The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-09-25
SATURDAY WILL Be
BIC NIGHT IN
SILVER CITY
Campaign for Democratic Vic
tory to Be Opened by Con-
gresham; Big Automobile
Race Next Week.


silver city n. NJ. sept ei.[Tha
opening gun In the campaign TO elect
Hon. ~ g. FERGUSON Ia congress
aud Hon. Adolphu =. HU 10 the
state corporation commission will be
fired on Saturday when the Demo
Gratis Of Grant county assemble Ca
nominate two candidates for tho
lower mouse OF thp legislature. Hon.
John T. Watkins. representative IN
congress from Louisiana and chair
man of the committee on revision
of laws, who o. spending some wceks
In silver city VIII be The orator OF
the occasion. lie viii discuss the is
~ . 81 The campaign from the ma
tonal point Of view aud review the
achievements Of the Democratic adj
ministration. Judge Watkins Is one
of the most prominent citizens of his
state and before going to congrcs
wat a member OF the bench. n Is
expected that the convention viii be
very largely attended.
Capt. W. II. Tcfft. medical corps.
L $. a, who has been stationed at
Fort Bayard for the past four years,
has received orders To proceed ia
san Francisco for duty as attending
surgeon and medical superintendent.
army transport service. relieving
capt. H. s. Hnnscll. who VIII come
to Fort Bayard. Capt. Temt Is one
of the most popular officers ever sta
TONED at the army sanatorium and
his many friends regret his depart
ure.
september 30 the great auto race
from Deming to silver city will be
pulled of. Entrants are limited %
bona hdc residents Of the two cities.
The FIRST prize viii he $1,000. The
last few days several cars stripped
of everything but steering gear anG
a seat have been praCtlcinp on the
road that leads to the Cottage sana-
torium. Two years ago a similar
race was held and was won by a
Ford In n hour and a half. or an
average of 80 miles an hour.
Santa Rita again won the pennant
in the Copper league by defeating
Hurley last Saturday. Sunday Hur-
ley turned the tables and defeated
the Diggers. tying the games for the
cup offered by the Chino Copper
company. The deciding game will be
played off in silver city next sun
day. 4 special train will be run by
the santa Fe from Hurley and santa
Rita L. accommodate the fans. In
tercst IN the game Is at fever heat
and an enormous crowd will be on
hand 10 cheer their favorites.-
The team nat represented silver
city in the league. with the addition
Of several players from the other
teams lett this week ON a barnstorm-
ing trip through Arizona. Games viii
be played la an the chief cities OF
the neighboring state. Winding up
with "a tournament az the state fair
90 be held In Phoenix. Fans In this
section we're disappointed that the
management of the New Mexico state
fair decided 10 forego the baseball
tournament his year.
j. f.. Cleavcland. one of the pro-
moters Of the silver city Hotel COM
panS, has Just returned from an cN-
tended trip in the east. lie reports
that the new hotel Is an assured
thing, that the title Will be- adjusted
within ten days, and hat the archi-
tects have beer instructed To pro-
coed with the mai plans and speci-
ncations along the lines OF the
sketches submitted and agreed upon.
Actual work on the hotel will begin
In November aud II will be ready for
occupancy next summer. This Is
welcome e vs. To tho citizens OF this
city. SO many times in the past their
hopes of "a modern hotel ave been
dashed that II VIII take the actual
construction of the hotel to convince
many that this new proposition Is no
exception GO the rule.
The citizens OF the Playas valley
announce "a big barbecue for Octo-
Der .. They expect TO have Gov
crnor Mcdonald on hand 10 speak.
There viii be music by a military
band and a dance.