The Mineral argus., 1884-05-01
JUDITH WOOL GROWERS
Minutes OF the Meeting held on April 18th.

committee. Minutes of the previous
meotlng were read and approved.
Inc Secretary read the following
t report:
NIX PRESIDENT y GENTLEMAN.
l desire to call your attention for =
rev minutes and make q brief outline.
vi Ine OBJECTS of this association and
"H4C dement's may be derived from If
ana present a few suggestions for vonr
consideration. vi your
lou VIII observe by the minutes of
our previous meeting that but little
ndoIe mas been accomplished than to
"uecC permanent organization.
certain propositions of q. r.. Norris
70 bulid shearing sheds have been ac-
ce:Pted by part of the members. who
VIII drive their sheep there to shear.
however, this has nothing to do with
Ihe ASSOCIATION proper, and no exnense
connected with such will be CHARGED To
the association.
We have come together for the mr.
pose OF giving one another our experi-
ence based upon experimental f,cts
by addresses or reading articles nre,
pared for the occasion, upon the various
subjects connected with the wool
growing industry, and act co-iointlv
upon matters pertaining 10 shearino.
MIiaI prlce TO pay for such; and other
subjects of a similar nature. shall
presently read you some correspond
ence from which you can Judge as to
"iaC the disposition is among other
associations Of Il like nature.
am nIa1 70 1F,4o 4lzA-
decreasing IN this Territory, and by
efforts can be entirely eradi-
Gated n this formidable disease can
soon be counted as one of the things
that have been.
wish to call your attention to the
as 1t now stands upon the statutes
Montana. So far it is u dead letter. S
OF III other words it has been found I
lmpractlcabIe. If such is really the !
case, 1t then becomes our duty to care 9
Iully examine such, ascertain the de- :
Iects, draw up Il new law that will meet 5
me requirements of the case. and then
.et he association exert itself to have 5
passed at the next session of the /
territorial legislature. y
a Tree discussion upon this subject
vii be Of great benefit in order to e.
the opinions of our members.
1ou are all aware of the constant
LANCER that we are exposed to during
fall of the year by prairie fires,
originating through the carelessness of
anlpers, OF, In some cases with malic- s.
Gus intent. The law is severe on per- p
.ns convicted under the provisions of 7
act, and all that it requires is pros NJ
cutlon to bring it to Il successful iss1e. S,
n order to stimulate and bring about ),
ne convection of parties guilty, Ishould Ia
dvlse that this association offer n \
landing reward of $3.50 for the arrest y
nd apprehension of any parties found
unity OF setting our prairie fires upon
ne ranges of any member of this
ssOciation.
1t has been suggested to me bv diff
rent parties the ACCESSIBILITY ofhaving
n Annual Territorial Wool-Growers' SET
Letting, to be held at such time and I'm
lace as shall be deemed best, and that Pr
'cal organizations like ours be repre- NJ.
,nted by one or more parties, and have EI
IS or their vote limited to the number II
members, or number of sheep that 81
e represented. Ian
your attention is called to this matter Go
Immediate action advised upon the No
III some way or another. | also
Ter you to an article IN the Montana
DOL Growers Bulletin, by l.. w. Peck.
TITLED "Our Organization"
The regular meeting of this associa-
IN was postponed by consent of the \
'esldent and Executive Committee. set
1t was found advisable to do so. The pTa
after being overlooked and there tar
ing no bylaws, as yet adopted, to at At,
t upon, no objection can arise. as SCI
arly all members were anxious for I
e postponement. iI sD
The Chairman Of the Executive Com Kal
Ittee will read you the constitution
d bylaws that have been framed by -
e executive committee, which for the
)Gt part was taken from the Montana
Association bylaws.
AS all of us are very busy at present,
d upon the eve of lambing, the Gus n
nary extensive reports from the sett
lcers must be dispensed with. Appel H mii
.zlng for the few suggestions made the
brief report, Ma
The above is submitted, SCI
ID. HILGER, Sec'y. east
The executive committee presented con
I, bylaws and constitution which Hen
y were instructed to draft at the last N'e
After being amended they -
re adopted.
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