El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-21

art them fiddles right away,
Who0p II up and let's be gay,
long time now til break of day,
q a good time, get n hunch,
~ cut your girl from out the bunch y
\ IDDLES started, "it" was whooped
up. and the girls were cut out
from the bunch at the roundup
II Of the Texas Cattle Raisers' con-
nt-on, held in the ballroom Of the
iso del Norte Thursday night as the
osing event OF the convention
It was a fine closing for a great
hek- No formal invitations had been
sued and there were no admission
ckets- Everyone was invited to come
SIND join the cattlemen in their final
frolic before they returned to their
Homes for the serious business of life.
Before nine o'clock. the crowds Of Wis
fling and FL Paso people were going
TO the ball and by the time the grand
march started the big roof garden
ball room was crowded and the crowds
overlooked onto the roof garden The
visitors were received and introduced
to their hOsts-the people Of FL Paso-
by a group OF prominent FL PasO so
ciety women who formed a receiving
line at the entrance to the ballroom.
tonic, and Mrs ". ". Turney, of II
PasO, wife of expresident Turney, led
the grand march which started the
dancing. This march was participated
in by so many dancers that they
could hardly move about the ballroom.
A program Of 20 dances followed the
grand march and il was after ] o'clock
when the dance closed.
The programs were one OF the
striking novelties of the ball They
were printed on brown meat paper.
and tied with a hemp rope The front
page Of the program had short horn
steer head framed in a coil Of rope
with the date and name of the dance
engrossed above and below the steer
head. The second page contained
cowboy song and the last page a poem,
The Last Roundup by Fred Feldman
and c. A Beers. who were the design
ers Of the program on the back OF
the program was the famous FL Paso
KEY in outline with the statement
that this was the FL PasO brand reg
istercd for the occasion. An invitation
to the cattlemen TO come 70 III PaS0
again soon was printed under the III
Paso key It read: Drift this way
again. Mr. COwman, either in fly time
or snow time. always there VIII be
open range for you IN Ell Paso-
The program proper was as unique
as the cover. In place Of the number
Of the dances on the program. the
brands of prominent cattlemen were
used to mark each dance At the UOp
OF the list. branding the first dance
was the ''O2" brand Of the ". W
herd. Brands Of other cattle
owners followed for the IS regular
dances The extra dances were
marked Mavericks" To show which
dance was in progress the brands were
hung over the orchestra stage CORE
spending to the dance brand
The ballroom was draped in the
ed white and red colors Of the Cat
@ Raisers' association and in Ameri- !
IN flags. Punch was served during
G evening. A buffet lunch was also
we'd on the mezzanine floor OF the |
.eL
he receiving line included Mes |
hes ". W. Turney, J. H. Nations, /
Try Beach 7. NJ WingO. Z. T White /
l. Tooley. T. NJ Lanier, Kenneth /
er. Frank Coles. Charles Newman. /
Norwood Hall. E c. HOughtOn, |
les H. Leaveu and c. F. Kelly. 1
committee which arranged for the |
was: Q. s. Stewart. c. A Beers. 4
TT Krakauer, 7. NJ Wingo and H. I
ach.