San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-07
ALL WELCOME
SAN ANTONIO STANDS WITH OPEN
ARMS TO ALL.
The Two Stockmen's Conventions Will o.
cupy our Attention This Week
Preliminaries Completed.

in the gates of the hospltable Alamo
city during the present week has be-
gun to arrive and in the city, espec-
tally at the hotels, railway depOtS and
| bureaus of information all was bus
tie and activity yesterday and COM
mittee men and the employees of the
general committee were busy putting
on the final touches. Last nights
trains brought in large lot of visitors
and they were directed to their hotels
by the committee in the most comfort
able manner. TOday'S trains will bring
in their crowds from all over Texas
and from many points outside the lin
its of the state To all these visitors
the Light and the citizens of SanAn-
tonic. this ancient rendezvous and
home of the stock raising industry of
the great Long Horn empire extends
cordial welcome, and will endeavOr to
make the visit as long and as pleasant
as possible.
The first convention to begin session
is the Texas Live Stock association.
which will begin its sixth annual
meeting tomorrow morning at $50
o'clock in the Grand Opera house.
| HIS WIS Ill
| the interest of the growers of cattle,
horses, sheep, and swine, and it has
steadily grown in numbers and in in
fluence year by year. A very interest
| ing program has been prepared for
this meeting which will be carried out
in full. The subjects for discussion
have been assigned to capable men
and much interesting information will
be obtained by those who are fortu-
nate enough to attend. There are sew
| Gral live questions of vital import
ance to the live stock industry of this
state which should be discussed at
| this convention. The Legislature will
still be in session, and the views of
the convention as crystalized in the
| form of resolutions and requests will
doubtless have some weight with the
law making powers at Austin.
The following is the program in full
which will be carried out at the meet
ing:
Convention called to order at $3.50
a. m. by President NJ. SAMSON.
Prayer. by Rev. Bayard Craig.
| Official welcome. by Hon. Bryan
Callaghan. mayor of San Antonio.
Address of welcome on behalf of
the local stockmen, by Col. II. f. Bar
nard.
Response. by Hon. A. s. Reed, Fort
| Worth.
Presidents annual message.
| Address by Gov. c. A. Culberson.
| Report of secretary and treasurer.
Reports of standing committees.
New business. resolutions, etc.
Subjects for diScussion-"Live stock
commission charges"-DiscussiOn led
by Col. w. Z. Hughes, of Dallas; to
be followed by Col c. C. Slaughtered
Dallas; and John l. Clare, of Beeville.
THE Needs of the determination of
Wild nimals"-DiscussiOn to be led
by Capt. b. L. Crouch, of Pearsall.
Railroad Charges"-HOn. J. w.
| Springer, of Dallas, and Hon. \. s.
Reed, of Fort Worth.
| stock Yards, Feed and Terminal
| hargeS"-DiscuSsiOn to be led by
Col. Ike T. Pryor, Of Columbus, to be
followed by Dan o. Lively, of Fort
Worth, and Col. Geo. w. Littlefield,
of Austin.
1.-The Swine Industry
led by w. C LeBaron, Waco; to be
followed by Major w. II. Cavitt, Bry-
|
Springs.
The Sheep and Goat Industry
Discussion led by Capt. \. +. Shep-
K. NJ Taylor, San Antonio, and w.
\. Guthrie, San Angelo.
THE Horse ndustry''-DiscussiOn
led by Hon. Henry EXall, Dallas; to
be followed by r. NJ. Parke. Kyle,
1 TnI
| THE Cattle Industry of Texas
Discussion led by Col. Geo. b. Loving,
Fort Worth; to be followed by Hon.
Frank T. Holland, Dallas; VIM. Kuy
kendall, Tilden; John Kennedy, Cor
pus Christi, and Worries =. Brown, San
| Antonio.
| Texas Fever and Quarantine Reg
ulatiOns"-Discussion led by Hon. r.
J.. Kleberg, Alice; to be led?by Hon.
w. J. Moore. Galveston and Hon. w.
B. Tullis, Quanah.
| THE Necessity for Live Stock
Statistical Bureau''-Discussion led by
Col. w. L. Black. Fort McKavitt: TO
Pearsall, and A. +. Bush, Jr., COlOra-
do.
An address. Feed Products" by
| y. L.
Ladies are cordially invited to at
tend the meetings. If the business be-
fore the convention is not finished
during the day an adjourned session
will be held at night in some hall to
be announced in Mondays paper.
Preliminary TO the meeting of this
association the executive committee
will hold meeting this morning at
II o'clock in the office of the secreta-
ry.V Worries z. Brown. in the Frost
building. Main plaza. The committee
| is as follows:
| 4. s. Reed, Fort Worth; Geo. b.
Loving. Fort Worth: Ben f. Darling
ton. San Antonio: Sol. West, San An
tonic: ]. H. P. Davis, Richmond; JnO.
W. Springer, Dallas; Marion SAMSON,
Alvarado; John It. Little, Lyle; Ike
T. Pryor. San Antonio; Worries P.
Brown, San Antonio.
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