The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-16
CONVENTION
IN SESSION
EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING OF
PANHANDLE STOCkMEN.
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT
President Bugbee Gives His Annual
Address to the Associated Cowmen.
Sessions Being Held in the Baptist
Church Basement, Which Proves to
Be an Excellent Place Secretary's
Annual Report.

The eighth annual convention o
the great Panhandle Stockmen's AS
sociation of Texas is now in session
1t was called to order at 10:15 thi:
morning by the president, Thomas S
Bugbee, in the basement auditorium
of the new Baptist church at the cor
ner of Fifth street and Pennsylvania
avenue. The big room was filled tc
the doors, probably a thousand peo
pie being in attendance.
| Although the church building is
still in course of construction, it's
| basement is sufficiently completed t6
make a model place for the delibera
tions of the body. 1t is provided with
an extensive platform for officers and
| speakers. 1t is well seated, lighted
and ventilated, and has. delightful
GOODNESS that a room entirely above
ground could not afford. Furthermore,
the church is removed two blocks
| from the noise and crowds of Main
restless, stirring sight-seers who care
nothing for the convention itself, but
would move in and out if it were held
in the business center.
After rapping for order, President
Bugbee called upon Rev. H. F. Yer
to invoke the blessing of God, and
this he did, calling upon the Lord to
give His blessing to the cattlemen
and their doings, the same as He did
ito His people who lived by their
herds in olden times.
Granville A. Richardson, president
of the Roswell Commercial Club, then
delivered the address of welcome,
speaking for the entire city of Ros-
we'll His remarks were wholesome
and wholesouled, and he made every
visitor feel that the people were glad
to have them within their midst and
glad they were to be here for three
days, at least.
Mayor Jas w. Stockard was call
ed upon, but it was announced that
it was absolutely impossible for him
to be present, the same as it was
for Governor H. J. Hagerman, who
had been called out of the Territory
on Important business.
W. B. Slaughter, the banker of Dal-
hart, Texas, responded to the address
of welcome, saying that ne, nor any
of the cattlemen, felt themselves to
be strangers in Roswell, for it was
once the home of a great cattle ranch
and was made sacred to cattlemen
as the final resting place OF John
Chisum, that pioneer cattleman whom
all knew and whose memory they re-
vere He said that all were made to
feel at home, not only by the words
of the city's spokesman, Judge Rich
ardson, but also by the manner of the
people on every side. He said that
the cattlemen were proud of Roswell
proud that such a beautiful city could
be raised up so suddenly right in
their midst, and although they in
tiful trees of Roswell, they were so
glad to come here and see them that
many would be hard to tear away
from them. He said that the Pecos
Valley rghtfully belongs to Texas,
that only an imaginary line separates
the two, and that the Panhandle COW
cred not only part of Texas, but part
of New Mexico as well. He said that
all hoped to come to Roswell for an
other convention, though Amarillo.
ing the next session of the body. He
closed with an earnest appeal for the
cattlemen in attendance to all join
the association.
After a piece by the orchestra, Pre-
sident Bugbee gave his annual ad-
dress. He said in substance and in
part:
This is the eighth annual meeting
of the Panhandle Stockmen's Asso-
citation of Texas, but it is the first
held outside the state of Texas. We
are glad to be with you, however. for
Roswell is a part of the Panhandle, |
and is a cattle center in the same
way as any other town in tae Pan
handle of Texas. It IS a beautiful
town, and a beautiful place in which |
to meet; but its outward appearance |
Is surpassed by it's more gracious hos
pitality.
The past season has been one of |
Increase and prosperity for toe cat
Elemen. The weather has been propi- |