The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-04-19
A COSMOPOLITAN
MEETING IN HILLS
All Kinds and Glasses OF People
Attending Stock Growers
Convention.
VERY LARGE ATTENDANCE
dearly Five Hundred pslssstes iron
All Over the Northwest st the Con.
vention-soldiers and Indians
Furnish the Amusement.

Rapid City. S. D.. April 1.-THE OLD
and the new. the uncivilizcd and the
most advanced. the frontier and the
historic. the Indian and the white man.
have all met together In Rapid CITY 10
celebrate the eleventh annual meeting
OF the Western Stock Growers Associ-
alton OF South Dakota. The streets are
lined with Indians In barbaric coiors
and beads. and Indians In overalls with
cigarcts I'm their mouths: with United
States troops natty In their khaki uni.
forms: with cowboys In their snaps ana
broad hats: with eastern men IN hisn
hats. and cattlemen In SLOUGH hats. Men
who own thousands OF acres OF land
upon which their cattle range are rub
bling elbows with the man who has just
filed on 100 acres. hut who Will be 40
Ing business when the large cattle deal
er has found IL necessary TO 60 10 new
or regions In order to get sufncient lanu
for his enterprise.
This association has ca members. all
OF whom are located between the Mis-
souri, river and the western boundary
of this state. and who are either In the
cattle or the horse business. While
sheepmen may belong TO the North
western Stock Growers association,
they are not welcome nj this one. OF
this large membership not less than $50
members are In actual attendance.
Many OF them have driven from 100 to
100 miles In order 90 attend this meet
ing. which is OF especial Importance TO
them. as u In here that the arrange
inents are made for the spring round
ups.
The importance OF this meeting aside
from local interests IN shown by the
fact that Ave private cars are stand
Ing on the railroad tracks with guests
from various parts OF the northwest.
The Sioux City car arrived Tuesday
morning with twenty-four men from
the stock yards and the commission
houses. South Omaha Is conspicuous
with It's green and yellow umbrellas
and IL twenty -seven strong. While the
Chicago men have n car. there are not
many OF them, ms their trip will be n
long one. since they 20 from here to
Montana to attend stock meetings In
that state. &. G. Hughes. general man
ager OF the Chicago and Northwestern
railroad, IS here I'm his car. and the
Milwaukee road In well represented by
II. If. CRlkIns. assistant freight agent.
who also has his car here.
The sports program has been fur
nished almost entirely by the three
most spectacular classes OF American
citizens: the soldiers. the cowboys and
the Indians. Two troops OF United
States soldiers are here from Fort
Meade. Fully I 500 Indians. including
braves, souaws and pappooses are here
with their war paint and feathers. their
ponies and their rifles. while the num-
Der OF cowboys II almost beyond es-
tlmation. One OF the most attractive
features was cowboy race from Da-
kota city. Custer and Hermosa. The
cowboys started from their towns at
n stated time ~ arranged by the may
ors OF the towns and the first To reach
Rapid city was awarded the prize. The
most remarkable time was made from
Hermosa a distance Of twenty-five
miles which was covered In one hour
and twenty-five minutes. So worn were
the ponies that they dropped on the
streets OF this city as soon as they ar
rived. Relay races. war dances. pony
races and exhibit drills have helped to
form the program.
The FIRST regular meeting Of the asso-
citation was held Tuesday afternoon and
papers read on the subject OF mango.
reciprocity and the work OF the Ma
tional Live Stock association.
Another subject which came mp and
which was Of much interest was that
81 The thirty-six hour law for shipping
cattle. The association Endorsed the
proposed change TO twenty eight hours;
II also Endorsed the efforts OF the de-
partment OF agriculture through the
bureau Of animal industry to stamp out
the mango. and recommended that the
department make every effort possible
60 have western cattle inspected for
mango ut the point OF loading rather
than nj market.
The old officers were elected as fol-
lowe: President. G. X Howard: vice
president. II. IT. Dawson: secretary
ana treasurer. +. NJ. Stewart.