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station west of Omaha, and he would probably call 

 by his first name the first man he met, be he hack- 

 driver, cow-puncher, ranch or railway superintendent, 

 range owner, governor, congressman or a Senator 

 of the United States, and the familiarity instead of 

 being resented would bring the hearty greetings of 

 good-fellowship growing out of mutual experiences 

 or aspirations. 



As manager of the International, Mr. SKINNER 

 gained the confidence of those whose support was 

 most essential to success. While his paths in more 

 recent years have run in other directions, he will 

 ever be credited by those who worked at his side 

 in the old International days as one of the most 

 potent of all factors in the evolution of the greatest 

 of all modern live stock shows. 



However, this is not to be a history of the In- 

 ternational. That institution, worthy as it is of a 

 volume in itself, is but one of several outward 

 evidences of the forward movement of the recent 

 past in our live stock progress. The show is a 

 material evidence of great forces effectively wielded 

 in a practical direction. Behind the conception of 

 the SADDLE AND SIRLOIN CLUB and the erection of 

 the Inn, is a recognition of the power of sentiment 

 in its relation to work-a-day business affairs that is 



