The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-02-06

h., =, "i ,iie american lied Cross
~ ,he sale on the convention floor of
olooded ram donated Tor This mr..
poSe ny the Wyoming Woolgrowers' as.
ISOLATION. "'
III addltlon, ten rams were donated
~ the livestock organization by the
STATE WOolgrOwers' association for
e',e at the ram show in Salt Lake next
."''' the proceeds of the sale to be
turned over to the Red Cross.
nnohs Tie most important Of the
.'''u'ioh was one protesting against
'he use OF "shOddy" in the manufac
lure OF clothing for the military forces
OF the United States: another was q
resolution asking that the meatless day
'an upon mutton and lamb be removed
at east temporarily, and that the food
administration encourage increased
consumption Of this form Of meat food
as means of conserving a pork and
beef supply.
A resolution was presented calling
upon the national government to sus-
penn the operation of the 64O-acre
homestead law, at least during the De-
'iou OF The war. One Of the most i'm
poreaht resolutions to the wool pro-
| ducers was one protesting against the
government fixing a price on wool and
iiiauguratlng government control of
WOOL price unless the producer is first
given a hearing on the matter Of cost
and production.
Inc election of officers resulted in
the retention Of present officials of
me national association, including
president Frank J. Hagenbarth of Salt
Lake; a. J. knOlin Of Kansas City as
second vice-president NJ. l. Powers of
| rlagstaft, Ariz., as assistant vice-presi-
deht r. ID. Miracle of Helena, Mont,
as treasurer, and DR.. S. w. Mcclure Of
Salt Lake as secretary.
Addresses were made at the after
noon session by Mayor Ferry, Win C.
Barnes of Washington, D. c., of the
United States forest serviJa. on Our
National Forests J. X. Edgheill of
Salt Lake. chairman Of the committee
winch Investigated grazing possibilities
IN the southern states W. s. Ayers OF
Chicago. chief of the industrial depart
ment of the New Orleans & Great
Northern railway, and A. G. Butterfield
of Weiser. Idaho. on "Silage and Its
Value for Sheep"
| Interesting history of the sporadic
ana as yet unsuccessful efforts to 'es-
tablish sheep and wOOl-grOwing in
! duStry in Japan was related in an adj
dress by DIR. ISsa Tanimura. Toxic,
japan. commissioner of livestock for
the Japanese government. DIR. TAM
lnura spoke on the subject of wool
| growing in the Orient.
| W. q. Bissel. president of the Wis
conSin Advance association, told of the
visit to Wisconsin last fall Of President
Frank j. Hagenbarth Of the National
| WOolgrowerS' association. At that
time II sheep and wool company WIS
organized with a capital of 100000
| This now has Il foundation of 5000
breeding ewes. and four other corpO-
rations are organized for similar work
+. \. Delfelder of RivertOn. Wyo.,
| spoke of the necessity of providing
funds for the use of tle biological sur
vey in the eradication of predatory
animals. advocating that g tax of 81
per head be placed on every dog in
the country, of which, he said. there
are l0.0OO,0OO
| President A. H. Seasons of the
Georgia Landowners association said
that he represented an organization of
more than 1000 men. owning several
million acres of idle land in Georgia.
| Federal activity in the determination
of predatory animals was the subject
of an address by E. w. Nelson, chief
o the biological survey, of Washing
J ,on. d. c. The animal losses in live
stock in the United States attributed
to wild animals and rodents, he said,
amount to more than S20OOO,OOO. The
bounty system. he declared. has proved
Il failure in eliminating losses to live
stock. Montana has paid more than
S2.OOO.OOO in an effort to eradicate
predatory animals from the ranges and
is till suffering heavy losses, he said.
Bringing intelligently before the con-
/ vention the necessity of improving the
| strains and of paying more attention
to the quality of wool produced. Pro-
| fe;Sor F. r. Marshall of the bureau of
animal industry, Washington. D. c.,
who is familiar with the work and re-
suits of the experimental station at
Laramie. Wyo.. spoke on the subject of
Government Sheep breeding Expert
! mentS."
| Orgo lization of sheep raising as a
war Industry. with government aid and
for the support of the government, was
the keynote of resolutions adopted at
the closing session of the fifty-fOurth
annual convention of the National
| Woolgrowers' association.
| The opening of national parks for
| grazing during the period of the war !:
absolute disanproval of contracting for
| wool previous to shearing: condemna-
J ton of the use of substitutes for wool
in soldiers and sailors equipment;
government aid by experiments in
| grazing in different sections and the
| utilization of isolated tracts of land;
and publicity to The statement that no
abstinence from mutton and lamb is
asked otherwise than on meatleSS days,
| were among the important resolutions
adopted by the convention.
Appropriation by congress of at
least S1,OOO0O0 for the determination
| of poisonous plants; Il federal war tax
| on dogs. the funds of which TO be COM
bined with appropriations from each
state for the elimination of stock-kill-
| >Jn nj 1S