Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-14
No Mistake Vas Made When New Mexico
Decided to Exhibit at San Diego Fair

Dr. Fayette A. Jones, president OF the
School iof Mines, has been engaged
the past ten days in cataloging and
Installing this greatest Of mineral ex-
hibits. IL must be remembered that
New Mexico as mining state and
anxious to display It's resources in that
regard is competing with the great
mining states Of Nevada, Utah, Cali
fornia and Montana, and | am proud
10 say that no one Of these states has
an exhibit which even approaches In
magnflcenee and in scenic and artis-
tie arrangement the collection gath
cred under the supervision Of our
board and assembled and cataiogued
By Or. Jones'
Publicity and Entertainment.
TO the right Of this room Is another
large room for gentlemen and visitors
anxious for inquiries, and also de-
voted to publicity and entertainment
purposes Passing through hallway
which leads 10 a staircase, noble in
it's dimensions, one views on either
side magnificent portraits Of those
men who followed the old Santa Fe
trail from the east and the notable
Spaniards and New Mexicans who
first introduced the commerce from
the internal provinces of the north to
the Anglo-AIDericans in the Mississip-
pi valley. At the end Of this hallway,
on the right are the ladies' reception
rooms, which arc models Of simplicity
anr artistic elegance in the way Of
decoration and convenience
To the left Of the hallway and COM
municated by large open portal we
enter what il known as the Hall Of
Governors, devoted to the history, the
archaeology and tourist attractions Of
New Mexico. on the walls are to be
found magnificent portraits OF every
governor of New Mexico since the
military occupation in 1916, and like
wise portraits Of all the notable char
acters in Mexican and Spanish his
tory whose portraits have been pre-
served TO us. These two exhibit
rooms are about as large as the dining
room in the ANarado hotel, ana some
conception of their magnificence with
the transparencies over the windows,
the hangngs and draperies in Monk
cloth, coupled with the lighting faeili
ties. can be had only by seeing them.
Below the portraits and e lending
around the entire room, beautifully
framed, are pictures appealing to the
tourist and placed against "A brown
burlap which has Fhe appearance Of
a magnificent .Nainscoting, At the
same time giving out all Of the at
tractiveness G display which is nee
cssary for pictures Of this character.
The models representing the old land
marks of the Santa Fe trail which in
include the restoration of the ancient
pueblo OF Pecos (Cireuie) and its mis-
sion, the great pueblo of Quarai the
old chapel of san Miguel, the Bents
fort on the Arkansas, the first great
military and training post erected
west of the Missouri river, and Max
wells mansion on the Cimarron, in
all probability are attracting as much
attention as anything we have in the
building. The scale upon which these
models have been constructed is one
foot TO the hundred and some idea Of
the magnlficence Of these reproduc-
lions will be had as soon as interior
pictures. which | have had taken, can
be displayed throughout our state.
Portraits of Notable Men.
Passing up the stairway to the sec
ond story of the mission portion of
the building, the walls of which are
also decorated with portraits Of no.
table New MeXieans, and the windows
with beautiful colored transpareneies,
behind which are draperies which
control in most attractive manner
the outside lighting, one comes to the
or exhibition han which
is duplicate of the one on the first
floor and in which is installed the
great forest and lumber exhibit of the
general government
1t would take columns for me to de-
scribe the beauty Of this exhibit. Dir.
Ellis, who is in charge and who viii
also install the government exhibit at
san Francisco, has spared no pains
in making this feature one of the
greatest at the exposition. Models of
the Pecos forest, constructed I'M
at an enormous expense
occupy portion of this room and
everything in it is distinctively New
Mexican, at the same time, however /
rejecting the general forest policy I
of the government
From this exhibition hail one /
reaches two large balconies, one to /
the west and the other to the east I
From the western balcony the marine I
view is inspiring, one overlooks the /
entire city of san Diego, Coronado and |
Point Iona in the distance, and the |
sunsets, / must admit, rival our own
bold splendors in this regard in this
state.
Magnificent View.
From the balcony to the east, one !
gazes upon the entire structure Of the |
bridge of Juan Cabrillo, the admins
tration palaces and all Of the build I
ings lying to the east. Passing from
this top corridor at the end al the
stairway enc goes onto what we in
tend to use as roof garden which !
in my judgment is one of the most at I
situations of any building at
tho exposition This area Will accom-
modate from three TO four hundred
people az enc time and when We have
placed some simple ornamentations in /
the shape of palms and New Mexico
flora, / believe that We viii surpass
tn the way of artistic dec
eFatNe effect Of either Of the great /
eNpositions
oar pltlo which is as yet unfin- !
ishcd. will also be beautiful when We /
ge, our flowers planted, II rs reached /