, 1888-04-04
MAKING PLANS.
CattIemen Designate the Round Up
Districts.
Commissioners Chosen to Super
intend the Work.
The Live Stock Board Assisted by
StOCkmen.
Discussions on the Maverick and
Other Matters.

Uther Matters.
The business transacted at the joint
meeting Of cattle growers and the board
OF live STOCK commissioners yesterday was
naturally of a character more interesting
to those engaged in the industry than to
the average man in another channel of
trade. In the ranks of these latter are
many thoroughly conversant with the
manner OF forming round up districts and
conducting the gatherings, but they do
not thirst for detailed accounts of the pro-
posed operations of the vaqueros. For
these very obvious reasons the routine
portion of the proceedings will be omitted
Frank Earnest of Carbon county, who
had been chosen president OF the live
stock board, presided over the convention,
and r. +. Glover, Laramie county, Off
ciated as secretary. The eight members
of the commission were in attendance and
the council chamber was thronged with
delegates from the association and cattle
owners who have not heretofore acted
with the organization. The attendance
was surprisingly large and the commits
sioners were gratified to observe that their
general invitation had been SO unani-
mously responded to by the cattlemen.
Ia the audience the small owners were
i"nterspersed with representative range
men and were not backward in offering
ltime1v unconscious
Secretary Glover briefly stated the
objects of the. asssemblage. AT this time,
he said, it was the duty of the live stock
board to designate round up districts and
select round up commissioners. Recon-
mendations or suggestions from all cattle
men on this subject would be considered
and acted upon by the officials. 1t was
important, the secretary stated, that all
interested should be heard in the pre-
misses.
The foremost Considerations in planning
a round up are the \devising of methods
whereby all cattle HAY be gathered and
returned to their proper ranges aud the
mavericks kept from the greedy and in
dustrious '~'rustler." The cattlemen rea-
lized the vital importance OF fully con-
sidering these points and evinced a keen
interest in the matter. They seemed
determined to so arrange the districts that
nothing to which they are entitled will be
permitted to fall into the hands of the
unrighteous.
In order to facilitate the work of the
committee, a representative from each
round up district was appointed and in
structed to prepare a suggestion for the
formation Of a district and nominate
round up commissioners.
On proper motion the chair declared the
following named gentlemen the repre-.
sentatives OF the various districts: Col. A.
T. Rabbit, G. B. Goodell, H. II. Robin
son, Luke Voorhees,, A. Tcschemacher,
G. Il. Fisher, Chas. Hccht, Mr.. Pratt. G..
A. Guernsey, }. Howard Ford, j. B.
Thomas, H. a. Hoffman, \. B. Clark,
t. b. Adams, Fred Hess, Mr.. Wortley,
Il A. Blair, John David. Mr.. Torrie, G..
B. Henderson, II. Booth, J. NJ. Kuyken-
dali, Il. A. Page, John Durbiu, w. A.
Carter, a. II. Reel, II. Booth, A. Haas,
Abner Human, George L.. Holt and AL.
Bowie.
When the meeting reconvened after the
midday recess the committeeman submit
ted their reports. The communications,
including nominees for round up commits
s%iOners, were read and in the majority of
instances approved by the board at once.
In one or W cases action was DELAYED
until this morning on account of the alb
sence of interested parties. A difficulty
encountered was the selection of round up
commissioners who were competent under
the new law. A number who were not
resident owners of the districts to which
they had been assigned were found on the
list and either removed entirely or trans
ferred to other districts. Several differ
ences as to the time of inaugurating round
ups and the sections to be traversed were
amicably settled.
Col. Rabbits remarks on the prospec-
tive maverick sale induced a general dis
cussion of the subject. Mr.. Rabbit held
that the best interests of the cattlemen
demanded the pursuance of a liberal pol
icy In relation to the purchase of MAYER
icks. From this source was to proceed
the entire revenue of the live stock
board. He believed that this fund should
receive generous contributions from those
engaged in cattle raising. For the pur-
pose of encouraging fair bidding the
speaker would pledge himself to pay no
less than $40 each for the unbranded ami
mails found on his range. Mavericks had
been sold at figures varying from 50 cents
to 500, but the existing condition Of af-
fairs demanded more disinterested action.
Mr.. Blydenburgh quite agreed with the
speaker, but was at a loss to conceive a
plan whereby the desired result could be
attained, Messrs. p. L.. Smith, Frank