Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-04-21
BURKE CHOSEN
PRESIDENT FOR
ENSUING YEAR
W.k.Flowerree Of Great
Falls is Named First
Vice President.
Butte is Selected as Next
Convention City by
Range Dwellers.
BY w. w. MOSES,

Helena, April 20-With the election
of j. II. Burke, of Helena. as president.
and the selection of Butte as the place
Of meeting for 1922. the Montana Stock
Growers association adjourned its 36tE
annual convention Wednesday after
noon although this action did not con-
clude the doings in connection with the
convention. The finale was a smoker
given in the evening at the Montana
club
The selection of Butte was made fol-
lowing very entertaining talk by J..
Bruce kremer. of Butte, in putting
forth the claims of that city for the
next convention. Mr. Kremer brought
to the attention of the stockmen the
| close relations existing between them
and the miners of Butte in that the
miners are large consumers of the pro-
duct of the stock farms and naturally
entitled to some recognition at the
hands Of the meat producer.
Miles City In 1923.
There was no other active candidate
for the 1922 meeting although letter
from Miles City was read by the secre-
tary in which an invitation was extend
ed for the meeting of 1922 but which
more generally applied to the 1923
meeting for which that city avowed
itself an active candidate.
| Upon the motion of r. p. Heren the
convention unanimously made Butte it's
choice for 1922.
! It was upon the report Of the nom
mating committee, Of which George
Mccarthy, Of Winston. was chairman,
that the election Of officers was con-
Quoted resulting as follows:
For president: j. H. Burke, of
Helena.
For vice president: W. X. Flower
rec. of Great Falls.
For second vice president: Charles
Simpson, of Miles City.
For treasurer: A. L. Smith, of
Helena.
Will Select Secretary.
The office Of secretary. salaried
position, was left to be filled by the
choice of the president and executive
committee.
The new president, J. H. Burke,
was at once escorted to the chair.
where he spoke briefly expressing his
appreciation at the honor extended
him and saying that while he hoped to
fulfill the expectations of the stock
men he could not do so unless all the
members should get behind him, not
only in this meeting but on each of
the $50 days of the year.
The membership committee, Percy
Williamson. chairman, reported list
Of about 25 new members whose ap-
plications had been indorsed by the
committee, which report was APPROX
ed by the convention.
The meeting adjourned early and
couple of hours was devoted during
the afternoon to visit to the live
stock building at the state capitol in
which several demonstrations of treat
ment for cattle were given by officers
of the live stock commission.
Demonstrate New Dip.
Included in these was a demonstra-
ton Of the oil emulsion dip which was
recently perfected by DR.. Emil Starr,
chemist Of the live stock sanitary
board, which dip is believed to be tho
best which is now in use and Of which
the principal constituent is Montana
crude OIL
A demonstration of methods of
treatment for tick and tuberculosis in
cattle was given by DIR. Hadleigh
Marsh, pathologist and bacteriologist
The forenoon session of the stock
growers was given over to brief and
more or less impromptu talks by var
ious OF the Montana men and repres-
entatives Of eastern stock yards and
commission concerns.
Cooperation between stock grow
ers and marketing concerns was dis
cussed by II. r. Park, traffic mana
ger of the Union Stock Yards at Chi |
cago who devoted some time to tell |
ing OF the service performed by the
STOCK yards for the stockmen.
Against Mixina Breeds.
Adoption of a single breed of cattle
by each stockgrower was strongly ad-
vocated by NJ. Mckenzie Of the Mata-
DOR Cattle Co. of Texas, which vas
formerly the Brazilian Land & Cattle
20, and which has for several years
Deen running large herds north OF the |
Little Rockies. He condemned the
ldea OF mixing up breeds of cattle and
said that while he was not recommend
ing any particular kind of cattle he ud-
vOcated but one breed to each outfit.
William Pritchard, of the Sweet
Grass hills, one of the pioneer sheen
and cattlemen of northern Montana,
talked at length of the shipping and
marketing of stock on the eastern
markets.
Export Trade Improves.
EncoHagement to the stock grower
was extended BY G. o. Robinson. 81
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