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<br />HISTORY OF CONSERVATION IN THE
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<br />GRASS, CREAKING WAGONS, TRAILING LONGHORNS
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<br />Picturesque Denver was upside down. For the first and pro-
<br />bably for the last time that western platea.u metropolis was host
<br />to not one but two boisterous, excited conventions. It was the
<br />year 1889, and in one part of the city could be found the ca.ttle-
<br />men of the western United States celebrating their yearly vaca-
<br />tion and attending their annual convention, while in another
<br />part of the city an even greater and more boisterous crowd had
<br />convened from the entire nation and foreign shores in a dry land
<br />farming congress. Noticeable at the historical cattlemen's meet-
<br />ing was the colorful Marquis de Mores and his rival on the plat-
<br />form young Teddy Roosevelt. Rivals always, but that day bold-
<br />ness gave way to near timidity as they both discussed the un-
<br />popular topics of overstocked ranges, winter feed, and range
<br />disputes. This was the same young Roosevelt who later matured
<br />into the great respected national champion of conservation of
<br />our natural resources,
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<br />At the dry farming congress were found world famous scien-
<br />tists, sincere agricultural experts, land promoters and railroad ex-
<br />tension boosters. Among the brilliant array of brains, talent and
<br />statesmanship was noted for the first time that "something" de-
<br />veloped in the west called "ballyhoo" or in cattle slang, 'bull."
<br />This form of propaganda is antagonistic to everything substan-
<br />tial including conservation.
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