The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-08-22
An ARC Heifer in Every Herd, An
ARC Herd in Every County

The "Greatest Mother in the
World" is going to be cattle queen.
Before the year is done her herds,
with their well-known brand-A X e
will be roaming the ranges of every
one of the four states comprising the
Mountain Division of the Red Cross.
Stockgrowers thruout the Division
are accepting the suggestion of do
mating one or more heifers from
their herds to the Red Cross, for
which they will be sold next January
following competition at the Western
Stock Show in Denver.
Red Cross Livestock Committees
have been appointed in a large num-
ber of the stock-growing sections
and ARC herds are growing daily.
The ARC brand is now registered in
each of the four states of the Di-
vision.
Curry county, New Mexico, cattle
owners alreadv have donated more
than a score of heifers. The donors
are now engaged in fatteniny the an
imals preparatory to shipment to
Denver where prizes will be awarded
prior to the sale. A list of Curry
county donors follows:
B. j. Gait, w. b. Mersfelder, d. C.
Houk, City Market, Fred w. James,
j. M. Love, Lake Martin, j. ID. Bailey
G. M. Bryan, ]. M. Grow, D. H. Brooks,
C. w. Harrison, Jno. F. Taylor, G. b
Clay. ]. H. Barry, Dudley Crump, Mr.
Talley, S. T. Lawrence. Herman d.
Oliver. Ralph Lewis, Lee Sanders
Triplett Bros.
Like success is reported from va
rious other Chapters in the Division
Manager John Malick of the Salt
Lake Chapter, reports live commit
tee that already has many heifer do
nations in view, in addition to those
already made The members of this
committee are j. H. Mander6eld
chairman; Neil Mcmillan, f. p. Par
sons, David A. Smith and j. Y. Rich
Union county, New Mexico, is ir
the front van, too Mrs. d. w. Sny-
der, chairman of the Executive Com
mittee, has advised Division head
quarters that the following have
been named on the Livestock Com
mittee: T. f. Mitchell, chairman: M
c. johnson, b. F. Owen, j. Fl. Zunck
]. C. Giles.
All Union county Red Cross heifer:
will be vaccinated by DR.. Jennings ;
biologist, who has interested himsel
in the calf-Rrowing project.
Premiums will be awarded to th'
county in each state which provides
the greatest number of ARC calves
The state that furnishes the mos
ARC heifers also will be awarded :
premium at the Denver show. Ih'
best carload of twenty heifers vii
be awarded premium and the bss
individual heifer from each count,
will receive like recognition. +
splendid premium is promised to th'
champion ARC heifer of the Noun
tain Division.
The plan for founding the AR(
herds and other details incident t.
the project, which stockmen believ
will net hundreds of thousands o
dollars for the Red Cross, follows:
/. Each Red Cross Chapter in thi
Division is authorized to appoint
Live Stock committee. This com
-mittee is preferably made up o
prominent cattlemen in the locaiit
cove ed by the Chapter, and its dut,
is to solicit contributions of heife
calves for the American Red Cross.
2. As soon as contributed, thes
ca ives will be branded with the let
ters ARC on the left side. TIL
committee will provide brand ng iron
with letters over four inches il
height. These irons will be the prop
erty of the Chapter and will be use'
under the authority of the committe
for branding calves contributed t
this fund.
g. The committee will keep com
plete record showing the name of tn
donor of each calf and his post fife
address, and will instruct the dono
when and where to deliver the calf s
branded. These lists will be pub
lshed in the Stock Show catalogue.
a. These calves will all be gath
cred by the committee on n certain
day in January, 1919, and all tn
caves of each county will be shippe'
to the National Western Stock Sho,
at Denver. where they will be en'ere'
in the competition. The competitio
will be only for trophies, and thes
trophies will be given to the countie
wherein the cattle originated.
5. After the awarding of pre-
miums at the Stock Show the calve
will be sold at public auction to tn