Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-07-07
OFFICIALS IN CHARGE
OF STATE BUILDING AT
SAN DIEGO FILE REPORT

fAFNEieA 1oNHNAFhfsAef1a 70 AoHNlt0 J9NNNhAl
Santa re, July G-THe semi-aunual
report of the officials IB charge OF
the New Mexico building at san Die
80, Guy A. Reed. secretary and treas
urcr and Waldo q. TWtcheu. assist
ant manager WAS made today 10
President Ralph g. Twitchel. IL
covers the period from New Year TO
july i. AT the reopcuipg ceremonies
on March rs, says tine report the
largest crowd ever inside the gates OF
the exposition througcd the grounds
ana ono OF the largest crowds ever
in the building visited us that after
noon The attendance was also very
he1Ny for the next ten DAYS, then IL
diminished for q while tut has been
steadily increasing the three weeks
Descriptive slides have been made
ana are thrown on the screen after
every six pictures or SO and take the
place of lectures. Every section Of
the state is thus covered and it's re-
sources are accurately summarized.
Eleven lectures with 10 slides each,
are ON THIS repertoire, I'm addition.
Mr. Reed ana Mrs TWItchelI give oral
lectures on the mission churches. the
cliff dwellings. tourist attractions,
good roads. climatic conditions. lrri-
CATION mining. stock raising and
farming In addition Ernest G.. Dud-
les Of the forest service gives series
of eight illustrated lectures. aud Di-
rector Edgar J.. Hewgtt and Wesley
e. Bradnold OF the school of Amcri-
can Archaeology deliver lectures con-
tiuually Miss Sarah Lyons made
several addresses ON child welfare as
did other noted speakers
S4sHg tho vaBnYf f.trtI ..Y.,t
many of the inquiry cards are marked
Tourist Attractions and 'Archaeol-
oRN as the main points of interest
about which Information is desired.
This Is due 10 The interest in NcW
Mexico as a tourist center
4 number of special events were
staged i'm the New Mexico building
ana secured II much favorabIe men
ton Tho leading one from a social
standpoint was the reception given
by the Philippine commission early iu
April The san Diego army ana navy
academy utilized the building for
school for ten days, Miss Clemens,
a niece Of Mark Twain, lectured to
capacity audience u the building. The
California Rural Letter Carriers as
ISOLATION held its annual convention
there and Bunker hin day was ccle-
bfdted with a patriotic demonstration
by the New England people in the
auditorium.
The amount of publicity secured
free Of charge In the san Diego news.
papers has been extraordinarily large
The amount of literature distributed
has been vast in volume Especially. I
the moro attractiyely printed pubn-
cations of the santa Fe and the Den
Yer and no Grande railroad and Of
the state land office are in great de- (
mand, While the number of visitors (
has not been ms large as last year. /
those that do come stay longer ask /
more questions and manifest a much (
more serious interest I'm New Mexico. T
SUNDAYS the number Of visitors is es- f.
pecially large and u Is then that most 1
of the lectures are given, although on /
ordinary days the lectures average .
four TO five
Not many New Mexico people have .
visited the exposition this Year Mott
many were expected as over S,50UI
came to the building last year. mi
other words one out Of every 1881
inhabitants made the trip TO san
DIEGO. which is doing very we'll for
the state