El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-03

inspection, made by the association, at
the point of unloading. Besides this
most shipments from the Panhandle are
made direct to market In New Mexico,
however, the cattle cover wide ranges
and in many cases are shipped to small
stations where they are turned over to
feeders. 1t would, therefore. be impos-
sible to have inspectors at all the
points Of unloading.
To Employ Inspectors.
To remedy this it is proposed to EN-
ploy inspectors who will inspect cat
tie at the time of loading and to es-
tablish q thorough system of range in.
spection. In this way the New Mexico
stockmen will receive the same protec-
ton as those in the Panhandle.
About so cattlemen from New Mexico
attended the meeting, which was held
in the First National bank. Those pres
ent expressed their hearty endorsement
of the plans as outlined. W. J. Lin
wood, secretary Of the cattle board OF
New Mexico, has estimated that there
are fully 100000 cattle in the state
". A. Morley, a prominent Cattleman
Of Magdaleua, estimated that of this
owned by members of The association
and expressed the opinion that q ma
jOrity of owners of the remaining ESQ.,
600 would join the association when the
inspection system was organized.
To Nominate Amarillo.
II. E. Hoover, Of Canadian, will make
the principal speech Thursday, when
the name of Amarillo is placed in nom
nation for the 1915 convention. A
meeting of the Amarillo delegation will
be held this evening, at which the two
panhandle delegates who are to second
the nomination will be chosen.
Besides the Amarillo delegates who
arrived this morning, more are expected
Thursday morning. Both albuquerque
and Amarillo have been lining up the
various independent delegations, and
indications are that the vote will be
very close one.
RIcNIillen to Nominate albuquerque.
A. E. McMilIen, q business man and
cattle owner of albuquerque, will make
the nominating speech in placing Al
buquerque before the convention as
the next place of meeting. The nOmi-
nation will be seconded by judge Dan
NJ. Jackson of FL PasO and Frank w.
Willis Of Canadian. State senator IS
aac Barth of Albuquerque will invite
the convention in the name of the
state of New Mexico to hold its con-
vention in that state in 1915.
A meeting Of the Albuquerque del
egation viii be held at the Hotel PasO
del NOrte at 4 o'clock this afternoon
at which a thoroughly organized pO-
lice force, from a captain down to the
fixed post men Will be appointed.
The force viii, if possible, collect sU1-
ficient badges and helmets to make
showing and will start to work early
rounding Up all the cattle
men in town and herding them to the
convention, the idea being to get out
the whole vote, no matter which way
it goes.
Gov. W. c. Mcdonald of New Mexico.
who was expected to arrive Wednes-
day, has wired the New Mexico dele
cation that he viii be unable to come.
There is a chance, however, that he
viii get here Thursday, for the last
day of the convention.
Amarillo to Get Reserves.
The fight for the 1916 convention
promises to be one of the liveliest that
has ever been waged in the history Of
the association. Amarillo, which al
ready has a delegation here, including
delegations in the Panhandle that have
been pledged, of around 300, will mater
tally add to its representation when a
new delegation arrives Thursday. The
new delegation is made up of members
from both Amarillo and other Panhan-
die cities. The Amarillo band Is con-
on the job and the Panhandle
delegation has a parody on "Tipperary'
that ends with And we'll get that cat
lemen's convention: in 1915"
Albuquerque is making just a. de-
termined a fight for the convention as
is Amarillo. The delegation has the
backing Of a legislative resolution in
vitinE the cattlemen to meet in the
duke city" and this will be read when
the vote is taken Thursday. The dele
cation numbered about ESQ when it first