Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-03-13
One of Most FeIicitouS Gather
ings of Trip at Prosperous
County Seat of Rich and
PopuIouS County of Roosevelt
DEVELOPMENT OF COTTON
INDUSTRY A BIG SURPRISE
Roswell Smoker One of the
Enjoyable Features of Short
Stay in the Peerless Valley
of the PeCOS,

Taiban, n. NJ, via TeXico, March
l2.-The next to the last day of Albu-
Ouerque's trade excursion was by an
odds the most strenuous and the most
enthusiastic of the trip. After a snort
stop at Texico, where the population
was banked en- masse along the ran,
road track, Governor Curry addressed
a splendid crowd at Clovis at noon
The reception Of the boosters mere
was fully in accord with the enthus-
iaSm encountered elsewhere along the
cut-Off and fully two thousand people
took part in the ovation which ne
party received at this point. "A pGtlI-
lion of gayly dressed school Chllt en-
met the eXcursionists at the train mo
escorted them to the meeting place,
The Albuquerque men We're surprised
to find such a hustling, modern, en-
terprising little city here where eight
months ago there was practically
nothing The meeting place was a
thoroughly up 10 date, handsome
pressed brick business block heated
by steam, one of score or more SIM
ilar buildings in the town.
Attorney Paefner on behalf of the
Commercial club Of Clovis. presented
the keys of the city to the visitors IN
an eloquent address and promised Al
buquerque a liberal share Of the trade
Of rapidly growing Clovis Governor
George Curry in Congratuatory ad-
dress touched as usual on the matter
of statehood, declaring that it is in
tOlerable for a territory of 100000
progressive Americans to remain un-
der its present form Of government
He expressed willingness to work
for the formation of a new county as
soon as the people decided it was
necessary. The president of the Roose-
welt County Telephone company gave a
f hA A 1 &
able growth and its wonderful re-
sources. Among other things the in
teresting and sensational fact was
brought out that last year the Roose-
Welt county hens laid 125,000 dozen
eggs, worth in Albuquerque $4,000,
which is sent to Kansas and else
where at present. After an address
by II. B. Ferguson in that gentle
mans happest vein an adjournment
was taken to the banquet hail where
the assemble company did full justice
to an elegant banquet provided by the
ladies of Clovis
An hour and a half was spent in
Melrose, where substantial new build
iugs are rapidly effacing all signs OF
the recent disastrous fire. Escorted
by school children and large number
of citizens the visitors marched to the
hall where addresses We're made by
Governor Curry and Messrs. Tight,
Lukens, Lester and others One speak
er commented on the fact that in view
of the large number Of children every
where evident Roosevelt county was
truly well named after the famous
enemy of race suicide
Clovis, ii may be well to say here
becomes the junction point Of the cut
off and the Pecos valley lines on
March 15 A big roundhouse and
commodious station are about COM
pleted and a Harvey eating house IS
also under way.
All of the crowd are IN the best of
spirits and the prima donna signorina
Ed. Medler is still in good voice.
Prof. Tight, however, is reduced to q
Eoarse whisper and has to lead the
chorus in pantomime. All of the eX-