East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-30
PORTLAND WORKS FOR
SHEEPMEN'S C0NCLAvE
WANTS NATL WoOLGROWERS
TO ASSEMBLE THERE
Pendleton Committee Meets With
Portland and Starts Movement TO
That cnd-Northwcst Has Never
Had Convention-140o Delegates
Expected in 1911.

The following is from the Sunday
Oregonian:
AS the opening event for the Port
land convention season of 1914. it is
proposed that the session of the Ma
tional Woolgrowers' association shall
be secured, with its thousand delegates
and other thousands of visitors who
always accompany the sheepmen; the
exhibits of standard bred sheep and
wooden manufacturers. The Oregon
woolgrowers started the movement at
their recent meeting in Pendleton and
8 representative committee of sheep
owners met with the secretary of the
Commercial club yesterday.
There were present, besides Secre-
tary Richardson, DIR. w. 5. Mcclure.
]. n. Burgess and William Slusher, all
of Pendleton. Later in the day other
officers of the Commercial club were
consulted and gave enthusiastic APP
proval of the plans thus far outlined.
The representatives of the oregon
Woolgrowers were assured that all
necessary funds for caring for the
convention would be raised and that
a delegation of business men would be
sent to the forthcoming session of
1910 bearing invitations from the May
or, the Governor and number of the
commercial organizations of Portland.
The woolgrowers of the state are
earnestly after the convention and
have arranged for a special train of
Pullmans to transport $50 members
OF the state association to Ogden,
Utah, where the next convention will
be held, January S and 3, 1910. The
train will be made up of cars from
Portland. Shaniko, Heppner, Pen
dleton, Baker City. and Ontario. 1t
will start from Portland January 6.
Besides the stockmen, the committee
from this city will be aboard.
The National Woolgrowers' associ-
alton has never held a meeting in the
Northwest. and for that reason it is
believed Portland will have chance
of successfully competing with Den
yer and Los Angeles, both of which
places have previously entertained the
association, and are now the only
bidders in the field. Albuquerque, n
NJ, has sent out its annual invitation
for the meeting to come to the home
OF the pioneer sheepmen of the west
but it is apparently not attracting
more attention than in previous years
owing to the lack of hotel facilities
in that city.
Meetings of the National Woolgrow
ers are becoming of more importance
to followers of that industry witt
each succeeding year, because of tn
attitude of the government as to tn
open range. transportation to pack
ing centers and matters of legislation
Portland's packing and stockyards in
terests are interesting themselsrs II
the quest for the 1911 convention Will
the idea in view of encouraging ship
ping to this point. They believe ther
is no better way to make the shippe
familiar with local facilities than t
show him"
400 Delegates in 1911.
At the salt Lake convention of 1870
were more than 1000 accredited dele
gates. coming from every state IN IN
Union. At ogden there will be mor
than 1900 delegates, and it is believe
that when the meeting opens the 10
lowing January there will be an a
tendance of more than 1400 delegate
With this convention is always e1
hibited the fancy stock of the De!
fIocks in the states as well as nun
bers of imported animals, the hight
grades of which are in constant d.
mand.
To make this feature of the col
vention a success, the committee WI
go 10 ogden armed with photos of II
Driving Club barns and pens, whic
association is adding its weight to II
slogan. portland in 1911" 1t WI
require about $4,000 to pay the pri'
list for this event.
The National Woolgrowers' Associ
tion is the largest association of stool
men of the world. and represents mo
than two hundred millions of dollar
worth Of sheep on the hoof The VaI
OF lands and other properties whic
the membership controls is fabulou
Its conventions are always attend'
bv representatives Of the United Stat
Department of Agriculture. Unit
states senator's and representatives
the manufacturers Of woolen goo
from all over the East. Senator Fra
els E. Warren, of Wyoming, has be-
president Of the association for nur
ber Of years, but gave way to F.
Gooding, Of Idaho, in 1909. Georbe
Walker. Of Cheyenne, Wyo.. is seer
tary.