drawn by l. H. and w. M.
Rapp, Las Vegas architects. The ma
terial used in the construction was
white staff and it is one story and a
half in height, surrounded by large,
roomy verandas. In the building are
many valuable and interesting histor-
ical objects, owned by the Historical
Society of New Mexico and by citi-
zens of the Territory and kindly loaned
from private collections for exhibition.
The many exhibits, which, to the
surprise of even residents of the Terri
tory, captured so many prizes, have
proven very successful advertisement
for New Mexico. The mineral exhibit,
showing wonderful natural resources
in that line, has greatly interested Wis
itors and has created much desire
on the part of many mining in
vestors and engineers to investigate
New Mexico grand mineral resources
personally with view to future de-
velopment. The horticultural and agri-
cultural products shown have convinc-
ed the farmers of the richest agricul
tural sections, that New Mexico has
and that with scientific irrigation and
sunshine wonderful results in fruits,