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Show flockIasters m plans for future STATE ASSOCIATION ADVISES AGAINST CONTRACTING FOR CLIPS IN ADVANCE. Recommend That All Sheep in State Be Dipped Once a Year, and That Railroads Grant Lower Rate. Create Advisory Board. Salt Lake City With the re-election Of the officers who have served during the last year, the creation of an advisory ad-visory board aivl a finance committee, and (lie adoptil n of recommendations that all sheep in the state be dipped once 'Pitch year, railroads grant lower rates on sheep, a more business-like method of the disposition of wool and conservation and economy, the two days' annual convention of the Utah Woolgrowers' association ended Janu-i Janu-i ary 16. The convention, the most successful suc-cessful in the history of the organization, organiza-tion, recommended also the enactment of a federal law placing a tax of $1 upon every dog in the United States, the fund thus created to be used for the elimination of predatory wild animals. ani-mals. One of tiie most important of the decisions de-cisions was that to refrain from contracting con-tracting clips in the future. "We believe be-lieve the time has come when the wool-growers wool-growers of this state and country should make a complete change in the manner of disposing of their wools, therefore we urge and recommend that the entire wool clip of woolgrowers of Utah be consigned to the National Wool Warehouse & Storage company," the resolutions state. Other items in the resolutions adopted adopt-ed pledge the co-operation of the association asso-ciation with the administration, request the government to exempt sufficient trails between ranges from the provisions provi-sions of the 640-acre homestead act, and commend the work of the federal biological bureau and of the state livestock live-stock commission. The deficit of $003, contracted lor current expenses during the year, was wiped out and approximately approxi-mately $200 in addition was put in the treasury during a collection taken. An assessment of one-fourth cent a head on sheep owned by members was levied. Following the authorization of an advisory ad-visory board, the chief duties of which will be the furtherance of co-operation between the association and federal and state boards, its personnel was selected se-lected as follows: John W. Thornley, John II. Seely, C. B. Stewart, Wilford Day and M. S. Merriott. ' A finance committer was created and composing it are W. S. Hansen, Box-elder Box-elder county ; J. C. Jordan, Sanpete comity ; Ernest Peterson, Cache county coun-ty ; M. S. Merriott, Weber county ; John Nebeker, llich county; J. W. Thornley and W. A. Cramer, Davis county ; Hiram Hi-ram Seely, Emery county ; W. S. Phillips, Phil-lips, Utah county ; J. W. Imlay, Washington Wash-ington county ; Thomas Seavy, Garfield county ; J. C. Jensen, Carbon county : J. C. Oruin, Juab county, and E. Samuels, Sam-uels, Uintah county. No changes were made in the board of directors except where necessary because be-cause of death or change of residence. Mr. Marriott, Mr. Allen and Hiram Seely replaced W. J. Seely, C. N. Still- man anu mcnara Jones, xne assessment assess-ment will be collected by members of the finance committee. F. J. Hagenbarth of Salt Lake, president presi-dent of the National Woolgrowers' association, as-sociation, in his address on "Conserving "Conserv-ing Meat," staged that there is great need in conserving all things. "If a man is not patriotic from any other reason, he should be because of self-Interest, self-Interest, enlightened selfishness," Mr. Hagenbarth said. "Even if the war had not occurred we sheepmen would have had to conserve if we continue in business. The day has passed when we can turn (locks on the open range and without further attention expect them to make money for us." He made a plea for conservation and saving in little things affecting the business. William A. Crane of Herriman urged a greater general efficiency in the sheep business. "It is folly not to secure se-cure efficient employees and to feed $1 worth of rations to a two-bit man," he said. As a means of additional national na-tional conservation he suggested a "to-baecoloss, "to-baecoloss, poolloss and soft drinkless day." The effort to divert $5S,000 from the state bounty fund, where it is lying ly-ing idle, to he expended by the stale livestock commission in conjunction with the federal bureau, probably will be successful, Mr. Stewart announced. Governor Bamberger, the attorney general gen-eral and the council of defense all realize real-ize the importance of the action for the Increase and the conservation of food, he said. "It is a retlection upon the flockmas-ters flockmas-ters of Utah that the membership of the association is no larger." Mr. Day declared, during a strong plea for cooperation. |