Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-07-17
BEAUTIFUL COVER
FOR CONGRESS
SOUVENIR
SPLENDID BOOK TO COST
$4,000 WHEN COMPLETED
viii Contain 25O Pages of
Matter Relative to Irrigation
and Development of Great
Southwest,

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado.
fernando Alvarado, the Fray Marquis
de Mica and a sinewy, bronze-hued In
dian, gazing out through an old mis-
sion arch at the modern Albuquerque,
surrounded by prosperous irrigated
farms. is the scene depicted on the
cover of the official souvenir of the
sixteenth National Irrigation congress
now being compiled by Col r, r.
Twitchell. secretary of the board ~
control of the Irrigation congress and
exposition. The completed cover de-
sign was received yesterday by Colonel
Twitchell from the Denver engraving
house which Is now working on the
plates for the cover
The design is, a most beautiful and
artistic production in four or five col
ors and has been viewed with the
greatest admiration by those who have
seen il. In large lettering at the top
arc the words. Sixteenth National r.
rigation Congress. Directly below
are two shields, the one showing =
miniature view of the cactus grown
desert. the other showing an irrigat-
ed field. Beneath the design are the
words. "t542-The Nision-t90S.'
A decorated Indian ola adds the
finishing touch to the group under the
mission arch, the Spanish costumes
being executed with great fidelity and
the coloring of the whole showing the
touch Of a master hand. At the bot
tom of the cover arc the words, "Of-
fetal Southwestern Souvenir. Albu-
querque, New Mexico, U. $. A" The
design is the more appropriate from
the fact hat Coronado himself spent
Easter day in the year 1542 in the
city of Albuquerque. and looked I'M
doubleday on the very spot whore now
rise the walls Of the convention hall
in which the sessions of the great con
gress win be held.
Through the mission arches. drawn
with accurate detail. ono glimpses q
view of Central avenue OF today. with
prosperous. fertile. irrigated meadows
in the distance and the whole with a
background of mountains. The cover
alone viii make this souvenir wei
worth having.
The natur6 Of the book has been
touched upon previously. IT win CON
tain $50 pages. the matter mainly
dealing with the progress of irriga-
ton and the development OF the re-
sources Of the great southwest. Some
of the most distinguished men in the
nation are contributors. It will T.
%splendidly illustrated and the cost of
the whole is $4,000, secured entirely
by Colonel Twitchell by subscription
from all localities in the territory and
southwest, with advertisements secur-
ed from the railroads. great Industrial
corporations and other concerns.
The hook will be issued from the
press of the Morning Journal some
time shortly before the opening Of the
congress and the demand for it il
sure To be great. II will be bound
on heavy paper, with ivory finished
board covers, reinforced with cloth
design for the back cover which
has not yet been completed will show
the Grand Canyon and El Tovar ho-
tel. a glimpse of the Petrifed forest of
Arizona and a Hopi Indian scene.
The book win be about the dimen
sions of the Ladies' Home Journal
while of course being many times the
thickness of that magazine. 1t will
be a distinct achievement In q literary.
artistic and typographical way.