Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-09-06

sHEARINo PRE-
Chicago (SpeciaD-An invitation to
the sheep raisers in the western
states. where millions of acres of land
have been taken by settlers this year.
has been sent out by the National
Sheep and Wool Bureau for Great
Lakes Wool Convention. Sept, IL
IL, in Chicago. The Bureau has been
fighting effectively the proposed leg
islation to prohibit the slaughter of
ewes, good. bad and indifferent. hav-
ing provided better plan by which
the value of the shepherds focks will
not be cut in two--as the Legislators
proposed-by a drastic ban upon the
marketing of ewes for slaughter. F.
s. King of Cheyenne is vice president
for the western states.
The convention will be held in the
Assembly Hall at the Union Stock
Yards. The Stock Yards Inn will be
the official headquarters. with loop
headquarters al Hotel Sherman
The invitation to the shepherds was
sent with the cooperation of the I'LL
nois Council of Defense and other
State Councils of Defense, and points
out the imperative need for increase
OF wool production in the United
States. Curtailment of the wool in
civilian and military clothing is in.
eyitable unless steps are taken al
once to conserve the western fiocks
and increase sheep and wool produc.
ton throughout the United States.
Special entertainment of the sheep
men will be provided and opportuni.
ties in concrete form will be presented
to all fockmasters who must either
sell their focks or move them tC
grazing regions not cut up by settlers
homesteads The states of Michigan
Wisconsin and Minnesota are coop
Grating in the plan to set idle acres
In those states to profitable use IL
sheep raising.
In spite of the efforts which have
been made in Congress to close thu
markets entirely to female sheep thu
National Sheep and Wool Bureau, un
der whose auspices the convention will
be held, recently secured from tn,
meat packers an offer of cooperation
by which the ewes and eve lambs suit
able for breeding, after purchase from
the sheepraisers, will be turned bacl
| from the shambles for redistribution
by the Bureau to the farmers ant
sheep ranchers in the central states
| thus putting cash into the pockets o
the western sheepmen and at the sam
time conserving the ewes for increas,
OF wool production in various parts o
the country.
| "Sheepmen whose focks are big o
little are cordially invited and urge,
to attend the conference in Chicago
| August 21-22." President w. B. Tyrrel
of the Bureau said. ut Is the grea
opportunity for any enterprisinl
sheepman. troubled by the reduction o
free range in the west. to find al
immediate solution of his problem. Il
Michigan. Wisconsin and Minnesota
there are 3O.000.000 acres of grazing
land suitable for sheep. most Of whicl
Is now idle This land must be put L
use for the armies of the United State
and her allies, all of which need warn
clothing quite as much as food. N
| clothing without wool can be prope
for soldier or civilian. and alread
they are talking of using as much a
40 per cent wood pulp in some cloth
ing.
1.-THE Great Lakes Wool Conventio
is an event in national history an
every sheepman who can leave HON
for a week should be in his seat il
the Convention Hall at the Unto
Stock Yards when the meetings ope
August 81. The speakers. moving pic
lures and exhibits will be q libers
education to any sheepman. no matte
how much he may already know abou
sheep and wool
"In preparation for the meeting tn
state authorities of all states adjacen
to Chicago were urgently asked I
take immediate action for the pre-
lection of sheep II they were not al
ready adequately protected from tn