Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-09-28

here the night of October he would
run a special from El Paso to the City
of Mexico, and give the excursionists
absolute control of the train, stopping
and moving to suit the pleasure OF the
majority. a large number of people
Will in all probability take advantage
OF the very low rate.
Agricultural Exhibits.
The interior of the Agricultural
building this morning presents one
Oh the most beautiful sights of ITS
kind that could be imagined. In this
IA &c wooden structure may be round
Lhe fruits, grains, vegetables and vari-
Gus grass grown in this section OF
the country by irrigation, and it is
thought that better variety could not
be grown where water Is plentiful.
Eacn booth or exhibit is in charge Of
representatives OF the counties from
which the display IL sent and each
are confident that theirs will oe the
prize winner. A watermelon weigh
ing in the neighborhood of sixty
pounds Is quite common sight, while
corn ranges from fourteen to eighteen
t-ct IN heiyhl IN STALK cf which Ia
burdened with some OF the largest
ears Of corn which have ever been
brought to this city.
The first exhibit on entering the
building. on the right. Is that OF Va
lencia county, which is in charge of
Mr.. +. l.. Walroth. The Torrance
county and Estancia valley display
is complete with grains. vegetables
and grasses. and is in charge of Prof.
Z. IL. Bagley.
A beautiful exhibit Is next In place,
representing the products of Carls-
bad. The prize of $500 offered by
this county for the first bale of cot
ton brought to market for this exhibit
was won by w. S. Donaldson of Carls-
bad. whose bale is exhibited in this
display. This exhibit is in charge Of
ID. b. Sutherland and Thomas King.
The next in line is a large pyramid
of apples, beautiful in appearance.
The base on which this display rests
is of alfalfa, while tomato vines meas
uring over eleven feet in length form
the decorations. This booth Is IN
charge of Judge ]. b. Cannon. Il. j.
Feemster and ]. X. Hastings. Indi-
vidual apple exhibits are made by j.
j. Hagerman and w. G. Urton, while
an elegant display of pears will be
brought to this city some time today
by Parker Earl and Chas. De Bre-
mond. The display of Dexter Is in
cluded in that of Hagerman and Ros-
well.
The exhibit of Mesilla valley occu-
pies a most prominent part of the
other side of this large han and in
this exhibit, which Is in charge of o.
q. Snow and j. ID. Tnsley, there are
over ESQ jars of fruit and vegetables
while a display of cotton and cereals
is also shown over fifty varieties Of
wheat alone are here shown. An ele-
phant made of alfalfa also adorns
this display, representing the Ele-
phant Butte irrigation project. the
base is formed of 1000 pounds If
giant onions while small incandescent
/ lights form the eyes.
The exhibit of Luna county contains
many of the finest products raised by
| irrigation and is in charge OF Messrs.
| Leroy and e. j. Berwick. A mining
exhibit also forms part of the Luna
/ county display and here are shown
| specimens of lead, gold. silver, cop
/ per and zinc.
A beautiful display is shown by the
| county or BeTudllitO ana tnlS Will De
/ in charge of Mrs a. b. Stroup. The
exhibit will contain everything grown
in this county and the prize for the
/ best chill Is thought to be coming this
way, as that species of pepper fes-
J toons the booth and Is of elegant
1 quality.
An exhibit of photos illustrates the
Palo Verde valley OF California. This
display IS In charge of II. V. BIenk-
iron and Louis Evans.
A most beautiful flower exhibit Is
next in line, being the product OF By
ron Ives, the florist, of this city.
small rest room Is shown, wherein
pictures OF El Paso are displayed
The only eleemosy nary exhibit on the
grounds is in this building. II rep
resents the ChldIen'X Home society
and Is In charge Of Dr. c. r. Lukons.
Secretary Fowler Here.
/ p. A. Fowler, secretary of the board
az control OF the Irrigation congress
arrived at the Alvarado yesterday
from his home at Phoenix, Arlz. Mr..
Fowler Is one of the conspicuous fig
ures in the irrigation world and has
given many years of service and his
. best thoughts TO the development OF