Fergus County argus., 1902-04-23
The Meeting Of the Northern Mon.
tana Roundup Association Last
Week Was Well Attended.
MEET IN HELENA NEXT YEAR.
Many Resolutions Fsvoring Stock In.
dustry Passed-Finances in a Sat
isfaetory Condition.

Helena, April 1S.-The most sue
cessful meeting in the history of the
North Montana Roundup association
was held in Helena today. There was
a good attendance of stockgrowers
from Northern Montana, the railway
men and the commissioners were out
in force and there was the utmost
harmony at the session.
Helena was unanimously selected q;
the place for the meeting next year,
and a committee was named to at.
tend the meeting of the Montana
Stockgrowers' association at Miles
City next year for the purpose of see
ing if some arrangement cannot lie
made so that the meeting of both as
sociations will be held at tie same
time and place after next year.
The resolutions adopted were such
as relates directly to the business.
Among them was one protesting
against the arbitrary routing OF live
stock east of st. Paul by the Grea'
Northern Railway. Another protest
ed against the passage OF the oieo'
margarine bill, and another favored
the change of the federal law relating
to the unloading and feeding of stock
in transit, so they should be unloaded
once in As hours instead of "a hours,
as now.
Another protested against the in
spection and holding up of cattle by
state inspectors in Colorado and wy
cm'rg and another indorsed W, E.
Skinner for manager of the live stock
department of the Worlds fair at st.
| ouis.
When president w. X. d. FlowerFee
called the association to order At z
o'clock in the rooms of the Business
Mems association. there was a large
attendance. Secretary r. F. CARY
read the minutes of the meeting last
year, and after they had been adopt
ed the report of the executive com
mittee was called for. 1t was pre-
sented by Chairman NJ. E. Miner. and
was as follows:
I'VE fave considered the repo't Gf
III. sec. .etary-treasurer and fnd 'he
Chances of the association to he In
satisfactory condition, there being
a surplus in the treasury, and at tie
present time it does not appeac as
though It would be necessary to make
an assessment during the present
year.
THAT such is the case is due to the
fact that the State Stock Association
has assumed a more aggressive atti-
tude against stock thieves and has
been more liberal in supplying the
necessary money for prosecuting the
same.
I'VE heartily commend and indorse
the action of the State Stock associa-
ton in increasing its corps OF stock
inspectors to look after our property
on the range.
I'VE would call the attention OF the
association to the practice SO COM
mon on all of our ranges OF outsiders
men and putting them to their own
picking up horses belonging to stock
men and putting them to their own
use for any length of time. This prac-
tice has no penalty in law and VIZ
tually amounts to theft, and we would
recommend some action on the part
of this association toward the enact
ment of a law by the next meeting OF
o,r state legislature that will AFFORD
us better protection for property oil
this kind.
This committee recommends 10
this association the adoption OF a res
olution protesting against the arbi
trarv routing of our live stock ship
ments over roads east OF 81. paul
connecting with the Chicago market
1--WE view with surprise the lack ol
fairness or intelligence that Is dis
played by some men in public iife
and by some newspapers in the dis
cussion of the public land question
| In our opinion very little will ever be
added to the wealth of the state ex
cept by the further development o.
Its mineral and live stock resources
Ito invite a large immigration to en-
gage in farming will result in crowd
ling the live stock industry where i
will not be remunerative In the pro
portion to the increasing risk.
I'VE entertain no radical opinions
Regarding the disposal Of the public
Hands, but we wish to record our dis
Iapproval of the fantastic and menda
cious representations made concern
ing the operations OF the range stock
men.
"Inasmuch as acommittee appoint
ed at the last meeting OF the Montan
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