Gunnison news-champion., 1918-06-21
HOW THE RA\CHMEN WILL
GIVE BIG BOOST 10 IHE
RED CROSS FUND
Each VIII Brand Heifer Calf "A: X
c." to be sold Next stock snow
Time in Denver.

A OL pdkIAg-AN 81 49, s~AAN
giving for the American Red Cross Is
j being proposed especially for the cat
, tlemen. Each cowman is requested
at the next branding, which is near at
J hand, TO brand heifer calf for the A.
,.R c. This calf will be sold and pro-
: ceeds donated TO the Red Cross next
winter at the stock show. The out
, line of the plan is contained in the
following article which is handed the
J News-Champion for publication, and
which scents TO have the appreciation
Of the stock associations, both nation-
al, state and county.
In order TO enable the cattlemen of
the states of Colorado, Wyoming New
Mexico, and Utah to assist IN the sup
j port of the American Red Cross, the
Mountain Division of the American
Red Cross, with headquarters in Dem
] yer. has recorded in Colorado the cat
tie brand A. K. c., TO be placed on
the left side of the animal. All Red
Cross chapters in the mountain region
are authorized TO accept hcifer calves
as contributions from cattlemen to
the Red Cross, these calves to be
branded A. Z. c., and TO be cared for
by the donor until next January, when
they will be delivered to the various
chapters and shipped to the National
Western Live Stock Show. at Denver.
At the stock show they will be enter
ed in competition for prizes TO go to
the counties where produced, and the
calves sold, and the proceeds delivered
to the Red Cross chapter, to which
the calves were donated.
1t is expected that the A. r. c.
brand of cattle will become well
known. The cattle herd without one
or more A. r. c. cattle will not be a
strictly patriotic herd. The A. r. c.
brand will be to the cattlemen what q
Red Cross or other patriotic emblem
is to people generally. 1t is expected
that during the period of the war a
large percentage of the calves from
these A. r. c. heifcrs will themselves
carry the A. r. c. brand and will con-
tinue to add their mite to the mercy
fund of the United States to relieve
the suffering of this great war.
For the information of cattlemen
and others, the following plan has
been endorsed by the Mountain Divi-
sion of the American Red Cross.
Each Red Cross chapter in this
division is authorized to appoint live
stock committee. This committee is
preferably made up of prominent cat
tlemen in the locality covered by the
chapter, and its duty is to solicit con-
tributions of heifer calves for the
American Red Cross.
2-As soon as contributed these /
calves will be branded with the letters .
A. r. c. on the left side The com
mittee will provide branding irons
with letters not over four inches in
height. These branding irons will
be the property of the chapter and
will be used under the authority of
the committee for branding calves
contributed to this fund.
3-The committee vii keep a COM
plete record showing name of the DON |
or of each calf and his postoffice ad- |
dress, and will instruct the donor
when and where to deliver the calf so
branded. These lists will be publish
ed in the Stock Show catalogues.
4-These calves will be gathered by
the committee on a certain day in
January, 1919, and all the calves. of
each county will be shipped to the
National Western Stock Show at
Denver, where they will be entered
in the competition. The competition
will be only for trophies, and these
trophies will be given to the counties
wherein the cattle originated. The
premiums will be announced later by !
the Western Stock Show Association
and will include the following: |
To the county in each state
presenting the best carload of 20
head of heifer calves.
To the county in each state
presenting the greatest number
of heifer calves,
To the state presenting the best
carload of 20 head of heifer
calves.
To the state presenting the
greatest number of heifer calves.
To the best individual heifer
calf from any county in each
state.
To the champion heifer calf
| from the Mountain Division.
5-After the awarding of premiums
at the Stock Show the calves will be
sold at public auction to the highest
bidder, each lot to be sold separately
for the credit of the Red Cross chap
ter from which they were donated,
the sale to be supervised by officials
of the Mountain Division of the Ameri-
can Red Cross.
The A. R. C. brand will also be re-
corded where possible in Wyoming,
New Mexico and Utah, and this brand
will continue the property of the Red
Cross during the period of the war.
Purchasers of these A. r. C. cattle
will have the privilege of rebranding>
the same or of continuing the brand
for the benefit of the Red Cross chap
ter wherever such cattle may be locat-
Everyone of the stockmen who have
been approached so far on the sub
ject of the donation of a heifer calf
for the benefit of the American Red
Cross, to be donated and shipped to
Denver this fall and sold, have donat-
ed their finest heifer calf.
The list of committees for the dif-
ferent districts will be announced-next
week.