The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-22
THOSE WHO'LL GONE
To Stock Association Meeting
and What they'll Do.
SOME FUN, SOME BUSINESS
But Most important of All, a
Little Trading.

I In this day OF numerous meetings, of
assemblages Of secret orders, of fraternal
bodies, of political conclaves. the people.
unless personally interested, generalize all
meetings under the head, Convention
The next big convention in Wichita is
Of the livestock men. a great many
people understand this. but they do not
comprehend why the livestock men are
meeting. or why they should meet.
The big meeting here in Wichita next
February is the annual gathering Of the
name does not mean that membership is
confined TO Oklahoma. 1t includes the
ranchmen from New Mexico, the Panhan-
ole OF Texas, the Indian nations and of
Kansas The meeting is a mixture of
pleasure, business and instruction.
The business part of the convention is
what Wichita is directly interested in.
The great cattle raisers of the southwest.
the kings Of the vast ranges, find it a con-
Venience to get together at least once a
year, for proposing and communicating
among themselves trades. Great blocks
Of cattle are swapped at these meetings.
or arrangements made to buy and sell
on certain dates. Now, the benefit W'ich-
tia hopes to reap from this gathering is
embraced in te circumstance that the cat
tlenan viii ind this an admiral BILE central
place for trading. This viii be the first
step towards making this a cattle point.
q field that The local packing houses are
SOC nto reach out for. The moneyed cat
tlemen of this great territory will become
familiar with. the city, with its accommo-
dations and its accessibility.
Now. the Instructive part of the conven-
ton IS a session in which experts on
questions affecting live stock interests,
read papers detailing discoveries and con-
illusions. The method of marketing. the
time, the level Of prices. fluctuations, the
treatment Of the various diseases in cat
tie, the changes in market, the demand
for varieties. al this IS talked exhaust
lively. Now, it may not be that the man
who has come TO Wichita to trade cattle
Will go to hear these papers. He may not
20 near the convention. But 4 great many
Of the attendants viii.
The third part Of the event is that part
which deals with amusement. The actual
workers on big ranches are pretty closely
confined the year round, despite their
broad prairies. Even wide prairie can
become monotonous. The convention to
a great number on the ranches is a Holt
day. They Will come to Wichita for a
good time They will want { osee bron-
cho busting. ropin gcontests and the like
They viii want good time. If they have
q good time. they viii want to come to
Wichita again
These three features are the dominant
ones OF the coming Livestock Association
convention.
The traders will be here. and they VIII
come again, as sure as the sun shines.
The program Of addresses presents the
ablest array Of talent ever presented in
the West before.
The entertainment IN the way Of cow
boy sports is going to be more extensive.
and livlier than anything ever presented /
in the nation before 1t viii be a whole
wild west show in itself.
Secretary Bolton Of the Association Is /
now working with the railroads for rates. /
In addition to the rates, two special +
trains from the southwest Will be run
into Wichita, earryin gvisitors to Wich- +
tia.
The event is going TO be consequently a (
great one. and, most of all. master
stroke for Wichita. which is determined .
that it shall be the livestock center of +
the southwest. as its geographical loca-
ton entities it to be.