Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-23
CATTLE AND HORSE
GROWERS TO Meet
First Annual Convention of
Association to Be Held
at Pocatello.

The Idaho Cattle & Horse Growers
association will hold its first annual
convention at Pocatello, oct, 81, Il fact
of general interest to many cattle and
horsemcn all over southern Idaho.
The association is composed of Ida
no men who make business of grow
ing and ranging cattle and horses on
the public domain and on the forests
within the borders of the state. 1t is
the outgroWth of an organization of
several associations formed in Custer
county and throughout central Idaho
for the protection of the industry, and
in less than six months has gained 500
active members, representing 10000
head of cattle and horses. with an es-
timated valuation of ten million dol
lars worth of livestock, that all depend
more or less for range ON the forests
and public domain, as much of the
stock is erazed thereon one half of
the time, at least, ana the remainder
of the time is fed ian the pastures of
Idaho ranchmen.
OBJECTS OF ASSOCIATION.
ON March - of the present year
about 100 men engaged in the in
dustrN met in pocatelio and formed
the organization, with Judge clay
Vance. of Chilly. as president l.. e.
Dillingham;, a newspaper man OF
MackaN. as secretary treasurer, and
G.. w. Thcbaud Of Bliss. David G. De
Vine of Haley, w. W. clark of George
town, and Ice Barber of Boise, all OF
whom are large cattle growers, round
ing out the board of directors.
The association has for its objects
better breeding and marketing, the
arrest and conviction of cattle and
horse thieves and the protection of
cattle and horse range in the state.
While it is the largest industry in the
state of Idaho, affecting the weals and
Woes of more people in the Gem state
than any other of her many and di
verse industries, yet it has been the
last to organize. The swine breeders
the wool growers, the dairs men, tho
bee men and the farmers, tho beet
men, tho miner tho merchant and the
manufacturers and the potato growers,
and all the industries are organized,
and now the cattle and horse growers
have start upon one OF the biggest
organizations in Idaho. with almost
unlimited possibilities for the future.
on account of tho force OF numbers of
Idaho citizens who would be eligible.
The coming convention is look ed
forward to by the officers and pronot :
crs of the Cattle and Horse Growers
association as one of the most import
ant factors in the cattle and horse in
, dustry in the state, so far ms the flu
ture of the industry is concerned, and
expect and urge the men engaged in
the business to take the time and
trouble to attend the convention. 1t
is anticipated that several hundred
growers and grazers will he present
and that quite n little pure bred stock
will either be displayed or represented
by men engaged in the sale of regis
tered stock.
In addition to the benefits to be de-
rived from attending the first annual
convention of the cattle and horse
growers of Idaho, the city of Pocatello
will put on n few special attractions
! for the amusement of tine crowd, and
! an automobile show is to be held at
the same time, thus giving the cattle
and horse growers, no. only an oppor-
tunity to improve their condition