Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-17

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play and offer q few Bine Ribbons
which. by the way. don't cost much.
I win agree TO match Colonel witch.
ell 10 zee who Is To- pay for them.
In regret that I viii mot be ahie 10
serve as secretary Of the fair this
year n you have one. but ! win cer-
tainiy Eive n my moral AZ wen rs fin.
ancial support
colonsi rwiteheiI Taiks.
Colonel Ralph A. TxitcheIl II very
enthusiastic on the FAIR proposition
and unbosoms himself In an inter.
view which makes mighty interest
ing reading.
there IL no doubt that Las Vegas
should continue giving the fair 20
happily inaugurated last year. Fairs.
from the standpoint Of complete sue
cess. are the outgrowth Of years or
effort. II takes time 20 establish q
reputation as an entertainer OF the
surrounding country and the material
success looked for comes only after
several years of hard work ana intelli.
gent effort. Personally. there II
small reason for any interest In the
matter on my part. Ny Judgment
ON the subject Of fairs and their value
to communities like Las Vegas N
well known. Others may not agree
with me. The chances are that they
never have agreed with anybody.
There Is no community I'm the Rocky
Mountain country which In time can
give a more interesting and profitable
| entertainment than can Las Vegas.
II this city does not provide an an
nual fiesta and fair or some othe~
form on entertainment for the people
| who live here or those who live with.
In n radius of $50 miles. some other
. place win DO so. The dear public
i very tickle and seeks business con.
nections At places where a good
, time" " also Offered by way or IN
dncement. n the people OF this eiiy
who have directly subscribed for shc
building Of Gallinas Park--and no
fair can be held witilour Tint park
expect that on the morning after the
fair is over the treasurer OF the fair
association viii come around with a
check showing a direct profit In this
class OF enterprise, they are very
much mistaken. The community is
considered lucky up-todate promoters
Of this sort Of business enterprise II
the accounts balance. The benefit
derived Is Indirect and fs shared by
the public spirited contributor and
the close-fisted non.contd butor alike.
$50 far as Gallinas Park Is con-
cerned the debts Of that company
must be paid In some way before yon
can have another fair. The debts ac-
! cumuiated through the unfortunate
losses occasioned by the flood OF Dc
tober, 1904. and the failure OF the
directors 10 collect the subscription
list made for the entertainment that
year. although the board had gone
to over three thousand dollars In ex.
penses when the flood happened, not
one dollar of which var paid BY sub.
scribers or stockholders either. The
fair last year was a success; the fair
can be made q success this year.
Everything seems to be looking well
for Las Vegas: what with the colon
ization proposition. the Campbell dry
farming scheme and the bright pros.
poets OF settlers coming to live with
us, a fair along lines that may be
suggested. seems to me to be particu,
larly gefmane. G~allinas Park repre-,
SCENTS an expenditure OF nearly $40,
900 In actual cash, and every dollar
Of the amount has been advantage
onsly expended. Out Or a capitalize.
tion Or $4,000 not one half of that
amount Of stock has been issued and
the present stockholders are In real
ity the owners of the stock of the
association not issued; less than fifty
per cent OF the authorized capital has
been issued, so II Is apparent that
the Stockholders have only paid for
their holdings at about fifty cents on
the dollar and Will have paid par only
when the debt of the association IL
lifted. Many hundreds Of dollars OF
receipts from entertainments have
been expended In improvements and
betterments and the park property
today could not be duplicated with q