The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-04-05
THE OFFICIAL PROGRAM
FOR CONVENTION

THE OFFICIAL PROGRAM
FOR CONVENTION WEEK.
Bureau OF acknowledgements the
street from Post Office, in French 4
Malone's Office.
Rooms at Bdreau Of Information.
Special eating places, additional to
hotels, restaurants and boarding holls-
es, are as follows: CEristion, Baptist,
First Presbyterian, Southern Method
list and Catholic church ladies' each
have places foq meals and refresh
ments at or near the cor6er Of Main
and Fifth streets. near Armory Hall,
the place of holding the convention.
The Southern Presbyterian ladies are
located across from the Grand Central
hotel.
Amusements additional to the spec
ial feature in detailed program, are
Majestic, Gem and Electric theatres,
Victor victrola concerts at Baptist
eating place, etch giving program W
Or three times each day.
Keep posted on each days events,
by reading THE DAILY RECORD.
The Program-Monday.
Band Concert on the streets at night
TUESDAY.
$3.50 a. m.@Convention at Armory
Hall.
1900 m.-Dinner.
500 p. m-Baseball game at Mill
tary Institute grounds between two
good teams.
500 p. m.-"Princess Bonnie" light
opera under direction of Mr.. A. A.
White, at Armory Hall.
WEDNESDAY.
$50 a.. m. Convention.
. 1900 m.-Dinner.
1:30 p m. Automobile parade, car
rying only the school girls of Roswell,
in decorated cars, starting at N. NJ.
NJ. L. grounds and passfngs down Main
street, with rest of route to be ar
nounced later; girls afterward to give
seats at r of Main and Second
streets to visitors, VIII. will be pro-
vided with tickets by Geo. M. S1augh-
ter at the convention Wednesday
morning. Visitors will be taken on
sightseeing ride.
2:30 p. m. Bronco busting, goat rop-
ing and COW boy tournament, followed
by horse-racing, at fair grounds, to
which all the girls who ride in the
parade will be given free tickets. .
500 p. m. Concert by Apollo Club,
at Armory Hall.
THURSDAY
$3.50 a. m.-Convention at Armory
Hall, in last session at which next
place of meeting will be chosen.
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Slaughter Farm just east of town; t o
be an eclipse of all former barbecues
in this section of the country.
800 p. m.-Base a at N. NJ. M.
/. grounds, Roswell and Artesia.
500 p. m. Opera at Armory Hall.
10000 p. m. Grand Cowboy ball, the
place to be announced later.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
Side trips to all the towns of the
lower valley, for which the CONNER
cial Club has secured low rates on
the railroad.
The wild west feature, with riding,
roping and racing so appropriate 10
a convention of this character was
gotten up by L.. l.. Johnson, assist
ed by J. G. Clark, who is in charge
of the race meet that is to follow the
wild west show. Following is their
program:
Grand Cowboy Tournament.
Entrance Fee $3.50. First Prize,
Winchester Repeating Shotgun, given
by independent Hardware Co., value
by the Jaffa, Prayer Co., value $40;
Third prize, 22-calibre rifle, given by
Roswell Hardware Co.. value $500.
Goat Roping Tourney.
Entrance fee, $500. First prize,
Hand Made Saddle, given by E. +.
Amonett, the celebrated maker OF COW
boy saddles, value $500; Second
prize, Navajo Blanket, given by the
Joyce-Pruit Co, value SIS: Third prize
Stetson hat given by E. H. Williams
& Co., value $500.
Bronco Busting.
Open to the world. Prizes $25 to
first; SIS to second and $40 to the
third.
Races.
No. 1.-Quarter mile dash open 10
all, entrance fee $3.50. First prize
s25; Second prize, all of the entrance
fees.
No. 2--ss mile dash for COW ponies,
entrance fee $3.50, open to all: first
prize $25; second prize, all of the en-
trance fees.
No. 3.-2:40 trot (this is the star
race of the meet) Purse $250.O0.