The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-08-10
KOEHLER CONSENTS
TO GIVE OUT A
FEW FACTS
Usually Reticent Publicity
Man of State Exposition
Commission Falls for the
wiles of an FL Paso Reporter

\. " Koohlcr. jr.. publicity agent
for the state exposition Commission
has broken the clamlilJc silence
which usually %enyelops him like q
fog and In some un%accountahic man
ncr has permitted himself to DE
trickcd into talking for publication
This Dr. SO unusual In Koehler that u
IL likely To cause statewide comment
ana nay result In losing him his job
under COL TwitcheIL chairman OF
the commission. whose well known
aversion to publicity Is ono Of his
distinguishing characteristics. Tue
~ Paso Times is responsible for tho
downfall of Koehler IN the Follow
ing:
mo. We have made no effort 10
keep Il a secret. New Mexico will
have an exhibit at the san Diego ex-
position next year said A.. =. Koch
Ter. Jr. last night.
~r'Speaking truthfuIly. ns well as
for publication, I may say that We
propose 10 make this exhibit one
that will attract and hold tho atten-
ton of the thousands Of visitors ex-
pcctcd M the southwest corner Of
these United States next year" CON
tlnued Mr. Koehler. who Is % former
~ Paso newspaper man and there
fore entitled 90 fun faith and credit.
The exhibit will be housed In one
81 the most beautiful buildings on
earth, a replica Of tho ancient Fran
ciscan mission church nj Pecos. over
la century older than the California
missions, and viii consist Of a com
pletc showing OF the of the
state, agricultural, horticultural and
mineral.
The mineral exhibit alone will be
worth a fortune. and IL now being
gathered by President Fayette a.
Jones OF the New Mexico School az
Mines.
Moving pictures will play a prom
inent part in the display. For
months We have had experienced
camera men going up and down the
state picturing the various activities
Of It's people and magnificent seen
ery. The building OF the Elephant
Butte dam will be shown, with us
1900 workmen building the wall that
Is 10 hold the waters that viii turn
$4,000 desert acres into a paradise.
" NNNhA vi AIitNtlA VI the ma
tional guard ana the regular army
soldiers az Deming viii also be
shown. a pageant by the school
children OF the state. showing the
progress Of the country since the
OF history, Is another feature.
In this pageant children from every
county la the state participate. the
scenes being staged IN mountnin and
canyon. on plains. desert, smiling
meadow and city street. wherever. in
fact. the needed background Is at
hand.
Just now / am en- route 10 Alamo
gordo 10 take a moving picture Of the
sacramento mountain railroad be-
tween that point and Cioudcruu. The
FL Paso a southwestern road will
provide n special train. consisting OF
a flat car to be pushed by an engine
up the steep grade 20 the top Of the
mountains.
The people Of New Mexico have
been exceedingly liberal in the mat
ter Of the exhibition. The state leg
islaturc appropriated $4,000. which
served as "a nucleus Of the fund.
Every hoard Of county commission
ers has made "a special appropriation
and almost without exception every
big business concern has contributed
toward the fund. The railroads. too,
have been generous and everyone ex-
poets New Mexico a. reap a harvest
of now settlers az a result Of the pub
licity.
NO, We are not keeping Il dark,
and you may mention that the Ele-
plant Butte dam Is the greatest lr-
rigation project on earth ana that
New Mexico offers the greatest OPP
"portunities for settlers Of any COM
monwealth In the nation. Why. peo-
pie some thirty thousand Of them.
nave even emigrated there from
Texas Ia the past few years
Mr. koehler. according to the card
which he modestly presented TO the
reporter, Is Commissioner Of Pub
iicity for the New Mexico Board Of
Exposition Managers. san Diego
1913. Santa Re, y. NJ"