The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-19
Gossip and Stories of Convention and
Delegates.

said Matt Daugherty yesterday: "Of
course We wanted the convention az
1 Omaha, but since the delegates have
( given it TO Chicago we are satisfied
/ You see. we are built on the broad
/ principle of an Irishman and have no
kick coming. ] am very pleased with
the convention We have had. It has
/ been the greatest during the history
4 of the association. and the climate of
/ Salt Lake in midwinter has been beau
/ tiful. We have been accorded a de-
lightfui reception and 1 am very
pleased
Judge I. n. Sullivan of the supreme
bench of Idaho had this to say last
/ night of the convention: Though I
am only & visiting delegate, I have
! taken a great interest in the proceed
/ ings and have been instructed very
much by the papers read and the topics
I discussed 1t has been a great con-
ventiOn. I have been highly entertain
( ed and so have all of our delegation.
I Salt Lake has heaped gIories on her
I self by the magnificent way in which
/ she has entertained the delegations
! from the various states Judge SulIi-
/ van left last night for Boise
4 The following story on Dick Hudnau
] NutAoEu NOtlElNlta |dDlE laughter III the no
! tel Hobbies last night. 1t IS said that
! Dick went up to the Cullen bar yester-
/ day morning and calling for a little
! red top" laid down 10 cents. The bar
I tender pushed a big bottle toward him
and followed with glass about four
/ inches high. Dick filed the glass FULL
Notwithstanding the surprised look of
| the bartender, and looked at it admir-
! ingly. As soon as the dumbfOunded
mixOlogist could collect his sense he
/ said; My --. man, how much do you
/ expect for 10 cents? Why. 1 would
give Is cents to get it back again"
/ Dick looked at the man, at the glass,
smiled. and said: ''WeH, my friend. it
amt for sale"
! J. G. Massey of Fit. Logan. Colo, is
/ perhaps one of the largest thorough
/ bred sheep raisers attending the con-
/ ventiOn. He is readily distinguished by
/ the White-ribbed buttOn-in-th the back
collar he wears and his general John
/ Bull appearance. of course 1 came
/ from England" said he, but 1 have
/ been long enough in this country to
/ get registered. / have been been all
/ over the country and have never seen
such a successful convention as we
/ have had here in Salt Lake. Take it
/ all in all it could not have been better.
/ The exhibition of livestock is very cred
/ liable; the auction sales could hardly
/ have gone off in Kansas City with the
rush they did here
John Mcmillan of the Idaho delega-
4 ton said yesterday that the convention
| has been the most evenly balanced con-
vention that the association has ever
held. Everything has been pulled off
/ without a hitch. said he. Last year
in Fort Worth we were criss-crossed
/ and quarrels, fights and trades, and "A
I general miX-up. In this meet it has
/ been exactly the opposite and I am very
I pleased with the result"
I DR.. V. A. Norgaard of the department
I of agriculture from Washington D. G.,
Z was speaking of Salt Lake and the
Z west Said he: This is my first trip
/ to Salt Lake and L must say that 1 am
I struck with the beauty of the city. 1t
/ is a greater city than 1 had pictured
; to myself The things Of interest you
/ have here are worth coming a long
/ way to see, and Salt Lake has done
wonderfully well in the way she has
handled the large crowd of visitors
she had this week. Indeed, 1 am very
glad 1 took the opportunity to come
/ here at this time. I was much sur
I prised, more so than at anything else
/ at these large mountains. I hardly eX-
/ pected to see such large fellows They
are wonderful We. have nothing like
/ them in the east, and we fasteners
/ never realize what they are till we have
/ seen them"
+ John T. Gibson OF Deufeld, Ont, has
been the guest of f. /. Oswald of Salt
/ Lake City during the convention. Mr..
/ Gibson owns what is known to every
I Canadian-ScOtChman as Manor farm.
where he has a line Of $50 registered
Lincoln sheep. He is a recognized au-
/ thOrity on Lincoln sheep and Short
horns and was chosen judge of Short
/ horn stock at the Worlds fair
Jack Sinclair Of Pueblo. who beats
! time for the Cowboy band, is the au-
! thor of "a Night in a Cowboy Camp
/ He says it's a great piece.
/ Bert Mossman of Arizona. ex-mem-
I Der of the executive committee, is con
fined to his room at the Knutsford with
la grippe. It kept him away from the
smoker last night
The Idaho delegation held a meeting
/ yesterday morning at which the cas-
STA County Association of Wool GROW
ers was made part OF the Idaho Wool
/ Growers association.
The Horsemen's association Of this
state is preparing a bill to present to
J the legislature, which aims to protect
the owners Of stations by giving them
+ they are born in order to secure them
: against defaulting debtors.
No woman is more widely l-nowu
among stOckmen in the middle west than
+ Mrs. Lillian Gregory of Kansas City, who
has been in Salt Lake City during the
convention. She edits paper called
Kings and Queens of the Range, which
deals with the social side of ranch hap
DeningS and is popular among cattlemen.
MRS Gregory is thorough business
woman. She was the wife Of George L.
Gregory. a wealthy and prominent cattle
man of Texas Unfortunately for his
wife, his death developed Uhat he had
3 signed notes for almost anybody an Texss
who asked him. and as result his
tate was bankrupt. Mrs Gregory. being
I thrown upon her own resources, started
/ the paper and has made a success Of It.
UTAH MEN INDIFFERENT.
Unsuccessful Effort to Resurrect