Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-07-10
IRRIGATION CONGRESS
SPECIAL IS READY
FOR THE TRIP
New MexlGdns Who Want TO
Visit the Northwest at
Small Cost Should
Get Busy.
TERRITORY TO Be
WELL REPRESENTED
One Hundred People Are NeCes-
sary TO Insure Success and
many Have Already
Made Application
for Space.

trip through Colorado Montana
and the great northwest, visiting Spo-
Kane. the Seattle exposition. Tacoma,
Portland, San Francisco, steamer
trip to Los Angeles and return home
by way of the Santa Fe and all for a
moderate sum, is the offer made as a
result of arrangements for a special
train to carry New Mexico delegations
tc the Seventeenth National Irriga-
ton congress at Spokane in August.
All arrangements for the train have
reen made and a number of people
gave notified the management of tn
expedition that they will i1-s- the
trip, which gives assurance not only
that New Mexico will oe well repre.
sented at the Irrigation congress, but
that number of New Mexicans will
get fine trip at little cost. The plan
IS told in the following circular:
Albuquerque, N. NJ, July 10.
Dear Sir:--Arrangements are now
complete for the special train which
will carry the New Mexico delega.
tion from Albuquerque to the Sew
enteenth National Irrigation congress
at Spokane, WASH, August 9th to
4
9Th.
| The train will be solid Pullman yes
itfbule equipment throughout, with
standard Pullman sleeping cars OBJ
scryation car and Pullman dining car
and with adequate equipment for the
! baggage of members of the party.
Leaving Albuquerque on August 6th
the train will run over the santa Fe
| railroad to Denver thence over the
| Chicago, Burlington and quincy to
Billings. Montana, thence to Spokane,
where, during the period of the Irri-
CATION congress the Pullman cars will
be available at berth rates as slee pin g
Iquarters for members of the party
| For this train two special excur-
sion tickets both first class are avail
able. The first will cost $3.50 for
each passenger for the round trll
lfrom Albuquerque. This ticket al
proportionate rates will be on sale
from all points in New Mexico. You
may obtain full information from
your local agent This ticket entities
the holder to the trip in the special
train to Spokane, and at the close OF
the Irrigation congress trip to Seat
tie, where the great Alaska Yukor
exposition is on; from Seattle to Ia
coma, Wash; from Tacoma, Wash
to Portland, Ore, from Portland tC
San Francisco, and from SAT Fran,
cisco to your home, via the SANTA
Fe railroad, with stop over privileg,
at Grand Canyon If desired The triI
fron Portland to san Francisco may
be made either by the Southern Pa.
Cfic railroad or by the steamships
of the southern Pacific company, Of
fering the exceptional advantage o.
an ocean voyage. The terms of this
ticket are liberal as to stop over priv
ileges and the final return limit il
October 18th.
The second ticket is $50 per pas.
sengcr from Albuquerque and proper.
tionate from all New Mexico points
and entities the holder to the trip IN
the special train, Albuquerque L
Spokane, returning via the same
route, or via salt Lake City, and Pu-
!eblo, colo. We recommend that al
who join the special train take ad
vantage of the $62.50 rate, since th'
Ismall additional railroad fare is vast
~ exceeded in value by the oppOr
tunity offered to visit the Seattle eX
position and the northwest as well a.
the California coast,
The Pullman company furnishes
cars for this train at regular Pull
man berth rates II will be necessar!
for each holder of a ticket for tn
special train TO take a berth for TN,
nine days from Albuquerque, Angus
9th, 10 Spokane, August l4th, whel
} the Irrigation congress closes. At tn
close of the congress the special train
will be released and the members o
the party may proceed TO Seattle an
the remainder of the trip provide
under the $62.5O tickets as they de
? sire. The Pullman company will fur
T nish a fully equipped dining car 70
the trip to Spokane and during tn
p period of the congress and the eX
( pense of meals will not exceed $40
per dag for three meals. This insure
that the total necessary expense O
the trip to each passenger for tn
T nine days from August 9Th to TN
close of the congress at Spokane wi
Z not exceed 500, Including the S62.5
= railroad ticket. After Leaving SpC
, kane members of the party may res
2 lulate the expense as desired.
: The idea in bringing those who in
3 ltend to visit the northwest this sun
+. lmer together in a special train Is