The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1919-12-18
uxNTIl0llAL STATE ITEMS.

livestock shipping and livestock mar
tetfng In general will be emphasized at
he short course to be held In Denver
IN Saturday. Dec. 20, the day follow
ng the closing Of the ANIMAL Farmers
Congress at Fort Collins. A number Of
:hese short courses have been conduct
ID In other states with marked success.
The plan originated with the move
ment for National Federation Of Co
operative Livestock Shippers. an organ
l2ation Of national Importance which
base recently been completed at a
meeting in Chicago called in the inter-
ssts of cooperative livestock shippers.
The purpose Of these courses is to pro-
vide managers, officers and members
II Cooperative Livestock Shipping As
sociations, County Agents and others
Interested with the opportunity of be-
coming thoroughly familiar with all the
important phases of cooperative live
stock shipping, as well as livestock
marketing in general. Such topics as
Proper Methods of Loading and Mark
ing Cooperative Shipments and the
Grading Of Cattle, Sheep and Hogs on
the Market, will form the basis for q
practical discussion, while the tech
nical phases Of cooperative livestock
shipping will be covered by dem0nstra-
lions and lectures on the use Of Ac-
counting System Forms for Livestock
Shipping Associations and by an ex-
PLANTATION Of the Methods Used by Live
stock Commission Firms in Handling
the Accounts Of Cooperative Ship
ments. A number Of Colorado'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 keenly inter
ssted in the national campaign which
has been undertaken to eradicate tu-
berculosis. Official support Of the
Christmas seal campaign by which
funds are being raised by the National
Tuberculosis Association and its state
branches for the fight against the
white plague 10 announced by the
American Legion which adopted reso-
buttons 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 men to comprise nearly three
divisions were rejected ~ unfit for
military duty. The local work 10 BE-
Ing carried on BY the Colorado Public
Health Association.
More than q million people spsnt
their vacation in Colorado's National
forests during the season May 1 to Oct.
81. 1919. according to figures recently
made public by the Denver headquar-
tiers Of the United States Forest Serv-
Ice. This IL an increase in travel Of 06
per cent over 1916, and q per cent
over the season Of 1917. Visitors to
other national forests Of the Rocky
Mountain district totaled 100000 for
Wyoming. $500 for the Black Hills,
South Dakota: 00,50O for Minnesota.
and $500 for the small forest areas In
Michigan and Nebraska, a grand total
Of 1,250,00O recreation seekers to the
twenty eight national forests Of the dis
trict, an increase Of "a per cent over
1917, the last year in which tally Of
recreation visitors WAS made BY the
forest service.
4 verdict Of acquittal was rendered
at Pueblo In the case Of Mn. Elizabeth
Haskett, charged with the murder Of
Charles 0oldstrap. 17-year-old sutton
Of her daughter. on Dec. q, 1918. The
jury was out twenty-three hours and
fifty minutes. The defense claimed
that young Goldstrap was shot while
he was pounding upon a back door
Of the Haskell home late ut night, Mrs.
Haskett firing to frikhten the intruder.
Dr.. Frank Wilbur Chxce has beet,
appointed head Of the chair Of music
In the University Of Colorado to sue.
coed Prof. George n. Chxdwich1 wh0
recently resigned his position In the
school. Professor Chadwick has been
connected with the university for the
last ten ysars, and 10 recognized o.
one Of the foremost pipe orEsnists In
the country.
Both the first and second prlses Of.
fered By q Denver taxidermist FOR the
biggest and best vet Of antlers ~
cured during the last hunting season
were won BY Routt county huntsmen.
First prise went to Harry r. Bird Of
Yampa for 4 spread Of horns measur.
Ing forty.three Inches, with six perfect
beams on each side. A. l.. Pierce Of
Hayden took second prize for sntiers
with q spread Of thIrty.three inches
and seventeen points.
The value Of all livestock on the
farms In Colombo In 1919, ~ estimat.
ed by the Bureau Of Crop Estimates
Of the United States Department Of
Agriculture. was Sl72, $4,000. Asses
sors' reports show increases this year
In practically oil classes Of livestock,
70 that Indications are that the State
Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
will find the value Of livestock on
farms January I. 1890. to b. close to
$500 900. 600
Denvsr,-Wlth returns received from