Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-12-04
Executive Telephones Con-
GratuldtiOnS to Officers
Says Committeeman Are
d Good Selection.
INTERNATIONAL MEETING
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
Hopewell viii Preside Over Both
Committees CONSTRUCTION of
Convention Hall VIII Begin
at Once Men Who Will
Manage Fair.

Governor Curry in a telephone
message u Hon. w. :. Hopeweu
chairman OF the National Irrigation
congress, and president of the next
territorial fair expressed pleasure at
the efficient committee OF business
men which will have charge of the
nationa, Irrigation congress and
pledged his hearty Support to the
"The irrigation congress Is of such
magnitude, being of interstate and
International Importance said Gov.
Curry, "that very res.1ent of the
territory interested in the growth
and future Advancement of the ter
ritory should work aealously for its
. success.
81, means 50 much to the terri
tory Delegates from foreign coun-
tries and high representatives from
our own national government will be
here and we want to impress them
most faVOrably. In fact, every public
spirited man in he territory should
hold himself personally responsible
for the success Of the Undertaking.
Il, for one, pledge my hearty sup
port. l will give it my careful at
tenton and do whatever can to
make it a most successful meeting.
Hon w, $. Hopewell was the un-
animous choice for the office of vice
chairman of the National Irrigation
cen gress md presidenl OF the Twen /.
.yeigilh sufeu8 territorial lair BIZ
the committees having these two big
events in charge
After the selection Of Col. Hope
well a committee of two composed of
G.. l.. Brooks and M. J.. Stern was
appointed to notify Mr.. Hopewell of
his election and bring him before the
meeting. Hopewell was escorted to
the haU by Brooks and Stern and
was given rousing cheer when he
entered.
In his address Of acceptance Hope
well asked for the hearty co-opera-
tlon and support of the business men
which was pledged by those present,
and closed by saying that he would
work tirelessly to the best of his abil-
ity for the success of the big irriga-
tion congress and territorial fair as
we'll as the bigger International con-
gress.
Following the report of the COM
mittee of twenty-seven on the irri-
cation congress, Of which George Ar
not was chairman. the fair commit
tee convened. It's report making w.
$. Hopewell. president; NJ. l.. Stern,
vice president: J. H. O'Rielley, vice
president; Felix Lester vice presi-
read and adopted.
Secretary Stamm read synopsis
of his report of the twenty-seventh
territorial fair, which showed a def
cit of $1,995,O0, which was referred
to committee of three to be au~
dited.
Committees Appointed.
The board of control of the Ma
tional Irrigation Congress, over
which Colonel Hopewell will preside
as chairman. was selected by the
committee of twenty-seven as fol-
lows;
Albuquerque-D. A. Macpherson.
o. y. Marion, Z. l.. Washburn. Solo
mon Luna, Ivap Grunsfeld, f. L.
Medler, Berthold Spitz. w. G.. Hope
Las Cruces-Martin Lohman, II. B.
Holt, Oscar Snow. w. II. II. Llewel-
lyn. II. o. Bowman Nicholas Gales.
Taos-T. p. Martin, Arthur Man
by, Antonio Joseph.
Mora-Estaveu Biernbaum, Ulrieh
Strong.
Espanola-Frank Bond.
Springer-M. N. Mlchaels.
santa Fe-GeOrge Curry Charles
F. Easley. L. b. Prince, T. B. Cat
ron, NJ A. Otero.
Roswell-J. ]. Hagerman. f. A.
Cahoon, p. II. Tallmadge, John w.
Poe, G. \. Richardson.
Raron-Charles Springer, J Van
Carisbad-Francis c.. Tracey, A.
n. Pratt.
TERRA Amarilla-T. d. Burns.
Los Alamosa-J D. Hand.
Las Vegas-A A. Jones, II. d.
Reynolds, n. w Kelly, J. M. Cum
ningham, r. f. Twitchell, D. c.
Winters
Deming-H. A. Jastro. ~ Bolich,
II. p. Brown, +. r. smith
Silver City-W. d. Murray, w. B.
Walton,
Socorro-H o. Bursum, Abe Coon.
Aztec-C. V. Stafford.
Anton Chieo-Isidoro Gallegos.
Three Rivers-A. B. Fall.
san AntoniO--C. b. Allaire.
Cuha-Epimenio Miera.
Belen-Carl Rcinken. 90.
Hillsboro-H h. Turner.
Tucumcari-Donald Stewart.
Elmendorf-C. II. Elmendorf.
Hatch-Lafayette Ciapp.
McIntosh-William Mcintosh.
TeXiCO-R. c. Reid.
Mimbres-E. A. Bickford,
Bluewater-E. q. Ross.
Los Palomas-A. F. Maxwell.
"A committee on trophies for the
irrigation congress TO be composed
OF r. r. Twtchell chairman; p. F.
McCauna and j. Van Houten, was
also named by the committee Of
tWenty-seven.
Following the reports the special
Continued on Pace Five