El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-05
CHUCK WAGON
CALL SOUNDED
Old Time Cowpunchers Com
ing to Town for 18th All
nual Roundup"

Beat il over to the chuck ~agOn
Bud, an tell the doctor to git busy on
the go-gettinest grub layout that ever
celebrated the close O. the roundup,
Cause the honest-to-g goodness old
timers is comm to town. pardner. an
all the boys in FL Paso is goin' to see
that they have a real time,
The 18th annual convention of the
Panhandle and Southwestern Stock
mems association opens here Tuesday.
an believe me, DO. we're here to see
that they 90 back 10 the range sayin'
real stuff
Preparations for Reception Complete.
Preparations for the reception of the
delegates and visitors TO the cOnven-
tlon were complete Monday morning.
Hundreds OF stockmen with the famil-
lilies are arriving and hundreds more
are expected before the first session
OF the convention which opens Tues
day afternoon.
Abner T Wilson. of Clifton. Ariz.
president Of the organization, arrived
IN FL Paso Sunday He was met by
other officers and at once entered into
conference arranged by them to COM
plete details to be presented at the
meeting OF the executive committee
Tuesday afternoon at the Hotel PasO
del NOrte-
All the principal hotels of the city
are filled to capacity for this week,
as a result Of the requests for reser-
vatiOns which have been pouring in
for the last three weeks from all parts
Of the southwest The largest attend
ance of any convention in the history
OF the cattlemen's association is eX-
pected.
Streets and Buildings Decorated.
San Francisco street is decorated
with flags and welcome banners. The
last of these decorations were put in
place Sunday afternoon by a chamber
Of commerce committee headed by
Maurice Schwartz. other streets in the
business section OF the city are adorned
with similar decorations Many OF the
large stores and business blocks of the
city are decorating in honor OF the
visiting stOckmen-
Convention Opens p. Tuesday.
The convention is 10 open Tuesday
morning with grand military review
OF troops Of the regular army and the
federalized militia. At 1:15 o'clock
Tuesday officials and members of the
association viii be serenaded at their
hotels Then they VIII proceed to the
Texas Grand theater for the opening
session Of the convention y band con-
cert viii precede the calling Of the
convention 70 order at o'clock The
invocation is 10 be delivered by Rev.
Program To he Followed.
Mayor Tom Lea and W W Turney
Will deliver addresses Of welcome 20
which g. T. Herring Of Amarillo. will
respond The annual address Of the
president viii be delivered by president
Abner T. Wilson. ". l. AmOnett. sec
rotary, and John VI. Wyatt. treasurer,
viii make their reports, and commit
tees for the following year viii be APP
pointed.
Addresses upon livestock conditions
in the Panhandle. in west Texas. New
Mexico and Arizona and in Mexico viii
be delivered by 2. H Landergin, OF
Amarillo. and Dwight B Heard. OF
Phoenix
Dance Tuesday Night on PLAZA
Tuesday evening dance viii be held
in Pioneer plaza Entertainments for
the visiting stockmen viii be staged
at the larger hotels.
The frontier days contests. TO be held
in conjunction with the convention OF
the cOwnen. will start al EtiO Grande
park Wednesday. Purses OF $1,000 have
been offered in the steer rOping and
bronchO riding contests Exhibitions
OF trick and fancy rOping- steer bull
logging novelty races. and potato
races will be staged at the contests
Tex Austin is managing the frontier
days contests.