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srockoRoweRs' CONVENTION.

| STOCkOROWERS' CONNENIlON
Delegates Wanted From All the stoch
Raising Counties-Eik for the barbecue.
Governor Adams has consented tc
address the Stockgrowers' convention
when 1t convenes at Denver on the
morning of January 25, 1898. The sec
ond speaker will be Mayor McMurray
who will make the address of welcome
for the citizens of Denver.
At meeting Of the executive com
mittee of the convention. held ut head
quarters yesterday. the following reso
luton was adopted as an amendmen
| to the call issued ON November 10th:
whereas. in many of the counties OF
the state. where raising of cattle, sheer
and horses are the leading Industries
the local stock associations have bee.
abandoned because of the inactivity III
these industries during the past ter
years Notwithstanding the fact tina; ir
several of them the number of stock
will reach as high as 100000 head
and.
Whereas. because of this fact I'M
der strict Interpretation of the call,
! these owners will be deharred from
representation at the convention except
through the state associations, which
in their opinion will be unjust TO these
! great industries: therefore be il
Resolved, that every Board of Coun-
/ ty Commissioners in the state of Colo
rado, in counties not having local
/ stock associations. are hereby author
/ lied 10 appoint five delegates from
among The stockmen of said county; in
counties having local associations OF
cattle. sheep or horse breeders they
shall collectively be entitled to appoint
five delegates to attend this convention.
TO be held in the city of Denver on Jan
uary, %. 26. and -. 1895"
The secretary was requested 10 mail
copy of these resolutions TO the chair
man of the Board of County Commits
sioners of every county. with request
that he cause them to he published in
the various papers of his county.
The barbecue feature of the conven-
ton promises to be one Of the most
unique affairs ever held in the West.
The committee in charge of the ar
rangcments held a meeting yesterday
afternoon and divided up the work OF
preparation. II was estimated that
there would be at least 10000 people
at the barbecue to be fed. and the ar
rangements are being made upon this
basis. The committee decided that
they would need:
Eight beeves,
Four elk.
Four buffaloes.
Twenty-Five sheep.
Two bears,
Twelve antelope.
Ten thousand pickles,
Half a ton OF cheese.
Two thousand loaves of bread,
Two hundred opossums,
Thirty barrels of yams.
One hundred kegs of beer.
Among the many good things to be
eaten at the National Stockgrowers'
barbecue. will he a number OF elk. Yes
terday j. B. Thompson of the Rio
Grande road. member of one of the
Stockgrowers' convention committees,
called upon State Fish and Game Com
missioner Swan at the state house,
asking permission to get some elk 10
be eaten at the barbecue. He told Mr..
Swan that Captain Marcus Coon Of
Buford, had a number of elk for sale.
and Mr.. Thompson's committee is very
anxious to purchase a few
Mr.. Swan told him that II he could
prove to him that the elk Captain Coon
wants TO sell to them We're raised by
him, they could buy the game and kill
II. Commissioner Swan takes this
precaution to prevent the idea gaining
circulation that the stockmen were IL
legally allowed to kill game.
There will be twenty-five cooks en-
ployed and 200 walters. and one of the
novel features will be the walters The
committee will send out invitations to
200 OF the most prominent men in
town. such as ID. II. Moffat, Myron
Reed. Wolfe Londoner. Mayor McMur-
ray. G. Ross-Iewin. Ex-Governor Grant
In short. all the prominent men who
can be induced to put on white apron
and act as waiter for the day. Already
some OF the above have expressed their
willingness to undertake the job. and
1t is believed that there will be no
trouble In getting all of this high
grade Of walters needed The barbc-
cue IL to be the thing, and the best
people of the city are already showing
an interest In the affair which prom
ises to make II a big success.
In order to make sure that the
weather shall not interfere. a big
circus tent, warranted to hold 10000
people. has been secured and will be
erected at the stock yards. The rail
roads will furnish the extra trains
needed to transport the people there
and back. and the arrangements will
be most complete In every way. A
barbecue with such a novel bill OF fare
has never been heard OF before and
probably never will again. II Is to be
made the big social time OF the con.
vention. where the people of Denver
and the cattlemen Of the West will
greet those OF the East and get nc.
quainted. The committee, under the
leadership OF Chairman Ricqles. is en-.
thusiastic. and the barbecue arrange.
inents Will be az complete as It is pos.
sible to make them. Mr.. l.. Butter.
held. who has had big experience In
barbccues before. will give his per.
s0nnl attention to the arrangements
and there ls no question but Il will be
the success promised.
The committee on ARRANGEMENTS mat