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Show New officers of the Eastern Utah Cattle Growers Assn., left to right, Jim McPherson, Chad Moore (behind Secretary Barbara Battey), Bill Cunningham and Arthur Ekker with John Vetere and President Gene Dunham In back. Cattle Growers Meet, Elect New Officers Green River hosted the Eastern Utah Cattlegrowers Association semi-annual meeting meet-ing Sat. at the Fire House in Green River. Cattlemen from the eastern ends of Wayne and Emery Counties and Grand County were in attendance to conduct business for the organization and to discuss current cattle problems. Guests of honor were State j Executive Secretary Sherm Harmer and 1st Vice President Sim Weston of Randolph. President Gene Dunham called the meeting to order , and presented the project of '. updating the Reward Poster I put out by the EUCA several ; years ago. It will be reprinted, with the reward for the arrest and conviction of anyone stealing cattle from any of the members, raised to $500. The state also has set up a $1,000 reward. Local junior fat stock shows by 4-H competitors were discussed, and it was proposed that local sponsors be found for any younsters showing ' animals in either the Moab or Ferron Shows. The summer steak-fry was discussed, and Jim McPherson McPher-son offered to sponsor it, date and place to be announced later. State 1st Vice President Sim Weston spoke on the need for organization of the farmers and stockmen. It has become necessary to raise dues, or to enlist more members in the state association. The State summer celebration will be in Sevier County on the 16th and 17th of July. Secretary Harmer reported that the Intermountain Junior Fat Stock Show at Ogden has been cancelled. Again, the problem is buyers and low prices. The Secretary stated that the cattle industry needs a much bigger lobby program in Congress. The conservationists conservation-ists and labor unions have so much greater representation, that they are the ones who get heard. Last year, beef imports over the quota were 27 million pounds, and no one said a word. This year a voluntary quota of Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland (which is the 4th largest shipper of beef to the U.S.) amounting to 1,200,000,000 pounds is being set. This won't improve the cattle market, Mr. Harmer stated, but it won't make beef much cheaper in the meat market. Meat prices are being held up because of labor union rules and regulations. Beef coming into ports have to be unloaded by the teamsters and cut by the Butchers' Union, one of the strongest in the country today. It is this labor strangulation and feather bedding bed-ding that raises the price of meat. Harmer touched briefly on grazing fee increases, and pointed out that $55 million of these fees are to be returned to the states for Envrionmental Impact studies. The evening banquet was superbly catered by the Lemieux Cafe. The hall had been decorated in the Bicentennial Bicen-tennial theme and colors by wives of the members. Mrs. Wadzeck displayed her Cow Camp Originals, and a delightful delight-ful working model of a windmill about 18 inches high constructed by Blaine Silli-man, Silli-man, was the point of interest on the registration table. Mrs. A. C. Ekker and Jim McPherson McPher-son won the door prizes, ceramic Hereford bulls about a foot long. Buddy Ebsen and his wife Nancy put in a short appearance. appear-ance. They . were . staying overnight at the River Terrace, and when the local cowboys picked up tl guests of honor, they extended an invitation to the movie-TV star. Everyone met him, and he and Nancy were presented with name tags for the occasion. These leather saddles, boots and chaps, had been marked and cut out by some of the ladies for favors. After the banquet, the guests danced until a late hour to the music of a good country orchestra from Wellington. Barbara Battey, Chad Moore, Jim Wilcox and Shirley WadzecK at the chuck line. |