Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-01-11
ROCKY FORD, COLORADO,
COLORADO EDITORS CONFER
ON IMPORTANT TOPICS

trated Weekly. Denver: Lutte Wilcox,
OF Field and Farm; l.. II. Smith, OF the
Salida Mall; Leo Vincent, OF the Boul-
der Representative.
j. W. Work was elected to I'LL the
vacancy on the executive committee OF
tine National association occasioned by
the death OF X. q. Cooper.
Members O! til. Legislative committee
were elected ns follows: Howard Rus
sell. +. y. Briggs. J. =. Temple. ii. ii.
Lee. The president and secretary are
members cS oiiicio.
The matter OF resolutions on the
death OF II. q. Sherman. Of the Stcrl-
Ing News. John u. Vaughn OF Denver
aud Stanley Stokes Of Denver. was rc-
fcrrrd Ia the committee previously np'
pointed In the cas-. OF X. q. Cooper.
An Interesting general discussion wns
held In regard io the legislation asked
for by the association. II was shown
that one mcasun. alone. Z" clearly de-
I'm. til. term legal advertising"
would bc worth many thousands Of
dollars every year in III. press OF the
state. In fact. most of III. i..isln tion
asked for is no, hscaus" the present
laws are 80 bad. but because they are
not sufficiently definite. giving unfair
aud parximoni"us officials mn emporium
i,y TO dcfraui publishers out OF their
Just dues and sivin. rise I" SrSniious
aud uncertain litigation. the laws be-
Ing CONSTRUED differently by different
tribunals.
80 highly important. In dollars nni
cents. L. this legislation rs'snricd that
the Legislative committee was instruct
.i To correspond with nii the publish.
-r,s In the state aud ask their cooI'crn-
lion aud assIs'nncc.
As the necessary priniin. and nf-
tendance nj the meeting. of the lcEi.-
lniivs committee. will involve con.id'
.rubic cSr-nss. IL was vot.>i To ns---~
each paper r'pn--n'-.i in the asso-in'
ton the sum of iiV- iollnrs. and also
to rcIu-si similar contribution ff,in
other publisher. throughout the stale.
There was general expression
anon. the nrmi,-r. pss--rn' Ia favor
OF n midsummer excursion. ani iw"
alternative routes w-rc rrnir--i: on"
Z. til. tsnirai. exposition. ls.~ion and
New York. nni the other To- the Ncl'
low.tonc Natiunai park. ON motion.
Corresponding SECRETARY W. T.. l'atroT
was auihurisri ,o arrange for such
cSc sg~io,s la .san junction with the cx-
-s'Gtisr c,imuitt-v.
I, was arranged To publish the full
official p'port Of the proceedings IN
Drops Of lux.
: un motion. Hon. 4. =. Spruruc. cs.
pp~.ii-ui of ih- association. Hnd incins
i-rr uf the Legislature frpn III i'aso
county. was invited Z" address the
meeting. Ani ,lid 80. urging prompt ne.
tipn In i-,lIalf II 'l- legislation asked
for 10y the association.
A. IL was felt ,hni the members
should reasonable during the pE'~cn,
legislative session. IL was voted {" take
n rrCS-Sz to m-Ct nsain at n date I" hc
IiN~.i by tile legislative aHd executive
committees.
Ilcf1rr adjournment. Mayor II. v.
Johnson. II Denver. ,cicrhuuCd mn In
Vitntinn iu the members of the assDci.
atiUu to attend pCcptinn then In
prusr,-s- n, the city hall. given by the
mayor In homer 81 GpSCruur.Cicct or
man. The Invitation was duly accept
-,i aud most II the members went To
,h. hall and wcic iutrpluc,si To the
governor anj mayor.