The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-22
NORTH MONTANA ROUNDUP.
Annual Meeting Of Association Re-
suits In Action Upon Matters Of
Great Interest To Stockmen.
President-John Survaut.

President-John Survaut.
Vice Presi6ent-A. j. Davidson.
Secretary and Treasurer-Thomas
A. Cummings.
Executive Commit,ee-M. E. Miner,
John Harris, W. X. Fiowerree, Con-
rad Kohrs, c. W. Price. a. j. David.
sou, Jesse L. Phelps, L. E. kaufman,
John Survant, w. NJ. Coburn, D. G..
Browne, Simon Pepin, John 7. Muir.
ply, c. j. Mcnamara, John V. Car.
roll, James Townsend, T. A. Cum
mings, John NJ. Boardman, Elizur
Beach, c. ". Austin, Thos. Couch,
Jr.
The above are the officers chosen
for the ensuing year at the annual
meeting Of the North Montana Round
up association held on Friday at
Great Falls. NJ. Z. Miner, to whose
energy and ability the successful
mainten ance of the organization is
due, was retained as chairman of the
executive committee against bis pro.
tests, the members believing that no
other stockman could fill the position
80 efficiently and with 80 much benefit
to the cattle interests .: northern Mon.
taua.
The next annual meeting of the as
ISOLATION will be held at Malta, the
home town OF Mr.. S%urvant, its new
president. Malta is the great ''cow
town" of this part Of the state, and
its citizens guarantee that the annual
meeting of the association mex year
shall be an event that northern Mon
tana stockmen will not soon forget.
While the reading OF a ~characteris-
tic address prepared by NJ. f. Miner.
and endorsed by the executive com.
mittee, was the main feature of the
meeting, the discussion and adoption
OF resolutions dealing with matters of
interest to stockmen occupied much of
the time OF the convention. These
resolutions appear elsewhere in this
edition of the River Press.
Probably the subject of greatest i'm.
portance presented TO the association
was the federal regulations concern.
ing the dipping of cattle for scabies,
or mango. AL order issued by the
U. S. department of agriculture,
places Teton. Chouteau, Valley and
Dawson counties in a quarantine dis
trict, all cattle in the district being
regarded as affected with scab until
inspected and declared to be clean by
federal officials. The latter have pre-.
scribed methods of treatment and reg.
ulatious affecting cattle shipments
from the quarantine district that will
be most embarrassing to the stockmen
affected, but they u submit: TO the
hardships and Inconvenience result
ing from the situation.
In the course of a discussion of this
matter, Or. Tracy, az official Of the
U. S. department of agriculture, was
called upon to read and explain to
the association the Instructions re
%garding the shipment of cattle from
the quarantine district.
DR.. Tracy read q number of extracts
from the orders received by him il
connection with the movement Of cat
tie and said that no restrictions would
be placed upon shipments between
points in the state, but that cattle L
shipped from the northern tier o
counties to the eastern markets would
have TO be placed 10 the quarantine
pens, there to be passed upon by fed
eral inspectors, and to be sold under
the regulations prescribed. He statet
that cattle grazing upon the ope,
range where the infection existed
could be shipped as uninspected ex
posed cattle while those from th'
Blackfeet reservation h the 10
lection does not exist could be shippe.
as uninspected clean cattle. II the.
arrive at market and upon inspection
are found TO be clean their sale 10
slaughter will not be interfered with
but if tor feeding they must be dippe'
Or sprayed before leaving the pens
He stated that the department woul'
do nothin g to interfere with the speed.
shipment of cattle.
Mr.. Miner informed the member
that under these orders they might a
we'll make up their minds that thei
stock, TO be shipped this year. woul'
have to be sprayed or dipped.
DR.. NJ. T.. Knowles, state veterina
rian. said that all cattle would hav
to go into quarantine pens. That i
clean they might possibly be soil
without any loss but that il they ha'
to be dipped irreparable loss woul'
ensue. He stated that the state SAM
tary board would work with the feder
al inspectors and that they expected
to see that every person having scabb.,
or exposed cattle will have them dip
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