Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-24
COL. .IN|TCHELL
IS ENTHUSIASTIC
OVER BIG FAIR
Declares People Have No Con-
ception of What Has Been
Done by State at San Diego
Exposition,
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Santa Fe. Jan. 2S.--Col. Ralph II
| Twitchell, president of the New Mex
leo board OF exposition commissioners
declared today after the adjournment
of the board. which had unanimously
| approved and commended his unset.
fish, public-spirited work IN connee.
ton with the exposition:
An impression seems TO have
gained ground among those who ar,
not posted as to the character of the
exhibit installed by the New Mexico
board of exposition managars at San
| Diego-in the states buildng-that
we have no material exhibit, that all
of our efforts have been confined to
giving picture show.
while II is true that we have In
all probability one of the most unique
picture exhibits ever put on by any
state or entire exposition for that
matter, still the material exhibit is In
every respect superior to that of any
state at the exposition, covering and
filling as il does three thousand five
hundred square feet of floor space
and four times as much wall space
exhibit of mines. minerals, lumber
and forestry weighs In the neighbor.
hood OF thirty tons. If anyone has
any doubt about this installation and
les character and weight he Is re-
specially invited to inspect the pic
lures of the several installations in the
office OF the board and also the bills
for freight charges which will likely
cause more comment than the mag
nifieent installations themselves. This
state has been film flammed so often
in the way of exhibits that II seems
to come as near a great surprise to
certain people that 1t could be pos
sible that any state agency could pos
sibly get together an exhibit which
is AT once the pride of New Mexcans
who have seen 1t and comment in
every newspaper on the coast,
what Have You Got?'
II an impelled to make this state
ment because of remark made by o
distinguished citizen who said Well
what have YOU got out there. any.
thing but piotures2' For the infor.
nation of the uniformed / am PROUD
to say that we have an exhibit Other
than pictures which would fill tt
overlooking every foot of the floor
space In the armoty at Albuquerque
and at Santa Fee combined--an exhibit
every pound of which together with
all the furniture and furnishings has
been gathered and prepared with the
idea that it is to- be returned to New
Mexico and remain permanent ex-
hibtion OF the resources and the in
telligence of this state Not to be put
to the shame of going into the open
market In California at times and
purchasing fruits and branding them
as New Mexlca as has been done al
two great eXpositions of my own per-
sonal knowledge, we have provided a
display of the agricultural horticul-
tural and educational resources and
achievements Of this state by. using
by competent lecturers--a method
which is strictly in keeping with mod
ern IDEAS of proper presentation but
apparently wholly unknown and GER
tainly wholly unappreciated by GER
tain element whose place so far as
progress is concerned is found in the
paleozoic age So far as ideas are
concerned they occupy a class along
with the cliff-dwellers
There Is one charm about our ex-
hibit which seems to appeal to every
one who sees It, The exhibit pro-
yokes inquiry and investigations every
exhibit will and does make an impress
sion which rs of a lasting character
and shows UP New Mexico IN its true
and not it's romantic or sentimental
light
These eolored lantern slides,
showing In the best way known to re-
source exploitation every one of our
resources, have cost this state ana the
counties which contributed them less
than Is spent on our state fair at AL
buquerque and each slide is perma-
nent advertising medium belonging to
the state and for its use not only at
San Diego or San Ffancisco--where
we have been invited to show them,
but for use in every great farming
center or Industrial community in the
east after the fairs on the coast are
concluded. In my Judgment these
slides are Of the greatest value to this
state If used as we propose using
them at san Diego
Picture Exhibit.
''ln addition we now have about
ten thousand feet Of approved and
accepted motion film, every foot
Of which is as good as any put
out by the film companies equipped
with every facility for making pie
lures Of this variety.
when the exposition at San Diego
is over predict that we will have en-
tertained and explained to more peo-
pie what New Mexico has and Is than
could have been accomplished in any
other manner in fifty years, using
exhibits Of actual grain, baled alfalfa,
apples, pumpkins and the usual pyra-
mid Of corn and prunes and fruit Jar
stuff which one sees at every county
fair throughout the United States an
nually. What we want is something