, 1886-04-06
THE STOCKMEN.
Annual Meeting of the Wyoming
Stock Growers Association.
The Preliminary Work Reports of
0ficers---The Round Ups, Etc.

The annual convention OF the Wyoming
Stock Growers Association was called tC
order at 10 O'Clock yesterday morning
with a fair attendance Of members pre-
present. Judge j. NJ. Carey, president
OF the association, on calling the meeting
to order, addressed the convention al
some length, and in SO doing called atten.
ton to many matters of interest to the
members of the association and also to
the people Of the territory generally. The
work thus far prepared by the association
has been a great one, and through its
agency the cattle interests in Wyoming
and elsewhere within the scope and pur-
view of its operations had been prospered.
Hon. Thos. Sturgis. secretary of the
association, and VIM. Sturgis, assistant
secretary, were present and on a call Of
the roll o large majority of the leading
stockmen belonging to the association an
swered to their names. Considerable pre-
hminary and to some extent unimportani
work was done during the forenoon SEES
sion. The most important work done was
the appointment of committees on round
ups, the appointment being of one mem
Der Of the committee from each round uI
district AS the same were constituted Al
the last annual convention. The follow.
ing named gentlemen were appointed a,
cu.h eomu,iffaa.
First district-Al Bowie.
Second district-John ~Snodgrass.
Third district--William C.. Lane.
Fourth district-C. L. Fisher.
Fifth district-H. +. Teschemacher.
Sixth district. p. Voorhees,.
Seventh district-D. B. Dole.
Eighth, Ninth and Tenth districts
John Bratt.
Eleventh district-John NJ. Adams
Twelfth district-F. S. Lusk.
Thirteenth district. II. Ford.
Fourteenth district-B. Il. Brewster.
fifteenth district. B. Thomas.
Sixteenth district-W. G. Irvine.
Seventeenth district-W. S. Weaver.
Eighteenth district-A T. Babbitt.
Nineteenth district. II. Pratt.
Twentieth district-T. w. Peters.
Twenty-frst district-Jas. A. Brown.
T~wenty-second district-0tto Franc.
Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth dis
tricts-W. II. Forrest.
T~wenth-ifth district-R. A. Torrey.
T~wenty-sixth district-W. C. Lane.
Twenty-seventh district-G. W. Bax.
ter.
Twenty-eiehth district-E. c. Green.
Twenty ninth district-J. A. Jackson.
Thirtieth district-J. II. Durbin.
Thirty first and Thirty-second district.
"A II. Reel.
Thirty-ihird listrict-A c. Beckwith
Thirty-fourth district-Andrew Haas.
Thirty-ifh district. Kinney.
Thirty sixth district-Ed Swan
Considerable other business was don,
during the forenoon session, and there
was much discussion among the members
of the convention upon matters of interest
to the association.
The afternoon session was principally
devoted to the reports OF officers. The
report of the territorial veterinarian, b.
F. Hopkins, was presented, but on mo-
ton its reading at that time was dispensed
with, and later on in the session it wai
voted to have the report printed alonl
with the reports OF the other officers o.
the association. The report of Hon. A,
II. Reel, treasurer of the association, was
presented and read by the secretary. Il
was a comprehensive report SO far as tn,
financial affairs of the association are con.
cerned The following figures from tn,
t~reasurer's report will, so far as the re
ceipts, disbursements and the ''detectiv,
bureau are concerned, be sufficient tC
give our readers an insight into the inan
cial affairs of the organization.
Receipts,
H.. E. fsgE l . r-n M