Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-09-09
new OFFICERS ARE ELECTED
r. L. BRADLEY OF ROSWELL
CHOSEN PRESIDENT FOR
COMING YEAR
LAS VEGANS ARE HCNORED
ooCToRs DEs MARAls, SHAW
Upton AND FEST CHOSEN
FOR POSITIONS

r0osWell VIII be the next meetini
place of the New Mexico Medical so
ciety. This was determined at a. bus,
ness meeting of the society held thi,
morning when officers for the com
ing year weer chosen. Several La,
Vegans were honored by election t.
OFFICES within the gift of the society
The complete list of officers chosen
is as follows: President, R. L. Brad
ley, Roswell; first vice president, l.
S. Peters, Silver City; second vice
president, M. F. Des Marais, Las We
gas; third vice president, ]. ]. Shuler
'Raton; secretary, R. E. Mcbride, Las
Cruces; treasurer, F. E. Tull, Albu.
Guerque; member of the council for
three years, E. B. Shaw, Las Vegas
delegate to American Medical as.
sociation, w. R. Upton, Las Vegas
alternate delegate to American Medi-
cal association meeting, F. T. B. Fest,
Las Vegas.
Late this afternoon the society com
pleted what has been a most profit
able session. Distinguished lecturers
on medical and surgical subjects from
all parts of the southwest have been
giving the members of the society
their best efforts for several days.
Eminent doctors from the ranks of
the practitioners of the territory have
read papers and participated in dis
cussions. During the session two
additional medical societies were
chartered making the complete num-
ber in the territory sixteen. The new
societies are the Guadalupe County
Medical society and the Valencia
County Medical society. The society
at present has about 20 members, sew
eral having been added this week. The
members of the organization are all
up-to-date and efficient and theil
membership enables them to remain
so and improve as rapidly as ad
vances are made in medical and sur
gical science throughout the world.
Clovis was a strong bidder for the
next annual meeting but Roswell tri
umphed when the choice was made
The doctors all spoke warmly of the
reception accorded them in Las Vegas
and pronounced their stay here al
enjoyable and profitable one.
Following are the names of few
Of the delegates who registered at The
session just closed.
H. A. ingalls,, Roswell C. e. Edison
Denver; L. s. Peters, Silver City; E
G. Prentiss, Ell Paso; ]. A. Rolls, San
ia Fe; G. M. Yaters, Roswell; R. L
Bradley, Roswell S. D. Swope, Dem
ing, R. E. Mcbride, Roswell; c. E
Lukens, Albuquerque; E. T. Wilkin
son, Wagon Mound; w. J. Colbert
Albuquerque; w. L. Brown, Ell Paso
]. F. Mcconnell, Colorado Springs; E
R. Carpenter, E. Paso; G. A. Bridge
Bisbee, Ariz. F. de la Vergne, Albu
querque; F. w. Noble, Tucumcari
Mrs. Evelyn Frisbie, Albuquerque; M
McCreary, Magdalena; w. T. Joyner
Roswell; M. w. Culpepper, Dayton
Fred E. Tull, Albuquerque; S. G. Vol
Almen, Clovis; John T. Mason, Albu
querque; g. E. Bushnell, Fort Bayard
A w. Morton, San Francisco; Geral'
Webb, Colorado Springs; G. B. Lyman
Denver; S. Simon, Denver.
At magnificent banquet the doc
tors enjoyed themselves last evening
The banquet was served in the Casta
media hotel. Among the distinguishe'
guests present was Governor William
, ]. Mills, who made a short after dir
, ner speech in which he spoke his ar
, probation Of the medical men of tn
territory and the able work they ar
doing. The banquet was arrange,
, for by the committee of local doctor
and it demonstrated plainly that the