Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-01-14
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CONVENTION NOTES.
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The saddle contest for the most popu-
,ar stockman win be closed Friday at 3
o'clock. After that hour until In the
evening open balloting will be con-
ductcd in the citizens committee
rooms. 2l5 Progress block: the polls will
then be declared officially closed. Dur
ing the process Of balloting there will
be a blackboard set up in the commit
tee rooms, upon which will be recorded
the votes for the various candidates
as they are received. At the present
the votes are being withheld, and It is
said that at the last moment there VIII
be some big surprises In store,
The Wyoming legislature will arrive
In town ON "A special train at $3.50 to-
morrow morning Chairman Leary has
named Hon Thomas kearns, Judge o.
w. Powers. John h. Foulks, NJ. X. Par
sons and John H. White as a commit
tee 20 meet the legislators at the depot
and escort them TO their headquarters.
special badges have been prepared for
the visitors.
The convention will see the advent Of
number OF newspaper men in this
city 4. c. Dawson, STAFF corresp0n-
dent of the Galveston Daily News, and
the Dallas Morning News. was the
first out OF town man TO appear on the
scene He brings word with him that
the Texas delegation IS coming In
bunch. Polly Pry, stan correspon-
dent of the Denver Post was expect
ed 10 arrive at noon today while l.. NJ,
Wilcox, OF Field and Farm az Denver;
Fred j. Johnson Of the Denver Daily
Stockman, 7. w Mccullough. manag-
Ing editor Of the Omaha Bee; Bruce
Mccullough, Of the Omaha Journal and
Stockman and a. G.. HalliWell, OF the
Chicago Livestock World, will come
in today.
The New Mexico delegates arrived
yesterday afternoon and are quarter
ed at the Knutsford. They are Sol
Luna, Of Los Lunas; II. w Kelly, Of
Las Vegas; w. S. Prayer, Of Roswell
II. f. Lee. OF Albuerque r. J. White. Of
Roswell and J. II. Rodshon, Of Liberty
The hotels are beginning to realize
that there is 10 be a stock convention
held in this city tomorrow Ever since
Saturday night every train has brought
In a host OF delegates and visitors un-
TN by noon today It began TO appear
that the limits OF the various hostelries
were beginning to show symptoms Of
being severely oyerstrained. There are
more coming and several thousand yet
to be heard from
The committee on arid lands held an
informal discussion at the Knutsford
last night Owing 10 the fact that there
was not a quorum present no business
was transacted. Those present were
+. r. Cooling Of Idaho, who presided;
r. p. Snow Of Wyoming; Jesse NJ
Smith. Of Utah; solomon Lunas. Of
New Mexico; Z. S Gosney, Of Arizona;
John r. Irish, Of California NJ A.
Dougherty, Of Nebraska, Of the COM
mittee, and President Springer and
Secretary Martin. Of the association.
Here is a sample Of the advance no.
tices that are being received by wire
from the various delegations by Chair
man Leary This one is signed by G..
w. Ballantne, general manager OF the
Denver Union Stockyards. Just been
fired through the Grand canyon OF the
Arkansas. II you love us, head us or
before we hit the lake"
The following delegations have Sc
cured headquarters at the Kenyon.
The St Joe delegation has two parlors
and four suites. the Kansas city dele
cation has four suites, Mallory & Co..
n Chicago. and Omaha, have one par
or and eight suites Matt Daughcrty.
Tor the Omaha club, has two suites, and !
The Black Hills delegation has head |
quarters. i
The Idaho delegation has chosen the
Cullen as its headquarters
There are now over 400 head OF fancy |
stock comfortably Quarteded in the /
stalls at the Exposition grounds They |
ire beauties and consist Of the finest lot |
IF animals that have ever been on ex- |
libition in Salt Lake city
Matt Daugherty Of Sidney. Neb.. a
member OF the Nebraska delegation |
says that his State Is going Ia make |
he EFFORT OF its life TO secure the
lext meeting Of the convention at
omaha
The California delegation is at the
IL includes Col John +. |
irish and w Mayo Newhal of San /
francisco; John Gilchlrst, OF Oakland,
md +. c. Lusk, Of Chico, who was APP
pointed by the governor.
The haokmen In this city are already
beginning to reap golden harvest |
rom the visitors II begins already TO |
ook as though there We're not enough /
rehlcles Of this description In the city
o accommodate the stockmen who /
ave a marked antipathy to walking
anywhere.
The attention Of all delegates TO the