The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-25
MONTANA STOCkMEN MEET.
Annual Report Of secretary Preuitt Gives
Some Interesting Information.

MILES CITY. April lin the pres
ence of an audience that filled the
Miles City opera house this morning |
the t~~ecty-frst annual session Of ihr
Montana Stockgrowers' association
was called to order at 10 O'Clock by
President j. Nj. Holt. Every avail.
able seat was filed.
Rev. T. NJ. Knox delivered the in.
vocation after which II. w. McIntire
welcomed the stockmen on behalf of
Miles City. In the course of his re-
marks he stated that the people Of the
city were glad to have the stockmen
with them and that all would be done
toward the pleasure and comfort of
the guests. He expressed q wish that
all would come to Miles City to attend
the convention next year and assured
them of a hearty welcome.
Captain I. J. Brown, former presi-
dent of the association, responded.
He spoke briefly upon the cattle bust
ness in general and expressed the ap.
probation of all for the courtesies
they were receiving from the hospitable
people of Miles City.
The roll call of members was next in
order after which the reading Of the
minutes of the last meeting. Secre.
tary w. G.. Preuitt read the report of
what had been accomplished by the
association during the past year, Civ.
ing a detailed statement of the cattle
shipped and the amount of money on
hand in the various funds. MIR. Preu.
it's report was in part as follows:
The board Of stock commissioners
in conjunction with the board of sheep
commissioners have employed attur-
ney- in different parts Of the state to
look out for the bounty law, and the
bounty inspectors in a genera! way.
The new system will undoubtedly do
away with much of the fraud. and the
stockmen ia the various districts
should do all ia their power to see
that reliable and competent men are
oPPOAOe0u : ooNuts AuSPCSeoAS' LAS
Legislature also passed what is known
as the "scab law which makes the
stock inspectors deputy veterina rian-,
and as the law was a new one, with
the able assistance Of the state veter-
marian, was we'll carried out for the
first year.
With regard to the work the
year, in which the association is most
vitality interested, perhaps a quota.
ton from the report of the board Of
stock commits sioners will cover the
subject more fully than we could
otherwise do, inasmuch as the in.
spection work and the enforcement of
the stock laws are among the primary
objects of the association. The re-
port of the board shows that during
the year there were l29 arrests made:
81 were convicted, while four jumped
their bond and there still some cases
pending. AT the markets u of a.
1923 head of strays inspected, 2,6l4
were paid for through the Montana
Stock Growers associ alton, and the
remainder. or 32,2l5. were RENTED for
to the owner from place Of sale. One
thousand Eve hundred and forty one
head of cattle were driven into Can.
ada. as nearly as could be estiru ated,
and ~ head of Montana cattle were
found in Canada, and RENTED to the
owners through the Western Stock
Growers association Of Macleod, N.
w. T., while the association paid Ca
uadiau owners of Canadian cattle
found on this side, aud shipped to the
u rkets. The shipments of horses
aggregated $4,000 head and about g..
500 head Of cattle were brought into
the state for grazing purposes.