Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-08-06

De presented TO him by members Oh
the reception committee To avoid
overcrowding and to expedite matters
guests will ascend one stairway and
descend another, the stair cases being
opposite each other and leading UP
from the hotel lobby.
The large dining room which will
be converted into a ball room will be
lavishly decorated in the national col.
ors with palms, ferns and other dec
orations. Ladies composing the dec
Grafton committee began decorating
the ball room yesterday and have
most of the decorations already in
place. Festoons of red, white and
blue bunting in solid colors are sus
pended from the walls and ceiling and
the iron pillars from a row east and
west in the dining room are entwined
with bunting and evergreen ferns
American flags are also conspicuous
in the decorations. Morrison's orches-
ira which has been engaged to fur
nish the dance music will be augment.
ed for the occasion.
According to advices received today
from Roswell, Governor Curry will
leave that city early tomorrow morn
ing via the automobile line to Tor
rance, where he will board the pr
vate car Ahumada, joining Judge Fall
and other friends, who will leave in it
tonight from Ell Paso. w. A. Haw.
kins, of Alamogordo, general counsel
of the El Paso and Southwestern Rail,
way, and another party Of friends will
be in another private car, and stand
ard coach will carry the Mexican
band 1t is not known yet whether
the Governor and his escort will come
on special train or if their cars will
be attached to the regular north bound
passenger train of the Santa Fe Cen
trail Railway. 1t will all depend upon
the time of the Governors arrival at
Torrance.
Several Thousand Visitors Expected.
The Albuquerque delegation, headed
by w. S. Stricken, vice president Of
the Bank of Commerce, and Attorney
w. B. Childers will arrive at noon
Thursday instead of Wednesday night
as was originally intended.
All New Mexico railroads have
made special rate of one far for the
round trip for the Inauguration, and
it is expected that there will be sew.
eral thousand people here from points
throughout the territory Hotels, res
taurants and rooming houses are max
ing preparations to accommodate all
visitors.
Acting Governor Reynolds and ex
Governor Otero will leave tomorrow
afternoon to meet Governor Curry and
return with him to Santa Fe.
Big Delegation Coming in Private Car
With Band.
Special to the New Mexican.
El Paso, Texas, Aug. 6.-The pri-
vate car, Ahumada, of the Ell Paso,
Rio Grande & Sierra Madre Railway,
will leave here tonight for Tor
rance, there to be turned over
to the Santa Fe Central Railway Com
pany for transportation to Santa Fe.
In the party which will 60 in this
car to attend the Inauguration of Gov
ernor George Curry and which will
meet the Governor at Torrance, to
which point he will go from Roswell
by automobile, will be:
Judge A. B. Fall, Of Tularosa;
Mayor H. 0. Bursum, of Socorro; H.
B. Holt, and Mark Thompson, of Las
Cruces; Charles V. Stafford, of Santa
Fe; W. A. Hawkins, of Alamogordo;
and Felix Martinez and Charles F.
Hunt, of Ell Paso.
Of this party Charles F. Hunt and
Felix Martinez are residents of Ell
Paso, but were formerly residents of
New Mexico.
The Mexican National band, num-
bering so pieces, of Chihuahua, will
accompany the party 1t is expected
that before it reaches Torrance there
will be from twenty-five to thirty
members, as other citizens of New
Mexico will join along the line.
Governor and Party Leave Roswell in
the Morning.
Special to the New Mexican
Roswell, N. NJ, Aug. 6-Captain
George Curry will leave this city for
Torrance via the automobile line to-
morrow morning at / o'clock. He will
be accompanied by c. L. Ballard, w.
M. Atkinson, ]. P. Church, X. S. Wood
ruff, J. Smith Lea, e. A. Cahoon and
others.
Roswell Will BE Well Represented.
Special to the New Mexican.
Roswell, N. M, Aug. Cit is very
likely that a party Of from twenty-five
to thirty citizens Of the Pecos Val
ley will go with Governor George
Curry to Santa F'e to be present at the
Inauguration. Among them will like.
|ly be Edward A. Cahoon, cashier Of
the First National Bank. Captain
Charles L. Ballard, Nathan Jaffa, J.
Smith Lea, and other wei known
and prominent citizens