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Jase Northup from Los Molinos is a new junior member of the American Angus Association, accord- ing to a release from Rich- ard Wilson, interim CEO of the national organization with headquarters in Saint Joseph, Missouri. Junior members of the association are eligible to register cattle, participate in programs conducted by the National Junior Angus Association and take part in association-sponsored shows and other national and regional events. The American Angus As- sociation is the largest beef breed association in the world, with nearly 25,000 active adult and junior members. LOSMOLINOS Jase Northup joins American Angus Association PLEASE RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. Each year on the West- ern Livestock Jour- nal ranch tours we learn something new. When we were in Minnesota we learned about ethanol, in Washington it was apple farming and packing for market. This year it was another way to have ex- tra income by using the ranch for movie and televi- sion sets. The CL Ranch was es- tablished on banks of Jumping Pound Creek in 1887 by the great-grandfa- ther with Shorthorn cat- tle, and in the 1930s they changed to Herefords. Now the cattle are a com- posite of Hereford, Sim- mental/Brown Swiss and they are adding an English breed, Suffolk, a wine red beef animal known as Red Poll in the states. They calve from April 25th in 45 day calving. There were moveable wind breaks in the calving field on the cousin's land. At birth the calves get a RFI identification tag and a herd tag. A RFI tag is re- quired for all beef cattle in Canada. Will wean on grass, us- ing fence-line weaning in October, and give vacci- nations at that time. Av- erage weight is 600 lbs. It is a natural program, and do their own background- ing in ranch feedlot. A Ca- nadian supermarket takes their beef. There were 3,000 head of cattle on the different ranches. Everyone agreed that Cherie Copithore-Barnes was an excellent spokes- person for the beef cattle industry, as she mentioned COOL; from 2003 to 2007 they couldn't sell cattle be- cause of BSE; the trade agreements, etc. They ranch on deeded land, Indian land and Crown Land owned by Queen Elizabeth. All the wild life is owned by the Queen; the elk, white tail and mule deer, moose, coy- otes, cougars, wolves, griz- zly bears,geese, etc. The rancher can supply a guide for hunting, but cannot charge for hunting. The ranchers don't own the mineral rights to the ground they own. It was 0'C, or freez- ing the morning we vis- ited since it is 4,000 ft el- evation. They farm 4,000 acres in a 90 day growing season. One cutting of al- falfa hay per season. There was a high fence around the area where the hay bales are stored, to protect from the elk. Oats and bar- ley are grown for silage, with peas added for pro- tein. 100 years ago this was open land, since 10,000 head of buffalo kept the poplars, spruce and as- pen from taking over. Now the government won't let you cut the trees, or burn them, or sell them. Buffalo Jump was the hill and cliff nearby, where the buffalo were pushed over the 150 foot drop and slaughtered. They were worried about the drought since only one inch of rain since April, but to us it was all a lush green. September 2014, there was 18 inches of snow. Their hay season is three weeks behind, this year. There were birdhouses on the fence posts, some- one in Calgary had got- ten permission to place them, and the popula- tion of Bluebirds has in- creased. We couldn't go on the set, but we saw lots of trailers and the horses that were part of the wranglers group. "Hell on Wheels" was being filmed about the railroad going across the US, set in 1880s. Was told it was a crew of 100, and some days 250 people. From 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. the crew is present on the ranch. The gravel road had calcium chloride for dust control. Any time a movie came in and built some- thing, they leave it, and we walked into a '50s café, and there was an old house. In the ware- house CL Ranch had an accumulation of 25 years collection of props. A niece was do- ing an inventory of the 45,000 items and set- ting the price to rent the item. The costumes were made, not original, but there were old lamps, furniture, old books, led- gers, china, shovels, axes, matches, silver, table clothes, trunk with wool blankets. You name it, and I am sure it was in the warehouse. The roads were private, so they could lock gates and keep the public out, and not have trespass- ing. The Trans Canada highway goes through the ranch with 100,000 cars per day. The filming crews are here from February to October, and pay rental based on location. This is the 5th season they have been filming on the ranch. Calgary is the 4th larg- est production center in Canada. Jumping Pound Hall was where we had lunch with a barbecued beef sandwich, coleslaw, po- tato salad, baked beans and cookies. On the wall between two large Here- ford hides was a picture of Queen Elizabeth. As we left, I noticed a road sign "Texas Gate" as we crossed a metal cattle guard on the paved road. That night we spent in the "castle," The Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel. Everyone wished we had more time to explore everything while we were there. Linda, Kendra and I hiked down to Bow Falls while others rode the gon- dola that lifted 698 me- tres (2,290 ft) from the 5,194 ft level to the sum- mit ridge of 7,484 ft. There was open-air ob- servation deck and Laurel Marsters saw a rainbow below her, as we had brief showers as the clouds passed overhead. In June 2013 there was much snow on the mountains and they had heavy rains that melted the snow, causing flood- ing on the Bow River and the city of Calgary was flooded. The history of the hotel is fascinating. Wm. Cor- nelius Van Horne, gen- eral manager of Canadian Pacific railway (CPR) has been credited with en- hancing the traffic on the CPR by building a group of lavish resort hotels in the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains. In 1886 three hotels were built in British Co- lumbia, and in 1887 a ho- tel was built at the conflu- ence of the Bow and Spray Rivers in the recently es- tablished Rocky Moun- tain Park. 1926, the origi- nal wooden hotel burned down, and the present stone and cement "castle" was built. The brochure read: "Throughout the 1920s and '30s the hotel was able to combine day-to- day hotel life with luxuri- ous hotel living. The de- pression played a part in the "golden era" as an un- sure future forced peo- ple to examine the pres- ent and their reasoning led them to live as fully as possible in an immediate sense. The hotel managed well in maintaining its ambiance of sophisticated respectability. It was a time of stylish attire, tasteful entertainment, and refined relations. In 1927 Stanley Thomp- son was selected to con- struct the world's great- est mountain golf course. Benny Goodman was in- fluential in Banff obtain- ing a landing strip, as he wanted to stay at the ho- tel but could only do so if there was an area to land his plane. By 1940 the effect of World War II had reached the hotel. The hotel closed in 1942 and didn't reopen until 1945 as a seasonal resort. By the mid-'60s, the hotel was predomi- nantly providing service to conferences, bus excur- sions and families with automobiles. Now it is bus tours in the summer, ski- ers in the winter. When we turned on the television in the large room, there was a mes- sage on the screen. "Wel- come Kendra McCluskey. We hope you enjoy your stay at the Fairmont Banff Springs. We invite you to explore. Warm regards, David Roberts." JeanBartonhasbeen writing her column in the Daily News since the early 1990s. 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