The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-02-21
COUNCILMAN BALLARD.
An Extended Write-up of the Popular
Roswell Man.

Roswell Man.
The Santa Fe New Mexican in a re
cent issue publishes the following
sketch of Charley Ballard of this city !
" Hon.. Charles l.. Ballard, mem be-
of the Council from the Ninth Dis
trict. is in the full vigor of young
manhood, having been born in Hayes
county, Texas, on the 18th day OF
February, 1856. While he was still Z
boy his parents, Allen J.. and Rather
inc Ballard, moved with their family
from Texas to Fort Sumner. New
Mexico, and this Territory has been
his home for almost twenty-seven
years. He has resided in Lincoln coun
ty and in what is now Chaves county
since 1880.
In his boyhood and youth Mr.. Bal
lard attended the public schools and
also an excellent school at Anton
Chico; there laid the foundation
for that broad and practical knowl-
edge of affairs which the man with
mind ever active and on the alert de
rives from actual contact with the
world in business and social relations
Ever since he was old enough to
| engage in business for himself Mr.
| Ballard has been interested in the
| cattle industry. For a number OF
years he had charge of the late Cap
tain Joseph LEAFS cattle. He has
| achieved success in his business en-
terprises and is now president of the
Ballard Land & Cattle company,
whose range is neal Roswell.
Mr.. Ballard is a man OF family.
His wife was Miss Mintie o They
day of February, 1888, when young
Ballard was twenty-five years old,
and they now have six children-three
boys and three girls-a fact which
would doubtless prove a strong rec
concentration to his friend, President
Roosevelt.
" For so young a man the subject
varied experience. Eight or ten years
ago he was city marshal of Roswell.
During a long period he served as a
deputy sheriff in times when it re
quired a man of nerve and courage
to discharge h duties of that office.
He has been a cattle inspector for
several years and during the past
two years he has been a member of
the Territorial Cattle Sanitary Board.
In every n of these offices he has
been faithful, energetic and attentive
to business, and has met with the me-
rited approval of that class of citi-
zens whose regard is worth having.
Mr.. Ballard has not only served
his country well in civil capacities;
but. when the call was made for vol
~unteers to enlist for the war with
Spain. he was found ready to offer
his life. if need be. in defense of the
honor of his country and for the re
lief OF the oppressed and prosecuted
C1bens who had long been ground
under the bee of Spanish tyranny.
Ee served as a lieutenant of the First
Volunteer Cavalry Trough Riders)
and there became acquainted with
Colonel. now President Roosevelt. AT
ter he was mustered out of that SER
vice he was appointed lieutenant in
the Eleventh Cavalry Volunteers and
sent to the Philippines. where he re
NAMED more than one year.
"Mr. Ballard is q Democrat in pol
itics. When the Democrats of his dis
trict were looking around for the
right kind of a man to name as their
candidate for the Council in the Thir-
ty-sixth Legislative Assembly, Chas.
Ballard doomed up large on the politi-
cal horizon, because he was a popular
man and because his past record de-
served recognition by his party. Hence
he was nominated and entered the
| contest. if such it could be properly
called. For although Judge Fall, the
Republican Councilman from that dis
trict in the 35th legislative assembly,
had been elected by a fair majority,
which had to be overcome, when the
ballots were counted after the recent
election they disclosed the fact that
Mr.. Ballard had won by a majority
CT about thirteen hundred votes, be-
ing the largest majority eve received
by a candidate for that Office in the
Ninth District-larger even than the
naiorities the Democrats used to get
a few years ago when that district
was almost solidly Democratic.
Mr.. Ballard enjoys the distinction
of being the only Democrat in the |