The daily sentinel., 1912-01-10
STOCKNENEAT
DRINK ANDBE:
MERRY
The Meeting, Banquet and Ball
Prove Great Successes
May Decide to Employ
Regular RuStIeT
Hunter.
GIRLS OF COLLEGE SERVE MENU

The most successful annual meet
ing, banquet and dance ever held by
the stockmeu. That was the general
agreement last night when the ses-
sions of the Mesa County Stock
| Growers. association closed, all sat
down to the sumptuous banquet and
later joined in the reyels of their
annual ball
The banquet will be long remem-
| bered by the guests as one of the
most elaborate ever served in this
| city. More than one hundred stock
| men with their wives. sweethearts
and friends sat down 10 the banquet
table al : o'clock. The service of
the Feast was performed by the la
dies OF dpe!'s Business College. and
| for rapid. careful and satisfactory
service they eclipsed any other body
of walters i'm town All wore a
neat ribbon with the college initials
and made a unique and telling adver-
! tisemeut for the school
Archie Bliss was there with his
Nictrola and his long repertoire OF Sc
lections provided aN elt music for the
assemhlage unail the banquet was
over This, as well as other features
of the evening We're highly appre-
ciated
The menu was elaborate and al
Turing and made "a great Impression
on the banqueters
The delicious RicEolieu coffee was
served ny d. B. Bailey In compliment
| to the association.
Toastmaster W. p. Ella pioneer
in the stock business of the county.
opened the toast list by a practical
talk on the problems of. the stock
growers The inability of the cat
tlemen to convict the "rustlers." the
/ prevention of diseases and The wolf
bounty problem were dwelt on by the
toastmaster.
lie then introduced 4. McCrills.
/ secretary of the state board of stock
inspection. The latter spoke inter
estingS on range conditions in the
| quarantine area and other matters
| OF general Importance to the herds
men. He then referred to the re-
marks of Mr. Ella on the "rus;lers. ="
Your experience with the testimony
of detectives in these thieving cases +"
stated Mr.. McGTillis. lis strangely
/ like that of the cattlemen on the
other side of the mountains. We
had been entirely unsuccessful i'm
! these prosecutions until we devised a
plan that is the antithesis of the de
tective idea Several Of the big
owners of the other side have banded
together and selected an intelligent
cowboy who is well known and well
above the average in horse sense.
They pay him good wages with a
convenient expense account and thev
let it become generally known that
thls man is to spend his time pro-
tecting the cowmen from thieves.
This plan has been highly successful.
No prosecutions have been necessary
because the rustling has declined and
is now memory of other DAYS. /
make this as suggestion to you
people over here. An ounce of pre-
yenuon in this case is worth a hun
drcd pounds of cure"
The proposition advanced by Mr.
McCrillis was generally discussed and
also universally approved. II may
become the policy of the Mesa coun-
" stockmen to carry out this sug-
gestion in the future.
Mr McCrillis also referred TO the
recent withdrawal of the Inspector i'm
TINS territory. Seven inspectors were
discharged by the board because of a
lack of funds TO pay their salaries.
II Is being considered to have Cash
| c. sampson, who has charge of the
territory including Delta and Mont
rose counties, include Mesa county i'm
| his work. The man formerly work
| ing this section with the Rifle and
| Meeker country has been withdrawn.
| much TO the dissatisfaction of the
| local growers.
j. b. Killiam of Delta responded to
a toast and referred to the questions
| of national legislation which affected
| the stockmen. The tariff PROPOSE
| tion 10 put foodstuffs on the free
list, he declared would annihilate
| the stock industry in the United
States. while the public land problem
now being acted upon by congress
was not less important
other speakers were A. ]. Lee
Howard Gibler, j D. Turner. "Shor-
| ty' Bowman, DR.. A. p Drew. Austin
Corcoran. John Carlisle. f. W. Week
el and others.
The big dance in X. p hall which
closed the annual event, was as high
| ly appreciated and as hugely enioyed
as the banquet and the meeting. The
couples almost filled the spacious
| hall and with exquisite music and
careful floor management. the ball
was one of especial enjoyment.
1t was with great regret that
| the stockmen and their friends fl
nally left for their homes at an early
hour this morning after one of the
greatest events in the history of