The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-12
Directors of Woolgrowers' Association Meet
Some of the Gossip That Is Heard
When Lot of Sheepmen Get Together
and Unload Their Trials and TribuIatiOnS

ton is going TO the next national con
vention, hecled. The men from Utal
lied. They will know precisely wha
| they want from the national convention
! and they are going prepared To get 1t.
| The Utah woogroWers did not cut Sc
| much of figure in the Ogden conHen'
| tlon. because they did not know wha
they wanted; they were divided and the.
| they did not make themselves felt Il
the extent comporting to tho dignity
| and standing and power OF the assocla-
| tion.
1T is true that we were not prop
erly organized for the Ogden convention,
said President f. II. Calllster in, the d.
but in spite of that fact, Utah came
to the front in two conspicuous instances
at least II was Utah chat put through
the resolution asking the president &c
appoint a practical western man to sue
ceed Clifford Pinchot rs chief forester
and believe that resolution will have a
good deal OF weight with The president
II was Utah. too, that put in the amend
ed bylaw that the national association IN
corporate.
Those two things alone are worthy
OF mention. but i frankly confess that
we were not united as we should nave
been. Utah could easily have gotten
either the secretaryShip or the prcSlden- :
cy. Indeed, ! understand was not at
the meetinG-that Utah did endorse a
man for Vice president. but when @e
Ventlon that man himself nominated Mr.,
Delfelder of Wyoming"
1t is fact that Utah saved the scalp
Of Secretary George S. Walker, 1t is
known. too, that the national association
is practically centralized IN Idaho, and
that, had the Utah delegation not come
TO the rescue OF Mr.. Walker. Mr. Walker
would not now have his job, but the sec
retaryshlp would be In Idaho; along with
Idaho men,-one, man, at any rate
fessed up that the scheme OF the Good
ings was to place the election OF a sec
rotary in the hands OF the board of con-
troll, OF which body three may constitute
n quorum. The secretary was 10 be ap-
pointed by this board of control. by ana
was Fred Goodlne. and that this board
OF control was mot likely to name
Walker.
In the convention, Mr.. CallIster of the
Utah delegation secured change in the
order selecting the secretary, so that II
be done by the executive committee.
which consists of twenty-nine rsprosen-
minimum OF quorum IS seven. Moreover,
the Utah delegation secured the adop-
ton by the convention OF resolution
mittee select Mr.. Walker.
As "a matter OF fact, Utah recognized
in Mr.. Walker competent and capable
man, one who had done everything
toward the upbullding OF the association,
and Utah wanted TO retain him in office
for that reason. Utah saw. too, that If
would be strengthened. and, in fact
Idaho would have the whole works
But even with those things accom-
ton in the national convention was
neither numerically strong, nor harmoni
Gus in personnel It Is this situation
sheepmen know themselves, and they be-
John II: seely of Mount Pleasant. one
<,f rlNI T. ehn ;,, rlA ctr
the winner OF prizes without number
arose in the directors meeting Tuesday
and voiced the sentiment OF the other
directors.
- I'VE q, want to &c, to Portland proper, !"
TO another national convention half
we went to Omaha, to Denver and to
Fort Worth. Why, down there, in Fort
Worth, we we're really worth while.
There were fifty of us, and we made a
with our Sign up and us all spread out.
Them Mormons is all right was the
conclusion the convention came 10 early
In the game, and we were all right, too
We made ourselves felt. and we can
make ourselves felt, and II we go to Port
land heeled as we ought to be. we will
make ourselves felt.
81 believe we ought to start right out
now TO prepare for this Portland con-
vention. We want to know what we
we can hold meeting during fair time
we can take UP lot OF things that will
he n great help to us in formulating our
plan OF campaign in the Portland meet
ing. II we meet-the directors. | mean
at fair time, we can frame up q lot
Of things that we can shoot at the spe
cial meeting OF the association that is
10 be held a few days before the Port
land convention. II we have any diff
ferences in our family we can thresh
them out at home. II we wait TIL we
get TO Portland we will be too busy try
Ing to settle our own disputes TO look
out for the big things In the conven-
tion that we must look out for If we are
10 survive and get our share of the bene-
III that comes from the, national organ
ization"
Everybody in the place agreed with Mr.
Seeiy. So it is settled that Utah Will go
to Portland with its ammunition all pre-
pared,
It's dead certain surety that c., b.
Stewart Is the man above all others
whom the woolmen want for secretary.
There were plenty OF speeches filled with
praise OF Stewart in the directors meet
ing Tuesday. and. as a prominent grower
said afterwards. everything that was
said about Stewart was true. too"
stewart had built up the association
This has been an uphill game" said
Mr. CallIster. I'VE have had to con-
tend with bad past. but we have over
come il. and II Is due to Mr.. Stewart
that this is so. He walked into this
business when this association or any
other association didn't have n friend
on earth, so to speak. Every man you