Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-04-14
ENCOURAGEMENT
FOR COMMITTEES
Soliciting Funds For Fall
Festival. Amount Not
Yet Sufficient.
WILL TRY AGAIN NEXT MONDAY

Committees having in charge the So
liciting of funds for the fall festival
and fair were out yesterday, and re-
port meeting with much encourage
ment, but as yet not sufficient funds
have been pledged to make the ven
ture an assured success, and until the
necessary funds to carry the project
through to a successful finish have
been subscribed, it is understood that
nothing definite in the way of plan
ming the fair will be done.
One of the leading business men Of
Albuquerque, who has been prom
inently identified with the fairs in the
past, in speaking of the matt6l to~
day. said:
we haven't done a thing yet in the
way of securing attractions for the
carnival, and do not intend doing any
thing until we see where we are at. .
as it might be a waste of time. Until
the proper amount of funds have been
subscribed we are, to a certain extent,
tied hand and foot. Those indirectly
benefited by the fall fair have come
to the front literally, and l believe
it is now up to those who are directly
benefited, and TO whom a fall fair
means money in their pockets, to as
sist us financially, and as there are
number of outstanding bills that
have to be met before the work OF
organizing for the coming fair can
be gone ahead with, and as the time
in which we are to prepare for the
fair is fast slipping away, without very
much heinz aRRnm "a * hnH Or
making strenuous endeavors to secure
the pledges of financial support al
once, so as not 10 waste any more
time"
This gentleman, who is one of the
soliciting committee, stated that the
committee out yesterday met with
very fair success, and that the COM
mittee would go out again Monday
when it is hoped TO raise sufficient
funds TO start the active work al
once.
So far not even the executive COM
mittee has been appointed, nor any
committees on attractions or anything
of the kind, only the soliciting COM
mittees being at work.
After the many years that Albu
querque has distinguished herself with
her annual fairs, the good that has &C
crued to the city and her citizens and
business men as a whole, from these
fairs, is the best argument that car
be brought forward for another fail
this fall, and it is 10 be hoped that
sufficient funds will be raised at once
to assure Albuquerque a fair this fall
that will eclipse in splendor and
grandeur anything that has gone be-
fore.
While the date is still. a long way
off there remains much TO be done
and it is essential that the financial
support that is to be given the enter
prise should be forthcoming at once
IN order that the many committees "a
be appointed and the work to be done
can be put under way at once.
Although nothing has been done as
yet in the way of procuring attrac-
uons for the fall carnival il is under
stood that some exec emit plans for
entertainment have been discussed
and if the money uoCes airy for the
project be raised, it IS almost an as
sured fact that the festival this fall
viii include attractions far superior
TO anything yet witnessed by Albu-
querqueans and visitor M the former
fairs.