Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-03-18
BUSY STOCkhEN'
SECOND DAY or CONVENTION


Reserve Report Adoptsd.-eisesioa
Of offiees.-conrad sehasfer Made
President.
peayer. March ic,-bseauss the stock
men ar. early rissfs and accustomed to
lard work yesterdays session Of thu
fourth annual convention Of the Colo
RADIO Cattle and Horss Growers Asso-
citation began at $3.50 in III. morning
and lasted until nearly Q in the after
noon. with recess for lunch. II Was .
busy day.
There ~as plenty of ~otk on hanJ
=Ed no play vas permitted.
TN III. railroad question. which Is SO
important Ia IN. sto-kmrn. tho presi-
dent vas authorised tn appoint q CON-
fniiis- of three To NEE, tn. Texas cat
ti. growers May JEd for a discussions
of the campaign to- hS pursued. This
rommltts~ will consist of President
Conrad Scha-irr. Secretary Fred y.
Johnson and probably John W, SPRING
-r. The following resolution was adop'-
cd:
Resolved. that ~c favor the passage
by the next General Assembly of an
-n-ciiS. Law creating an ei.ctis. rail-
way commission with power TO ns rates.
ard We urs- upon our senators and
representatives In the Congress OF the
United States III. nec-Ssi,y OF support
'ns the hill now pending To siSo tbs.
lEi.rs,a,- Commerce Commission pow.
, cr tn iiS ruirs.'
The report Of the committee relating
a. the range question was laid upon
the table m not furniHhin. donni'"
solution of the problems Mt hand and
the pr-aldcnt was authorized to appoint
n committee OF nv- To continue work
upon this matter and report Mt tho next
convention. Tn. report of tho commit
tee upon extension Of the forest re-
rsrycE. which endorsed the policy of
SIR. Pinchot. Mt the head Of the bureau
o! forestry. was adopted and the prcai--
cent authorized to appoint committee
Of fyc To continue the wGrk OF inycHu-
ssting conditions.
Resolutions were adopted picdgins
f.oral support to the home live stock
s.arkct ut the Denver Union Stock
yards and others endorsing the work
Of the State Agricultural College and
plcdging ali the assistance within the
power Of the association to the insti-
tuition.
So much has tho association apprc-
GATED the work OF Conrad Schncfcr.
who assumed the rcins when President
W. l.. Grubb resigned. that he was ad-
,anced permanently from the position
Of vice president to president. ". A..
Gillespie OF Gunnison was made vice.
president. while Secretary Fred r.,
Johnson Of Denver was reelected and
r. S. Harper of Lincoln county wnB
continued In the office OF treasurer. Tho
executive committee. comprising rep
rsscntntiyc from each district. we1
elected rs follows:
District No. /. John A. Edge. Burns:
9. Price Sloss. Basnlt: 3. W. A. Giles
pic. Gunnison: I. W. T. Ashley.
Saguache; s. J. II. Smith. lamar: 6.
Samuel Hnrtsel. Hnrtsel; Z. Conrad
Schaefer. Deuel.: s. T. S. Harper. Lin
coin county; .. ]. W. Bennett, Fort
Collins: 10. James Taylor. Hebron.
An important amendment to the con-
stitution OF the association was adopt
cd. providing for two standing COM
mittees. one on public lands and one
on legislative matters. These are to
consist OF FIVE members each.
At the morning session the first i'm
portant business was the discussion OF
the land committees report. Former
State Senator l.. NJ. Ammons dis.
cussed the matter. saying that he was
opposed to the leasing question. but
did not propose to pay SO much per
head for running cattle on the range.
He thought the committee had failed
to outline a definite plan. and urged tho
appointment OF another committee to
report next year. His motion was car
ried.
The report of the executive commit
tee showed that the Texas cattlemen
were heartily in accord with all the re-
forms being prosecuted in the West.
It recommended the appointment OF a
committee of five to meet with tho
Texas cattlemen in Denver. May 3rd.
when all the vexing railroad problems
will be discussed. At that time a lob
by will be organized to go to Washing
ton and make demands for better
treatment from the railroads. spe-
cial tax of Y of l cent for each head
of stock represented in the association
was recommended to create railroad
fund"
John w. Springer created much en-
thusiasm by his speech in relation to
the cattle interests and the railroads.
He said the Interstate Commerce Com
mission was powerless to render re-
lief.
Addresses were made in the after
noon by George w. Ballantine, Presi-
dent B. o. Aylesworth OF the Colorado
Agricultural College, Professor w. l..
Carlyle and Eugene II. Grubb. Mr..
Grubb spoke on Worlds Fair Show in
1904" He merely stated that the need
for a discussion of this subject was
gone, for President Francis had an
nounced that $4,000 in premiums had
been provided for the exhibition OF
range cattle at the fair in carload lots,
The old and new executive commit
tees met in the St James hotel last
evening and decided upon an aggress-
i've campaign for the coming year. The
board of control was named as fol-
lows: President Conrad Schaefer.
Secretary Fred p. Johnson. and |. w.
Bennett of Fort Collins.