The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-03-21
LONGHORNS.
and Other Proceed
ings of the Northwest Texas
Cattlemen's Association.
A Terrible Story of Inhumanity
in the Grayson County
AImshouse.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.

Special Telegram to the Statesman.
FORT WORTH, March 13.-The executive
committee of the Northwestern Stock
raisers' association held lengthy meeting
tonight, at which the refrigerator project
was discussed in deep earnest. 1t was
decided to exert every possible means to
secure the bonus of $4,000 asked from
the cattlemen for the operation of the
Fort Worth refrigerator, which bonus is
to be supplemented by Fort Worth with
S25,OO0 This will guarantee the slaughter
at Fort Worth of 80 600 head of cattle in
six months. This beef is to be mar keted
in England, transported there in refriger-
ator ships. The committee decided to
take active steps at once to stop the steal
ing of cattle in Greer county. The ma
tional authorities will be appealed to in
the matter.
The Northwest Cattlemen's association
finished its work to-day and adjourned.
number of new members were admitted,
representing 100000 head of cattle. The
following officers were elected for the en-
suing year:
President-A. P. Bush, Of Colorado
City.
First Vice e-president-M. W. Buster, of
Dallas.
Second vice-president-S. B. Burnett,
of Fort Worth.
Secretary and Treasurer-J. @. Loving,
of Jacksboro.
This was Mr.. Loving's twelfth reelection
as secretary and treasurer. Appropriate
resolutions on the death of the former
president, Col. @. l.. Carter, were adopted.
Also a resolution requesting the district
commission men of Chicago and other
points to fix the commission on cattle sold
at sum not less than 20 cents or more
than SO cents per head on all cattle sold.
A petition signed by oattlemen gener-
ally and addressed to the general freight
agents of the Fort Worth and Denver, the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas and the st.
Louis and Santa Fe roads, asking the
opening up of another cattle route over
the lines to the east, was endorsed by the
convention.
A proposition from the Dahlman Refrig-
Grating company, of this city, asking the
cattlemen to donate $25,000 to the COM
pany in order that the 100000 refriger-
ator plant at this point might be put in
operation, thereby making market for
Texas cattle here, and in order that refrig,
Grated beef could be shipped
from Texas to Europe in ac'
| cordance with the terms of a con-
tract with an English syndicate, was
considered by the convention. A commit
tee was appointed to see what could be
done in the matter, and in short time
several thousand dollars were subscribed
1t is believed the full amount will be raised
provided the city of Fort Worth will also
donate $685. 900, which is a certainty. Il
was decided to hold the next annual meet
ing of the association at Fort Worth or
March 13, 1890.
The following resolution was unani
mously adopted:
Whereas, there Shas been and is at pres
ent an organized band of horse and cattle
thieves in Greer county, Tex, who have
been stealing cattle from Greer and othel
border counties of this state and driving
into the Indian Territory; and,
Whereas, the grand jury of Greer coun
ty, Tex, has found bills of indictment
against said thieves, and has failed tt
convict for want of proper Jurisdiction
therefore, be it
Resolved That this association take al
necessary steps within It's power to aid thu
United States district attorney in securing
convictions of the guilty parties and suci
other steps as the executive committed
may deem proper to disrupt this organized
| hand Of thieves