Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-05-23
BIC MEETING IS
ANTICIPATED FOR
TOMORROW NIGHT
Boosters of City to Be Present
in Force at Commercial
Club 10 Get State Fair
Movement Under Way.

II will not be the falilt Of the boost
ers Of the Commercial club IL the
state fair mass meeting to be held to-
morrow night at the club is not a rec
ord-breaker In point Of attendance.
Half dozen methods are being used
TO enthuse the citizens of the city and
bring them to realization OF the inn
portance of the meeting and the fact
that a crisis Is at hand
Four hundred postal cards will be
given out today to interested citizens
and business men, calling attention to
the meeting. They will he received in
the Monday morning mail. In addi-
ton, Secretary Egan of the club and
Publicity Director Wiley will spend
the day tomorrow on the telephone.
getting IN touch with persons who
cannot be called upon by the special
committees appointed to visit every
business man in the downtown sec
ton, urging a large attendance.
Committees to Work Hard.
The committees will begin work
shortly after 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning after meeting with President
Cushman at the club The following
have been asked to meet with the Of
fcials OF the organization before be-
ginning the work: NJ. l.. Martin,
Ward Anderson, A. b. Stroup. ID. A.
Macpherson, Tom Hughes, ~ Martin,
Mayor Boatright, Dennis Mcdonald,
I'd Grose, Sam Pickard, NJ r.. Hickey,
G. II. Valiant, H. S. Lithgow, John W.
Wilson. O. A, Matson, w. l.. Hawkins,
+, A. Davis, Il. A. Kistler, John
Beaver, Charles Roehl, Henry c.
Coors, Jr, Summers Burkhart.
Districts have been so arranged
that every committee win be able to
conclude its work In an hour. Not
only will the business men be asked
70 attend the meeting, but employees
will be urged to attend and all others
who are interested In the least in the
fair and in boosting Albuquerque.
Bands to Stir Enthusiasm.
Two bands have been secured for
the occasion. The Indian school band
will parade the streets at O'Clock
carrying banners announcing the
meeting. The Boys band win be sta
toned in the lobby of the club for the
entire evening.
Previous to the meeting at the Com
mercial club. a smoker will be held
at the armory to which Governor Nc
Donald is invited. lie will be con-
Quoted to the armory by the club re-
ception committee, and at the conclu-
sion of The smoker those present will
adjourn in a body TO the club meet
ing. Another out-of-town visitor who
will attend both meetings is Adjutant
General Herring. who will arrive from
Santa Fe early in the evening. The
governor will come direct from Car
rizozo where he is at the present time.
No Long Speeches.
There will be no long speeches or
fixed arguments at the mass meeting.
Everyone present will be given an OPP
portunity to express his views re-
garding the necessity for a fair
this year or to offer suggestions
for the betterlnent of the fair The
matter of having carnival company
in the main street of the city during
the fair will be discussed, as there is
a great divergency of opinion as to
the ACCESSIBILITY Of securing this
amusement feature. No subscriptions
are to be asked for at the meeting,
which is called solely for the purpose
of determining whether a fair is 10 be
held, and If one is to be held who is
wanted for the presidency of the fair
commission.
President Cushman of the club yes
terday declared that he desires the
citizens Of the city to understand that
he is mot bluffing" when he SAYS
that there will be no further effort
made by the club toward the holding
of a fair il there are not at least 100
business men present at the meeting.
I'VE have made that position one OF
policy, and we mean to abide by it.
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