This was determined today when
the commission appointed by Govern
or McDonald, as a result of a bill pas
sed by the legislature ln January of
this year, selected a tentative site
for New Mexico's building.
The commission consited of ex
Governor Herbert J. Hagerman," of
Roswell; ex-Governor . T. Thorn
ton, of Santa Fe; R. E. Twitchell, of
Las Vegas; Mayor J. J. Schuler, of
Raton and H. A. Jastro, of Deming.
This makes the twenty-fourth state
to select a site for participation in the
coming world's fair, and is the last
of the Pacific coast states, all others
having made their selections.
With the exception of Texas and
Oklahoma, every state west of the
Missouri river, has selected its state
building site at the exposition.
It is said that New Mexico may
erect a building of Mexican architec
ture, to be of adobe, surrounding a
patio and the planting of cactus' and
other desert growths. - '
Long ago the commission selected
a tentative site at San Diego, where
another exposition of unique brilliance
is to be. held during the year of 191o.
Mayor Shuler, of Raton, was so im
pressed with the opportunities offered
by San Diego for such a display that
he warmly declared that he could
easily see the tremendous advantage
of having a big exhibit in a small
exposition, when countless of thous
ands are going to visit it.
The matter of appropriation for
these two tentative sites in other
words, so as to have something built
on the grounds is distinctly "up to
the legislature" which meets next
month. The claims of both exposi-.
