North Park union., 1900-11-23

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
w. A. Drake of Fort Collins, was
on the market buying lambs. He
says there is going to be plenty Of
hay, he thinks, and he estimates the
number OF lambs on feed at over
100000 in this county. He has not
yet bought the lambs he is going to
feed himself, and will feed for the
late market. He bought n string of
light lambs which he will take to Col
lins.-Denver Stockman.
Down in Oklahoma, preacher in
delivering his farewell address said:
81 don't believe the Lord loves this
church, none of you ever die L don't be-
lieve you love each other, 1 never mar
ried any of you. don't believe you
love me, for you don't pay me my
salary-only in wormy fruit-and 'by
their fruit ye shall know them l
am going to better place-to the
penitentiary as chaplain, and | go to
prepare a place for you.--Field and
Farm.
Larimer county's population, as
determined by the ccnsrs of 1900, is
12,16S. In 1890 tt was 9,712. This
shows an increase of 2,i56, or 25.3
per cent. The gain in the state is
300 per cent, and the gain in the ma,
ton a fraction over 2l per cent Ac-
cording to these figures the county
has grown faster than the nation but
not quite so rapidly as the state.
While the population of the county
is not so large as il was thought to
be before the count was made, the
gain in the past ten years has been
steady, substantial and ull things
considered, quite satisfactory.-Fort
Collins Courier.
Nearly 10000 brands appear in
the Colorado brand book that was is
sued from the secretary OF state's of
flee yesterday The book is hand
solncly bound in red leather and
contains iO5 pages, comprising the
most complete classification ever
printed of cattle brands used in Colo
RADIO. The list Of brands is carefully
classified The numbers, symbols,
such as triangles, circles and squares;
and the miscellaneous furnish the
closing divisions. All certificates is
sued since April, 1899, are thus clas-
sified, excepting those in October,
which OF necessity had to be printed
in the order in which they came in.
An index of owners is appended to
the voume.-Dcnver Stockman.
There are indications that the com
ing session of the Legislature will be
swamped with all kinds Of bills for
new stock laws. Some of these bills
are needed and others, probably the
larger part, will be Of more harm
than good for the stock interests Of
Colorado. 1t is reported that one
member, with the idea of killing off
the prairie dogs in the state, will in
troduce a bill providing for bounty
of so cents on prairie dog scalps and
to raise the necessary funds will try
to put tax upon cattle brands. A
majority of the cattle men will OPP
pose this plan with tooth and nail.
In the first place, the prairie dog
nuisance affects only small part of
the state. In the second place, it
would take the national treasury to
pay such bounty. In the third
place, the prairie dogs can easily be
gotten rid of at comparatively
small expense by poison, after the
plan followed in Texas. 1t is to head
off Just such schemes as this that the
stockmcn of the state propose to meet
In Denver next month and discuss
just what legislation they do want
and make recommendations to the
Legislature in way that will leave
no room for doubt as to where they
stand on the many propositions like
to be considered.-Denyer 6tocknan.
Even Providence Is Against Them.
Fort Worth Kegister:-Colonel
Charles Goodnight, who is down from
his ranch in the Panhandle, said yes
terday that he recently lost one Of
his half.breed buffalo heifers, which
was probably struck by lightning.