El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-06
TWO CITIES OUT
FOR NEXT MEET
Sweetwater and Albuquer-
Que Boosters Busy: Can
didates Are Mentioned.

I the selection Of the place Of meeting
: for the 1918 convention Of the stock
men viii not take place until Thurs
/ Gay, the political pot has already be-
+ gun TO sizzle. Two cities have started
{ TO work, for the next convention,
| Sweetwater. Tex. and Albuquerque.
y. NJ Amarillo may also start an
18th hour campaign Just now the
Sweetwater delegates are the biggest
boosters and are receiving much en-
! encouragement from others OF West
/ Texas
Wilson Can BE Reelected.
Abner T. Wilson. president OF the
I association, who resides At Clifton,
I Ariz, can be reelected il he allows
! his name to b presented. according 10
his friends resolution was passed
! yesterday which carried a prOvisO that
the president Of the association can
/ succeed himself This makes il pos
sible for Mr. Wilson 10 again be a can
/ didate- But several Of his friends state
/ that he may not permit his name 70
4 be placed in nomination.
Love Next I'm Line.
! In this event T. \ Love. Of Sierra
| Blanca, is spoken Of as the logical can
| didate. He is at present first vice
I president OF the organization Other
| candidates spoken OF for the presi-
4
4 their names placed in nomination, are
] Lee Bivins and " H Fuqua of
I amarillo; Luke c. Brite. OF Maria, and
/ Thomas P Moody Of Canadian.
AmOnett Not n Candidate
! W / Amonett, present secretary.
/ stated Tuesday morning that he would
1 declines 10 be candidate for any or
1 flee. although several Of his friends
! have boosted him for president
mastersOn for Next President.
I n - 90 frsHH IL
= viii be candidate for president in
! the convention, II was reported We'd
/ nesday- The Amarillo delegation has
! declared It's support for Mr. Masterson
/ and VIII promote his candidacy.
! Big Bus to Garry Women.
! me chamber Of commerce has ar
! ranged to transport the women and
! men visitors TO the reception and mu-
. steal at the Woman's clue Wed4,-....-
/ night by automobile. The sight seeing
| bus Of the City Service company has
! VIII call at Hotels Paso del NOrte,
Ielger, sheldon. Orndorff and Mccoy
: at 5 o'clock Wednesday n-gnt to carry
! the guests.
zoo Delegates Registered
] Two hundred delegates 10 the FL
! Paso convention registered At the Of
\ fice Of the association in Hotel Paso
! del NOrte lobby Tuesday morning II
( Is expected that at least 1000 members
! and delegates VIII be registered
! Well known StOekmen Arrive.
9 \ = McCamant- Of Corona. y. NJ.
= a big cattle operator. arrived TUESDAY
Other prominent members Of the as
ISOLATION are Joe Gardner and Jess
Moseley OF Sierra Blanca, Texas;
! George p Morgan. Wilcox, Ariz-: Z
= Arnold. Hereford Texas: F. T.. Ben
nett, Orange. y NJ. A. F. Sanders
Z Globe. Ariz-, and c. Z. Pruett. Maria
! Texas
..BIAck Jack" Giles Here.
: Black Jack" Giles of Benson. Ariz-
champion lariat thrower OF that state
d is here. He is a familiar figure at all
conventions of stockmeh- He VIII par
tlcipate in the frontier days events at
Rio Grande park.
: Gen. Luis Terrazas Of Chihuahua. one
| OF the Oldest members of the Panhandle
: ~ Southwestern StOckmen's association
, mingled among the visitors At the Hotel
PasO del NOrte. Mr.. Terrszas is a mem
! Der Of the executive committee.
Panhandle Ranges Well stocked.
| g T. Herring, Of Amarillo. member
I OF the executive committee and eXpresi-
dent of the association. said the ranges
| in the Panhandle country are all well
stocked with cattle and that the herds
wintered well.
T. d. Love OF Sierra Blanca, first vice
president of the association. is being
/ boosted for the presidency by the west
| Texas delegation but has not Yet
( thrown his hat in the ring.
AmOnett Says Not Candidate
w. J. AmOnett, Of this city. secretary
! OF the aSNntldtlDis mas nttM spoken OF
as a possible candidate for the presi-
dency. But Mr.. Amonett states he does
not desire to again hold office. He has
Withdrawn as i candidate for reelection
as secretary.
J. 7. Kelly, inspector at Fort Worth.
is attending the convention. He in
sPected more than 4 million head of
cattle last year.
Rooms Reserved for Overflow.
The hotels are all well filled. but
the information bureau Of the chamber
Of commerce has number of rooms IN
private homes reserved for the stock
men. Any visitor unable 10 secure &C
commodations at the hotels can find
comfortable quarters by calling the in
formation bureau
This is the largest attended conven-
tion I nave ever seen of our assOcia-
ton" said secretary AmOnett. There
are between 1000 and $500 stockmen
iu the city and this number viii be in
creased before night There is an IN
tCnutinued on next pa=e-S