, 1890-04-01
Money in the Treasury and 200
Sustaining Members Listed.
Organization Will be Maintained to
Meet Possible Emergencies.
Addresses by President Ino. Clay,
IT., and Mr.. A S. Mercer.
UNLIKE OLD TIMES.

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better part of a week. The secretary had
half a dozen assistants to record the Dro,
ceedings and every hotel in town had its
capacity tested. Delegates came from
every nook and corneS of the territory
and the number of attendants from be
yond Wyoming was always large. Din
ners md dances were given in honor OF
the guests and the opera house manage
ment was certain to secure a good at.
traction for the week.
All of this has changed. but the causes
of the altered condition can easily be
given. All know that the great industry
received a staggering blow, an assault
which would have sent any other business
with less determined men In it to the wall,
County and valley associations have been
formed and in some sections the big
range owners have been replaced by the
granger who sees his modest bu lch OF
cattle everyday and who knows by sight
each individual member of his herd.
CONVENED.
The court room here was comfortably
filled when yesterdays annual convention
was opened.
Vice President Geo. W. Baxter as
sumed the chair a few minutes after 20
O'Clock. He SAID he took up the gavel
because the Office of president had been
vacated by death. Col. A. T. Rabbit,
whose efficiency and nobility all recognized,
had passed away. He was confined 10 his
bed a week after the adjournment of last
years meeting and died the 18th OF June
surrounded by sorrowing friends. You
who knew him 10 life esteemed him highly
because of his amiability. and sterling
qualities. / refer to this because it is fit
ting that we give some expression of sor-
row. No doubt official action will be
taken 10 the course of the meeting.
THE ATTENDANCE.
Roll call: T. b. Adams, Geo. ". Bax.
ter, G. A. Badgette, HI. II. Robinson. AL.
Bowie, Cheyenne Land and Live Stock
company. by NJ. NJ. Mason; Dater & Co.,
by Jas. Dater; Bowling & Rush Cattle
company, by j. r Rush; Fremont Cattle
company, by John David; Jack Creek Land
and Cattle company, by S. d. Morgan;
johnson & Sun, BY Tom Sun; Tim Kin
ney, II. B. Kelley, Lance Creek Cattle
company. by Y. B. Adams; Oga-
lalla Cattle company, by W. c.
Irvine; Swan Land and Cattle
company. by Jno. Clay, Jr.; Snow Land
and Cattle company by NJ. NJ. Mason;
Standard Cattle company by R M. AL
len; ID. W. Smith, Teschemacber II
DeBillier by ii. +. Teschemacher; Union
Cattle company by q b. Goodell, re-
ceiver and F P. Voorhees,; Vigo Cattle
company by Fl. B. liams; f. W. Whit
comb, Wyoming Cattle Ranch company
by John Clay, Jr.: Western Ranches by
John Clay, Jr.; II. G. Hay, Mortimer
Jesurun, Reel 4 Friend by Ralph
Friend. Frank Wolcott, f. f. Grout,
Stephens K Miner by II. E Tesche
macher; John Durbin. North American
Cattle company and Frontier Land and
Cattle company by Geo. w. Baxter;
| Chas. Hecht, Chamberlain & Doty by S
Doty: H. Huffman, Fisher K Chadwick
by q. F. Fisher; Harry L. Kuykendalli
R. F. Glover, L Cornell.
SECRETARY S REPORT.
In Secretary Adams report the his
tory Of the inspection complications o.
1889 is given. The commission was un.
able to perform the work from lack o.
funds and the association placed men a
the essential points, after wards making
very satisfactory arrangement tor join
inspection with the Montana AssOcia alton
A FEW FIGURES.
Under the mo pay, no service pla n
the inspection, 1t is reported, was thor
ough and effectuai. This was the re
suit
No. cattle inspected. ..30G SSi
Estrays iound......-"..."."...... 4,53,
Two hundred members of the assoc!a
ton belonged to the inspection combin
and contributed to the fund with sucl
promptitude that there is a good balanc
in the treasury. The assets foot up owe
$4,000.
Attention is called to the latest quaran
tine regulations and Mr.. Adams review
the new laws, making clear explanation
of the changes made by the legislature.
Feeling reference is made to the death
of Col. A. T. Rabbit, Stocks Millar an
Charles f. Fisher.
QUESTIONS.
The questions will undoubtedly b
asked again at this time: What is ther
left for the association to do? Shall it
organization be maintained? Are we jus
titled in maintaining its existence ? In tn
judgment of your executive Commute
these questions may be answered in tn
affirmative. 1t may not be necessary fo
us to maintain, simply because we do moi
under existing circumstances, require a
acti re organization. Membership in gu
organization shoold be rendered inexpe1
sive, and the running expenses OF our a.
ISOLATION should be reduced TO the loves
possible limit, but there is as much nee
now as ever of co operation among tn
stockmen of the territory. An industr
which represents over onc-third the asse.
sible value of the property in the t~erritor
certainly requires careful protection, an
while stockmen should not ask for speci,
legislation, nor expect to be looked upo