Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-13
CATTLE CONyENTICN.
r,,,, Report Of the secontl Days Pro.
ceedings.
sherman Secures the Convention for
Next Year.
practical business and no Political
Nonsense.
.oo,a, the Gazette.

| first day ptooeeunb' "NNi va 80"
ton, dispensed with.
The president announced the first
hnsiness in order was the reading and
action upon applications for member
sbin The secretary then read the fol-
lowing names, and they We're each
sonarately voted on and elected to
membership in the association: Seth
Nabry of Austin, Geo. I'll, Sealing, Il.
L. Gage, w. Q. Wright, Ed Grounds,
G.. w. Wolcott, 7, z. Harrison, Nor
man Fenton, F. p. Wait, G. G. Binck-
lev, j. II Hudson, j. A. Jackson, Geo.
Crsmner, T. Hernstadt Thos. Mont
gomery, Frank Byler, j. w. Morrison.
The secretary read the report of The
executive Commute, which was adopt
ed. II reads as follows:
no the President ana Members of the Cattle
Raisers Association OF Northwestern
We. YOUR executive committee,
elected 1T the last annual meeting,
would respectfully ask to submit the
following as report of the business
done by us during our term of Office
The committee was organized by
electing Capt A NJ. Britton chairman,
and j. c. Loving secretary, on the
9th day of March, 1888. AT the same
meeting an assessment at IT cents
nor head was levied on the cattle
owned aud controlled by the members
who were present and signed the new
constitution at the last annual
meeting.
The committee offered and had
It published in the Texas Live Stock
Journal reward of one thousand dol
lars for the arrest and conviction of
each person guilty of stealing cattle
from any member of the association.
OF the assessment levied fifty per
cent. was made due and payable on
demand, the balance due and payable
the lst day of August last. At the
meeting of the committee on the 3rd
day Of April, NJ. George II. Reynolds
presented his resignation rs o member
of the committee, which was accepted,
and Mr.. j. j. Hittson elected to fill
his place. Mr.. Hitison being conven-
lent was notified, and took his seat
at once as a member of the committee.
The reward of $3.50 heretofore offered
by the association for the arrest and
conviction of any person guilty ofsteal-
ing horse or horses from member OF
this association is still continued and
offered 10y the committee.
The committee ut their meeting on
the third day of April selected their
inspectors and detectives, set their sal
aries and assigned portion of them
to duty at such points and at such
ranges as the committee in their judg
ment deemed necessary for the protec-
ton of the members of this association.
AT the meetings of the committee on
the fourteenth and fifteenth days of
May the balance of the inspectors and
detectives were assigned To duty, one
at each of the markets of st. Louis
Kansas City and Chicago, and at
points on trails and ranges as deemed
necessary. AT the sane meeting Col.
G. G. Slaughter was chosen and elected
chief of the inspectors and detectives
employed by the committee for the as
sociation to manage, see after and con-
troll the same, which he has continued
TO do to the present time. Prior to the
Of MIR. Slaughter rs CHIEF
of the forces, they, the inspectors and
detectives, made their reports to the
chairman of the committee. Since his
appointment the reports have been
made to Mr.. Slaughter, all of which
are now on file with the secretary.
The reports from the several inspect
ors show tnat they have inspected in
the markets and on the trails during
the season about 100000 head of cattle
and that they have caught and saved
to the members OF this association 500
head of cattle, worth in the the aggre-
gate $l2;500, that would have been a
total loss to the owners. The commit
tee have good cause to believe that they
have saved many more hundreds or
probably thousands of cattle that would
have been Illegally taken from their
owners had it not been for the fact that
they, the committee, were keeping
watch at the markets and on all the
routes and trails over which cattle
would be likely to pass in going TO
market or out of the state.
IL has been the policy of the COM
mittee, when possible, to return cap
tured cattle to the owners, and have
only sold such as it was impossible To
return, and in no case have they sold
any cattle 10 he kept on the range in
this state or elsewhere.
AT the last annual meeting of the
association and Immediately after the
election of this committee, by n resolu-
lon, all accounts, claims, outstanding
and unsettled business was referred to
Tue executive committee for adjust
mient and settlement We have al
lowed and paid claims that were then
outstanding 81 1872 so
we found from the treasurer's re.
port Tor the twelve months preceding
our election that there was in the
treasury the sum of $ll735 when we
went into Office.
The secretary and treasurer's books
snow that he has collected during
our term of office from dues, fees and
assessments the sum of $40, 70S.
Dallas, adding to this the $l17.35 bal
ance In the treasury at the time Of the
erection OF the executive committee
,hakes sum total of $40, $685., which
mas been at the disposal OF the com
anil'ee Tor the protection of the cattle
"nu norses OF the members of this as
spcia'ioh. or the above amount
Nnere has been $4,000
,Apehued by the committee In ying
~ protect the stock interest of MEM
oeis OF The association. They have
a aisG expended 81, 1872 90 In. paying
,,a''hs thht were outstanding against
'.n l., association at the time the com
i,.'ee TOOK charge of the affairs Of the
sa 1n which make u sum total OF
wv i'z'oo expended by the committee
tuhuiihg Their term OF Office aud up to
s ae present date, leaving balance of
w. %, now in the treasury.
ne assessment levied against mem
~, ueis az The outset by the committee
Ivy are proud TO report has been
ra",ipy paid with but very few ex-
Ihe committee hao t,l,an in elavan