Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1912-01-18
THE PUBLIC is INVITED
THE FARMERS ARE ESPECIALLY
REQUESTED TO BE PRESENT;
ALSO ToWNsMEN.
Big TRAIN ARRIVED TODAY
OVER 5000 PEOPLE VISITED 1T
ON sIDETRAcK NEAR THE
SANTA FE STATION.


onstration train reached Las Vegas
this afternoon right on time and is
being carefully inspected by the peo
pie of the city, school children and
farmers from the surrounding coun.
try.
Promptly. at 1880 o'clock tonight
the program of illustrated lectures
will begin in the auditorium of the
Normal University. The complete
course of demonstration train lee
lures will be given and everyone is
cordially invited to be present. The
lectures will be both interesting and
instructive and everyone interested
in the agricultural development of the
state and of this section should at
tend
The train staff consists of:
President W. E. Garrison, of the
New Mexico Agricultural College
Dr.. Luther Foster, director of the
experiment station.
f. L. Bixby. irrigation expert.
E. P. Humbert, professor Of agron<
omy.
w. T. Conway, superintendent of
college extension work.
Fabian Garcia, professor of horti-
culture.
H. H. Simpson, professor of animal
husbandry.
]. w. Knorr and ]. E. Mabie, as
sistant agriculturists.
]. D. Tinsley, agricultural expert of
Santa Fe railroad.
H. J. MCGOWAN, assistant to Mr..
Tinsley.
H. B. Hening, secretary New Mexi-
co bureau of immigration.
Superintendent F. L. Myers of the
Santa Fe's New Mexico division has
accompanied the train over this sec
ton of the journey, together with
w. M. Matchett, travelling freight and
passenger agent, with headquarters
in Trinidad. The crew in charge OF
the demonstration train while north
of Las Vegas consists of Engineer A
w. Allison, Fireman H. H. Marrman
Conductor D. M Coyle, and Brake
men Charles Scott and 0. D. Stout.
Yesterday at Ration more than 2,
900 people visited the train and heard
the lectures and with the attendance
at Las Vegas today the New Mexico
train, has broken all demonstration
train records for similar length O
time, with total attendance of more
than 10000.
The train leaves tonight for Albu
querque and eastern New Mexico
where the coming week will be spent
"The attendance at the train ant
the interest manifest in It has fa
exceeded our highest expectations,
said J. D. Tinsley, agricultural dem
ontsrator of the Santa Fe, to Tn
Optic this afternoon I'VE expecte
the people to be interested, but tn
attendance we have had has bee
phenomenal while the interest ha
been most gratifying. When farmer
will travel ten miles through mudd
roads in order to see train OF thi
kind and ask questions about farmin
problems, there is no question Of tn
future of country. Not one br
hundreds of farmers have done thi
during our trip through northern Ne
Mexico. We have had complete SUI
cess thus far and feel that the GOO
accomplished has justified the e
pense and effort many, times over"
New Mexico farmers want
know" said President Garrison of Il
Agricultural college "They not on
want to know but they are eager fl
knowledge of advanced farming met
ods and are ready to go far to g
it. The farmers of northern Ne
Mexico have shown the greatest !
terest in the train and the work v
are seeking to do and am more ths