The Dolores star., 1923-02-02
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

| ranch in Kit Carson county. toppcu
the Kansas City cattle market January
18th with two carloads of steers
weighing l,4i0 pounds each, which
sold for $40 hundredwelght. These
steers were mountaln-bred Herefords.
The first out OF some four hundred
head Mr. Baker is feeding on corn ana
| nIfalfa hay on his Colorado ranch.
One never needs be surprised TO learn
that good, fat Hereford cattle have
reached the market from the most un-
expected places. Only n few years
ago eastern Colorado was the home OF
the prairie dog and the owl. ana no
feeding of live stock was attempted.
| This past year Kit Carson county
raised big grain and hay crops, and
ut the present time there Is corn.
wheat and alfalfa piled up along the
railroads at shipping points waiting
cars to haul 1t to market. Several
large punches of good Herefords are
on full feed In the county. Eastern
Colorado is rapidly taking on the as
pect of prosperous farming and live
stock section, and the successful farm
ers nnd stockmen there are feeding
Herefords.
| Montrose.-A farmers Institute. In
stead of the farmers congress which
has been held In Montrose the last two
years, will be held In Montrose Feb.
| 20 to %, according to the decision OF
the directors of the Farmers Congress,
who decided that because Of unsettled
| conditions of agriculture II would be
1 At ..t,...
gram which the Farmers Congress
| calls for. The Institute, which Will be
an old-fashioned farmers gathering
for four days, will start off with the
annual meeting of the Uncompahgre
'Valley Cattle and Horse Growers AS
ISOLATION. This day will be devoted
entirely to livestock topics. The ten
tative program for the other days in
cludes: Feb. 81. daIrying and hogs;
Feb. %. fruit growers, and Feb. 23, or
| ganization of the Old-timers' Associa-
ton. Beet growing, poultry. house
hold, live stock and many other sub.
| jects pertaining to farmers will be dis
cussed during the institute and Coun-
| ty Agent Ben ii. King is now arrang-
| ing to bring some of the best agricul-
tural speakers Of the state to Mont
rose for the occasion.
Denver.-Advice is at hand ut the
Denver office of the Burlington route
| that the opening and closing dates OF
| the tourist season in national parks
| will be as follows: Rocky Mountain
National park, open June 10, close
Oct. L. Yellowstone National park.
open June 20, close Sept. 20. Glacier
National park, open June Is. close
Sept. 10. Mount Rainier National
park, open June 10. close Sept. -.
Crater Lake National park, open July
l. close Sept. 80. Mesa Verde Nation
nj park. open May 10, close Nov. /.
Sequoia National park, open May "a,
close Oct. 10. General Grant National
park, open May "A, close Oct. 10. Wind
Cave National park, open June /. close
Sept. 80. Zion National park. open
May Is. close Oct. Is. Lassen Vol
canic National park, open June l. close
Sept. 10. Yosemite, Grand Canon. Hot
Springs, Platt, Lafayette and Hawaii
National parks are open the year
round.
Grand Junction.-Hish priced cattle
feed and low priced potatoes recently
gave II Montrose farmer an idea that
he claims Is now netting him consid-
cradle sum Of money. With hundreds
of tons of spuds on his ranch that he
couldn't sell and not ton of hay 20
feed the stock an old locomtive boiler
| was purchased for song, converted
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are eating home.cooked potatoes by
the ton with relish that they never
| showed for the commoner varieties of
| cattle feed.
Denver.-Orson Adams, one of the
most widely known men in Colorado,
who has been critically i'll of pneu.
monia at his home, 1850 Ogden street,
Is reported much better He has
passed the crisis, 1t was said, and his
recovery now is only matter of time.
Rocky Ford.-The annual meeting of
the Otero County Poultry Association
was held recently in Rocky Ford, when
the following officers were elected:
President, q. NJ. Herren of La Junta
vice presidents, James Clevenger of
Rocky Ford and Oscar Houston of La
Junta; secretary. Mrs. z. Il. Phillips
of Rocky Ford; treasurer, Mrs III. z.
Beatty of Rocky Ford. Plans are being
laid for an even greater show at the
Arkansas Valley Fair than was given
last year, and james Clevenger was
appointed superintendent. 1t Is
planned to conduct an educational
campaign this winter with meetings
the first Of each month, to which all
Interested in the breeding of better
poultry will be welcomed and at which
some Of the best experts in the coun-
try will be heard. 1t Is planned to use
three judges at the coming show in
connection with the fair. one of whom
will judge the American classes. one