The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-06-29
THE STOCKMEN'S BANQUET.
A Social Affair Given in Honor Of the Govern
ment Forestry Agents.

ment Forestry Agents.
Friday evening about fifty Yakima
citizens gathered around the festive
board at Hotel Yakima to do honor 10
the special forestry reserve agents, ID. b.
Shellar and George Mccoy. The spec
ial guests were to depart on the midnight
train, and to give ample time for the fes-
tivities, Col. Hewlett, as POSTMASTER,
gave the command for the feast to begin.
] he tables were graced with all the lux
uries of the season, and many luXuries
peculiar to all seasons were on tap. At
the head of the main table Col. Howlet
sat, supported on either side by the
guests of honor. Messrs. Shellar and
Mccoy. 4 young lamb was brought in
by four sheepmen and placed on the
sidCboard, where it soon nestled down
to sleep in the midst OF a bank of flow
ers. To tn left Of the chair were the
musicians, Prof. Aldrich with his violin
and Prof. Capobianco, the motel harpist
of San Francisco.
Col, Hewlett began the toast feature of
the banquet by some witty illusions that
set the table in roar at the start. He
remarked that ever since Mary had lit
tie lamb the sheep industry had been on
top, but he had often thought that if
Mary had only had little calf the cattle
industry would have led all other stock
Industries in Yakima. Great merri.
ment.
The first toast Of the evening was
The President of the United States"
which was eloquenrly responded to by
Hon. Ira p. Englehart. "The Forest
Reserve" was responded to by d. b.
Shell If, who stated that some doubts
were expressed by the appointing power
Of his ability to handle large bodies Of
men with their conflicting interests on
the government reserve; but If all the
rest of the stockmen were as reasonable
to get along with as the Yakima people,
he would cheeriully undertake TO handle
five thousand of them. He felicitated
happy outcome of his visit and predict
ed that the department would deal lib
orally and leniently with them so long
as they protected the reserve from over
grazing. and to this end he could help
them by prohibiting the importation of
Oregon sheep for grazing on the Rainier
reserve.
The toast of washington and Its
Governor was responded 10 by Nestal
SNYDER, who eulogized Washington as
one of the greatest states, and Wash
ington's governor as having few equals
and no superior in the Union.
The Bar the protector of our inter.
ests' was the next toast, and John Il.
Bowie was called upon to respond. He
said that lawyers were generally paid to
speak for others, but they were never hap
pier or more in earnest than when SPEAK.
ing for themselves. He hal becn panied
to learn III the Commercial club meeting
OF the stockmen the day before that the
government agents had been warned that
the sheepman were tough lot As
for himself he could say that several
times in the last decade he had gone
home late from club and other proies-
sioual duties and never vet had been held
up 10y sheep man. Laughter On
the contrary the stockmen Of Yakima,
Ike the balance of the citizens, were
an intelligent, prosperous and law-abld-
ing people. The man who feeds the
world acquires riches, but the sheep
man not only helped to feed, but clothe
the world and he was glad to see them
enter into a combine, as the only trust
he favored was that of the producers, to
demand of the powers that be their law
full rights upon the public domain.
The odd sections" was allotted to f.
F. Benson of the N. p. R'y Co.. and his
assurances that the company desired 10
cooperate with and not hamper the
sheepmen 10 their pasturage met with
hearty round of applause.
Our guests" was appropriately re-
piled TO by Hon. George Mccoy, who
has succeeded Fred Mathewson as for
estry agent. He made most favorable