The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-11-17
THE CONVENTION OPENS TODAY
Texas Admitted to be Cutting the Nest
Important Figure.
j. D. SAVERS MAY BE CHAIRMAN
About the Vast Amount OF
Wealth Represented by the Bull
lionaire Barons, III Explained
by Bewildering Statistics.
SOME OBJECTS OF THE MEETING.

ST, LOUIS, Nov. 1G-Quite large
number of delegates TO the cattlemons'
convention arrived yesterday, to-day
aud tonight, but no large bodies have
yet come in. The headquarters Of the
various associations have been estab
lished at the different hotels, and active
are in progress for the con
VentiOn.
COMING BY TRAIN LoArs.
During to-day and tomorrow there
will bo a great influx of delegates. One |
train of thirteen Pullman cars will ar
rive FROM Denver bearing representa- |
tives from Colorado, Montana, Utah and |
Wyoming, and another OF eight Pull |
man coaches will come from |
Texas. Still others will arrive |
from tho west and the northwest, |
and on Monday there will be numer-
Gus arrivals from the north and east.
Iowa will send over 100, and Maryland
will be represented sby still greater
number. Baltimore alone will send
twenty-five delegates.
THE TEXAS STATE ASSOCIATION
will hold a formal meeting this week,
probably Tuesday, and large number
of tanners from different parts Of the
country will have conference among
themselves and with tho cattle men, and
will no doubt organize an association.
RICH RANCuERS.
An idea of the enormous wealth
which will be represented by the
delegates to The cattlcmen's
convention which viii assemble
here tomorrow may be gained
from tho following reference to part of
tho companies and associations that
have seats for delegates, the statements
being obtained from the officers of the
various companies:
! THE LARGEST AND RICHEST ASSOCIATION
in the country perhaps is the Texas
| Live Stock association, of Texas, which
extends nearly all over the state, and
embraces in its membership large
number of the members of fourteen of
| what are known as district associations.
! VIM. Lambert, its secretary, SAYS:
1.-THE association owns 100000
head Of cattle, the same num-
Der Of sheep, and $4,000
horses. A moderate estimate Of their
value would be $5,000,000. The delo-
gates of this association wear blue silk
badges attached to the coat with large
ive-pointed solid gold star, under which
is artistically wrought n silver COW,
weighing about two ounces.
The largest of the district organiza-
tons in the state is the
SOUTHERN TENAs LIVE STOCK AssoCIA'
TION,
which owns 10000 head of cattle, 1906
horses and largo number of sheep, all
valued ~ over S9,00O,000. They also
have l,6iO00O acres OF land, valued at $ll :
GG,000, making their entire property
worth about S2l,OOO,OO0 They employ
l,j00 men rs herders,
The other largo district associations
in Texas are the Northwest Texas Cat
tie Raisers' association, the Colorado anC
l}ra20s Cattlemeus' association, the
Panhandle Live Stock association anC
the Colorado and Concho Stock aSsocia
ton, all of which own large herds aut
send large delegations 10 the conven
ton.
: FROM NEwMEXGCo
seven associations are represented, th,
largest of which is the Northern New
Mexico Cattle Growers association
whose range practically cover
ColtaN, Mora and san Migue
counties, and embraces 100000
! acres OF land, on which eO1,OOl head o
r cattle Craze, besides u lUrse number Of
horses.
, The other associations of Now MeNic
> are the Aqua Caieute, with 10000 cattl
, and q capital Of S25,O00,0OO; the Wagon
Mound association, with 10000 Cattl
, and capital of $2,0OO,OOO; the Lincoll
county association, with 100000 head q
/ eattle and a capital of $S,00O,0OO the Cen
, trail New Mexico association, with 500
600 cattle and capital of $6,0OO,0O0; Tn
, / DOnN Anna association, with 5000 cal
tie and a capital of 100000; the Soutl
, western association, with 10000 Cattl
! and capital of S2,OOO,0O0.
.rI 81. LOUIS COWBOYS.
~ Al the ranches owned or cOntrOllo
- by st. Louis men, and whose heudqua
:, tors are in this city, the largest iuterel
., is thJt of Hunter " Evans, which en-
" braces several ranches in Texas, III
" Indian territory, Kansas aud Nehrask
/, and has 2S6,OJO cattle aud q capital
=, S562O,OOo, and owns or controls by loa,
= and otherwise, ll,i6i,O0O acres of laul
y, NoNt comes the Continental, with $50
. cattle and a capital of $2,100,0O0; Ian
~ Wi,SsO acres; the Clark Cattle and Lpr
~ company, with 5000 cattle and car
y tai OF 100000; land, 5000
~ acres; the NiObrara cattle compan
- with 81, 900 head of attic and a capit
n of 100000, land, 3,0OO, 600 acres; the Ra
W. nor cattle company, with 1900 catt
~ and n capital OF $4,000, land, 1000
!, acres; the ~. Louis cattle company, ca
80 tie, 1900 head; capital, S2O0,O00, Ian
'O 100000 acres. These, with one or Is
small concerns, give au aggregate cat
interest operated here of 52l 600 head
cattle, &,i31,O0 capital; s,5Os, $50 acres
ID land.
m CHAIRMAN OF THE CONVENTION.
y. Among the gentlemen uftrt prom
W nently spoken of chairman of the CO
IS vention arc Col. II. d. Hunter, OF S
I. Louis, who first suggested the holdir
III OF Tho convention, aud who /
taken very active pl
If IN Ll preliminary arrange ments; II,
" D. ID. savers, formerly lieutendent 9,
l. ernor OF Texas, and re Gently elected
l. represent ono OF The districts of Il
=. state in congress; Ex- Governer G.
e HAilev, If New Mexico; Jas. NJ. Ca
d president of the Wyoming Stock Gro
10 ers association, aud Thos. Sturges, a
b. of Wyoming.
g THE n iLtoNAIREs ARRIVING.
Is large number Of delegates lrt
~ Colorado, New Mexico. Arizona, u
le Idaho, Kan as, Nebraska, Nj
, tana, Indian Territory, Texas Il
le Louisiana, accompanied by gr
Y, crowd OF outsiders, arrived too
Ie and to- might and have made tho hot
n very lively. The delegates genera
" are an unusually fine looking and 4
~ rtsentative body of men, oy
70 flowing with physical and m
" ih 'Nigor and activity. and &
N IDENTIFY mean business In
It fullest sense. All the delegations h
private caucuses during the dav and
a night, at which II Is understood
IS question of esta nlishing
~ NATIONAL TRAlL FROM TEXAS
re 10 tho extreme north was chiefly I
X cussed. Texas IL unanimous
tFaih The moro central and W,