Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-14

safy accessories and equipment known
TO that art and science. Along with 1t
we have dissolving stereopticon
which the Precision Machine com
pany of New York, who are the own
crs Of what Is known as the Simplex
projecting camera, tells me is the very
latest on the market. There is moth
ing on the Pacific coast TO equal or
surpass it.
With this stereopticon. the project
ing distance being about eighty feet.
the pictures which are thrown upon
the screen are nine by twelve. and the
ordinations of delight which greeted
our initial performances were suffi-
cient recompense and reward to me
for the great labor which the people
Of this state have experienced I'M
making this wonderful collection OF
colored lantern slides. From a lee
ture and educational standpoint, and
| speak from personal experience, the
lantern slide far exceeds the motion
picture In educational value The
motion picture is more OF an enter
tainer, the slide Is an educator.
off Of the messening floor or choir
loft, we have large storeroom in
which are kept all of the necessary
supplies and other instruments neces-
sary for the running of the picture
business. The expense for power and
light is very considerable and on the
exposition grounds far exceeds the
same cost in the city or in localities
where picture shows are run for
profit
Functions in Auditorium.
our auditorium, during 1915, ON ac-
count of its equipment, its location
and its surroundings. is to be the
scene Of all the important functions
held at the exposition. Already APP
plication after application has come
20 US for the use of our chapel for lee
turs purposes from other localities. |
Whenever these purposes are germane
to the education of the people so far
as our. state is concerned, it viii be
the policy. OF the board to permit the !
use Of the chapel so long as it does
not conflict with our own daily pro-
grams which begin at $3.50 in the |
morning and run till II, and from |
TO in the afternoon.
At various times we win give night /
entertainments by special invitation |
in order to keep in touch with the de- /
mands incident to the participation |
of a great state in an exposition Of
such importance and character.
Railroad Companys Exhibit
I want 10 say something relative to /
the great exhibit of the Santa Fe /
Railway company. the Painted Des
ert on the Isthmus 1t is the concept +
Of the brain of Herman Schweizer, of /
Albuquerque. and reflects the great
est credit upon him and upon the
railway company There is nothing
like it and there never was anything
ever shown at any exposition in keep
ing with ii.
Every tourist attraction which we
have in New Mexico, dealing with In
dian life, is found at this exhibit and
it requires no stretch of the imagi-
nation whatever, to the person most
with the great pueblos of
Taos and Zuni, the kindred cities, the
great areas Of the Navajo country
when one states that he feels entirely
al home and hardly realizes that he is
not back in New Mexico in the locali-
ties which are here reproduced.
The Indians on the terraced roofs.
the babies, the mothers, the pottery
the weavers, the goats, every
thing which we New Mexicans know
so well is to be found at this exhibit
and were it built in any one of the
great cities of population in the Unit
ed States would easily produce a rev.
enue Of million dollars a year. As
stated, this magnificent feature is an
of ideas advanced by Mr..
and its construction and
carried out by the intel
ligent assistance of Mr.. Jesse Nus
baum of the state museum staff at
Santa Fe.
While there have been, comparative
Iy speaking. big crowds at the open
ing days Of the exposition and partic-
ularly on the day of the great expo
sition road race, 1 do not look for the
big tide Of transcontinental travel un-
til after the middle Of February when
the rates good for both expositions
will go into effect. I,
slides to BE Shown.
/ have had a lot of pictures made
Of the building and the exhibit rooms
and as soon as they can be completed
md sent to me at Santa Fe, and 1t IS
my purpose to have slides made Of
these in colors and shown 20 people
throughout the state who may be
anxious in seeing here what the board
has accomplished ana which will, un-
loubtcdly, awaken q strong desire to
visit the expositions and participation
The pride which every New Mexican
must have when he witnesses what
ve have endeavored TO accomplish for
The people of the state.
I have been cognizant during the
past year of all the efforts of our
of publicity, \. +.
Koehler. Jr, in producing the official
state book. Having been a publisher
1f books myself | feel amply quail
fled to pass judgment upon SO ar
iuous undertaking as Mr. Koch
er's production, complete copy OF
which is in my hands today for the
first time. and in conclusion | want
to say that neither at san Diego nor
IN san Francisco will there be found
any such exposition of a states re-
in /