The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-24

Miles City, Mont, April 21.-The
eighteenth annual meeting of the Mon
tana S~tockgrowers' association is now
on and the crowd in attendance is u
doubtedly the largest that has attend
ed the meeting for several years past.
There is a large outside delegation, a.
special chartered car having come
from Helena. The cause of this was
made, apparent early in the meeting,
that the gentlemen from Helena and
northern Montana were going to re-
peat their attempt OF last year to
change the place OF meeting from
Miles City to Helena and like last
year their attempt this time promises
to be abortive, even though some OF
the Miles City stockmen are in favor
OF the change.
The meeting was called to order
by President John T.. Brown, who
made a brief address of welcome, and
then the roll call and minutes of last
meeting were read. This was followed
by the ~secretarys' report, which snow
ed the association to be in " nourlsh-
ing condition and that bvthe appoint
ment of committees as follows: f
Notwithstanding Wallace, G.
p. MoorheadsJavid Frat, J. B. Ken.
bricks, N~nay.
No-.lnations Frat, Johnson,
walsh, Holt, Dehart, Farnum, ..Sieber,
Kaufman, Mcnamara, Brewster.
Torret.
Observation-Disclosures, Boardman,
Irgersoll.
The reports Of E. H. Johnson, who
had been appointed a committee OF
one at the last meeting to interview
the people of northern Montana, as to
selecting a more central place OF
meeting, was read and Mr.. Johnson
reported that he had found the north
ern Montana Roundup association. in
favor of Helena, and as a committee
reported in favor of Helena. j.. B.
Foardman moved to adopt this report.
w. B. Jordan of this city promptly
rose and objected hat the adoption.
OF the report meant a change OF loca-
ton of meeting from Miles City to
Helena, and that two thirds vote was
necessary to make the change. David
Frat Immediately made a motion to
change line three, section eight OF the
bylaws, SO as to strike out Miles City
and substitute Helena.
Mr.. Jordan commended that this was
new business and could not properly
come up at this time and moved to
table the resolution. =
William Wallace, Jr., of Helena,
then called attention to the fact that
Mr.. Johnsons' report had not been
mess. When it was found, however,
that according to the amended by
laws the meeting was properly in
general business the fight on the John
son resolution was abandoned and the
attention was turned to the Frat res
olution and Mr.. Jordan's motion O r
dered to lay on the table. =
TN motion of Mr.. Boardman it was
agreed that the voting should be by
ballot and it was understood that if
Mr.. Jordan's motion carried the Frat
resolution would be tabled, and would
not appear in the proceedings OF the
convention. If Mr.. Jordan's motion
was defeated the Frat resolution
would come up for a vote.
Mr.. Jordan's motion to table was
defeated by a vote of 35 to 25. The
question of a vote on Mr.. Traits reso-
luton was considered. Dinner time
came, but the question was too abb
sorbing to permit of any adjournment.
Miles City seeing that this vote was
rather too close for comfort imme-
diately started out on a rustic for
votes and when the question was
finally voted resulted 30 to 81 in favor
OF Miles City, so that not even the
two-thirds clause that saved the town
last year was called into play. The
exciting moment of the meeting over,
adjournment was made for dinner.
At 3 o'clock the stockmen's asso-
citation was called to order and appli-
cations for membership received.
There were nearly 60 applications and
all were accepted. Resolutions of re-
greet on the death of the late ]. w.
Ssrevell and other deceased mem
bers of the association were read.
A resolution to have a new brand