The Ordway new era., 1905-06-30
coLoRADo's BoomERs
IN COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION
s,rene orssnis.tien Of ce'sesss ess'.
nsss Men In the Field ses
Effective Work.

Colorado Springs. Colo. June Sts-
fourth annual convention OF the Staen
Realty Association. now rsorganissd
a, tho Colorado state Commercial A.
.oeiation. closed in this city Thursday
after a three days session with the
election OF officers and directors Tor
the ensuing year,
Zeph c. Felt OF Denver was chosen
nresident and Durango chosen ~ the
next convention place.
Several important resolutions were
,sonted among them being one
launching a movement for western
,mmiyration congress for the purpose
-, Inducing colonization In tho West
and another being the initial step TO-
ward the conservation OF the priceless
waters of Colorado. which are In dan
ger OF being appropriated by other
states. .,
The mornings program was devoted
IN s,ate development and the agricul'
| ,ural section. II. A. Storrs, electrical
/ oxpert In the United States reclamation
/ service at Washington. talked on
| Power from Mountain Waters. CIV
l ing some highly interesting statistics.
l He estimated that the Colorado rivers
running east and south furnished an
| average fall OF / 800 feet FOR power gen
Grafton. with an approximate soo'oVo
! hnrsc.power deriyable thercfrom.
Western rivers, furnishing n 3.00o-foot
fall would generate. crudely speaking.
nearly 2 900 900 horsepower. Steam
plants to furnish this power would con-
sumo 25 900 900 tons of coal per an
mum. more than three times Colorados
| coal output, The average cost would
be $1,000 per kilowatt. or IS per horse
power, the selling price being esu-
mated at s3i per kilowatt. or SO per
horse power.
NJ. 4. Carleton, United States cereal
lst. gave some valuable points on
Crops for Dry Farming" He declared
that Colorado this year would have
produced approximately 1oO.Oooooo
bushels OF wheat. which had all avail
able land been used would be much
more than the entire mineral produc'
tion for that period.
W. II. Olin, professor OF agronomy In
the State Agricultural College at Fort
Collins. depicted In glowing terms
"The Wheat OF the Future" Professor
Olin gave the results Of careful study
in the choice OF plant growing. plant
adaptation. seed selection and variety
selection. He pointed out that 5000
600 acres were under irrigation In this
state, and that ten times that amount
could be successfully harvested. He
mentioned the various oats. corn. bar
ley and wheat products which have
been imported from other states and
other countries. and planted with re
I marlgahie succgsS in Colorado.
Congressman Franklin T.. Brooks
aroused intense enthusiasm by his dc
scription OF the work done by the De
partment of Agriculture. Although the
: army and navy budget approximatei
. s3iO. O.O00. 900 annually. he said tho Do
. partment OF Agriculture secures but
s6,O5O.O00 each year. despite
, which It is accomplishing won
dcrs. This department. knowr
twenty years ago as the COW
department has been the subject o
attempted bribes by English. French
and Cuban authorities. who desired
knowledge in conducting experiment!
in that branch.
The importance OF the agricultural
, industry was shown by the speaker
statistics. For the past twenty year
the balance OF trade In our favor an
and the balance would have been SIS
600 900 against US but for tho agricu
tural products. The United State
raises each year in corn. oats. barley
wheat. potatoes and the like IN tn
neighborhood OF $4,000. 100000.
Prolonged cheering greeted Nj
Brooks statement that at the next sci
sion OF Congress he would introduc
a resolution in with the agriculture
bill for an appropriation to study an
develop the rubber plant industry !
Colorado.
Committee on directors reported tn
following, which were confirmed
Jesse +. Mcdonald. governor, Denver
Henry Lee B. Wills. real estate, Coli
rado Springs; b. F. Freeman, pres
dent Colorado State Bank, Durango
a. %. Bent. state auditor. Denver;
J. Chamberlain. real estate. Denver
J. S. Flower, real estate. Denver:
w. Chisholm. real estate. Colorad
Springs: d. c. Packard, Insurance
Denver; w. +. Kinsella. real estat
Greeley; Armour c.. Anderson, re,
estate. Denver: Samuel II. Clamme
mayor, Fort Collins; Gordon Jone
vice president United States Natioai
Bank, Denver: A. ]. woodrun. re,
estate. Pueblo.
~ ~ The following advisory board va
-, chosen: c. B. Bennett, chairman. re,
~. estate. Colorado Springs; ]. L. Don
q. hue. vice president Colorado Tru
a' Company, Denver; II. ]. Arnold, re-
an estate. Denver; Ira Monnell, Iarme
hs Montrose; +. ]. Henderson, real estat
is. sterling: Dick Oxford. real estat
Mancos; Sam G. Adams, real estat
ed steamboat Springs; v. c. Davenpol
We real estate. Salida; l.. r. Fenlaso
ng ,nsI,' ssa'e' hocky FORD; =. II. La
lir raa. an, an Iriniuad; w. a. Braide
en- real estate, Florence: A. 8. Lambe