The Keota news., 1919-12-26
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

Inc ptuCICWJ bIuo VI SO'upV'So'0
livestock shipping aud livestock mar.
keting In general will be emphasized at
tho short course to be held In Denver
on Saturday. Dec. 20. the day follow
Ing the closing OF the ANIMAL Farmers
Congress At Fort Collins. A number OF
these short courses have been conduct
ed In other states with marked success.
The plan originated with the move.
ment for a National Federation Of Co
operative Livestock Shippers. an organ.
ixatiOn Of national Importance which
hnse recently been completed at
meeting In Chicago called In the inter.
estx Of cooperative livestock shippers.
The purpose Of these courses Is to pro-
vide managers. officers and members
of Cooperative Livestock Shipping Az.
sociationx. County Agents and others
interested with the opportunity Of be-
coming thoroughly familiar with all the
important phases of cooperative live.
stock shipping. NJ well as livestock
marketing In general. Such topics as
Proper Methods of Loading and Mark.
'nx Cooperative shipments and the
Grading Of Cattle. Sheep aud Hogs OH
he Market. will form the basis for .
practical discussion. while tho tech.
| nicnl phases OF cooperative livestock
shipping will b. covered by dcmonxtru.
counting System Forms for Livestock
Shipping Associations aud by an cx.
PLANTATION Of the Methods Used by Live.
stock Commission Firms In Handling
tho Accounts Of Cooperative Ship.
mcnix. A number Of coiorado's Live
stock shipping Associations will have
carload shipments Of livestock on the
market for that day.
American boys who fought In the
great European war are kccnly inter.
csied In tho national campaign which
has been undertaken to eradicate tn.
hcrculosis. Official support Of the
Christmas xcal campaign by which
funds are being raised By the National
Tuberculosis Association aud lta state
branches for the fight against the
white plague In announced by the
American Legion which adopted reso.
lutions to that effect at the national
convention held In Minneapolis. Army
men realize the need Of this work from
the fact that draft statistics show that
enough inen to comprise nearly three
divisions were rejected NJ unit for
military duty. The local work II BE-.
Ing carried on By the Colorado Public
Health Association.
More than . million people spent
their vacation In Colornto's National
forests during the season May to Oct.
81. 1910. according to figures recently
made public by the Denver heatiquar.
tcrs of the United States Forest Scrv.
irc. This IL nm increase In travel Of U,
Icr cent over 1916 and q pcr cen,
over the season Of 1917. Visitors to
other pational forests of the Rocky
Mountain district totalcd 100000 for
wyoming. $500 for the Black Hills,
South Dakota: 8O.S0O for Minnesota,
and $500 for the small forest areas IN
Michigan and Nebraska, grand totn,
Of 1.25O.O00 recreation seekers to the
twenty y.eight national forests of the dis.
trict. an Increase Of ~ per cent over
1917. the last year In which n tally of
recreation visitors was made by the
forest service.
a verdict Of acquittal was rendered
at Pueblo In the case Of afrs. Elizabeth
Hnskctt. charged with the murder of
Charles Goltistrap. 17.ycnr.old su,tor
OF hcr daughter. on Dcc. Is, 1918. The
Jury wns out twenty.thrce hours and