Gunnison news-champion., 1911-06-09

eisoB l0ubty Shock irreWers AsSosia
ton held here SATURDAY., Was we'll q,
seaded The most important bssi-
ness transacted Was the adoption of
the recommendation Of the commit
tee apposssed 10 mvestIg gate the
question Of fair Rroand site
Mesers Bartlett. Stevens. Hvzer.
jennings and Miller, had gone over
ell the posssbiIIties and were very
sure tha, the old fair ground adlotn-
tna town on the north. was the best
proposstloa. 1t consists 81 eighty
acres. to ee had for $4,000 Osly
fifty acres wosld he needed for the
association, but the remainder could
be disposed Of a, 500 an acre or
besser at once.
with authority 10 organize a County
Fair association aud secure this
groand immediately. As u will take
another f5.0D0 TO property fence
and equip the grounds, IL is not be-
heved arrangements can be com
pleted in time for Cattlenen cele-
bration this summer About $4,000
has already been pledged in 500
shares. The membership Of the
stock growers association represents
some two million dollars worth of
actual property and it would be
strange Of they cannot raise : 10000
for much needed institution like a
county fair. Citizens aud cattlemen
both are solicited TO take stock in
the association.
1t was then voted TO hold Cattle
mems Day as usual ON Thursday and
Friday, July 20 and 81 President
Stone announced that he would ap-
peint the general committee little
later.
The association Was sloW in CON-
Tag 10 order, IL being three o'clock
wh~u C. L. esuoe sssA tke psssiArus's
esvel He made a short address,
calling special attention to the Becss-
sity for greater funds TO carry on
the work of the organization. The
report of W. w. Mckee, treasurer,
showed receipts for the year only
$2S0.2S and disbursements $243 as.
Later in the day it was decided to
raise more money by assessment on
the members ia proportion to the
cattle and horses owned by each
T. W. Gray, L. H. Easterly and
II. +. Lake Jr. were appointed .
committee ON resolutions. Mr. Gray
immediately read the resolutions ap-
pearing below Mr. Lake objected
20 the first one, arguing that the
reciprocity treaty with Canada,
while it might ostensibly reduce the
tariff on live stock would benefit
Gunnison county citizens in a dozen
places where it lowered prices on
one article, that tariff reduction was
imperatively needed and that this
was the only point open TO begin,
that the farmer always got the worst
of . tariff and the less he had Of it the
better c. T. Stevens declared we
needed . reduction of tariff 20 that
we could import stock cattle for our
ranges, without paying five 20 seven
dollars a head extra for them, and
that the came applied TO breeding
stock Of which Canada had fine
quality. Clyde Welch said Canada
had no cattle with which to food our
market and make cents worth Of
difference in price If the treaty
passed. F. W. Comstock supported
this view and added that the rail-
roads and the beef trust wo~ld take
care of any difference in price any,
way. Mr.. Gray, Mr. Easserly and
Mr.. Sapp opposed reciprocity. They
thought the ranchmsn was eettinA
the worst of it, that even if recipro-
city and tariff reduction was good
in theory, this hill was bad one.
Mr. Gray declared that he parted
company with Preeident Taft, - a
republican, on this proposition.
The association members seemed 70
take their view of it, for Mr.. Lake e
motion to lay the resolution on the
table was defeated by . large ma
jority and the resolution then passed
There was some opposition to the
resolution a0ainst the present chair.
man Of the State Board of Stock In.
epection Commissioner, Mr.. Gillss.
ey, declaring that the Board had
been under Ere and come oct of il
with flying colors and thas the sass>
associatioa had endorsed all neu.
hers. However, THE rssolstioa AIS
psseed by . good majority.