Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-25
Seventy AlbuquerQueans Pay
Fares to Committee; Twelve
viii Go From Santa Fe,
Barth Telephones.
MORE LOCAL BOOSTERS
ARE WANTED, HOWEVER
Committee viii Be Out Again
This Morning. viii Stop
When It Gets Five; SIaugh-
Ter Is for This City,

No doubt remained last night that
7 boosters for the Duke city for the
cattlemen's convention in 1916 will
ge 20 Ei paso In a special train It's
a lead pipe cinch. In the tongue ~
our fathers Secretary Tom Egan. OF
the Commercial club, last night had
seventy paid fares In his hands. They
We're round trim fares, the committee
having Insisted on collecting the
price two ways not so much for the
protection 90 the boosters, who may
allow their steps to stray over the in
'ternational bridge. AZ la comply with
the Santa Fe railways demand
The special win consist OF nj least
-four Pullmans. probably FIVE and pos
slbly six. The Albuquerqueans seven
ty-ilve or more Of them, will I'll four
ears IL there are many more than
seventy i've the over-pus and the
Santa Feans will have another. car
The Magdalena cattlemen are plan
ming hooking q special car on the
rear df the Albuquerque train. In
case there Is not enough In their par
IS 10 get a special car they viii get
on the Albuquerque special mt Socor-
iro. SO It Is very likely that the train
viii be made MP Of i've cars. al least.
Want More 10 Boost.
The train viii depart at 10 o'clock
next Monday night, thirty minutes
ahead Of No sos. II will take on cat
tlemen and boosters along the route,
schedule as 500. The boosters will
repch El Paso early Tuesday morn
ing and be ready 10 start the cam
n DO. Iuf 4 A. ss.tt ...4
While II Is certainty that the
special will go. the committee will
round up a few more this morning.
The limit win be i've. The commit
tee is going To insist that seventy
five as the minimum. 20 from this
city. Including those who will go
from other cities the number viii
reach 100 easily. The committee
wants Albuquerque to have a full
three foufths of the delegation
The Santa F'e agent was directed
last night 20 gel the specials equip
mcnt ready. The railway required
that Il be notified By last night
whether the special would be taken
The railway fixed seventy-iive passen-
gers as the minimum for a special.
With seventy paid fares In Secretary
Egan's hands and with requests for
reservations from other cities, more
than seventy-iive is certain.
Governor Mcdonald 10 Go.
The news that Governor Mcdonald
finally had decided to go. reaching
here yesterday afternoon, stirred up
fresh enthusiasm. The governor had
been invited 10y the cattlemens as
ISOLATION. but was hestating. The
Commercial club urged him TO ac-
cept, believing that his presence
there would help Albuquerque. The
news that he would 20, therefore
showed the boosters confidence up
another notch.
President Cushman of the Com
mercial club was In communication
with Senator Isaac Barth over the
long distance telephone last night.
Mr. Barth told him that five members
of the house and six senator's would
90 from Santa Fe. pr Veal, OF Cha
YES county, will he with the Santa Fe
party. Mr.. Barth learned through him
that his hrother-in-law, George
slaughter. of Roswell. hig stock
raiser ana n man prominent In the
would support Albuquer-
que. Governor Mcdonald also has
been IN communication with Mr..
Slaughter
The Canadian and Amarillo cattle
men. Il was learned here last night,
viii go To III paso on a special The
train has been routed by way of Be-
len.