Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-09-21

county bungalow. the Heidelberg. the
shelter for farm machinery and the
fax county lodge, the San Miguel
Victor and American coal mine and
moving picture show have besn
established. The Santa Fe's mission
lodge, the Colfax lodge, the San Mi
guel bungalow. the mountain which
shelters the coal mine and picture
show, and the forestry building, espe-
cially. are attractive Of the new oon-
struction. Besides all these, Frater-
nal hall, at the entrance, mas been
arranged for a universal display. and
the school house north of it stored
with an educational exhibit. To fill
these big houses and enclosures. the
board, by long journeys made by its
members and by dint Of bringing the
proper influence to bear. has collect
ed exhibits from all over the west
and from manufacturers OF both the
east and the west. To encourage ex-
hibitS the board has scraped the
country over and besought men of
money and power to offer trophies
Of great value and even of cash. To
make the exposition Of greater attrac-
ZION. the board has subscribed or col
lected purses for horse races and
baseball. which will be daily features
Of the entire two weeks. By influ-
ences brought to bear by the board
the United States will send battaIions
of military; this territory its National
guards and cadets; the government
Indian schools their students; the In
dian agents bands of tribes located
on the several reservations. The
| Philippines exhibit brought to the
United States by Gen. Luke Wright
| (now secretary OF war; will be here
| by the request of the board. There
will be exhibitions of fireworks dur
| ing the two weeks never before
| equalled in the west and some pieces
| never before beheld in the entire
country. There will be street at
J fractions without number. Finally
there viii be comfortable accommo-
dations of lodging and food and hos
| pitality of good cheer for all.
The congress and exposition have
been advertised widespread, even be-
yond the seas. 1t, perhaps, Is no
exaggeration to say that stories pf
the object of the congress, and Of the
preparations for the meeting in Albu-
querque, have appeared at one time
or another In all of the daily and
! weekly papers Of the United states.
! To reach the metropOl tan papers spe-
cial articles of the congress and expo
sition and OF the governments recls-
| nation progress in the west have
been written and given free OF
charge. For the small dailiss, syndi-
cate sheets Of short stories and para
graphs Of the attractions of the con-
gress and exposition have been pre-
pared, weekly or seml-weekly. Foi
the weekly papers of the country west
OF the Missouri line many thousand
mimeograp sheets OF news para.
graphs have been prepared and dis
tributed. To reach the weekly pa
pers, both east and west. persona
letters addressed to accredited dele.
gates have been written. These
briefly have told OF the congress and
its object; the exposition and its i'm
portance; the reclamation OF the val
leys of the desert and the fruits, GER
eals and grasses they produce; thC
hopes and expectations OF the set
Tiers, closing with the request that the
local weekly or daily papers be en-,
listed I'm aid of the great cause o.
reclamation by irrigation. The del
gates receiving these letters natural.
ly have carried them TO their favorlte
local newspapers, and so the stor!
Of Albuquerque and the congress and