The Glenwood post., 1923-06-21
Discuss Future Of One Of the Great
est Industries in the Development
Of Our State
THEY CLOSE WITH Big BANQUET

The stockmen Of Western Colorado
had a very pleasant and profitable
time in Glenwood last Saturday when
The Western Slope Stockgrowers Pro-
tective association met at the Orphe-
um theater in annual session and dis
cussed matters having vital bearing
on their business.
Senator R. U. Callen, as president,
called the meeting to order, and Repre-
sentative Claude Rees was at his place
as secretary. After the invocation by
Rev. ]. P. Clark and an address of
welcome by Mayor Mcdonald in which
he surrendered the city to this import
ant bunch Of wealth producers, an in
teresting program was begun, which
continued throughout the day.
G. G. Canady was made assistant
secretary and Frank Delaney was
elected an honorary member of the as
sociation.
Secretary Claude Rees explained the
hard fight he and Senator Callen had
to make in the last session of the leg
lslature in the interest of laws for the
benefit of the stockmen, and the hind
RANGES they encountered on every hand
in their efforts to secure appropria-
tions for the benefit of the industry.
Ben White, president of the Colo
rado Stockgrowers' association, told of
the work of the big associations in the
interest of the stockmen. Last year
the board cut the assessment on live
stock shipments from 80 cents to 25
cents car, and also cut the inspection
fees from five cents to three cents a
head, thus affecting quite saving to
the stockmen. He said the pure bred
bull law which went into effect April
l, and the sailing regulations through
which sailing will be handled in CO.
operation with the forest service will
be of great value to the cowmen.
Fred Light, the veteran cowman
from Aspen, who has had many q
rough and tumble fight in conventions
on the forestry question and the fees
charged and the regulations put into
operation in connection with the graz.
ing regulations on the forest areas
was present and he made a great con.
faaqinn yvhon ho cniI w -
have many bitches with the forest ser.
vice in the past, but now we have
come to ''now that it is to our interest
to work in conjunction with the for.
estry people He voiced the senti-
ment of the convention however,
when he urged the association to re.
sist further increase of grazing fees
| on the forests.
a. L. Richey, supervisor of the
Holy Cross forest, and Jas. A. Blair
supervisor of the White River forest,
each responded to an invitation to ad.
dress the convention, and each ex.
pressed desire to be of service to
the stockmen to the full extent of their
ability. Their remarks were received
with applause, indicating splendid
feeling on the part Of the stockmen
toward the forestry department, and a
disposition toward greater cooperation
than has sometimes prevailed in the
past.
Stanley P. Young, in charge of the
Colorado division Of the U. s. Biolog.
ical survey, gave very interesting il.
Illustrated lecture on the determination
of predatory animals, the slides used
showing many specimens Of gray
wolves, coyotes, bears, mountain lions,
bobcats, etc. etc, and his lecture de.
scribed minutely the methods employed
by the survey in eradicating these
pests from the ranges, and how his de-
partment had been able during the
past year to rid the state Of hundreds
of these stock destroying animals,
chiefly by trapping, but to some extent