Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-12-02
BOARD FINISHES
ITS GREAT WORK
Winds Up Affairs Of Territorial
Exhibition al St.
Louis.
expESDs LESS Than Sss.OOO

ne Hhht htfNuH OF the New NICK
leo board of managers uf the lou.
lssana Purchase exposition. was held
IN Santa Fe Monday and YESTERDAY,
In tho capitol. There were preson,
the following members Of the board
Charles A. Spices. Las Vegas, pres
fdent; Carl A. Dallas. Willard. ylcs
president. W, b. Walton. Silver City
secretary; Arthur Sellrmnn. Santa
fc, treasurer. Prof Fayette a. Jones
Albuquerque. and Jose u. SenR. aanta
~, members Herhofi , Hapcrman
of Roswell. the seventh member. was
unaVOidably ahsonl
A great deal Of bualness vas trans
acted The sessions were very hnr
monlous and the transactions OF the
board were closed and the records or
dcred deposited with the archieves OF
the secretary of the territory.
Board N Abolished.
With the adjournment II iho meet
lng yesterday the hoard Of managers
passed out Of existence. Il has made
Q very ereaitahle record. and the New
Mexico exhibits NJ the 81. Louis
Worlds fair were of such a charrc.
ter NJ ~ have been a source of great
pride and qualification 70 tho people
OF the Territory Tho entire cxpendi.
turcS OF the board of managers for all
purposes during IT, existence amount.
ed 10 approximately $4,000 A small
am0un3 ~ the funds was returned
Seventeen handsome cases built OF
highly polished woods. used for min.
erni exhibits during the exposition.
were donated 20 the School Of Mines
nt Socorro.
A nne ana large collection of min.
erals from the territory. exhibited at
tho fair. wss donated 10 the unlvor.
slty Of New Mexico ~ Albuquerque.
The extensive collection OF hand.
sOmely bound hooks containiuE many
rare photographic views Of the cities.
mountains, plains and masas Of New
Mexico, prepared ey Mrs. William
Curtis Bailey. was presented 20 the
historical society IN Santa Fe.
Credit Az Accounts.
Az current accoBats Nefc audited
and paid and the hooks of the treas.
uror and secretary we're audited. ap.
proved and ordered closed
A set OF hooks. entitled Historical
RCflcw Of the Louisiana Purchase fsx
position" In ten supcrbly hound vol
unipa. was ordered purchased and pre-
sented To Charles a. Splesa as o.
slight token bf the valuable services
hg rendered AZ president Of tho hoard
The hnAi report 81 the proceedings
and doings Of the board prepared by
a special COMMITTEES. was rcad, ap
proved and ordefud printed IN pam.
phlct form. Thr pamphlets are 20
be distributed a. follows:
Ono copy 20 each federal. territorial.
county and city osliclal Ia New Mex
leo, Ono 10 each commlasioL IN
each state and territory In the Uniun.
one copy 70 each foreign commits
sioner IN exchange. One hundred
copies 20 be Distributed in each county
of New Mexico to tax payers
Distributed Lltsrature.
In conjunction with the bureau 0f
Immigration. 5000 copies 0f . hand
snmely illustrated and linely executed
book entitled. To TIE Land Of Sun.
shiun' and 800 cOpifs OF 4 valuable
book named. "Alines and Minerals of
New MeKico." by Prof Fayette A.
loncs. we're printed. and the major
portion OF them distributed during the
exposition al o. Louis. f'our thou
Sand cnpios oi the report of the GOV.
arnoF OF Nes Mexico for 1903 and 60,
300 email bulletins on counties In the
territory were also distributed BY the
bureau of immigration ~ tho New
Mexico hallding