The Glenwood post., 1909-11-20
'STOCKMEN ORGAN
IzE new BODY
Friends of the Forest Reserve
Policy to Make Their
Influence Felt in
Congress

The following article cmanating from
Rifle appeared in Wednesday s issue of
the Denver Republican announcing 4
meeting which it is said is 10 be held
in Glenwood today:
Rifle. Colo, Nov. IA great many
of the local cattemen are preparing TO
90 to Glenwood to attend the meeting
recently called at the Grand Junction
convention to organize new Colorado
Cattle Growers association. This meet
ing is to be held in Glenwood Nov. 20,
and practically the entire western slope
will be represented by leading cattle
growers. The temporary officers ap.
pointed at the Grand Junction meet
ing are: j. b. Kilian of Delta. prcsi-
an executive committee as follows
\ ilodgson. George C. Wilson. Fred Man
tcy, c. j. Shidcler and Thomas Ma
honey.
The history of this proposed -nrgDni.
zation is rather remarkable 1t srems
that some years ago, when the govern
ment first undertook to put into effect
these forest reserve policies. this sec
tion of the country was bitterly op-
posed to the system and fought it and
every one who favored 1t. This was
done especially through the Colorado
Cattle 4 Horse Growers association,
of which Senator Ammous was prcsi-
dent and Fred johnson secretary. This
state organization. of which Mr.. John
son is still secretary, continued to fight
the forest policy, but it has developed
that the people who are in the stock
business on the western slope have
gradually switched around to be sturdy
champions of the forest reserve poll
cies. because it has been shown that
immense benefit has come to them
through increased pasture, protection
from wandering cattemcn and from
those who overstock the range, result
ing in increased weights in their cattle,
increased calf crops, better protection
in winter and peaceable possession; so
now is seen the unique situation of the
western slope men organizing an asso-
citation firmly in favor of the forest
reserve policies, and compelling the
hparcnt organization to drop its fight,
which had become political one and
change its policies, or do without the
western slope cattlemen. That great
good will come from this organizatio
goes without saying and the stockmen
who are going to GlenwOod are firmly
determined that politics shall be elm
mated entirely from the organization.
and that no one shall be given an office
who in any way desires to use his po-
sition for the advancement of personal
ends, or who desires to be given an OPP
portunity to settle up old scores or at
tain personal prominence. Furthermore,
the stOckmen who are going there pro
pose, if possible, to eliminate in every
way the element of politics from the
positions of brand inspectors, secretary
anu lntilDtTS OF Inc SlaIe DoHrU, ana
the general sentiment seems to be that
in future the men who are looking
after these interests for the stockmen
must keep out of politics or personal
fights, and account to the stockmen
for their performance, rather than have
the cattlemen account to them. Some
of the people who have been quite
prominent in the present Colorado as
sociation seem to have come to the con
clusion that the stockmen simply ex-
isted for the ediication of the officers
in control of certain matters.
This movement of the stock growers
on the western slope, coming out as they
DO in firm support of the forest reserve