El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1921-01-11
KENDRICKHER
TOPRESIDE AT
CONVENTION

senator JOuu g. AenQrlcll OF -nerl-
dan, Wyoming, president OF the
American National Livestock associa-
ton, arrived in FL Paso Monday hight
70 preside at the 18th annual coz
Veution Of the association which viii
open here tomorrow morning.
The senator, born in Cherokee
county, Texas, and reared in vii
hanson county. Texas. has been IL
terested in the cattle business most Of
his lifc. He is strongly in favor Of
tariff on meat and is spossor Cor
the kendrick- Kenyon Dill which will
come up bel0re the senate January
"a The htl provides Tor commis-
sion TO be appointed by the federal
government TO hear complaints re-
EardinE unfair dealing in livestock
and for the regulation Of packing
houses The bill VIII be one Of the i'm
pottant measures TO come up before
the convention
The Fordney emergency tariff bill
also VIII be one Of the important mat
rers that viii be brought up at the
convention. It provides for an ad
ralorum tariff on cattle. but the opin-
ure should be amended so as to pro-
vide for tariff on meat
Marketing Il Big Problem
It has been said by many Of the
delegates that the BiLby marketing
plan that has been tried out by the
California Livestock association Is TO
be considered favorably at the con-
rention- This plan is TO poll The
growers, TO find out what they have
70 offer, class Of cattle for the market
ana how they are going TO self, then
10 employ a system OF marketing thar
viii DO away with considerable red
tape" and expensive preliminaries, to
avoid delays and half filled cars and
to avoid a depressing Of the market
by slumping IL with undesirable
animals or too many Of the same kind
Indescriminate shipping, they say,
tended TO flood the yards OF the large
packing centers with live stock, and
tbs cartlemen have been forced in
consequence to take what they could
set for their stock
Cowboy show endorsed.
Other subjects Of interest viii be
the regulation Of packing houses,
grazing fees on the public domain
and the national forests and CO.
operative marketing
Hundreds Of cattlemen. many with
their families have arrived in FL Paso
for the convention
Mayor Charles Davis has appealed
to the citizens in q proclamation re-
Cuesring their cooperation in making
the convention a success HIS suE-
gesuOns call for a liberal support Of
the various entertainments arranged
in honor OF the cattlemen.
Sketched from life BY G /. Overstreet IT.
The mayor IN the proclamation
speaks highly Of the cowboy con-
tests which viii be staged in Rio
Grande park. The show was arranged
especially for the entertainment OF
delegates 10 the convention The
contest begins tomorrow Thursday
has been designated as FL Paso day,
and the proclamation calls for the
observance OF a half q day holiday.
TEnu-nn-a from THrnr1rr71nrsT Hna --~neH
viii take part in the contests. many
Of which VIII be held for champion
ship honors-
A parade 70 advertise the show viii
start from Rio Grande park at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning and circle
the business district Mayor Davis
and G y. Bassett. president OF the
chamber Of commerce, viii head the
parade on horseback.
The route OF the parade viii be as
follows; Rio Grande park down Wyo-
ming TO the viaduct- across viaduct 10
south on Octavia to 3Iagoffin. west on
Magoffin 10 San Antonio, west on san
Antonio TO FL Paso. north on FL Paso
through plaza 10 Oregon. north on
Oregon to Franklin. east on Franklin
10 Mesa north on Mesa 10 Montana,
east on Montana 70 Rio Grande park
BOX holders Tor the rodeO were an
nouuced Tuesday at the chamber OF
commerce Twenty boxes have been
sold to the following firms, persons
and ORGANIZATIONS; state National
bank, American Trust & Savings
hank. G. II. Newman company. First
National bank. The White House. Sc
curity Bank & Trust company. FL
PasO Electric Railway company Bor-
der National bank, FL Paso Bank e.
Trust company. hotel SheiGau. Held
Bros, chamber Of commerce. CITY Ma
-ional bank, St Regis hotel, VI. ".
rurney, Roy Martin. Rio Grande OIL
company, Brig Gen. r l. Howe,
mayor and council, Young Mems Bus
ness league
More Rooms Needed.
The city IS full OF visitors ard most
lf the hotel rooms have been taken.
The Young Mems Business league has
.sAzed that all persons who have rooms
hey win rent during the week call
he chamber OF commerce and ask for
Z O. Gum The number is 1918.