Show FAVORS ISTHMIAN CANAL LiveStock Men Believe in Building the Waterway Fort Worth Tex Jan 19he third annual convention of the National LiveStock association closed this afternoon af-ternoon after deciding to meet next year at Salt Lake City The convention conven-tion Indorsed the construction of the J Nicaragua canal the admission of New Mexico Arizona and Oklahoma to Statehood the appointment of John N Simpson of Texas as commissioner to the Paris exposition passed a resolution resolu-tion asking Congress to care for the agricultural colleges throughout the entire country and elected the following follow-ing ofllcers John W Springer president presi-dent reelected Charles F Martin Denver secretary J l Holt Montana I Monta-na first vicepresident J D Wood Idaho second vicepresident George I I J Goulding Colorado treasurer No material changes in the executive com jultlee At the morning session a paper was mornIng read by Hon L G Powers statistician I hire J 11 of the census of agriculture Plckerell presented a paper on What Short Horns ha VC Done for the Country Coun-try Col T F B Potham of Mlspou J rl read a paper on Potency of Hereford Here-ford Blood President Springer was authorized to 1enL committee from the western Territories to frame a ern States and elrlorles to Congress In bill to be presented ConSress conformity with the appended resolution resolu-tion relating wih the leasing of the public pub-lic Innds Whereas The vast area of public UVhrcas 1he and utilized landtjuow being occupied utized lun low helng 1 bysfockmon of the West for grazing fckmen the management piirpiiROH are without te and control of any authority with pow facilities to protect and regu er and f 1 LtH late flee t same and Whereas Said lack of control has u of many of the led to the overstocking Itd thereby destroying the sod and ranges thCrby ranges lurids to the large tracts of the public IITds dolrlmenl of the ni tonal Government and us well as the stockmen < Whereas We believe that the peo orkraIsIitg are ra ple engaged in atockrai 1g whole the moat of determining 10t k pablo rlltCnnlng or the win plan for the anagemeit J correcting public ranges and for the of existing Whereas evils The and stockmen feel that helCat bo hold they justice demands thnt t lstk c to cnnult l In all mal perlalnlnc ul legislation affecting the pub national ntlona 1gshttun Nit on which tluY t lie ranges of tho I rln for hove lived and mnlo their homes years therefore be It Resolved That It Is the sense < of this nn LL lhat Solpc convention that arid and semlarl public lands in the Western nnc States and lublc classified ap Territories should be clQlS8lJcrdJl alockrftlMra praiHCd and leased to the praiwd un of the West for grazing purpoe t11 101 gu7lng IreCore1e giving PICf flxod limitations der r 11xc ImltatlolH Jlvlng always to the occupants of suld lands |