The Glenwood post., 1917-02-17

L me spring weather tnlS week; snow
is all gone about town and the grass
will soon be green.
Messrs Owen and Tom Hickman and
their wives departed on the early morn
ing train Tuesday for Kansas City,
Moo, and from there will visit in Okla
homa and Texas. They will return to
Missouri, their native state, and visit
with relatives in their boyhood home,
and will return to Rifle about the mid.
die of April
Jack Langstaff, one of Rifle s land
marks, left on Monday of this week
for Phoenix, Arizona, for the benefit
of his health. His many friends here
wish for him pleasant journey and a
speedy recovery.
The silo meeting at Rifle last Sat-
urday created unusual interest and
many people from all parts of the
country took advantage of the cheap
rates to be here to see and learn of
the great benefits derived from the
use of the silo. The new Rifle bard
was engaged for the occasion and well
coined the visitors upon their arrival.
The party was then conveyed by autos
to the H. Eiche ranch and were shown
a pit or underground silo, then to the
ranch of Frank squier west of town
where they viewed another and larger
silo holding 300 tons and built from
the ground up. At one O'Clock the
guests were escorted by the band to
the Rex hotel for dinner and listened
to some interesting facts concerning
the silo.
W. P. Clough was the first speaker
and gave some valuable information
concerning the use of the silo. His
talk was enjoyed by all. Frank Squier
was the next speaker and told the
large audience how he filled his si!o
and how he fed his cattle. He an
swered many questions on the subject.
H. Eiche was the next speaker called
upon and besides giving full informa-
tien regardingg the pit silo he also
gave some interesting statistics from
eastern states showing the very rapid
increase in the use of silos for the
storing of winter feed.
R. C. Alfred, county agent, is worthy
of great praise for the manner N
which he conducted the. whole affair,
and. we believe his efforts were much
appreciated by the citizens Of Rifle.
1t was a splendid meeting and Mr..
Clough remarked that it was the largest
meeting of its kind ever assembled IN
this great state. There is no doubt
that Garfield county will now awake to
the fact that the slo is necessity
and we look for many feeders of cattle
to install silo before another winter.
The great topic of conversation tbs
week is: "Can the Bachelor basketball
team beat the Glenwood high school
team3' They know that the latter
team is one of the strongest and fast
est high school teams in the state AMI
have been beating all corners. The
Bachelors, realizing this fact, have put
in a week of earnest practice and are
patiently awaiting the outcome of the
game to be played at the Rex theater
tonight Saturday between these two
teams.
The girls team from the Rifle and
Genwood schools will tangle the sanie
night.
The band has consented to furnish
some lively music for this occasion,
and whether we win or lose we are 60
ing to. give the visitors a royal well
come and good time. e, ....
Col. Eugene Marker left on Wednes-
day for two months vacation in Cali
fornia, for the benefit of his health.
We believe the following short posm
to be appropriate at this time, 50 close
to the birthdays of Washington and
Lincoln, and it looked for . while very
close to war:
Our flag through fifty smiling years
Has brought no mourning-wrung no
tears; - 81
No toll it takes; it bears no blame
OF want, or woe, or shame.
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From flush of morn till brink Of night
It teaches men to think-not fight.
A flag that scorns to harrow life