Arizona republican., 1913-01-14
Secretary. r. ". TOMLTN SON. DerN-C~. Colorado.

The army of the cattlemen Is here Quietly and without ostentation the ad- Vaucjng hosts have arrived. taken pos session of the chief city of Arizona and this morning in the auditorium of the Arizona School of Music they will open the sixteenth annual convention of the American National Livestock associa- tior. an organization made up Of the brawn and brain of the west. Tester sIav the corridors of the hotels waXed even fuller than they were on Sunday night. the accommodations of the hotels are taxed to q greater degree than they have yet been. and the end 1t not near. Today there will be still more cattIemen arriving. The solid dele who have announced their intention of cations will begin to roll in, with those staying in their cars during the days Of the convention.
 Already there are more cattemen here than were expected The attend ance shows full well the drawing pow CT of Phoenix as d convention city for this time of the year. The weather has so far been ideal. the sunshine has been delightfully."- warm so typical of
  the forecast for the balance of the convention is for q continuation of the same brand of weather. The visitors are all delighted with Phoenix.
 Yesterday was a day of business and hustle committee meetings were being held in nearly every vacant room in the city and at night the Arizona Cat tie Growers association met in the Water Users building in greater mum : lcrs than ever before. Enthusiasm IS at it's highest point, and the crowd ot men such as are in Phoenix this week will do something for the bette tment ot the cattle industry or their steps on the street and the Jlemeanor when they talk about tn business in which they are engaged does not speak for them.
 Endorse Lever Lease Bill
 Fully 200 members and interested friends of the Arizona Cattle Growers association met last night in the Wa tn Users building council chamber and discussed the Lever Land Lease Bill for nearly two hours going into every phase of the question until all were satisfied. and with an almost unani mous vote they endorsed the bill and Arizona will vote for it in the conven- ton today if the matter is brought tc vote
 Distinguished visitors. officers of thf National association were present ant at the request of President J. P. Null lin addressed the meeting on the bill It was first read by J. C. Underwood of Wyoming who is chairman of th' committee that will have charge o the bill on the floor of the convention MT. Underwood explained the proviS ions of the measure and President Mul lin after expressing his satisfaction with it. called upon Hon. Sam. COwal of Texas, general counsel of the Ma tional association to address the meet ing.
 MT CoWan's remarks were particu Iarly to the point. He maintained tha a lease law such as the Lever bill pro poses to be will put the cattle industr on d plane of stability that it has here tofore not achieved. He spoke of Tex as and her experience with the semi arid lands and lease law. as re suit of which. the whole of the grea state is settled up. and in the suppose deserts west of the PecOs liver ther are now five times as many cattle q
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