Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-07-08
SELIG MEN WILL
TAKE ROUND UP
OF CATTLE
n. ]. Cohen, Business Manager
for w. N. selig, in Albu-
qnerque, Accompanied by
Edward Linden.

Cattle Roundup IN New Maxlco"
" 60 be the lille 81 a ScliE motion
picture film which will be sent broad
east over che earth within tho next
leo months. The pictures ef the
roundup are 10 BE- taken BY ~ J.
Luhon. business manager for W. ~.
selIg. Jf the seliR pOlyscope com.
pany who arrived from ChienEo lat
plight accompanied b. EdWprd I,In-
dean. AIR. Cohen will direct tho tax
Ing o. the pictures. lhc actual onm-
era work 10 be done BY ar. Linden.
New Mexico II the Invitation 81 the
New Mexico bureau 81 immigration.
and are ncing introduced about the
riiy today BY J. y. Digger, assistant
secretary Of the hhrpnu. Messrn
Cohcn and Linden leave tomorrow for
the Tulnrunn range on the uatii ma
iional forest, one hundred nllies
southwest Of MaHdaieue. where they
VIII photograph the roundup. show
fnK the mSd rush and stampede Of
the steers. urged on by daring COW
boys IN chaps and wide sombreros
and typical outfit OF the plains. Tho
pictures OF sheep shcarlnR ln New
Mexico. OF the Elephant BUTTE dam
and OF other local scenes. taken three
months aGo by tho sclin people.
proved 50 successful that u was de-
Ielded 70 take further pictures IN the
"|NMANt MNUhN AMN MNNNNMN Oh NNN"NAtf
Cohen and Linden, There Ia no doubt
shut thc cattle roundup film viii prove
winner. a. Il Will be something en-
sirely new In motion pictures.
Mr.. Cohen. right hand man for Mr..
fSeilR. Is one Of the pioneers Ia the
picture business. Fifteen years 0gn
he was IN Albuquerque with stock
company and staged Wicked Lon
don" Ia the Ncher opera house. since
burned down. shortly after return Z
Ing east Mr. Cohen became Interested
Ia - business way with Harry DnNia.
~ piltsburgh, Pa. Mr. Davis con-
eeived the idea of starting a picture
show IN Pittsburgh and commissioned
AIR. coAcn to arrange thcutcr for
that purpose The lhentes had q
sealing capacity ~ rs and was posi-
lively the first exclusive picture
house In the United states, Mr..
Cohen made money for Mr.. Davis IN
decided that n he could make money
for somebody else he could make Il
for himself Consequently Mr.. Cohen
went 10 hts home city, Chicago, aud
on December "a. 1901, opened tho
first nickel picture show II the Windy
city His closest frlenda and even
his relatives thought him out Of HE
mlnn. whom he began the venture.
Those who ecoffod remained % pray,
however, az sir. Cohen's theatef
showed to ~ mAhy uf 400 people
each day. With a total weekly rx-
ienNc ~ fi75, To-day there are 400
motion picture lheaterH IN Chicago
..Nr. Cohen abowcd pieh splendid abil-
fiy ~ the molten picture business
That he was enEngnd by Mr. Sellg aisf
today hns practically entire charge ol
~ of MFR. ScllE'a business affnira
The SeilR company empioya roc
people In Chicago Canon city and
Los AnFclrH. turns out eight hundred
thousand feet Of film each week nnf
IA one 81 she most prosperous and In
fluontlhl concerns OF ~ kind Ia the
country.
''The motion picture buaIucss lg IL
So infancy" said Mr. Cohen today
NO man can conceive lts possibilities
which arc unbouHded. The mOtiug
picture IL wonderful thing nnd i
destined 90 become the most import,
ant factor In tho history Of the hu
man race Think what Il would meaf
60 ua today. " we could witness II
motion pictures. FOR instance, th'
Declaration OF Independence. the STIR
render Of the British 10 Gcorge Wash
lnktOn, the assassination Of Abraham
Lincoln. aud Thousand aud on'
scenes 81 the gfaaiesi historic alRnifi
canco. To-day there isn't an event ~
historic impor.hncc but that Il 1
photographed and The reels of mo
ton pictures may be stored away u
vaults and viii be the sumo IN q cen
tliry or two centuries az the day 81
which they were taken. These films
shown tr future generntionE. vii
teach Thorn more IN a few moment
regarding historic events thnn coui'
DO learned from books IN months d
yoara"