The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-04-20
A COSMOPOLITAN
MEETING IN HILLS
All Kinds and Glasses of Peopla
Attending Stock Growers
Convention.
VERY LARGE ATTENDANCE
Nearly Five Hundred Delegates from
All Over the Northwest at the Con-
vention-soldiers and indians
Furnish the Amusement.

Rapid City, S. D., April 14.-The old
and the new, the uncivilized and tho
most advanced. the frontier and the
historic, the Indian and the white man.
have all met together in Rapid City to
celebrate the eleventh annual meeting
of the Western Stock Growers Associ-,
alton of South Dakota. The streets are,
lined with Indians in barbaric colors
and beads and Indians in overalls with
cigarets in their mouths; with United
States troops natty in their khaki uni
forms; with cowboys in their snaps and
broad hats; with eastern men in higk
hats, and cattlemen in slouch hats. Men,
who own thousands of acres of land
upon which their cattle range are rub;
ping elbows with the man who has just
filed on 160 acres, but who will be do
Ing business when the large cattle deal-i
er has found it necessary to gosto new
er regions in order to get sufficient land
for his enterprise.
This association has CAT 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 at this one. OF
this large membership not less than 450
members are In actual attendance.
Many of them have driven from 100 to
100 miles in order to attend this meet
ing. which ts of especial Importance to
them, as it is here that the arrange,
ments are made for the spring rounds
ups.
The Importance Of this meeting aside
from local interests is shown by the
fact that five private cars are stand
ing on the railroad tracks with guests
from various parts of the northwest
n YN,,n @oyr
morning with twenty-four men from
the stock yards and the commission
houses. South Omaha is conspicuous
With its green and yellow umbrellas
and is twenty-seven strong. While the
Chicago men have a car, there are not
many of them, as their trip will be
long one, since they go from here to
Montana to attend stock meetings In
that state. c. c. Hughes, general man
ager of the Chicago and Northwestern
railroad. IS here in his car, and the
milwaukee, road is we'll represented by
r.. M. Calkns. 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
the Indians. Two troops of United
States soldiers are here from Fort
Meade. Fully 1,50O Indians, including
braves. squaws and pappooses are here
With their war paint and feathers their
ponies and their rifles, while the num-
Der of cowboys is almost beyond es-
tlnauon. One of the most attractive
features was a cowboy race from Da-
kota City, Custer and Hermosa. The
cowboys started from their towns at
a stated time as 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 We're
the ponies shat 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 up and
which was of much interest was that
of The thirty-six hour law for shipping
cattle. The association indorsed the.
proposed change to twenty-eight hours.
1t also indorsed 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
to have western cattle inspected for
mango at the point of loading rather
than at market
The old officers We're elected as fol-
lows: President, c. K Howard; vice
president. III. Fl. Dawson: secretary
and treasurer, f. M. Stewart