Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-09-01
Governor Mcdonald and Other
State Officials Add Dignity
and Importance to MemOr-
able Occasion.
VISITORS ATTEND FROM
ALL PARTS OF STATE
Afternoon Given Over TO Bar
becue and Baseball Game
Between Belen and Gallup;
Gala Day for Historic Town.


Los Lunas. n. S.. Sept. The
Valencia county court house. erected
at a cost Of tio.opO, and finished re-
Gently, was dedicated here today In
the presence OF Governor ". e. Nc
Donald. number OF other state Of
ficials Of high rank and vast throng
OF visitors from an sections Of New
Mexico. To-day was red letter day
in the history ot Los Lunas ana 4.
Valencia county Never Dtiore has
the historic ana hUspra0io nttiv Town
entertained such iargc crowO "a
people.
Inc ceremonies Incident to the
dedication began at 9sSO O'Clock.
when nIgn mass Was celebrated Ia
the church OF san Clemente, ionowed
by procession from the church "a
the court house, where a aciegauOu
Ot clergy men, headed Dy the Vcncr-
able Father DOcner OF lslcta invOkcd
the divine blessing, praying tnat the
building will always be USED Tor pur-
poses Just and tor the uphft OF nu-
manity. Following the pray14s Ui
the visiting ofhciaA. Governor Nc
Donald spvKo nrss, being escorted to
the speakers platform Dy Eugene
kempeniCh, chairman OF the board
Of county commissioners. anu olne,
Valencia county officers, 1ne s0s-
crnor's spcccn was vigorous ana dp
propriate. short addresses were uiso
made by the following. secretary Ot
STATE oi New Mexico, Antonio La.
cero; attorney general Ol state ul
New Mexico, frank W. Clancy, Judge
seventh Judicial district o1 New McA-
leo, hon. Merritt G.. Mcchem; ais
tict attorney seventh Juuicmi uls-
trict. Hon John y. GriIrtn; super
intendent OF Puzzle instruction ANan
n. Wnite, United states Attorney
summers Burknart, kOn. Ratpn H..
Twitchcll, Hon. NCstor MunlOyA
Chairman Board OF County COmmIs-
sionors Eugene KcmpeniCh.
Alter the dedication and subsc-
quent speeches the throngs present
wendcd their way through the mag
niilcent new court house, thrown
open To tne public Tor Inspection. rne
building Is handsome inside and GU,
ana wlil prove an enduring monu-
ment 10 the people OF Valencia coun-
Is.
The afternoon was given over 10
various athivuc events. A barbecue
dinner, served az 4 O'Clock az nu-
ning's place. attracted conaideuDic
attention, Tie big feature OF the at
tornoun, however was the ball game
between Gallup ana bclen, played on
neutral diamond, with Charlie kunz
anu snapper" Hale OF Albuquerque
as the arDitrators. Everybody turned
cut 70 the ball game, which prus,
one of the most exciting la the his-
tory OF the sport In the state. rnc
cntlrc town OF Belen nine miles
away moved up Tor the daS. No
( body Was lett m Belen but lone
deputy constable vino had never
heard of ball game and youn-
teercd to stay on the job and watch
the town against safe crackers.
Albuquerque was out 60 the dedi-
cation and the ball game in uuncncs
of one hundred. IL iH estimated that
more than "a thousand Albuquerque
people spent the day in Los Lunas,
coming here on The trains and an au-
tomobilos and other conVeyancVs. The
train from Alhuquerque that arrived
here at y.t5 carried Governor Me
Donald and state officials from SAN
ta Fe. Col r. n. Twitchel of J..
Vegas, and hundreds OF Albuquerque
people, including Thomas hughes
Jr., who hObnohbcd with the poltl-
clans during the day and WAS ununi'
mously elected trainmaster Tor th'
return TRIP
a special train arriving from Al
buquerque 40 -.l5 carried second
contingent OF Albuquerque people
being those who were not able to gel
away ON tho earlier train.
Gallup Was REPRESENTED at the pro-
gram OF events by a big bunch OI
boosters. The executive committed
on the Gallup delegation was com
posed of a. y. Cotton, G.. G. Manning
Tom n. Purdy and l.. q. shankln
Il was the duty of tho committee
keep the Gallup delegation In bodl
ana 10 prevent the Carbon city base
bah fans from saying peevish thiugl
al the umpire,
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