The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-03-16
TEXAS CATTLE RAISERS.
SECOND DAY OF TaE ANNUAL MEET
ING AT FORT WORTH.
Name Changed from Northwestern to Texas
Cattle Raisers Association-Repor of
Excellent Work Done in Recovering
Stolen Stock for Members, etc.
Special to The Statesman.

Special to The Statesman
FORT WORTH, March IA. - The
seventeenth annual session of the
Northwestern Texas Cattle Raisers
association met here today, and the
attendance was very large. The
executive committee report which
summarizes the business for the year,
states that 1t would be found from the
report of the managers that the in.
spectors in the last twelve months did
find, take and receive for our members
cattle to the number of $500. OF
this number l749 head were sold for
the sum of $25 ,445. Sold In Chicago
$6664, sold in st Louis $2l52, in Kan.
sas City $l9, 184, sold III Texas and
Indian Territory $lo22 OF the num-
ber 79l heau WAS not sold but portion
OF them We're returned to uwLers.
Some were put in pastures where they
are Kept until they can be returned
or shipped to market foc the benefit
of the owners. Ihe 79l head of cattle
not sold would at the same price the
others sold be worth Sl1, 500
which added to the sales of the l749
head would make thes sum total of $685..
963 SO as he value of the cattle caught
by the inspectors for the past year.
Thele Is still In the hands of the treas
urer the sum OF $22,7l5 90 OF the pro.
ceeds of the sales OF cattle during the
quar- er ending Feb. 20 and due to the
members Tor the last twelve months;
that expenses of running the associa
tion amounted to $2,271 80
and that the income from all sources,
including the balance ON hand ut the
last annual meeting, amounts to $23,- :
872 48, leaving balance in the hands
of the treasurer OF 81, 1908.
The membership has been largely
increased the past year, and the assO-
clation now has Ill 900 cattle on the
assessment rolls and Is better organ
lied and equipped for doing good ser
vice than ever before. IL Is the
opinion OF the committee that
there no longer exists a necessit Y
tor a. local naHoe Tor this
association. We therefore recon-
mend the name be changed from the
Cattle Raisers' Association of North
west Texas to that of the Cattle Rails.
ers' Associations of Texas, and that
we invite all cattle men in good
Standing in Texas, Indian Territory
Oklahoma and New Mexico TO join
US.
We recommend that the Office of
secretary and treasurer and of general
manager he moved to the same central
location on the railroad.
The association raised $500 In cash
for the Worlds Fair fund.
The officers elected were A. p. Bush,
presidents; J. B Taylor of San Anto-
MO, and 5. b. Barrett of Fort Worth,
vice. presidents; j G. Loving, secreta.
ry, and e. b. Harold of Fort Worth,
treasurer.
The name was changed as the exc.
cutive committee suggested and the
headquart rs OF the association located
at Fort Worth.
q. w. Simpson of the Simpson syn.
dictate, presented u proposition OF
great interest to cotton ralsers in con
nection with the proposed purchase OF
the Fort Worth packing house and
union stock yards, that was referred
to "A committee and on this the com
mittee will report favorably.