The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-18
Preparing For National Live
stock Convention.
STIRRING UP INTEREST
MEETING HELD YESTERDAY
AND PRFLIMINARIES BEGUN.
Five or Six Thousand People viii
Attend the Associations Meeting
in This City Next January and
Weeks Reception and Entertain
ment Will Be Provided.

The first steps toward the reception
and entertainment Of the NdIlonaI
livestock association in this CITY next
January were taken yesterday. AT the
invitation of Secretary Callister OF the
Utah Wool Growers association a lew
gtockmen met in the offices OF D. II.
Movie to discuss plans for an organ
ization. under the operations OF which
the convention can be suitably proVld-
ed for, and tie large number Of dele
gates and visitors it will bring into the
state and city may be entertained.
J. c. Leary was made chairman or
the meeting, and T. A. Callister' sec
rotary. In stating the purpose of the
gathering Mr.. Leary declared it to be
his opinion, as well as that of many
others with whom he had talked on
the subject, that the state, and more
especially the city, would be called
upon to provide quarters and almost a
weeks entertainment next January Tor
5000 or 5000 people. The assurances
which he had received. and those which
had been given all returning delegates
from Fort Worth, were of character
TO establish the willingness of the home
folks to do the proper thing by these
visitors He was confident that this
disposition was general. and its ex-
preston could be secured and attached
10 this movement as soon as it could
be organized and a start made.
United in Sentiment.
John c. Mackey thought the initial
steps toward the organization of the
movement should be made soon, and he
had hoped that action to that end could
be taken at this preliminary meeting.
In his later argument, however, the
present gathering was too small nu-
merically to undertake the work of or
ganiZation. He expressed an ambition
that u tab should distinguish herself on
this occasion, and to insure the coop
Grafton of everybody he wanted the
first moves in the matter made along
lines that would attract every sympa-
thetic interest.
o. P. Hatch Of Woods Cross spoke in
the same strain, and Chief Devine of
the fire department promised his aid
for the movement in every manner
which would not entail neglect Of his
official duties.
Henry Harker Of Nelson, s. T. Rigby
and others present manifested a de-
sire to help the project along, and
spoke for themselves and others in as
sorting that Utah and Salt Lake ought
TO do this reception up right
Committee to Begin Work.
The following motion by John c.
Mackey was finally adopted:
Resolved, That the chairman ap-
point a committee of twelve to prepare
lists Of committees for the proper re-
ception and entertainment Of the Ma
fiOnai livestock association next Ian
uary. And that this committee of
twelve report during the session of the
Wool Growers association in the hall
of the city council on the afternoon of
April s next"
The committee appointed was as fol-
lows: Chairman, James II. Moyle; Hal
w. Brown, James Devine, Jesse NJ.
Smith, L. H. Callister, w. II. Haigh,
John c. Mackey, James G. Leary,
Henry HarkeT, John II. White, o. z.
Hatch, 5. t. Rigby.
The secretary was requested to ask
the Wool Growers association to in
clude in its call for the meeting men
toned an invitation to merchants. rail-
road men and other interested citizens
10 attend the forthcoming meeting, and
10 solicit the aid Of the city press to-
ward securing an attendance.
Mr.. MOyle, as chairman of the COM
mfttee of twelve announces that the
latter viii meet in his office at 2 D. m.
April 3.