The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-02-23
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SOUTHWESTERN
 STOCKMEN MEET

Fl Paso, Texas, Feb. 21.-A mill. tary review in which fully 35,00O troops of all arms will participate will be one of the imposing features ot the annual convention of the Panhan dle and Southwestern Stockmen's As
 sociation which will be held in Fl Paso March 6, ' and 8, next. fThe review will be the greatest in point of numbers of men participating
 ever held in the Southwest and there will be an added interest in the page
 ant from the fact that in the long
 line, which will pass through the
 streets of Fl Paso on that occasion will be the veteran infantry, cavalry
 and artillery regiments which made up the punitive expedition which went
 into Mexico in search of the bandit,
 Villa, and which have just returned to
 American soil after an arduous ten
 mpnths in the mountain fastnesses
 and on the deserts of the southern re-
 public.
 This will be the first time since the
 civil war that the people of the Unit
 ed States have had an opportunity to
 see so many men under arms in one
 body and particularly will it be the
 first time the residents of the South west will have had such an oppor- tunity
 The review will be held on the morn ing of the first day the cattle conven- tion, Tuesday, March 6 and will be the leading feature of the week of : festivities which has been planned for the visitors.
 For delegates and other visitors who arrive early the committee hay ing in charge the entertainment of visitors has planned cabaret shows at the Hotel Paso del Norte and the Sheldon on Monday night, March 5. 1 Following the review on Tuesday the convention will hold it's first busi- 1 ness session at the Texas Grand The atre. The evening will be given over i to dancing at the hotels and Little Plaza which will be brilliantly light l ed and otherwise made ready for the host of merry makers expected 1 All delegates to the convention will attend the Rio Grande Frontier Day sports as guests of the Chamber of Comm cree Wednesday afternoon, March 6. The sports will be staged for the first time that day an especi- ally good program will be put on for the occasion.
 Purses aggregating S4,0O0 have been provided for the contestants in the Frontier Day Sports which will con- sist of broncho busting by the best riders in the country, both men and women; steer roping and riding, bull l dogging. trick and fancy riding, etc., l including a number of events arrang- ed for soldiers of all branches of mili- i tary service.
 i Wednesday evening the men among the visitors will be invited to attend a roundup" for which an elaborate program has been prepared. While the men are being entertained at the {! roundup" the visiting ladies will b entertained at reception and musi- cal at the handsome new home of the Fl Paso Woman's Club. Automobiles will be placed at the disposal of the ladies in which to travel from their hotels to the 'Woman's Club building. i The convention will conclude it's la hors Thursday afternoon but the From tier Day Sports will be continued till Sunday afternoon for the benefit of the visitors who may not have had occasion or time to witness them while the convention is in session.