Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-03-14

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them both, as much as with the OBJ
ject of welcoming the business men
of Albuquerque.
| Governor Curry was indefatigable
in his efforts to make the excursion a
success and with that end in view.
In spite of the WEAKNESS involved i'll
so trying a trip he spoke to the peo-
| pie at every stop made His simple
| conversational style of talking to-
gether with his intimate knowledge
of the localities visited won for the
excursionists and for himself hosts Of
| new friends who had never known
either before.
And the band How could it be
| possible to overestimate the service
which it rendered during the trip?
At each of the stops made its inspir-
! ing music preceded the speechmak-
! ing and where nothing else would
have availed to close some of the
, stores and business places, their doors
went to with a slam at the first
strain and the proprietors started on
the run for the place Of meeting. 1t
should be added here that Mr. Grady
was in his very best form from one
end of the trip to the other, and that
!
leaving behind the excursion party
an impression Of Albuquer 1ue phiea
! will remain when all else has faded
| from the memory of the people Wis
| tied. The citizens of Albuquerque
should remember that the services Of
the Elks' band on this trip were Sc
cured practically without reward to
| the musicians. II is said that they are
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an opportunity will then be afforded
to reward them in some more sub
stautial way than through the glad
! hand and newspaper recognition.
\ Flood of Oratory.
/ The Albuquerque trade excursion
was prolific in oratory from start To
/ finish. Beside the speeches made by
! Hon II. B. Ferguson, which were
/ by far the most pretencious Of the
/ trip and which were delivered with
telling effect at the principal points
of contact many others contributed
7 TO the flow of welcome and response
Among them were Prof. Tight. Rev
/ Fletcher Cook, Dr. Lukens, F.. L.
/ Medler, NJ. l.. Stern, r.. :. Parker. G.
/ l.. Brooks, Felix Lester and w. p
I Metcalf. Mayor Frank Mckee beside
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also delivered a number of short and
graceful talks at various points.
They succeeded In strengthening
the feeling already existing every
where that the people of Albuquerque
! were after all only homefolks and that
the metropolis carried in its bosom
not only an interest in their affairs
but degree of affection toward
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of their own commonwealth.
The Management.
No excursion of the kind that left
here last Tuesday vas ever better
managed than was this first annual
Albuquerque outing. In Wow Of the
I fact that it was the first attempt its
success in this line is remarkable
First Of all thanks should be rs-
turned to MeSsrs. G.. L. Brooks and
! Z. T, McCanna for their unhagging
efforts in its behalf They certainly
! handled their end Of the affair with
consummate skill as did also Messrs.
Frank Mckee. Arthur Everitt. J. II.
! O'Rielly, II. s. Rosenwald and John
! Lee Clarke, Who acted as car cap
tains. NJ /. Stsrn, upon whom was
! imposed the diffcul. task of regu-
Hating the affairs Of the baggage car.
!also contributed largely 10 the COM
! fort and smooth working Of the
commissary department Meesrs W.
/ r. Brown, W. p. GarsiIc, r. IT.
Rockwell, H O. Burr and F.. A.
| Davis Of the Santa Fe ana Pullman
companies, practically turned them
selves inside out to render the trip
lhoth enjoyable and successful and
too much cannot be said in their IA
! iVor, To the end they remained the
same oblging and courteous set OF
men even though they underwent
many trials and almost complete
/ lack OF sleep from start to finish. n
t'. Anderson. conductor. and the
members of the train crew were also
equal to an emergencies and together
with Engineer Ell Spade and his as
slstant watched over the safety and
comfort Of the passengers with jeal-
| Gus care Their work was supple
mented when the Santa Fe Central
! was reached by Manager Grimshaw,
! Conductor Friday and Master Me-
/ chanic Pedeu, who. like all the rest
I Of the railroad men encountered on
! the trip. We're certainly up To their
! jobs.
Financially the trip is said 10 have
/ yielded a neat balance in the treas
ury the exact amount OF which is
not yet known. II will be devided be-
tween the Non-Sectarian Benevolent
association and 81. Josephs sanitar-
ium.