Fergus County argus., 1902-04-23
Many Resolutions Passed That viii
Materially Benefit the Stock.
men Generally.
MEET IN MILES CITY IN 1870,
Much Attention Paid to BlackIea Vac.
eination-Offieers Elected for
Ensuing Year.

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30 to 35 Miles City was again chosen
as the place for holding the annual
meeting of the Montana Stockmen's
association. The action was taken
this afternoon at a meeting from
which all visitors had been excluded.
A resolution was introduced by Dave
Fratt to amend the constitution, so
that instead of reading to meet at
Miles City 1t should read meet in 1903
at Helena and which place thereafter
as the association by majority shall
decide. The officers and executive
committee for the ensuing year were
nominated and elected as follows:
President, j. T. Brown.
First vice-president. ID. Fratt.
Second yice-president. J. |. Phelps.
Secretary-treasurer, w. G.. Preuitt.
Executive committee-Beaverhe
county. S. NJ. Barrett. J. +. Morse
Broadwater county, +. G.. Keene,
Thos. Nield; Cascade county. J. Sic.
ben, Chas. Austin; Carbon county,
j. N. Tolman, ]. w. Chapman; Cho-
teau county, c. J. Mcnamara, c. w.
Price, John Harris. 5. Pepin. G.. b.
Bourne; Custer county, o. c. Cato,
l.. w. Stacy. T.. p. Johnson. +. II. Nc
Kay, +. r. Farnum; Dawson county,
Chas. Krug. F. p. Fleming. p. wi,
baux. Il. II. Brewster, G.. Mccone.
Deer Lodge county. n. J. Bielenberg.
ID. ID. Walker; Fergus county. S. S.
Hobson, Oscar Stephens. c. NJ. Good.
ell; Flathead county. ]. A. Ford. McC.
Winnger; Gallatin county. Chas. An
ceney. A. ID. Weaver, II. II. Sapping.
ton; Granite county, AL Schuh. A. A.
Mcdonald; Jefferson county, John
'Flaherty. w. NJ. Fergus; Lewis and
Clarke county. j. T. Murphy, J. :.
Phelps. Henry Sieben. ID. Flowerree,
II. Cans; Madison county. w. J. En-
mis-. S. II. Bufford; Meagber county,
j. T. Moore, Geo. Lyons. Len Lewis;
Missoula county. G.. l.. Cowell, A. II.
Arnett; Park county. J. L. De Hart.
G. w. Wakefield; Powell county, J..
Bielenberg, Conrad Kohrs. j. A. Fea-
therman; Ravalli county, w. M.
Franks: Rosebud county, J. s. Hop
kins. J. T. Brown, l.. w. Carpenter;
Sweet Grass county, J. n. Kelly, w.
T. Shank. Jake De Hart; Silver Bow
county, II. Williams; Teton county,
w. X. Flowerree, s. l.. Mitchell, II.
II. Nelson; Valley county. T. l.. Black
man, d. C. Kyle, II. II. Hedges; Vel.
lowstone county, p. Mccormick, ID.
Fratt, Thos. McGirl; Wyoming, J. b.
Kendrick. w. NJ Moncrieffe; South
Dakota. NJ. C. Conners, G. A. Patter-
son; Nebraska, w. G. Comstock, w.
NJ. Ferdon; Northwest Territory, w.
F. Cochrane. ID. |. Wylie; North Da-
kota, |. p. Baker, w. l.. Richards.
The meeting was called to order
by President Joe Brown at 10:30
o'clock. After the roll call the annual
report of the secretary-treasurer. w
G. Preuitt, was read and the report
adopted. About 80 new members
were added. Committees were ap
pointed as follows:
Resolutions-Kohrs, Strevell and
Moorehead.
Nominations-Fratt, De Hart, Ken
drick, Holt, Truscott. johnson, Flem
ing. Farnum, Case, Freeser and Nc
Girl.
Round-up-Engersol, Case, Putnam
Dave Fratt moved that a committee
of five be appointed to draft a resolu
ton to amend the land leasing bill
now before congress. The commit
tee was Fratt. Strevell. James Hunt
er, Kendrick and Comstock.
DIR. Knowles was called on. II,
said about all he had to say about thu
condition OF cattle was embodied II
his annual report The thing OF mos
interest now is blackleg vaccination
IL had become 80 common that nov
about 100000 calves were inoculate,
ANNUALLY. There had been some cat
tie affected with scab during severa
years past, but they were few Norti
Montana cattlemen were dipping TO
scab. II was an easy thing to cur'
with proper treatment. A noon re
cess was taken and Hon. Jerry Simp
son addressed the meeting at tn
court house on the benefits Of organI
zation. The return was made 4
Leighton hall at i:30 O'Clock and tn
RESOLUTIONS were adopted as follows
Extending time in which cattle II
transit could be held in cars, with
out unloading, from 2S TO 40 hours
The request Of the South omah
stockyards to have the time in whicl
cattle entering the yards must be In
spected extended was emphaticall
voted down. A protest TO the govern
ors Of Wyoming and Colorado agains