The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-08-23
President Putney and Mem
bers of Committe Compare
Notes After Touring Many
Counties of State.
ALBUQUERQUE NOT
POPULAR
Feeling In Many Section That
Metropolis of State Pursues
Short Sighted Hospitality
Policy.

State fair workers gathered in Al
buquerque Saturday night to take
stock, after a trip which has taken
the two parties OF exhibit workers al
most an over the state. resident Il.
y. Putney. u. A. Macpherson and y.
L. y. Mchllister returned from
southern New Mexico. with every
southern county except Socorro, while
u. X. b. sellers and n. d. Hen ng
returned from northern and north
eastern New Mexico with an Of the
counties OF the region In line except
Taos and Rio Arriba. Mr.. Putney
will 20 TO san Miguel county this
week, and later Ia Socurro. whore u
Is understood the commissioners are
ready to make an appropriation for
the fair exhibit Colonel Sellers pEd
Mr.. Honing loft this mornins Tor
santa Re, whence they will go 10
raog. completing the portion of the
state assigned 10 them by the fair
management Every county in the
state will ave an exhibit az D state
fair. and every county in the state,
with one possible exception will have
an official county exhibit. backed by
appropriations by the county COM
m~issioncrs. The public will bc per
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which that county may be.
President Putney r%ctHrned ycstcr-
day more enthusiastically certain of
the success of the fair than when he
left Albaluerque two week. ago;
which is about the hHman limit oi
enthusiasm. The fair president says
IL Is now up 10 Albuquerque to prove
her hospitality ana her ability to en-
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The exhibits are assured; tho biggest
state fair i'm history; ia tact the only
real one We have ever had The pco-
pie are assured. II viii be a record
breaking Attendance. and Mr.. Putnoy
emphasizes the act that this attend
ancc gives Albuquerque her great opr
portunity 20 pay every community
obligation. TO settle cNcr3 score and
Co iron o. every twisted striug that
may ever have existed between this
and uny other community In the
state. The slogan ul the foir prcsi-
Tent In this MS In other matters b..
LEI us get busy az our job
sellers Likes the Outlook.
From "a feeling of distrust the att
titudc toward the state fJlr has ho-
come one ol confidence and cutnus-
iasm,' said Col D. IS. b. sellers this
morning just before leaving for santa
Fc. The people are with Alnuqucr-
que this year and with the state fair,
aud they are coming to Albuquerque
and 90 the state fair in force never
known before. % viii De O. spl, 'did
exhibit and o. viii bee q magiuifircdt
crowd. but ] may ten the penpe OF
Albuquerque this. that 10 Is loyalty to
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their own resources ana "a desire t'
serve state institution that is bring
IUe fhe exhibits. rather than any
,"ervcr0iug love for Albuquerque I'M
every county where we have been ",
have found the feeling hat Albuquer-
uuDs dominant characteristic Is self
l.huH9- % tendency Go look out for
p AltuHJerIuc's interests first, last and
40 900 other times ana to let the rest
of tho state go hang. We who lir,
Iu Albuquerque know that mo- such
utiurrt exists boo this ci1y. and we
know '-Ht our people lro not com
Wuu.tr huls as more thlu one man
Bias expressed 10 in us But a sui1-
CLONE number uf unfortunate iu-
stances nat, occurred. of lack ui re-
.DIururuiIou. OF hospitality uur,turucd
ana visitors unrntertaluod io giy'
people In other sections th. ground
for the feeling they aayc.
OF want 10 emphasize and roitorat,
what President putncy has said b.
conversation ana through the news.
papcrs This fair this year give. tai'
..fy uur u~upurtuuit. tu remove ever
old score tp wipe out ever, uhliR1
sion uf hospitality Hud ul tfa,, l
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