The Glenwood post., 1915-12-25
Business Session by Day, Big
Banquet and Dance alright
isEnjoyed by stockmen
LARGE CROWD PRESENT
(By Harry L. Youngerman.)


The Plateau Valley stockgrowers as
sociation, on December 8, filled the day
and night with business, banqueting
and dancing. Of course everything of
this nature is pulled off in the big aud
itorium at Collbran. This is unique
building fashioned on the plan of the
Mormon tabernacle at Salt Lake City.
The committees on arrangement were as
follows:
Banquet-Frank Temple, R. c. Cal
len, A. P. Hawxhurst, Dan Kenney,
Thomas McKelvie.
eception-William Porter, Edwin H.
Piatt, Willis Hodgson, J. j. Long, Owen
Crane, John W. Lowell, Jr., Frank p.
Tanner.
Decoration-Mrs.' Frank Temple, Mrs.
Tom May, Mrs. Frank P. Tanner, Mrs.
Dave Anderson, Jr., Mrs. Thomas Nc.
Kelvie.
Music-DeLoss, Webb, Ed Gunderson,
Tom May.
Dance-George Ramsey, Frank Tenn
pie, Tom May.
These different committees are to be
complimented most highly on the man
ner in which they took care of the du-
ties assigned them. Never in my trav-
els have 1 seen western hospitality dis
pensed SO gracefully as upon this occa-
sion at Collbran.
The out-of-town guests were, Is fol
lows: E. F. Foida and wife, South
Omaha; j. A. Shoemaker, general man
ager Denver Union Stock Yards Co.,
Denver; Ford E. Hovey, president eDn-
yer Union Stock Yards bank, Denver;
Benjamin Kemper, president Denver
Live Stock Commission Co., Denver;
Jay Oldham, representing Denver Live
Stock Commission Co., Denver,; Milton
Mann, representing Cox Ionrs Van Al
stine Commission Co., Denver; f. L..
Yonngerman, representing the renver
Union Stock Yards Co., Denver; Andy
Middlemist, cnttle man, Denver; r. E,
Viekery, general agent Colorado Mid
land R. r., Grand Junction; W. b.
Kenney, general agent D. B. g. R. R.
and wife, Grand Junction; Austin Cor.
coran, cattleman, Mary NJ. Hess, Gret-
chen DeLong, John Holland, Monty
Ramsey, Ed. Bruner, Albert Crook and
William MUIR all Of Grand Junction;
R. c. cailen and wife, Silt, Colo; Fred
Tolland and wife, Silt Colo; Frank
Squire, president Colorado Cattlegrow-
ers association, Rifle Ed Cole, repre-.
senting Winchester hotel, Rifle,
During the afternoon the yearly bust
ness of the association was transacted
and thirty were taken in, making this
one Of the largest associations in the
state.
The business session in the afternoon
resulted in partial Reorganization Of
the association the appointment of a
legislative committee and the election
of new officers. f. P. Tanner was made
president W. W. Willard vice president,
j. G. Long secretary and Frank Temple
treasurer.
At clock In the evening the doors
were thrown open for the banquet. R.
E. vickery Of the Colorado Midland
seated the guests in most sociable ar
rangement There were two hundred
and fifty seated Ut the tables and a
sumptous banquet was served. The Ia
dies must be given the praise due them
for this feature Of the day, both in the
delightful courses served 1t the banquet
and the tasty and novel decorations o1
the auditorium. The decorations gpn
sisted Of bot house flowers Of vAEiSt,
kinds and ropes Of smilax festooned ~
ehe white cloths. The walls were A0nf
with large penants bearing the cattle
bfands Of each member Of the Associa
tion; mixed in with these we're penantl
of tho National Western Stock show
(third week Of January, tS18), and var
ious commission houses located at th'
Denver Union stock yards.
At the toastmaster's table wef'
seated the speakers Of the evening, y
follows: Frank Tanner, toastmastsr
. 1lrs Frank Tsxues; E. F. Folda, I'd