The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-01-24
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

sociatlon, which opened AT the STADIUM
of the Denver Stockyards, is the most
pretentious offering ever staged by
this organization. Its size and scope
and excellence have kept pace with
the growth of the cattle raising in
where stock now grade higher than
ever before-a fact which is in no
small degree due to the standards es-
tablished by the show itself. Follow
ing are the number of entries in the
livestock division: Breeding Cattle
Shorthorns, 275; Herefords, 26s;
Aberdeen-Angus, 33; Galloway, 81.
Single Fat Steers-Shorthorn A.;
Hereford, 6; Aberdeen-Angus, 8; Gal
loway, 4; grade and cross-bred, 1s.
Dairy Cattle-Jersey, 26; Holstein-
Friesian, 122; Guernsey, 81; Milking
Shorthorn, 20. Breeding Swine
Berkshire, Is; Poland China, 1888; Du-
roc-Jersey, 26s; Hampshire, 35. Breed
ing Sheep-Cotswold, 20; Leicester
and Lincoln, 6; Hampshire, So; Ok
ford, 2; Shropshire, %; Southdown,
22; Rambouillet, Isl. Single Fat
Sheep-22. Horses-Percheron, 81;
French Draft, 6; Belgian, 81; Clydes-
dale and Shire, los; registered breed
ing horses, L. Mules and Jacks-16-
Denver.-Eiection Of officers and re-
ports of the work of the organiza-
ton occupied the attention Of the
members of the Colorado Editorial
Association during the first day of
their convention in session at the AL
bany Hotel. c. F. Wadsworth of the
Western Newspaper Union was elected
president of the organization; S. A.
Crary of the Lamar News, vice presi-
Oh a$ ha
Greeley News, secretary and treas
urer. A resolution was passed ex-
pressing the ''unbounded faith in the
loyalty. patriotism and integrity" Of
Alva Swain. Mr.. Swain has been
member of the Editorial Association
for twelve years, and for the last
seven years has served as its secre-
tary. Wright A. Patterson, editor-in-
chief of the Western Newspaper
Union, was the principal speaker at
luncheon given the members Of the
association at the Albany HJtel by
the Brock Haffner Press Company.
MIR. Patterson chose as his subject
1.-The Responsibilities of the Country
Press During the Reconstruction Pc
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Colorado is a member of perma-
nent organization of seven states, to
be known as the Land Settlement Con-
gress for Soldiers. Sailors and Ma
rines. The organization was perfected
at meeting of delegates from the
seven states held in Salt Lake City.
Its purpose is the development of A.
000 900 acres of land in the Colorado
river basin, in accordance with the
reclamation plan laid down by the
Secretary of the Interior Franklin X.
Lane.
Fifteen teachers are needed at once
to fill vacancies in the rural and grade
schools of Colorado. Positions have
been listed with the United States En-
ployment Bureau for several days, but
the bureau has been unable to find
candidates. The positions pay salaries
ranging from $50 to 800 months and
include rural, grade and high schools.
The term of employment will be for
the remainder of the year, in most
cases three months.
Officers of the constabulary under
Lieutenant F. G. Trosper and two
Denver men with an automobile load
of liquor raced for eighteen miles
over the prairie Of Weld and Morgan
counties. The men were caught by
the officers, 3S5 bottles Of liquor taken
leggers, who gave the names J. E..
Anderson and William Jacobsen, taken
to Fort Morgan and turned over to
the sheriff.
Officers of the Great Western Sugar
Company state that beet growers in
Northern Colorado in large numbers
are signing contracts for the 1919
season, many of them increasing their
acreage from 80 to 100 per cent. The
sugar company officers believe that
more sugar beets will be grown in
Northern Colorado this year than ever
before.
Dean of Women Mrs. Gilpin Brown
of the State Teachers College at
Greeley, has issued orders that no
girl student of the college shall re-
ceiye callers at her boarding house
except on Friday and Saturday.
Ten thousand head of cattle are be-
ing fed in the Mead and Longmont
districts.
Cooperative marketing provides a
simple, inexpensive way for the farm
ers to market their livestock, accord
ing to r. w. Clark Of the Agricultural
College. Mr.. Clark says: "The farm
ers simply form an organization and
hire a manager. Whenever farmer
has any livestock to sell he notifies
the manager and as soon as enough
stock has been reported to make a
shipment, cars are ordered and the
shipment goes forward. This system
of marketing is increasing the quality
and quantity of livestock wherever it
is used. A report on recent ship
ment Of cattle to Denver from the
Western Slope shows that the farmers
received $9.77 per head more than they
were offered at home. Some OF the
animals sold for s19 more per head
than the local market offered.
Finding jobs for returned soldiers
il no problem in Denver, according to
George w. Vallery, assistant state
director of the United State Labor
Department. "The business men Of