Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-08-26
The Banquet.


thanks.
The Banquet.
The banquet rendered the Bar As.
sociation by the local bar and business
men on Wednesday evening at the
Grand Central Hotel, was an event
that will be remembered long with
pleasure by those who participated
The following is condensed from the
Roswell Daily Record:
/ when the doors of the dining room
| were thrown open to the assembled
guests their eyes rested on beauti-
fully appointed table in the form of a
Maltese cross, the center of which
| was covered with a gorgeous floral
| center piece, made Of roses, golden
glow and other summer blossoms. The
arms Of the cross were ornamented
at intervals with artistic rich bou-
quets of roses and the trappings of
silver, glass and china completed the
picture. .....
when all had found their place
cards, the following courses were
served, the service being perfect;
Cocktail.
Caviar Sandwiches
| Cold Bullion.
Olives. Pickles.
Chicken.
| Vegetables.
Pattes.
Salad.
Ice Cream. Cake.
Coffee. Cheese. Crackers.
| Cigars
with just enough of the sparkling
to loosen the tongues of the speak
ers of the evening, the intellectual
part of the feast was inaugurated. c.
R. Brice, of Carlsbad who occupied
a central place at one of the short
arms of the table cross, was toast
master, and with many witty speeches
proposed the toasts of the evening.
II. B. Ferguson was to have re-
sponded to Our Association-Its Past,
Present and Future but was not pres
ent on account of illness Judge Will
liam II. Pope, of the Fifth judicial dis
trict and supreme court bench re-
sponded in his place, stating that the
association was twenty years old, hav-
ing been organized in 1887 that there
have been during the past year eighty
three resident members and twenty.
seven nonresident members of the
association; also that eleven new
members joined yesterday, making a
total Of ninety-four active members
OF the members of the past, Judge
Pope said that some were among the
greatest men of the nation, and his
only regret was that they were not
present to tell of the associations his.
tory instead of the present speaker
AS to the work of the association, he
said that it had been beneficial not
only to its members, but to the people
of the territory, mentioning the fact
that it's members framed the New
Mexico code of laws of 1897, in which
are many good laws and the further
fact that the present revision of the
laws planned by the last Legislature
is in the hands of its committee. Along
this line Judge Pope recommended the
annexation of the revised laws and
gave his reasons. He referred to the
greatness of the Pecos Valley, which
producing the two leading officers OF
the Territory, Is surely an important
part Of New Mexico. The speaker re
| ferred to the high personnel of the
| New Mexico bar and closed with a
plea that the Importance of individ
uals in the commonwealth be not for
gotten in working for public great
ness.
Samuel H. Cowan, of Fort Worth
| the great anti-railroad attorney, re
sponded to The Prosecutor 1t was
typically banquet speech, full of live
wires that everybody caught on to and
didn't want to let 60. 1t was short
also. At least it seemed so.
The Bench and Bar of New Mex
ico' was the toast to which Judge Ira
A. Abbott, of the supreme court, was
called upon to respond. Of course, II
| fD III, NJ
lively and individually, and he did il
nicely and to the satisfaction OF al
parties concerned.
"a. B. Renehan, president of the as
sociation, was given the subject: The
Law of Waters and the Future of Ir
rigation in New Mexico He pleaded
lack of time and knowledge of hi
subject and then, after a humorous in
L - II,