Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-11-09
F NAL DETAILS
GIVEN OUT FOR
HOOVER DIME R
Arrangements Completed
for Great Public Gather
ing at ArmOry on ARMS
tiCe Day.

tlCG Ddys
Details have been completed for
the Chamber of Commerce pan
uuet in honor of Herbert Hoover,
the members Of the Colorado river
commission and the. visiting gov
errors, next Saturday evening at
the armory.
II will be the greatest banquet,
both as to program and numbers
present, that has ever been given
in the southwest. The coming of
Herbert Hoover is the first attrac-
ton. Everybody knows how they
were taught to "Hooverize" to win
the war.
Robert Z. Putney, president OF
the Chamber of Commerce, viii
preside and act as toastinaster. He
determined, some time ago. to have
the biggest and best banquet ever
given in Albuquerque, and the
meeting of the Colorado commits
sioners, called for Santa Fe in Au-
gust, was to have furnished the
occasion But when it was an
nounced that Hoover could not be
present, owing to the strike. and
that he would be present early in
November, 1t was decided to post
pone the banquet until the confer
ence was held.
It has been planned that there
shall be no delay In serving the
plates. The dinner will be ready
for the diners when they file into
the armory at $50 o'clock and sit
down to the table. Before they sit
Mr.. Putney will call for america"
Maurice Klein leading the singing.
While the diners are busy with
the viands. prepared under direc
ton of Mrs. Wennip of Tamarisk
inn, Jack Markets jazz band will
play and sing a boost song. "Albu-
querque," both the words and
music Of which were written espec-
tally for this banquet. Also the
Jazz band will render quite a num-
Der of other topical songs while the
banqueters are eating.
The words of Albuquerque" fol-
low:
Were goin' to do it, we're goin'
to do It
We're goin' to boost for this old
town;
There's nothing to it. we're goin'
through it;
There's not a thing can hold us
down.
"a L r U-know it's hard to
spell
Wen all get together and boost
like-well-
You know We'll do 1t. we're goIn'
to do ii.
We're goin' to boost this old town.
New York. Paris. London or Ber-
lin
Makes no difference what place
you're in
Europe. Asia. Africa or Turkey
They all come back to live in AL
buquerque."
When the dinner is finished will
come Mr.. Hoover's address He
will speak on cooperation in COM
munity building. He never speaks
more than thirty minutes.
One OF the real treats of the
evening then will come when the
Fountain quartette" from Mesilla
Dona Ana county. will put on the
first Of their old Spanish folk songs
and dances. The Fountain quar-
tette" is composed of a son and
two daughters and a niece of Judge
A. J. Fountain, Sir. of Mesilla
They belong to one OF the Oldest
and most cultured of all the Span
ish-American families Of New
Mexico. and come to Albuquerque
to contribute their art to the en-
tertainment in honor of Herbert
Hoover and the other distinguished
guests Of the Chamber of Com
merce.
The Fountain quartette" have
refused to commercialize their art.
but when Mr.. Putnev was president
Of the New Mexico State Fair asso-
citation in 1915 he had Major Tou-
louise go to Mesilla and secure them
for the occasion People Of Albu-
uuerque still talk OF the songs and
dances of the Fountains, who had
rescued the art Of the Spaniards Of
more than 100 years ago. from
oblivion.
Governor Mechem will then give
an address of welcome, on behalf
of the state of New Mexico, to the
visiting governors and the commits
sioners of the Colorado river basin
conference. Next will come an
important address by Governor
Campbell OF Arizona, who will tell
the people of Albunuerdue what
the reclamation of the Salt rive
valley did toward building Phoenix
His speech will be a boost for the
middle Rio Grande valley project
to come when the McNary bill has
become law.
Then the governors Of Wyominc
and Colorado will speak, and the
Fountains will give another Of
their folk dances. Gov. Emmett D
Boyle of Nevada will speak or
Our Great West" Hon. O. NJ
Marion will speak for the Albu- {
querque Chamber of Commerce.
The governor of Utah has te1e-
graphed the Chamber of Com
merce that conditions have arisen
which make it impossible for him
TO leave Salt Lake City on that
date. IT is not vet known defi- |
nitelv that Secretary of tho Inter
Tor Fall will be present. Senators
Jones and Bursum have been in
vited.
Frank II. Hitchcock, former
postmaster general and former
chairman of the republican ma
tlonal committee. has telegraphed
for a reservation for the banquet,