The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-19
sTOCKGRoWERs MEETING AT
MILES CITY.
EARLY DAYS ARE RECALLED
Roping Contests and Other Cowboy
Sports to Amuse the
Visitors.
From Wednesdays Daily Gazette.

The sixteenth annual meeting of the
Montana Stockgrowers' association
convened at Miles City yesterday
Owing to the special efforts put forth
by the Mitesians OF entertain the Wis.,
itors the attendance was larger than
in years past. Captain J. T. Brown.
president, presided
Cattlemen from all over the state
were present and the usual number OF
representatives of the traffic depart
ments of the various railroads that get
a "'whack' at stuck shipments from
the state, were present. A feature
that recalled the earlier days of the
associations annual round-ups wereI
the contests of skill in which realL
cowboys were the contestants. Therel
ment and other organizations of the
city participated and which was
headed by the state reform school
band, a Kery ~creditable musical or
%ganization. In compliment to the >citi-
Ems and visitors. Captain Lindsey,
commanding officer OF Fort -kaQgh,
turned out with a troop of the First
United States cavalry and added to
the numbers and appearance OF the
parade. In the afternoon there We're
several cowboy races. rOping contests,
exhibitions of rInlng bucklng brnnchos
and .firemen's races
The Miles City club, as usual, kept
,Opn house. anu served it's famous. roast
pig, a dish that has a fame and name
wherever the name OF Miles City is
.hnoWn.
The meeting will close today. Fol
lowing lis the nnual report OF Sec
Rotary -Preuitt, submitted yesterday:
Miles City, April 16-Mr. President
and Gentlemen of the Conventions:
This convention, which is the six
teenth annual OF he Montana Stock
Growers association. completes the
Fifteenth year OF it's existence, and
beg to submit the following report OF
the condition of the association fl
-nances and of it's affairs in general.
The financial statement is as fol
lows:
Cash balances on hand April 1,
1900
In stray account. ....-..-.$ 29,2SS 81
In annual dues account. a,753 IA
Total cash balance $32,O42 05
Receipts during year
Sale of stray cattle. .$148s5OS 65
Annual dues of members. l,93O 100
T~otalreceipts, allsources S150,43S 65
Total of balances and re- !
ceipts 1888, 4SD 10
Disbursements during year
To owners of stray cattle .$144,337 "a
All office ...... 5S3 90
Total disbursements. ..$144,9 l9 Sd
Cash balance on hand
In stray fund.............$ 1850 %
In annual dues fund ...... 5,OO1 IA
Total balance on hand
April !. 1901. ......-........$ 3S,S6l 30
In compliance with a resolution
adopted at the twelfth annual conven-
ton of the association, the board Of
stock commissions have annually en-
ployed an accountant to audit the ac-
counts of the association, and his re-
port viii be presented during the ses-
sion.
A yaer ago our total paid up mem
sa5ership was three hundred and sixty
two, and during the year thjrty-eight
new names were passed upon by the
membership committee and enrolled
as members, and we have a consider
able list of new names to present to
the convention at this session We
have lost eight members during the
year by resignation, so that our net
gain during the year was just thirty,
while the list we have for presenta-
ton today will swell this number very
considerably. This increase indicates
a very healthy growth, and taken in
conjunction with the financial state
ment shows a very satisfactory con-
dition of the association affairs.
The matter of legislation received
considerable attention during the. re-
cent legislative session, and some few
bills passed which will affect the live
stock interests. One Of these was the
so as to provide for a SIS bounty on
the wolves and coyotes. The horse
inspection law was also amended so
as to prohibit the taking of horses
from the state without inspection at
the loading point, and the railroads
are made to assist in protecting the
stock interests by requiring a dupli-
cate inspection certificate to be filed
before shipment is made. Heretofore,
it was easy to evade the law, but
there should be no difficulty exper-
fenced henceforth in securing the
inspection of all horses shipped. A
bill was passed providing for the pub
LEGATION of the list of stray stock re
naming unclaimed each year. An
other bill passed, prohibits the slaugh'
treing of bigjaw cattle for sale as
beef, while a very good measure was
passed to prevent fires along the rail
roads. In addition a bill was passed
for the taxation of livestock brought
into the state for temporary grazing
purposes, and a very effective bill wal
passed for the inspection of meat an6