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Show 1 SHEEPMEN I IN JjMAHA ! Wyoming" Delegation to Convention Travels 1 in Special Train. if, Omahn, Dec. 12. With a reduced 1 ' railroad rate of two cents a mllo In iff all directions for the delegates to the 'ijjj National Wool Growers' association. jkl which will open a three-days' ses- M slon In Omaha on Thin-sdny raorn- lug, memhers are coming In from all fl sections. m S. W. McCluro, national secretary, if came In from Gooding, Idaho, this Ijffl morning. Ho will bo followed by I'll Frank R- Gooding, formor governor Rffl of Idaho tomorrow, whllo Senator 'm Uorab of Idaho and Frank G. Hagen- H barth aro expected Thursday morn- jl) lng. The first shipment of sheep ar- 1 rived Monday afternoon from East i ,v Shorehara, Vermont. E. N. BIssell of 1 East Shoreham has a flock of ton h prize-winning Merinos. J A flock of ton Dartmoors, the only .i I representatives of this breed In the I J United States or Canada, will arrive I ' late Tuesday evening. These arc the property of the University of Wyoming Wyom-ing which' recently purchased them in Forest, Ont. The ''Wyoming delegation delega-tion of sheepmen will arrive Thursday morning from Cheyenne, where the state convention Is being held. A special train has been chartered for tho 300 or more delegates. The Idaho delegation will also come in a special train. This representation representa-tion will proposo some radical changes In the piesont constitution. Idaho also casts covetous eyes on cither the presidency or tlio secretaryship and threatens to dislodge some ono fiom his present position. .More than 700 sheep will be on exhibition ex-hibition at tho sheep show, making it tho largest affair of its kiud efcr held in the west. |