The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-04-06
THE OFFICIAL PROGRAM
FOR CONVENTION WEEP

THE OFFICIAL PROGRAM
FOR CONVENTION WEEK
Bureau OF Information:-across the
street from Post Office in the ofice
OF the Roswell Title & Trust Co.
Rooms at Bureau of Information.
Special eating places, additional te
hotels. restaurants and boarding hous'
es, are IS follows: CEristion, Baptist
Episcopal, First Methodist Episcopal
/; First Presbyterian. Southern Method
list and Catholic church ladies each
have places for meals and refresh
ments at or near the corher 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, each giving program WI
or three times each day.
Keep posted on each days events,
by reading THE DAILY RECORD.
TUESDAY.
$50 a. m.-Convention at Armory
Hall.
1900 m.-Dinner.
800 p. m.-Baseball game at Amuse
hiNi1l L IL III &C di1u ~
M. NJ. /.
500 p. m.-"Princess Bonnie" light
opera under direction of Mr.. A. A.
White, at Armory Hall.
WEDNESDAY.
900 a. mn. NJ. NJ. L. Cadet parade
and drill at Court house yard.
$50 a. m. Convention.
1900 m.-Dinner.
100 p. m. Automobile parade, car
rying only the school girls of Roswell,
in decorated cars, starting at n. ".
NJ. I. grounds and passings down Main
street, with rest of route to be ar
nounced later; girls afterward to give
seats at corner of Main and Second
streets to visitors, VIII will be FRO
vided with tickets by Geo. NJ. Slaugh-
ter at the convention Wednesday
morning. Visitors will be taken on
sightseeing ride.
2:30 p. m. Bronco busting, goat rop-
ing n COW boy tournament, followed
by ~horse-racing, at fair grounds, 20
which all the girls who ride in h
parade will be given free tickets.
800 p. m.-Ball game at Amuse-
ment Park, N. M. NJ l. VS.. Ochiltree.
500 p. m. Concert by Apollo Club,
at Armory Hall.
THURSDAY
$50 a. m.-Convention at Armory
Hall, in last session at which next
place Of meeting will be chosen.
1900 m.-Mammoth barbecue at
Slaughter Farm just east of town; to
be an eclipse of all former barbecues
in this section of the country.
800 p. m.-Base ball at n. NJ. NJ.
l. grounds, Roswell and Artesia.
800 p. m.-Base ball game Amuse-
ment Park, N. NJ. NJ. /. VS.. Ochiltree.
500 p. m. Opera at Armory Hall.
1000 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 20
a convention of this character was
gotten up by l.. L. Johnson, assist
ed by J.. C.. 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
S25; Second Prize, stetson hat, given |
by the Jaffa, Prayer Co., value $40: |
Third prize, 22-calibre rife, given by
Roswell Hardware Co., value $500.
Goat Roping Tourney.
Entrance fee, $500. First prize. |
Hand Made Saddle, given by E. T.
Amonett, h 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 SO to the
third.
No. 1.-Quarter mile dash open 10
all, entrance fee $3.50. First prize
s25; Second prize, all of the entrance
fees.
No. 2.-% mile dash for COW ponies,
fee $3.50, open to all: first
prize s25; second prize, all of the en-
trance fees.
No. $40 trot (this is the star
of the meet) Purse $250.G0.
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