The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-04
| ASSEMBLY HALL
Where Livestock Convention
viii Be Held.
COMMITTEES IN SESSION
ENTERTAINMENTS PLANNED
FOR CITY'S GUESTS.

The fourth annual convention of the
National Livestock association viii be
/ held in the Assembly han. This was
/ decided upon by the committee on ar
| engagements yesterday. The only ex-
| pense attached to the use of the build
| ing VIII be janitor hire and heating and
/ lighting bills. The committee feels that
the arrangement viii be satisfactory in
every way.
A meeting of all the committees was
| held in the Progress building headquar-
/ tiers last night. The attendance was
large and considerable enthusiasm was
manifested. Those in charge of the
| finances reported that $500 had been
/ raised so far, with some large contrfbu-
tors yet to be heard from Little diff
/ 1culty is anticipated in bringing the
total up to the amount which IL is
| thought win be required. about 81 SEQ
Reception at Knutsford.
The entertainment committee report
/ ed that arrangements were under way
! for d big reception at the Knutsford
on the Tuesday night of convention
! week On Wednesday night there viii
! be given in the Tabernacle the finest
/ concert that has ever been heard in
/ Salt Lake. Private receptions in many
of the city's most magnificent homes
| VIII occupy Thursday evening On the
| same night trolley parties win be in
order under the auspices of the women
/ entertainers. The Elks' smoker. at
which it is thought 700 guests viii be
entertained. occurs on the last night of
| the convention.
1t was decided last night that il
would be best to abandon the proposed
auction sale of fine stock The sale
] was deemed inadvisable for the reason
,a~.g.
/ the animals. A private sale and ex-
! hibitfon will be given. however. at
which all grade stock which can be
handled in pens viii be admitted. ON
motion of John II. White the livestock
| committee was instructed to encourage
the exhibition of horses. sheep. cattle
/ and hogs.
To Promote Livestock Show.
1 With this end in view. John II. See
| ley. Fred Austin and A H Hudnall
I viii work with the promoters of the
/ Chicago livestock show. An effort VIII
/ be made to bring out here some of the
animals that are exhibited there. Mr..
HudnalI is now in Chicago. where
! Messrs. Seeley and Austin will shortly
/ Join him.
The advertising committee was aU-
/ thOTized to close a contract with the
Utah Lithographing company for some
/ big posters. A total Of 5000 viii be
distributed all over the western cOun-
| try. The work IS TO cost S425 and the
[ Autographs will be ready within TWEEN
| ty-two days. It is hoped that they
will be started from here in time for
] them to reach their most remote des-
/ tinatiOns by the 1st of the year.
Frank Burke, Of the brothers of that
name. whose cattle ranch at American
/ Falls. Ida, is already bidding for fame
( among stockmen because of the quality
/ of its stock, was a caller at convention
I headquarters yesterday The exhibition
/ feature of the convention is the one
most attractive to Mr.. Burke. He and
[ his brother are thinking of bringing a
! string of their fancy calves in for show
/ purposes and he was consulting with
/ Chairman Seavy yesterday on the ad-
visibility of shipping down with them
/ Earl XVI, the noted white-faced ,
/ year-Old bull the brothers bought from
/ Kirk b. Armour at the big auction sale
/ in Kansas City last year
This bull is one of the fanciest indi-
/ viduaIs imported into the west of late
/ years and If he is shown in the coming
! exhibition viii attract much attention.
Programme Contract Let.
! Contract was made yesterday be-
! tween the arrangements committee and
I the Lester Wallach company for the
/ official programme of convention week
/ The exclusive privilege was accorded
/ the advertising company for this pub
| LEGATION in consideration of an agree
ment to get out real souvenir Of the
| occasion, artistically designed. beauti-
| fully executed and historical of the city
as well.
Frank II. Rudy placed on exhibition
/ at headquarters samples of the new
/ alfalfa plant otherwise known as the
/ Australian Salt Bush (semiI bacattium
and atripIex HalmOides) with which he
/ has been successfully experimenting on
alkai lands for year or So stock
men have been talking about this plant
! considerably lately as one to cultivate
on the salt lands of this state, where
! difficulty is encountered in starting al
| falfa.