, 1884-04-10
No. 81,

For the south Bitter Greek country.
viii start from Powder Springs, near
Snake river, May 10; work down Snake
river across to Douglas springs, Colo. {;
thence through Browns park; thence up
Spring creek to its head; thence to the
mouth of Sage creek and to its head;
thence to Miller's on Little Bitter creek;
thence to Blair's range; thence up Salt
Wells creek; thence to Kinney's range;
thence to Bitter Greek station; thence
west to Black Buttes; thence south to
Vermillion Springs; thence to Pine noun
tain.
Fall round up to begin October l..
Lou Fisher, foreman.
All undistricted portions to be consid-
cred u~norganized territory and attached to
the adjoining round up district, and be
worked or not, in the discretion of the
round up foreman.
The labors on the above report having
been completed, a recess was taken for
dinner.
II NATIONAL TRAIL,
Upon r~e-assembling in the afternoon,
the committee to draft resolutions to be
presented to the secretary of the interior,
as regards the opening of a national trail
from the southwest to the more northern
ranges, presented the following:
WHEREAS, The vast ranges of Wyo-
ming, Colorado. Nebraska, Montana, and
other northwestern states and territories
depend largely for their supply of young
cattle upon the far southern ranges of
Texas and adjoining states, and
WHEREAS, Hundreds of thousands OF
young cattle are annually driven from
those states TO the more northern ranges
which are better adapted for the maturing
of beeves than the warmer climates of the
south, and
WHEREAS, The trail over which cattle
have been driven for many years through
the western part of the Indian territory
and the state of Kansas is fast being
closed by fencing, thereby seriously inter
terlng with the movement OF these cattle,
and threatening to shut out entirely these
cattle from their market north, therefore
be it
Resolved, That it is the unanimous
sentiment OF this association that it is in
cumbent upon the national government to
protect this great industry by securing to
them forever a highway through the In
dian nation and the states of Kansas and
Nebraska of a width not less than four
miles to enable the herds to craze and
water unembarassed upon the lands over
which they pass. That in view of the few
settlers upon the lands at present and of
the constantly increasing number. a
speedy action is necessary, that the
settlers already in districts along
the line of the present trail
shall be compensated for their claims and
removed thereirom; that the land now
owned by the United States within the
district embraced shall be Withdrawn from
settlement and yet apart as a national
highway forever, and that some arrange
ment be made whereby the trail may be
kept forever open through the Indian Ter
ritory, therefore be it
ResOlued, That the secretary of the
association shall forward to the secretary
of the interior a copy of these resolutions
and earnestly request him to give the
matter the attention that its magnitude
demands.
The above report was adopted.
I'll MAVERICK FUND.
The following was also adopted;
RESOLVED, That the executive commit
tee shall, in the autumn of each year,
form an estimate based upon the total
number of cattle in Wyoming returned for
assessment, and the maverick fund de-
rived from the same, and shall then assess
the nonresident members in the ratio
thus obtained upon the cattle returned
from assessments by said nonresident
members.
NEW MEMBERS,
The following gentlemen were elected
members of the association: John A.
Beckwith, Frank NJ. Foote, j. J.. Cairns
and Arthur B. Clarke.
At this point a report was submitted
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