Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-06-20

40 SUN IL -. ibNfkNlN at lilt SlNlt
AIR meeting last night sounding, as
many believed, the slogan Of the 1916
The meeting last night at
he high school auditorium was one
If some hundreds of Albuquerqueans
very one Of whom was on his OF her
'iguratiye toes with enthusiasm. 1t
was short, II was snappy il had
pep The prospects were that this
pep would he turned to good advant-
lgc today in securing before tonight
he $i5.0oo that President w. =.
Southland said he wanted fdf the fair
his year
Meeting Live one.
II was live-wire meeting in every
sense Of the phrase. and il was liver
wire gathering when pr A. d. Grille
had finished his pithy talk on what
Roswell had done by community eff
fort, It cheered and applauded fire.
luently throughout the course of the
hour and a quarter that It lasted and
i heard promises from MIR. Bursum
and from Charles A. Spiess, even at
the risk OF being called a lobbyist by
your fellow townsman, Senator
Rarth that they would work for Al
buquerque's relief Of the burden of
the state fair at the coming
session of the Legislature
There were other promises, equally
sincere and equally applauded, as
they meant inst ns t,,,ico l.. his ,teo ~ q
fair. Eugene Kempenich, of Peralta,
made one. when he said that so long
as the fair continued the policies in
augurated last year il never need ask
Valencia county to appropriate for it's
share of whatever was to be done; the
appropriation, he declared, being
forthcoming without request Dr.
Grille made another when he listed Il
dozen or more breeders herds of reg
istered thoroughbred stock that Ros-
wen and the Pecos valley We're going
to send to the fair as exhibits.
southland Outlines Plans.
Q. n. Marion, president Of the Com
mercial club, presided
w r. Southland, president of the
state fair, was the first speaker. prop
hesying the success Of the fair be-
cause the people Of the state were a
unit in support of it, because Albu-
querque would not fail in doing It's
share Of the financing, because of in
terest taken by people outside of
the state and for other reasons.
I'VE have several little machines at
work to raise the money" he said.
We are going to put on Il queen con-
test that will increase onr gate re-
ceipts immensely. The Albuquerque
Morning journal is going to put on Il
special edition for us, probably of 100
pages, Al cost, giving us the profits.
We are getting donations from as far
away as Maine, Vermont and New
York"
Mr.. Spiess, after telling how Las
Vegas was making q success Of her
annual Cowboys reunion. through
sacrifice in its lehalf, declared il was
up to Albuquerque to do the same this
year He had no doubt this would be
done, he said, because next spring
You will knock at the doors of the
legislature seeking some state money.
And If YOU put up a real state fair.
you Will get it. hope they viii make
this city the location OF fair really
state in fact as well as name"
Spices TO he Fair Lobbyist
As the risk of being called lob
byist by your fellow townsman. SEN
ator Barth, | will pledge You that II
you make this as good fair as last
years | Will go to Santa F'e and enroll
myself as q lobbyist III behalf of get
ting you state appropriation ade-
quate TO carry on your fair"
Mr.. spiess declared that Las Vegas
would send people in train loads TO at
tend the exposition this fan
II. o Bursum declared that while
he had expected TO see Il somewhat
larger attendance, he was satisfied
that the best and the bravest were
among those present He praised
and her citizens for
Willingness to make sacrifices to car
~ ON the state fair gave warm
praise to last years fair and warm
er praise to its president, Il. L. Put
neN, and declared that every section
OF the state would participate this
year and that the exposition would
he a credit to state three times
the size Of this.
Last years fair was what they call
ed humdlnger," he said, and the
years must be as good. You cannot
afford 10 let il be of lower standard.
They used to say. when they went
to you for money. DO it for Albu-
Querque.' but now the time has come
Tor you to do IL for New Mexico
Helping Selves and the state.
MIR. Bursum. after pointing out the
Importance of the fair To the state
at large. declared be was willing 10
10 all in his power To secure the
suitable legislative support for it.
There is no doubt you are helping
the city. he said but you are help.
ing the state as Well Don't farGst
hat when they ask YOU for money
Eugene kempeuich did not deny
he soft Impeachment of the chair
man that he was "a booster. I'm fact
aleneia county strong boost a. Il
starter, incidental to a brief discus
sion Of the value of concerted ef-
tort in community building. Inter-
nal DEVELOPMENT, he said. was III IN