The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1917-09-07

Chicago (SpeciaD 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 fiocks will
not be cut in two-as the legislators
proposed-by 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 llli-
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
Ia cta tpkan at
once to conserve the western focks
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 fiocks or move them to
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 II
sheep raising.
In spite of the efforts which hay'
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 iron
the sheepraisers, will be turned bac
from the shambles for redistributfo
nv the Bureau to the farmers an
sheep ranchers in the central state
thus putting cash into the pockets {
!. the western sheepmen and at the sam
time conserving the ewes for increas
: of wool production in, various parts
the country.
"Sheepmen whose flocks are big
little are cordially invited and urge
to attend the conference in Chicag
August 21-22," President w. B. Tyre
Of the Bureau said. ut is the gre
: opportunity for any enterprisir
t sheepman, troubled by the reduction
: free range in the west, to find
r immediate solution of his problem
Michigan. Wisconsin and Minneso
:, there are 3O,000,000 acres OF grazil
land suitable for sheep, most OF wnl
Is now idle. This land must be put
y use for the armies of the United Stat
Y and her allies. all Of which need wal
It clothing quite as much as food.
r clothing without wool can be prop
20 for soldier or civilian, and alrea
= they are talking OF using as much
40 per cent wood pulp in some clo'
ing.
> "The Great Lakes Wool Convent
Ia an event in national history a
every sheepman who can leave ho
for a week should be in his seat
the Convention Hall at the Uni
Stock Yards when the meetings op
III August q. The speakers. moving
lures and exhibits will be a hbe
education to any sheepman. no mat
how much he may already know abb
sheep and wool.
III ain preparation for the meeting
state authorities of all states ad1ac
To Chicago were urgently asked
take immediate action for the
lection of sheep II they were not
ready adequately protected from