Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-29
TO BE HELD ON JANUARY 1916
Largest Convention of Live Stock Men
Ever Held in the United States
Grand Ball Wednesday and Reception
to Newspaper Men Thursday Evening
Important Features--The Program.

| the formal opening the program VI TIC
/ day will be as follows:
Address of welcome, Hon. A. M.
/ Dockery, governor of Missouri, and
Hon. James A. Reed, mayor of Kansas
| City.
Response on behalf of the associa-
! ton, Hon. Peter Jansen, Nebraska.
/ Address, mortgage Law With Ref
erence to Live Stock" Hon. l.. G. Boyle.
Missouri. Discussion by the delegates
Address, 1.-THE Great Northwest As a
4 Stock Country DR.. j. Withycomb,
Oregon. Discussion by the delegates.
/ Address, Railway Live Stock Agents
and Their Relation to the Shippers,
/ Mr.. w. V. Gaibreath, Texas. Discus
sion by the delegates.
Address, The Movement of Live
Stock and Prospects for 1903" Mr..
Thomas Flynn. Illinois. Discussion by
NJ. C. Campbell Kansas.
| Observation-Disclosures, 'The Angora
Goat Industry in the United States"
DIR. w. c. Bailey, California. Discus
sion by the delegates.
| Address, 'The Louisiana Purchase
Exposition and What 1t VIII Do for the
Live Stock Industry" Hon. d. r. Fran
els president louisiana Purchase Ex-
position, Missouri. Discussion by the
| delegates.
Address, Changes in Our Financial
System Which Would Benefit Stock
men," Mr.. S. r. Flynn, Illinois. Discuss
sion by the delegates
Address, Our New Markets for Live
Stock Hon. George f. Thompson,
Washington, ID. c. Discussion by the
delegates
Visit to Stock Yards.
"Wednesday afternoon the delegates
will visit the stock yards and packing
houses and that evening the grand ball
Will take place.
Thursday.
Paper, "How the Stock Interests of
the United States Are Regarded in
England and How They Compare With
European Countries Hon. Il. S. Peer,
New York.
| Address, .Infectious Diseases and
Their Prevention" DR.. w. Fl. Dalrym-
pie, Louisiana. Discussion, DR.. Charles
Gresswell. California.
Address, "The Tariff as It Affects the
Live Stock Industry" Hon. A. b. Cum
Minis, governor of Iowa. Discussion.
Hon. w. w. Turney, Texas; Colonel
John F. Hobbs, New York.
Address, Irrigation as 1t Affects the
Stock Grower" Professor J. E. Stubs,
Nevada. Discussion, Hon. N. 0. Muir
ply, Arizona.
Paper THE Destruction Of Hides by
Marbles" Mr.. r. c. Jacobsen, Illinois.
Address What Changes Congress
Should Make in the Laws Governing
the Public Domain and Forest Re
serves Hon. Charles j. Buell., South
Dakota. Discussion, Hon. e. A. Harris.
Iowa: Colonel John p. Irish, California;
DIR. w. H Patterson, Nevada.
Address what Congress Should Do.
10 Aid the Live Stock Industry Hon.
Charles Fl. Grosvenor, Ohio. DISCUS
sion by the delegates.
Address, 1.-THE Necessity of a Glass;
fed Census of Live Stock and How
This Work May Be Best Conducted,
Hon. II. Parker Willis, Washington, D.
IC. Discussion by the delegates.
Address, "Co- operation in Marketing
7 i've Stock Hon. SAMSON, Texas. DIS
|eussion by the delegates.
Friday the following program VIII
be carried out:
Address. "rhe Proposed Merging OF
the Packing Plants of This Country
and tba F,ffects and Remedy" Hon.
Willam M. Springer, Washington, D.
Ia Discussion, j. II. Vandusen. Ne
braska,
Address. "The Live Stock Industry
IN fhe Republic of Mexico and Its Ee-
1aiions to the United States" Captain
Rritton Davis, chihuahua, Mexico. DIS
cussion by the delegates.
Address. .'The BENEFITS Derived from
Experinental Stations" Professor G.
IF. Curtiss, Iowa.
Address, THE Benefit of Traders
Exchange on q Stocker and Feeder
Market" Mr. E. S. Downs, Missouri
Address. "The Process Of Evolution
From Populist to a Stockman, Hon.
.Jerry Simpson, New Mexico. No dis
cussion. This is final.
Address. "The Stockman in Politics"
Hon. Herbert S. Hadley, Missouri.
The feature, of course, will be the
grand ball Wednesday evening, which
will be held in the convention hall.
The grand march, it is said, Will be
led by the governors of six states.
The dancing floor will accommodate
600 couples and $4,000 spectators
may be accomno dated.
Thursday afternoon the visiting
women will be given reception and
tea and Thursday night reception
will be rendered TIE visiting news
paper men by the local press repre-
sentatives.
Friday night a smoker and luncheon
will be held at the convention hall, and
all records for oonvivality and
ioyment are expected to be broken.
Saturday evening there will be start
ed an excursion to New Orleans, which
may last for two weeks, or be con-
Guided in shorter time, at the will
of the delegates.
1t is expected that this gathering
will be the largest convention Of live
stock men ever held in the United
States as much matter of interest tn
all of the persons engaged in this
business is now receiving the atten-
ton of the government ard the bust
ness interests.
The GrinneIl News.
Special to Times Republican,.
Grinnell, Dec. 29.-F'rank Wheeler re-
turned last night from a visit with his
mother in Minneapolis.
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