Show MEN SEEN TRAINING TO BE AIRMEN Livestock Association President President President dent Here Thinks U U. S. S Is on Right Track Giving emphasis to to the belief that the tIle great war will be won In the air I. I T. T Pryor of San Antonio Tex president of the American National Livestock association which is holding its twenty-first twenty annual convention in Salt Lake stated that men were training as aviators at Camp Kelly He Ira declared that it was no uncommon sight to see the men piloting the machines machines machines ma ma- chines in the air in Texas and judged I Iby by the number pf of machines already available he tho thought that the United States would provide a a. great portion United of th the warriors who would battle the foe far above the guns of the opposing forces I Mr 11 Pryor affectionately called 1 Colonel Pryor is in every respect a self-made self man lIe He knows a little of I war besides what it means to the livestock livestock livestock live live- stock industry of this country for as a aboy aboy 1 boy 9 years old he trundled along with the army of the South in the Civil war B Born rn In Florida he was but a amite amite amite mite when he was vas forced to earn his own living JIving and followed the soldiers I selling newspapers BLOODY FIGHTS I saw thousands of men killed around me in those bloody fights of more than fifty years ago said the colonel Following the Civil war Colonel Pryor worked at Lake Erie ports doing odd jobs At 18 years of I age he moved to Texas and worked for 15 a month While on In a farm in Texas he ob observed observed ob- ob served the huge drives of cattle to Montana Utah and other points He longed for the opportunity to to- own a herd With only three years' years schoolIng schooling school- school Ing log what he lacked in education he made up in ambition and a little while after he managed to save sufficient to buy a few head of cattle In those days s 's back back in 1884 1884 a. a. a yearling steer cost only 16 By steady and indefatigable effort Colonel Pryor collected a avast vast herd and I today his cattle on his ranches in Texas I Iare are valued at more than Besides Besides Besides Be Be- BeI I I sides the wealth he has acquired as a livestock man Colonel Pryor is also Interested in many other enterprises For one the colonel who as a a. penniless lad followed the soldiers in the Civil war Is a banker of repute in Texas LIVESTOCK EXPERT Colonel Pryor Fryer is a lean spare man manof manof manof of about 65 years old but he does not look older than 40 His face Is heightened heightened heightened height height- ened by a ruddy red exemplifying the health giving benefits of the grea great outdoors He Is recognized as an authority authority au- au among livestock men and it I 1 Is greatly neatly through his efforts that the they have succeeded in prospering Some idea of the energy which I is- is contained in this six foot s spare re Southerner Southerner South South- Ij erner amer is provided in lii the fact that he has been elected president of every organization of which he has been a member the crowning glory to his bis achievements in this respect bein being when he was elected to the head of the American Nati National nal Livestock as as- as Colonel Pryor is a believer in helpin help- help in Jog iner thE th other fellow to aid in the I country's production On his rain ran ra In Texas there are a few cole which are producing consider foodstuffs for the members and the nation at large Colonel Pryor that tha t of ninety acres planted to on ona ona ona a revenue of was obtained |