The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-10-11
IN MEMORY OF
JAMES JOHN HAGERMAN

noon the people of the Pecos Valley
met at the Arnory in Roswell to do
honor TO the memory OF the late James
John Hager7nan.
The special train from Carlsbad
and the lower valley came in at two
O'Clock, bringing about four hundred
people. By three o'clock the Ar-nory
was filed and people turned away un-
able to gain admittance. though the
sealing capacity of the Armory Is a
bout fourteen hundred. II was not big
enough to hold those who came TO paw
this respect 10 the memory of New
MeXicO's late foremost citizen.
The stage was banked high with
flowers and green and back of tiis
mass of bloom stood stalks of ripea
ed corn, corn from the Hagerman
ranch and a peculiar variety in which
Mr.. Hagerman had taken a special in
terest. The stage was draped with
flags and in the center of the flag drap-
cry was a large picture of Mr. Hager-
man, wonderfully true likeness. TAX
en- but a few years ago at his South
Spring home.
The Apollo Club opened the exer
cises by singing that beautiful hymn
abide with Me-"
Rev. G. c. Hill offered an appropri-
ate and touching prayer and Mr.. Wal
ter Paylor then sang Shubert's Fare
well"
Mayor G. A. Richardson presided
and after pronouncing a graceful eulo-
gium upon Mr.. Hager.nan, he intro
duced Col. /. II. Elliott. who made tae
address of the afternoon.
II was peculiarly fitting that on this
occasion. when the people had come
from every part of the valley to show
their admiration, appreciation and re-
spect for the great man who has gone
from us, that we should have in our
midst a man who had known Mr.. Hag
erman as a boy and in his young man
hood. and man whose unusual gift
of oratory made his tribute a work of
beauty. Col. Elliott's address is at
the close of tails article.
After Col. Elliott'S address Miss
Baker sang Bradsky's 90. Lamb of
God"
Charles II. McLenathen. OF Carls
bad. spoke for the lower valley. telling
OF Mr.. Hagermah's work in the south
end of the valley and the loving and
appraciative regard in which he Is held
by its people.
The Apollo Club sang. Grace Be
Unto You"
Mayor Richardson presented the fol
lowing set of resolutions which were
unanimously adopted by a rising vote
and the exercises closed by the bene-
diction pronounced by Rev. C. c. Hill:
WHEREAS. We have heard of the
death of Mr.. James j. Hagerman
which occurred at Milan. Italy. Septem-
ber IA. 1909 and
WHEREAS, Mr.. Hager.nan has done
much for the material, civil and social
development of the Territory, be IT.
RESOLVED. That the citizens of
the Pecos Valley. New Mexico. In
meeting assembled. on this 10th day
of October 1909, at Roswell, New
Mexico, do hereby express their pro-
found sorrow at the announcement
of the death of Mr.. Hagerman, and
be It,
RESOLVED. that we hereby bear
testimony to the great ability. un-
fiinching integrity, large benevolence.
and persistent courage of MIR. Hager-
man, and his unmatched usefulness
in seeking to develop the portion of
the country in which we live.
RESOLVED. that we extend to his
wife and sons our heartfelt sympathy
and express to them our high sense
of the value and worth of the public
services of Mr.. Hagerman. our appre
citation or his pre-e-ninent usefulness
as a citizen. and our conviction of the
great loss this Territory and the
country have sustained.
Col. !. n. EHiott's Address.
Life should be measured iby deeds
rather than length of days.
The long life of Methuselah was its
only chronicle. The short life of
James Watt made steam the slave
OF man, and started the machinery OF
the world.
The men we honor show the level
and morals of our time. and educate
the future. for the young men are
quick to note those whom the multi
tude applaud, and take them for
models and teachers. When encom
iums. are offered in public Assem-
blages to pitiful mediocrity. to men
who have gained notoriety through
accident. the aggressive ambition of
ignorance or the success of dishones
ty. 1t lowers the standard of public
morality and Is a wrong and hurtful
way of teaching good citizenship 10
the youth of the land. But when pub
| lie attention is called to the life OF
I great man. one who has been a
| help to those among whom he lived
who has been a good gift to hu-nani
good citizenship.
A great man, a distinguished cita
zen. a noted captain of industry. a
brave toiler in that great field we cal
the world. has reached the end of the
| journey of life and laid his burden
down. and we are met to pay our tri
suite to the worth and work of James
J. Hagermap-
| I deem 1t best 20 devote what
have to say largely to his earlier life
and I think I will be able to saov
that his great achievements are tbs
natural results of the industry. dis
lcernmenf, self-reliance. and courage
which marked his boyhood days
! We first met nfty-two years ago,