, 1885-04-07

prints. Though we have built up the
only industry practicable on these arid
and sandy p~rairies and created millions of
taxable property, congress is daily urged
to a crusade against us, as though we
were a class whose business was a byword
and reproach and whose destruction
would be q commendable act.
The two principal crimes laid at our
door are:
First That we obstruct and prevent
by force and violence the settlement of
these lands by the farmer.
Second That we pay nothing for the
use of the lands over which our herds
Craze.
1t is useless to say to you and useless to
say to deaf ears at the east that about so
per cent. of these lands, carefully esti-
mated, can never by any system produce
grain, that 10 per CEN, is mountain and
canon and that ON the other 10 per cent.
the settler is daily entering without hind
rance. ua.. Il
We are weary Of asking our eastern
critics how we can reimburse the govern
ment when hat government will neither
sell or lease.
But as we are threatened with hasty and
ignorant legislation at every session, is it
not wise to place this association on record
as denying the charges made against us
and stating in general terms our desire for
an equitable adjustment Of the question,
We do not wish to precipitate the matter,
but such an expression would be a pow
erful weapon in the hands of our friends
in congress when called on to speak in our
behalf. The committee hope such reso-
lutions will be adopted. .a.
The report then gives a schedule of the
inspection work of the past year. The
reference to the labors of the inspectors
closes as follows: 1t is within bounds to
say that our inspectors have supervised
the sale, the transportation by rail, and the
passage by trail, through the herds Of our
members, of cattle aggregating 1000, OOO
head since April, 1884.
In accordance with the bylaws the
names Of the following members will be
dropped for cause assigned to each. The
few who have rendered their designations
recently TO avoid the assessment due ioI
the past year are cou~rteously informed
thst the bylaws forbid the acceptance Of
any resignation until all dues and assess
ments already accrued against such mem
Der shall have been paid: For death, /;
for resignation, Is; for non-payment Of
dues or assessment, 9; total, 81.
Resigned-I. R. Alter, Thomas Blyth,
j. G. Christie, j. f.. Bush, G. II.
Coggeshall, s. F. Emmons, R. Fiske, R.
G. Huson, T. A. Kent, J. A. Macy. B.
Rumsey, L. Sloan. J. s. Taylor, +. r.
Thayer, d. B. Wyatt.
Dropped-T. J. Allen, Il. Hardness.
W. II. Johnstone, j. j. Kinney, w. p.
Phillips, J. ". Snyder, C. II. Terry, Jas.
Ware, G.. B. Miner.
Dead7John Robinson.
MEMBERSHIP.
AT the date of our meeting in 's4 we
had Oil active members on our rolls; we
admitted SO, making a total OF 500. The
committee on admissions have now before
them the names Of over seventy-five more
applicants.
The committee have spared neither
labor nor expense to discover and punish
crime and to protect and recover property.
The operations of the detective bureau
have been most ably conducted by Judge
Wright and Mr.. n. X. Boswell. and the
testimony is universal that not since Wyo-
ming became a stock country has there
been as little violation of the stock laws as
there is today.
The executive committee now return to
you the power you delegated to them one
year ago.
Mr.. Richard Frewens moved that the
secretary's report be adopted. Referring
to the report he said that members out
side of the territory were made to pay a
certain maverick assessment, while the
maverick law under which this assessment
was made applied to this territory only.
Personally he did not care to remain in
an association the executive branch where
Of was given unlimited power. 1t GER
tainly seemed wrong to him TO compel
the outside members to pay large assess
ments. He also believed that assessments
should be raised in advance, but should
not be retrospective. He certainly OBJ
jected to paying the money without no.
tice. Some members might be willing to
pay 5000 to the association at 4 moment
notice but he objected to the methods
adopted. He had not yet determined
whether he was in,.honor bound to pay the
assessment, but he clearly understood
that legally he could not be holden fol
it. AS the manager of a limited com
pary, which did not permit its members
to belong to unlimited associations, he
would probably DC compelled to withdraw
from this association, but before doing
so would announce his decision regarding
the assessment.
The secretary's report was then adopt
ed and the association went into executive
session for the purpose of hearing the re-
port of the committee on applications for
membership.
At $50 o'clock the executive session
arose and the following applicants were
announced as elected.
Robt. TAFT, J. J. Thompson,
G. NJ. Palmer, Vim. Thompson,
j. +. Chapman, Chas. II. Strong,
A. G. Huide Roper, Geo. F. Blanchard,
NJ. c. Corners, John T. Murphy,