The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-04-06
Annual Meeting wyomIng stock.
GroWers' Association.


second Day. $780,. -a=e~-
Meeting called to order by President
Sturgis. at ten o'aiock.
Report of the committee on round
ups was read and on motion adopted.
The following is the report:
ROUNDUP NO. l.,
To begin at Laramie, May 23d; work
as last year.
Foremen-J. Lane, W. II. Hackney.
ROUNDUP NO. 2
Shall commence May 18th, at the Dur
bin road on Pole creek, and shall pro-
coed down Pole creek to Julesburg,
Neb.; thence north to Rush creek;
thence up the North Platte to mouth of
Pumpkin. then up Pumkin to head.
Foremen-J. Snodgrass, William
Ashby.
ROUNDUP NO. 3
Shall commence May 18th, at Sidney
bridge, on the south side of the North
Platte; shall work the river up to Fort
Laramie; then Chug and Box Elder
creeks, and Fox, Bear and Horse creeks
from the telegraph road to their
mouths.
Foremen = Chris. streaks, Forest
Hall.
ROUNDUP NO.
Will commence at Fort Fetterman on
May 18th, 1881, and proceed down the
Platte river, working all tributaries of
said river. and as far north from the
heads of said tributaries as the FORE
man may consider necessary, down to
the mouth of Rawhide; there quit work
and go to Sidney bridge and work west
to Fort Larmie bridge; cross the river,
and work as last year.
ROUNDUP NO. 5
| Will meet at Fort Fetterman, May
18th, and with roundup No. 4 will
work as far east as Shawnee creek;
after working Shawnee, divide, and the
first subdivision will work west on the
north side of the Platte, including the
tributaries as far west as the Sweet
water divide; thence north along the
range to the headwaters of the South
Powder river and down said river until
it meets the second division. The
second division shall proceed to Carr's
ranch on Sand creek, and shall work
up Sand and Lightning creeks and
other tributaries of the Cheyenne river
until they meet roundup No. O; then
both round-ups will work up the
Dry Cheyenne river to the mouth of
Lodge creek; then the said second divi-
sion of roundup No. 8, will work the
Dry Cheyenne and its tributaries, then
Crow, to the headwaters of the Belle
Fourche; down the Belle Fourche until
1t meets roundup No. 6; thence west,
working the southern tributaries of
Powder river until it meets the first
subdivision; then both subdivisions
will cross the Platte at Fetterman, and
one will work along the Platte and its
southern tributaries into Bates fork,
and the other division will work west
between the ranges to the plain and
along the headwaters of Bates fork,
including the head of Little Medicine;
thence down Sinking creek until it
meets the other subdivision.
W. p. HALL,
RUFUS RHODES,
Foremen.
ROUNDUP NO. 6
will meet at Hecht's Hat creek
ranch May IL, and work down the Old
Woman's creek; thence back to the
Cheyenne river, thence up the Chey-
enne ten miles, thence back to Lance
creek and up Lance creek until it
meets the second subdivision of No. 8,
and with said division work TO the
mouth of Lodge creek; then work Lodge
creek to its head, cross to Belle Fourche,
and work up Belle Fourche until they
meet the second subdivision of round
up No. s; thence to the headwaters of
Beaver creek, and down the Beaver
until they meet roundup Nc. Z.
A. j. ROBERTSON, Foreman,
MAJOR WYATT. Asst. Foreman.
RoUN-UP NO. 7
will meet at Hecht's ranch on Hat
creek, May II; then work along the
bluffs, alternating between the bluffs
and Indian creek until they reach
Emmons' eastern ranch; thence to the
headwaters of Little and Big Cotton
wood; thence back to Davis ranch;
thence to Whitcomb's ranch; thence to
headwaters Of Horsehead creek; down
the Horsehead to the Cheyenne river;
east on Cheyenne as far as practicable;
thence back to Whitcomb's ranch;
thence to the head of Cole and Dry
Cottonwood creeks. working down to
Players ranch; thence west on Beaver
creek until they meet roundup Nc. 6.
HUGH JACKSON, Foreman,
F. o. BURTON, Assistant.
Secretary Sturgis, at the request of
the Sioux and Cheyenne counties, Neb.,
stockgrowers' associations, reported
that the members of that association
desired to become members of the Wyo-
ming stockgrowers' association, pro-
vided that the former could be repre-
sented on the board Of executive COM
mittee Of the latter. They were willing
to contribute the regular fees and as
sessments in order to enjoy the priv
ileges conferred by the Wyoming asso-
citation.
Judge Carey favored a union of all
interests Of the stockgrowers in the far
west, and suggested that an invitation
be extended to the several stock asso-
Citations in Weld county, Colorado;
Keith, Sioux and Cheyenne counties,
Nebraska, and Albany and Sweetwater
counties, Wyoming, to meet at some
central point, to discuss the propriety
of forming a union of all associations.
Mr.. Bronson endorsedthis proposition
and moved that this association extend
an invitation to the stockgrowers' as
sociations of Weld County, Colorado,
Keith, Sioux, LincolD and Cheyenne
counties, Nebraska, and Albany and
Sweetwater counties, Wyoming, to
meet in Cheyenne on the I'd day of
May, to consider the proposition of
uniting these various organizations into