The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-04-20
OF the Montana StockRroWerS
Held at Miles City
Tuesday.
A LARGE ATTEND
Conventions 90 on Record ~ Against
Proposed System " Leasing
Public Domain,

The fifteenth annual meeting of the
Montana stock Growers association was
convened In Miles City Tuesday morn.
ing by President Hplt, Tho attendance
was much larger Dian 9sT the past few
preceding meetiDgsl Not only We're me
old members there, but many new faces
which will hereafter be known ~ regu'
lGr ones,
The address Of Welcome WAS made
by Judge streyell, The judge said
some Of those present had been coming
40 often and 10 long that they had grown
old In the service, II aIl tho members
could BIO gotten together ut 0ns tins 20
room large enough 10 hGll them could
be obtained, Another year bad passed
sipee the last meeting and oil were thlt
much older In years and experience, "
hnd been tho custom NJ these annual
gatherings to make . retrospect, The
speaker referred To Colonel Gopld's nd
dress Of last rear In which no had
spoken ~ tbs flag being taken 10 Che
islands Of the Pacific and u gave tho
present speaker pleappre 70 note that v
still remained there and he hoped "
would remain, The Latin races bad 10
give way to the Anglo,sason and the
onward march 70 progress would COB,
time, The county Wns prosperous and
as " prnspered NO would the people
prosper, With \ brief reffrenoe 10 Tho
absent ones Judge slrayeH again pade
tha visitors WDiDOme,
The animal report of the Secretary
treasurer showed \ total cash balapoe of
s9g, 042, 0b, A yeaT ago the total paid
pp membership aggregated aab Iho!o
hayn heen some losses by death and 9th
erwise, and the net gain IN membership
N only tWepty'seyhn, making \ total
Of n6a members noY enrolled Az this
meeting twenty-five nuw members were
enrolled, mixing . tofal membership ~
lB7,
Committees were appointed on rennd'
MP, nominations, yawsolptions ana leglsr
lAtpre,
Professor shaw of tho experiment
station ~ tho Montana agricultural col
lnge addressed the meeting on tho sub
jent Of grnasns M feed for range stock,
George NJ, Hays deputy sIato traas'
prer, snid The bounty fund WIS ln nAfplr
lent condition, Some ut the warrants
Alpd IN the eNrlier ninetiaa still remnin
nnpnid, Ahopt Sah, 600 was IN the fnnd
Nv present md with tho monthly alai'
lions the tnnd would soon repoh about
8lb0, 900 annually for The payment ~
hnunlipH, With the Income guaranteed
by the present bounty INK lnyg and nd
ditinns from llnenHesi et1ti II Wauld Pc
possible 10 have tho bounty on Wolves
and coyotes Increased lie estimated
fhnt by Jan, | the amount IN tho bounty
fund Wnnld lnnt NJ ~ least 800, ~ mud
Al Tho old warrants n0nlfd hn paid
Prominent mllrQna aud stock COM
mission men were present and Adarpfs-
lnp Tho meeting
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