The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-12-25
The Little Missouri stockmcn's Asso.

I Minutes Of the meeting OF the stock
men Of the Little Missouri, held at Me-
dora, Dakota, December 10, 1884:
The following companies and individ-
uals were represented: &. s..55
SOHO Cattle Company.
Badger Cattle Company.
Custer Trail Cattle Company. :ss Il
Il Lie MoYne Cattle Company. aE,..
Maltese Cross Cattle Company. :.
Elkhorn Cattle Company. 81 !
Thompson 6 Co. 1; ~: 4 .5 #
D. & B. Rumsey.
H. B. Wadswortt: & Go. :.
N. P. Refrigerator Car Co. 4
= Casey & Co.. rs; :. .555a 3. : :
The meeting was called to order by
Theodore Roosevelt. J, ,s9.G3
The following resolution Has read and.
adopted; is.5 .{t,ss5a 5s 8 ss
REsoLYED, That it is the sense Of the.
stockmen present, representing the COM
panies and individuals named above,
that an association Of the stockmen Of
the Little Missouri and its tributaries be,
forthwith formed, and that this associa-i
tion shall be known as The Little Mis-
souri, St0ckmen's Association.
Also the following: II S 4.
The officers of the association shall
consist of q chairman and vice-chair-
man, elected annually. at the first meet
ing held after the fall roundup, and a
secretary elected Mt each meeting, whose
work is to be Superintendent blythe chair
man. III ,:s-;..5 ,S5. =. " ~ .E3 =
Theodore Roosevelt was elected chair
main, and Henry s. Boice yice-eilairmzn.
The Marquis de MDres was nomina tnd
as committee OF one to work with the
committee appointed by the Eastern
Montana Live Stock Association in the
endeaFor to procure legislation from the
territorial Legislature of Dakota fayora-
Bile TO the interest Of cattle men.
A resolution was passed that il any
of the members Of the association had
cattle run ever hy tho railroad, for
Which cattle the railroad refused ta nav
full value, it Sho,iil he at once bfong,lt
to the notice Of the chairman. who shall
report it to the next meeting of the as
s0ciatiOI, in order that it might be
| brought before the courts as n test case.
The following resolutions were also
passed: 4. =.
I RESOLVED. That ut the reqnest, in
writing, of any three members Nf the as
soCietiCn, a meeting shall he called by
the chairman, who shall, however, give
at least one weeks notice thereof.
RESOLVED, That the representation in
this assocjaticn lie by firm. each firm be.
ing entitled to bnt one vote. = e.
RESOLVED. That the next meeting oi
the association he held on or about April
l, 1885. at the call Of the convention.
RESOLVED. That if any of the cattle
companies or stGckEen along the rive,
refuse tn conform 10 the Ernles and l.y.
lEms Of this asaoc ion.. sllat it will re-
fuse to act with them oraI'0w them tt
| take part in the rOHnd- M: and the cap
tain of the roundup shall. pee that nc
stockman deharred BY action Of this as.
sociation. from participating in the
roundup is.allowed to take part in il
md he shall further gee that no third
partv, acting in thn interest Of said
stGcknan is permitted tn take part in ol
derive benefit from the ronnd-np.,
RESOLVED. That No member shall
gather cattle or, brand calvra batwnon
December / and the date Of tho genera
snring round-np. without giving dine no
tire reasonable time beforehand to the
other ranchmen Of the ncighborhood.
RESOLVED. That, each member shal
hereafter have. mt less than ~ hnlla tc
every 100 head Of stock on his range. -.
RESOLVED That thu chairman drar
up a cnrics Of hv-laws for the assoeiatinn
or emhodving the feregning resolution.
and in Other resDerts following, 80 f.r n
thav are nractirah,e. the la.s nf tht
Eastern Mcntana live Stock Association
At 1:10 r. m. the meeting adjourned.
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