The Coconino sun., 1901-12-14
SHEEP TO BE EXCLUDED.
Tho Secretary of the Interior Says that Shoop- Grazing Is Injurious to tho Forosts-He Desires Consoli-
 dalton of tho Reserve.

can or sunday, and was dated Decem' Der ':
 "The basis of settlement of very knOtty problem relative to the SanFran- cisco Mountain forest reserve in Ari. zona, which Secretary Hitchcock has been wrestling with for over two years, was arranged at d conference at the White House to-day, at which Secre. tary Hitchcock, Willis Vandeventer, assistant attOrney-general of the inte- rior department, William J. Murphy, of Arizona, and ex-Representative Sherry, of Connecticut, were present.
 No announcement has been made of the terms of the settlement"
 That any action should have been taken by Secretary Hitchcock after his decision ofa few months ago, was q sur prise to the people of this community, and the board of supervisors telegraph ed to the secretary asking what action had been taken place. This morning the board received the following mes- sage:
 WASHINGTON, Dec. l3, 1901.
 Board of Supervisors, Coconino Comprehension reached on 7th instant respecting San Francisco Noun tain reserves that sneep-grazing is in- furious and should be discontinued, and that reserves should be consolidated by the inclusion of practically all odd numbered sections, if it can be reason ably done.
 Conclusion is based upon representa- tion that owners of all odd-numbered sections, except forty thousand acres, stand ready and willing to surrender their holdings and take other lands ac- cording to arrangements made some time ago. Your protest and showing made at all hearings and was fully considered, and there was no occasion for further notice to you.
 Signed. E. A. HITCHCOCK.
 On receiving the telegram the board telegraphed the President, protesting against the action taken by the secre- tary and asking him to withhold action until the county could have hearing.
 The exclusion of sheep from the re- serve will infict hardship upon our sheep owners, and will compel them to dispose of their bands or find range elsewhere, and will drive many out of the business. Cattle and horses, it is said, will be allowed to range upon the reserve as heretofore. as the depart ment has never objected to the grazing of either cattle or horses in the forest reserves of Arizona or New Mexico.
 While it seems from the information at hand that the authorities at Wash iDgtOn are, as they have been in the past, in favor of consolidation, an uu- derstanding has not yet been reached with all the owners of the lands within the reserve, and if the secretary holds to his original proposition of obtaining control of all the lands within the lim- its of the San Francisco Mountains Forest reserves, there will be no con- solidation for some time yet.
 A.. J. Shell wanted to attend a party, but was afraid to do so on account of pains in his stomach, which he feared would grow worse. He says, ''I was telling my troubles to lady friend, who said: 'Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy will put you in condition for the party bought bottle and take pleasure in stating that two doses cured me and enabled me to have good time at the party" Mir. Shell is resident of Summer Hill, N. | Y. This remedy is for sale by Pioneer Drug Store.