Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-01-20
STOCKMEN ARE
IN CONVENTION
IN ADDITION TO INTERESTING
DISCUSSIONS ON CURRENT
TOPICS, VISITORS ARE ENTER
TANNED WITH STOCK EXHIBIT

DEN NEh, Co1o., Jan. ZU.--DenVer
will be the center of interest for
stockmen throughout the country
this week. The American National
Livestock association will begin its
eleventh annual convention here to-
morrow and at the same time there
will be held the eighth annual meet
ing of the Colorado Cattle and Horse
Growers association. AS an addi-
tional attraction for the stockmen,
the Western Livestock exposition
opened today and will continue
throughout the week. Delegates to
the convention and visitors to the
exposition are already arriving in
large numbers, and it is expected.
that before noon tomorrow there
will be fully 10000 strangers in the
city. Every section of the country
is to be represented through the
largest delegations are expected
from Texas, Montana, Wyoming,
Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Arizo-
ma, New Mexico and the Dakotas.
Included in the attendance will be
many representatives of the packing
establishments and commission firms
of Chicago, Omaha, st. Joseph, Kan
sas City, Sioux City, St. Paul and
other centers of the livestock indus
try.
The convention of the American
National Livestock association
promises to be the most important
held by that organization since it
was formed in Denver II years ago
During the past year or two prob
lens of vital Importance have arisen
in connection with the cattle-raising
industry, and the convention will
take these up for thorough consid-
GRAFTON. The policy of the federal
administration in regard to the
foremost among the topics of discus
sion. Representatives of the depart
ment of the interior and the depart
ment of agriculture will explain to
the stockmen the views of President
Roosevelt on questions affecting the
public lands, Legislation affecting
cattle shipments also VIII be given
attention.
The Colorado Cattle and Horse
Growers association began its ses-
sions this morning at the Albany
hotel. with delegates present repre-
senting all parts of the state. The
matters to be discussed at the meet
ing are the same as those to be TAX
en- up by the national association,
with the addition of several matters
of particular interest to the cattle
raisers of Colorado.
OF scarcely less interest than the
big convention itself is the livestock
show which opened TODAY at the
Union stockyards. A number of tenn
porary buildings have been erected
at the stockyards to house the ex-
hibits and there is also great
open-air stadium with a large ring,
where the stock will! be judged and
where the prize-winners will be ex-
h'bited.
AS regards both the number and
high class of the exhibits, the show
is the best of its kind ever held
west of Chicago. For the first time
the show has been made interna-
tional in its scope by the admission
of exhibits from Canada, England
and other foreign countries. Includ-
ed among the exhibitors are large
percentage of the entries seen at the
recent international show in Chi
cago. The individual entries total
nearly 500. Nineteen herds of cat
tie are shown FROM the state of I'1i-
nois. Nebraska. Kansas. Wisconsin.
Indiana, Iowa and Ohio.