The Glenwood post., 1912-07-27

1t IS certainly, gratifying to know
that whenever .Glenwood. undertakes
anything in the way of a public enter
tainwent she makes success of it.
We are fast coming to be known as the
+. convention city of Colorado and this
name- is coming to US partly because
of the lively interest shown by our
people. in all public gatherings, excur-
sions, etc, and partly because of the
charming location of the town, sur
rounded as it is by such scenic beauty
that it is a place readily sought by
those who want to enjoySa real vaca-
ton.
\ The cattlemen and farmers who met
here the past week in joint session not
only held interesting and profitable
sessions covering three days, but all
had words of praise for Glenwood as
the proper place to bring about such
gatherings.
The people began reaching Glenwool
on Sunday and at 10 o'clock Monday
morning at the opera house President
+. d. Squiers of the Colorado Stock.
growers association called the stock
men to order and Fred P. johnson, the
secretary, read the call. The meeting
then adjourned until o'clock when
the stockmen took up matters of in
terest to them, especially discussing
the initiated and referred bills to come
before the people this fall in which
they are the most interested
In the bill proposing to transfer the
stock brand department from the office
of the secretary of state to the stock
inspection board the stockmen declared
that under the present arrangement 1t
is very difficult for the stock inspec-
tion board and almost impossible for
other stockmen to secure any consider
alton or information concerning brands.
They object to going up to a grated
window and almost begging some clerk
to give them the information they
know they are entitled to.
During this discussion Mr.. Dean, a
clerk in the office of the secretary of
state and at present in charge of the
brand department, made plea for his
chief, declaring that Mr.. Pearce was
doing the best he could and that he
did not like the criticism which the
stockmen were heaping upon him. This
was the very clue which Fred Light
had been looking for and he declared
that it made no difference to the
stockmen whether Mr.. Pearce liked
their criticism or not, but he said they
intended to criticise him and the con
duct of his office SO long as they felt
that such criticism was justified.
Col. b. f. Montgomery took a fall
out of State Treasurer Roady Kenehan
for bill he has drawn providing that
the state estray fund and the funds of
the educational and penal funds should
all be merged in the general state fund
in the treasurer office, The stock
men declare that the estray fund be-
longs to the stockmen and while Kene-
han proposes to transfer it he said he
called it a plain steal and nothing else.
On taking vote the stockmen voted
unanimously in favor of transferring
the brands and against the transfer of
the cash.
The most lively discussion took
place on Tuesday and it was of char
acter that will not soon be forgotten.
1t is doubtful if Ben B. Lindsey
ever received such complete grilling
as was administered to him that after-
noon by the farmers and stockmen in
joint session here.
The trouble arose over the discussion
of some of the direct legislation bills
that will be presented to the voters
this fall. Several of the men had At