Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-06-30
CoLoRADo's BOOMERS
IN COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION
Strong Organization Of Colorado eusl'
ness Men In the Field for
Effective Work.

Colorado Springs. Colo. June "a
fourth annual convention Of the State
Realty Association. now reorganized
as the Colorado State Commercial As
scciation. closed In this city Thursday
after q three days session with the
election Of officers and directors for
the ensuing year.
Zeph C. Fe!t OF Denver was chosen
president and Durango chosen a. the
next convention place.
Several important resolutions were
adopted. among them being one
launching movement for n western
immigration congress for the purpose
Of inducing colonization In the 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
TO state development and the asricul.
tural section. II. a. Storrs. electrical
expert In the United States reclamation
service at Washington. talked on
Power from Mountain Waters. CIV.
Ing some highly interesting statistics.
He estimated that the Colorado rivers
running east and south furnished an
average fall Of 1900 feet for power gen.
Grafton. with an approximate 100000
horsepower derivnblc thcrcfrom.
Western rivers. furnishing q 3.ooofoot
fall. would generate. crudely speaking.
nearly 100000 horsepower. steam
plants to furnish this power would con-
sume $4,000. 900 tons Of coal per an
han lVnA CnlnFnHn'A
coal output. The average cost would
.bc 5000 per kilowatt. or IS per horse
power. the selling price being csti'
mated at 334 per kilowatt. or $:5 per
horsepower.
n. A. Carleton. United States cereal.
LIST, gave some valuable points on
'"Crops for Dry Farming" He declared
that Colorado this year would have
produced approximately 100.00O.O00
bushels OF wheat. which had nll avail
able land been used would be much
more than the entire mineral produc'
ton for that period.
". II. Olin, professor OF ngronomy In
the State Agricultural College nt Fort
Collins, depleted in glowing terms
'Thc 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 a.ooo..
900 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. md planted with re-
marknblc success in Colorado.
Congressman Franklin T.. Brooks
l,s h,,a In hc n
scription Of the work done by the De-
pnrtmcnt Of Agriculture. Although the
army and navy budget npproximates
$40. 100000 annually. he said the De-
partmen. Of Agriculture secures but
SG,050,0oO each year. despite
which It Is accomplishing won
dcrs. This department. known
twenty years ago rs the Cow"
department has been the subject OF
attempted bribes by English, French
and Cuban authorities. who desired
knowledge In conducting experiments
in that branch.
The Importance OF the agricultural
industry was shown by the speakers
statistics. For the past twenty years
the balance OF trade In our favor an
nually has approximated &275.000. 900.
and the balance would have been $751;
100000 against US but for tho agricul-
tural products. The United States
raises each year in corn. oats. barley.
wheat, potatoes and the like ip the
neighborhood OF $i.000.000.000
Prolonged cheering greeted Mr..
Brooks statement that Mt the next ses-
sion Of Congress he would introduce
n resolution In with the agricultural
bill for an appropriation to study and
develop the rubber plant industry In
Colorado.
Committee on directors reported the
following. which were confirmed:
Jesse +. Mcdonald. governor. Denver;
Henry Lee b. Wills. real estate, Colo
rado Springs: B. F. Freeman. presi-
<dent Colorado State Bank. Durango;
A. e. Bent, state auditor. Denver; F.
J. Chamberlain, real estate. Denver;
y. 8. Flower, real estate. Denver; r.
w. Chisholm, real estate, Colorado
Springs: d. C. Packard, insurance.
Denver; w. E. Kinsella, real estate.
Greeley; Armour C. Anderson. real
estate, Denver: Samuel H. Clammer.
mayor, Fort Collins; Gordon Jones.
vice president United States National
Bank. Denver; A. J. Woodruff, real
estate, Pueblo.
The following advisory board was
chosen: C. b. Bennett, chairman, real
estate. Colorado Springs; j. l.. Dona.
hue, vice president Colorado Trust
Company, Denver; H. ]. Arnold, real
estate, Denver; Ira Monnell, farmer,
,Montrose; F. ]. Henderson, real estate.
Sterling; Dick Oxford, real estate,
.Mancos; Sam G. Adams, real estate.
Steamboat Springs; v. c. Davenport,
real estate, Salida; l.. r. Fenlason.
real estate, Rocky Ford; E. H. Day.
insurance. Trinidad; w. A. Braiden,
real estate, La lara; ]. v. McCandless.
real estate. Florence; A. s. Lamber-
ton, real estate, Cripple Creek; w. G.
Darlington, real estate. Pueblo; l..
Writ Markham. real estate, Lamar.
Executive committee appointed by