Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-01-14
c. OF c. BANQUET
At LOCAL Y GYM
/. IS A BIG SUCCESS

The community dinner given under
The auspices of the Chamber OF Com
merce at the Y. NJ. c. A. last night
was the most successful affair of its
kind ever held in Albuquerque, Nearly
two hundred residents of the Duke
City-men representing all stations in
life-enjoyeh an excellent meal, well
cooked and faultlessly served and
afterwards listened to stirring
speeches, all dealing with the present
as well as the future welfare of Albu-
querque. Chairman French of the en-
tertainment committee and Secretary
Watkins of the Chamber of Com
merce had promised beforehand that
there would he something doing
every minute and that the banquet
would act as crouch dispeller. They
made good. Happily. the speakers
were provided with a fine array of
good stories which they sandwiched
in between good hard facts, so that
the audience had no time to get bored.
None of the speeches was long or
tiresome. Everything moved like
clockwork and there was not dull
moment during the evening.
one of the outstanding features of
the evening was the pleas made in
behalf of the university, particularly
support of the drive for funds for
erecting and equipping a domestic
science building This campaign be-
gins this forenoon at 8 O'Clock and 1t
is hoped to raise the amount needed,
not less than $4,000, in day or two.
Equally as important. although it did
not receive as much attention from
The speakers, was the school bond is
sue.
A. B. McMillen presented the needs
of the university. He called attention
10 the fact that the university is max
ing wonderful strides and that it has
wonderful needs; that one of the i'm :
mediate needs is the raising of a fund
10 erect and equip home economics
building The Chamber of Commerce.
he said, has done good work in bring
ing people and new industries to AL
huquerque, but as long as we have an
institution that deserves our attention,
as the university does, and does not
receive it, we cannot hardly afford to
go out and get something new. He
said a flourishing university here
would mean much to the business
men of the city as it would be a val
liable asset to the state. as parents
would not send their children to other
states to be educated.
superintendent John Milne spoke
in behalf of the proposal to issue
bonds in the amount of $4,000 to
erect new school buildings and mod
ernie. enlarge and repair those now
in existence.
"The board of education needs
every cent of that money" said Mr.,
Milne, 'if the children of Albuquer-
que are to be housed and educated. If
any of you are not satisfied as to the
e ~, oh oh / La11 ha p1sg1
TO show you around and convince
you. We are housing children in AL
buquerque in buildings that you
would not put a COW into. We have
some buildings that from the stand
point of fire protection are unsafe to
house children in"
Mr. Milne also said that women
would be entitled to vote at the special
election on January q, property
qualification is not necessary and
voters do not have to be registered.
Something We Ought to Know but
Do Not Know About Albuquerque"
was the subject of City Manager Heb
enstret's address. He touched upon
the matter of taxation; said the city
two years ago owed between $25 600
and S26. 900, but this was reduced to
about $4,000 during 1918 and to S.
900 on January /, 1920. Two years
ago there was $4,000 in the sinking
fund. Inside of three months there
will be about $50, 600 in this fund.
Inside of thirty days. he said, the def
cit in the general fund will be wiped
out.
Rabbi Noise Bergman, secretary of
the bureau of charities, outlined the
work that is being done by that or
eanization. Since January / thrifty
three individuals have been assisted
and thirty homes have been visited,
The bureau, he said. is handling a
great many migratory tubercular
cases-people who contract this dis
case in the east and then start west.
When they land here many of them
are without funds and have to be as
sisted. He pointed out the benefits
Of having the charitable work con-
Quoted by one organization, as this
makes it possible to detect imposters
and prevent overlapping of the work.
1t was found under the old system of
handling charity cases, he said. that
persons were receiving aid from two