The Glenwood post., 1916-04-01

The Roaring Fork Stockgrowers as
sociation, the pioneer live stock organ
ization of this county, held its twenty
fourth annual meeting at Carbondale
last Saturday and it proved to be a
very interesting session. The attend
ances was not very large but much
better than on many other occasions,
and there was not dull moment dur
ing the session.
AS on many previous occasions the
association devoted itself chiefly to
one subject of dicussion, but it was IL
different subject this time. No, it was
not the federal forest reserve. That is
taking care of itself very nicely and
the stockmen have long since conclui
ed, as the Post has repeatedly stated,
the forestry system is here to stay and
besides it is not an enemy to the stock
industry tlrat many of the stockmen
once honestly believed it to be.
The real piece de resistance in Sat
urday's meeting was the heard law
which poor politician of Denver
threatens to fasten on the state and
the cattlemen say if the law is ever
sdopted it's goodbye stock business in
Colorado.
The meeting was called to order by
President J. s, HUM of Glenwood IN
the Odd Fellows building and s. P.
Sloss, the veteran secretary, called the
roll and read the minutes of the pre-
vious meeting.
Frank D. Squier of Rifle, president
of the Colorado State Stockgrowers
association, was present and was called
to the floor. Mr.. Squier struck the
first body blow at the proposed law,
declaring that it would prove disastrous
to the stock interests of the state and
to the farming interests as we'll. He
urged all stockmen and farmers and
those who realize the benefit of these
kindred industries to the community
and the state to exert every possible
effort to defeat the obnoxious measure
and not to take it for granted that it
would be defeated anyway, but to work
as though their individual efforts were
required.
Mr.. Squier explained the changes
which had been adopted in the rules
Of the state association whereby local
associations are allowed as many votes
in the state association as they have
members who pay their dues of one
dollar per member to the state associa-
ton. He also referred to the meeting
at Rifle May 13, and urged all who
could possibly do so to attend and cast
their influence on the side of the
stockmen and against the stockmen Is
worst enemy-the proposed herd law.
Fred Light of Snowmass, who is nav
er quite SO happy as when he is in a
fight, says he has transferred his bat
teries of wrath from the forest re.
serve to the proposed herd law. Mr.
Light made very strong presentation
of the situation as it appeals to him
and in telling fashion flayed the freak
measure which he says is absolutely
the worst menace which has ever con-
fronted Colorado stockmen.
Mr.. Light urged the necessity of or
ganixed effort and hard fight to de-
feat the vicious measure and said Le
would 60 anywhere that he could get
hearing and urge everybody to op-
pose the new law. He would even 60
to the squatter or homesteader in the
hills and show him that, although lie
might have no cattle on the range Is
was against his interest to vote in .a-
for Of the bill, and Fred says he be-
lieyes he could convince him, too.
But the real hit of Light IS speech
came when he said he wanted to forget
everything else and throw himself and