Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-12-06
STOCKMEN TO MEET.
National Live Stock Association
Convention.
WILL Be HELD In SALT LAKE CITY.
Dates Set for January is, 1e, II and
10, 1901 Meeting Will Be of Bene-
fit to Stockmen-Some of the Sub
jects That VIII be Treated.

Calls have gone out for the next
meeting of the National Live Stock
association, which is to be held at
Salt Lake City, Utah, January 10, 1t,
IL and 1S, 1901. This association
stands for the live stock industry OF
the United States, its membership
representing 10,OOO,00O head of live
stock with an invested capital OF $780,
100000 scattered thru every state in
the union. The coming convention pro-
misses to be the largest of the kind
ever held in the United States and
subjects will come up for considera-
tion which are of the greatest impor-
lance to all branches of the industry.
Work to be Done.
The work to be done at the next
meeting is of large scope and will be
of great educational interest to men
engaged in live stock business.
Among the subjects that will properly
come up for discussion before the con-
vention will be the following Reso-
luton favoring government instead OF
state inspection of live stock; reso-
luton against the passage of the Grout
bill: report of the special committee
on amendment of the land laws; the
use of forest reservations for grazing
purposes; the census of live stock
and methods to secure annual vital
statistics in relation to live stock in
dustry: irrigation and its relation to
the grazing of arid lands of the west;
| methods of securing more universal
| laws regarding live stock in the va
rious states and territories; our ex-
port trade and methods of building up
| the same; transportation Of live stock
by railroads and matters appertaining
thereto; work of the bureau of animal
| industry of the United States and
methods for aiding the bureau to ex-
tend its work in the interest of the in
dustry; all matters of general or prac-
teal nature pertaining to the live
stock industry may be brought before
| the convention by resolution or other
| wise.
The Representation.
The executive committee of the as.
ISOLATION is made up of one member
from each of thirty-seven states. The
representative from Iowa is G. s. Bar
clay, of West Liberty, who is deeply
interested in live stock affairs.
lhe meeting is being advertised eX-
Itensively; a committee of newspaper
men in Salt Lake is working hard for
the success of the affair and indica-
tons are that it will be a big meeting.
Delegates will be admitted according
to the provisions of the constitution,
and bylaws of the association, as fol.
| lows: The governor of each state
and territory shall be entitled to ap-
point three delegates at large; the
board of supervisors in each county
where there are no regularly organic.
ed live stock associations shall be en-
titled to appoint one delegate; each
/ state and territorial, county or loca
Association of cattle, horses, sheep OF
swine breeders, or feeders, shall be
entitled to one delegate for every 10,
1000 head of stock or fraction thereof
represented by said association; eacl
/ state or territorial live stock sanitary
board shall be entitled to one dele
gate; each live stock commission ex
change shall be entitled to one dele
gate at large and one for each twenty
live members thereof; each stock
yards company shall be entitled tt
lone delegate; eacp railway and trans
portation company shall be entitled tt
one delegate; each chamber of com
merce shall be entitled to one dele
gate for each 100 members; each state
: and local dairymen's association shall
be entitled to one delegate; each state
irrigation association shall be entitled
| to one delegate; each state board o
agriculture and each agricultural col
llege shall be entitled to one delegate
: above representation applies onl.
where requirements regarding mem
bership have first been complied with