The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-05-29

the enthusiastic proclamation of Pres.
T. S. Bugbee, made upon the occasion
of the eighth annual convention of tae
Panhandle Stockmen's Association,
held at Roswell, New Mexico, April
18th, 18th and 18th.
The statement was a significant one
1t expressed the spirit of every speech
at that great convention. There were
men present VINO remembered, and
perhaps many who participated in,
the. attempts of cattlemen to keep the
farmer out of the Panhandle; yet,
when an old "Kaffir Corner from
Hutchinson county. Texas, had the te-
merity to rise n make a plea for
the admission of farmers as members
of the Panhandle Stockmen's Associa
ton, universal assent to his request
was expressed by a chorus of voices
yelling: "Kafir Corner, you're in"
Yes, he is in. Even the desert in
the very borderland of the great
Southwest mas surrendered to the
pillow of the "Kaffir Corner" and the
old cattlemen who pioneered the coun
try and made the present development
possible are cheering him on in his
endeavors.
A prominent place on the last days
program was occupied by Prof. H. w.
Campbell, of dry farming fame. This
very fact alone tells a whole story.
1t was the first convention of its
kind ever neld in New Mexico 1t was
in reality a TeXa convention in the
territory of New Mexico. Several OPP
inions were expressed as to the real
reason for the coming of the cattle
men to New Mexico upon the occasion
of their annual meeting. George NJ
Slaughter. of Roswell, chairman of the
local executive committee, modestly
stated that the Texans came to the
Pecos valley to brand a bunch of NAV
ericks for membership in heir organ
ization. To Mr.. Slaughter, however,
was given the credit of making too
much medicine for the Panhandle
towns at the 1906 convention, held
at Amarillo. President Bugbee, I of
the big cattle raisers of the Panhandle
recognized the Pecos Valley a. a
part of the Panhandle, and as the
center of an immense cattle country,
where the business which the Pan
handle StOckmen'S Association is de-
signed to promote is carried on on a
large scale and furnishes a striking
example of how b work can be con-
Quoted to advantage.
Roswell made preparations for a
great crowd and Roswell was not dis
appointed. No pains were spared for
the entertainment of the guests.
Homes were gladly thrown open for
the lodging of persons whom hotels
could not accommodate. The streets
were lavishly decorated. Main street
was SPAWNED by four huge arches com
memorative of both the cattle n ag-
ricultural industries of the Peco val
ley.
One arch was surmounted by two
chuck wagons containing "chuck box
dutch ovens e and other p~arapher-
MALTA to the camp life of the COW pun-
cher. Another arch was completely
filed in with green alfalfa, freshly cut
from irrigated fields in the Pecos Val
ley. A big tent was erected for the
convention meetings. Abundant diver
sion for the people was furnished by
base ball games, pony polo games Tin
which the championship of the South
west vas decidedly a riding tourna-
ment or joust, bronco busting, mill
tary displays n drills, nightly illu-
limitations, and an immense barbecue
for which sixteen steers and sixteen
sheep were provided.
The cowboy was in evidence. He
may be passing, but he certainly
stopped long enough on his way to al
low people to see him. He was given
a royal welcome. In mis- honor a great
cowboy balI' was engineered by the
ladies of Roswell. In the various
display windows he as represented in
all of substantially and
bodily. The town belonged to him.
The cashiers of the banks were given
a three days lay-off, for no checks
were required by the cowboy. He had
the money. A bunch of cow-men and
land came up from Crosby
and Floyd counties, Texas. 1t was the
first time they mad left heir %snubbing
posts since the year 'S3, when the
state of Texas sold them whole sec
of land for six-Eits an acre
of real estate which could not
be bought today for less than twenty
i've dollars per acre. These land own
ers and cowmen came n tried
their wings. and. recalled the days
all they wled they carried on
4 pony. Some of them met acQuain-
.ances which they had not seen since
he days of the old Chisum trail. They
pranks on one another, and
firing of that, they brought fancy
here was 10 mistaking
he cattlemen, for as James Barton
has told us in the Denver
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