Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-05
One Hard Days Work for
Good of City Is Crowned
With Success and Business
Men Are Happy,
PUTNEY Is HERO OF
HARD-F0UGHT BATTLE
Committees Headed by A, L,
Martin and Harry Leonard
Capture LaurelSi Members
Voted "StyIe All the While, y

Under the leadership OF r. E. Put
ney the citizens OF Albuquerque again
rose to an emergency yesterday. and
after whirlwind campaign in which
the efforts of every business and pro-
fessional man in the city were taxed
TO the utmost 1t was assured at the
close of the fight tnat victory had
been won and that this city will see
next fall the best state fair ever held
in the southwest
The final figures registered on the
big thermometer over the state Ma
tional bank building fell little short
Of the $4,000 set as the necessary
mark--the exact amount raised yes
terday being $9,l64. But the number
Of pledges made and in prospect from
men who Were out of the city yester-
DAY, or who for one reason or an
other were unable to turn in their
cards to the committee, make il GER
tain that the $4,000 mark will be
passed by a comfortable margin.
Prize Winners.
In providing for the awarding of
prizes to the committees raising the
largest amounts, II was decided that
the most equitable basis for reaching
a decision would be to compute the
percentage of money actually raised
on the estimate set by the general
committee for the list of that par
ticular committee. For instance, one
committee might be exceptionally for
tunate I'm having assigned to II we'll
to-do merchants and public-spirited
citizens, while another, working
equally hard might have to do its
work among men in more moderate
circumstances who were not in po-
sition to give literally 10 the fair
FigsurinA on this hasise the first
prize was awarded to committee No.
10, composed of A. L. Martin, as cap
tain and Roy Camahell, Boil Lowden,
f. S. Hall A. Archuleta and G. II.
Crist, which registered more than 100
per cent bringing in pledges amount
ing to about 81 more than the gener-
al committee had estimated as its
proper amount. The committee that
raised the largest amount was that
headed by Harry Leonard as captain,
the other members being DR. II. l..
Hust. Leo Zanoni e. K. Edgar and
S. d. Stevens. More than $500 was
raised by this committee.
Old Scenes Revived.
Second street when the committee
met for luncheon and again in the
evening for dinner, brought back
vividly the days last fall when every
body was working for the Y NJ. c. A.
building. Mr.. putney, sitting back and
holding tight, with his finger on the
pulse of the situation at all times and
overlooking no detail of the orSani-
zation of which he was the head; Nj.
e. Hickey Dis Spokesman and an
nouncer of the amounts reported, and
Rev. r. p, Schueler as yellmaster ex-
traordinary, were on the job with all
flags flying and kept enthusiasm up
to the highest pitch.
style all the while" was again the
favorite song, and all of the faithful
heard themselves spoken of in terms
of the highest praise. An adaptation
of "Tipperary" which proved a Dig
hit, was as follows:
ITS long way to Tipperary,
It's long way, you know,
To the good town of Albuquerque
It's not so far to go.
For the state fair which we Will give |
them,
The hum-ding d-est show.
We will bid to all hearty welcome
To all New Mexico
We've a dandy state fair commission
It's dandy, you know,
And the state fair which they will
VIII be the hum -ding-in-est show !
But Albuquerque will have to back
With ruipbt and u,oin-
The state fair has been on the tobog-
gan.
But she'll come back again"
The Night Meeting.
Everybody was tired but happy /
when the night meeting was held.
Little human interest touches were
given to the gathering that made it
one long to be remembered. For in
stance, it was announced that the /
youngest contributor to the fair fund
was little Miss Evelyn stern, the
S-year-old daughter of Col. NJ. L.
Stern, who had given So. Also, con-
tribution was received from the
meager hDardings of a bootblack'
amounting to 81. At each ANNOUNCE
ment, style all the while" burst !
forth from the throats of the large
crowd present.
At the night meeting short /
speeches were made by Nj. L. Fox
Judge Granville II. Richardson, OF
Roswell: Governor w. c. Mcdonald,
Commissioner II. II. Belts, nj. W.
Flournoy, r. Z. Putney, c. o. Cush-
man and Nestor Montoya. Great en-
thusiasm was evoked when Mr..
flournoy was introduced as the man
who had told the committee to put
MIN down for whatever amount II