Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-09-07
FAIR RECEPTION
COMMITTEE SELECTED
Colonel John BOTradaiIe Will
be Grand Marshal of Big
Trades Parade.
MILITARY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

Today the officers and executive
committee of the territorial fair asso-
citation selected those who will serve
on the reception committee during
fair week. The committee on military
-affairs was also selected today. The
committees and those who will serve
on them are as follows:
Reception Committee.
b. S. Rodey, chairman; w. B. Chill
ders, Ivan G~runsfeld, Louis ufeld, F..
A. Hubbell, George F. Albright, d. s.
Rosenwald. ID. A. Macpherson, w. p.
Metcalf, c. E. Newcomer, r. w. d.
Bryan, Frank Mckee, o. n. Marion,
d. j. Rankin, e. V. Chaves, G.. L.
Brooks, John n. Coffin, j. b. Downy,
w. S. Strickler and w. H. Cheatham.
Committee on Military Affairs.
Captain W. f. Dame, chairman;
Ruppe, Captain j. r. Elder and Lieu
tenant L. II. Chamberlain.
Colonel BorradaiIe Grand Marshal.
Colonel John B~orradaile has been
appointed grand marshal of the big
trades parade, and his selection Is a
good one. Colonel Borradaile has had
military experience, and he will see
to it that the parade comes Off in true
military style and without a hitch OF
any sort. He will at once begin max
ing arrangements for the event, and
will have everything in readiness so
that the parade will be one of the
greatest successes of fair week.
Expert Decorators Here.
ID o., 80 CLs.a..
ing the National Decorating company,
has arrived in the city from Denver,
where he has been assisting in dec
Grating that city for the national en-
campment of the G. A. r. Tonight
President w. J. Senter, of the com
pany, viii reach this city and at once
begin arrangements for the decorating
OF the city during fair week. This
company will also lend its services in
decorating vehicles for the beautiful
floral parade.
The National Decorating company
ranks among the largest concerns of
its kind in the country, and besides
attending to the decoration in Den
yer for the G.. A. r. encampment. the
company had the contract for decera-
ing Buffalo this summer for the meet
ing of the grand lodge Of Elks. The
company employs seven expert dec
orators, who are considered among
the best in their line in the country.
Special Days.
The fair association has selected
the special days for the different
towns of the territory. On these days
special trains at greatly reduced rates
will be run from the towns whose
lay it is and the ball teams from
these particular towns will play on
that day. The days are as follows:
Santa Fe day-Tuesday, September
10.
Las Vegas day-Wednesday, Sep
Jember 20.
Albuquerque day-Thursday Sep
TENDER 21S
Southern Rio Grande Valley day
Friday, September 90.
Beautiful Floral Parade.
Everything is shaping splendidly
FOR the floral parade and the indica-
tons are that there will be almost a
thousand rigs of all sorts in the line.
Excellent prizes have been offered. OF
which mention was made in The Citi-
zen a few days ago. The work of
decorating these rigs will be done by
the owners, and where desired by the
firm of decorators who will attend to
the other fair decorations.
As the time draws near for the
twenty-ifth annual fair, the enthusi.
asm Is growing. and by the time the
big event comes off there will be
something unusual doing in Alblt-
querque.