Arizona republican., 1906-02-05
NATIONAL ST0GKMEN
 PLEASED WITH WORK
R,turn of Arizona Delegates From
 Denver Convention.

James F.. Bark, who attended as a delegate from the Arizona Stock Grow 'eIfs' Association, the meeting of the American National Live Stock asso- citation, which has just concluded a three days session at Denver, returned to his home in this city yesterday morning. He was accompanied back to Phoenix by Hugh Campbell who was also delegate to the convention rep <resenting the Arizona Wool Growers organization. J. V. Vickers Proni- nent stcckman of southern AIizcna, tte other Arizona delegate. will visit for some time in Los Angeles where his company maintains an office before re- turning to the territory.
 Mir. Bark. who had just made his first visit to Denver, could not speak with enough praise of the treatment ! the delegates were accorded by the citizens of that city. He considers Dem yer an ideal convention town and this view was taken by the other delegates ! to the convention for it was voted that | the next meeting should be held there | Los Angeles was the only other com peting city for the honor.
 The principal subject under discuss | ion by the delegates to the gathering was the regulati of grazing on the | public lands of the United States and 1 it will be oi interest to know that fully half of the delegates made the journey to Denver on account of their interest | in the matter. Strange to say, how ever, there was not one time that the 1 topic was discussed on the floor Of the convention nor ever referred t~ di- l rectly. Too great was the feeling SHaoug | the delegates to permit it. Instead, the ic hxr fr- | tee of five who met daily with MT II Clifford Pinchot and MT. Potter the two gentlemen at the head of the bu- reau of forestry. And if the stories told are true there were some very stormy sessions of the committee in which the stockmen lost their tempers.
 The final result is considered by Mir
 Bark to be the best this territory could
 we'll expect. It was announced to b'
 the desire of the executive ,commttteS of the association that the agricultural department control the public lands
 and regulate the grazing of stock there
 on According to MT. Bark. Arizona stockmen want the forestry bureav 4-
 have this control under the depar@' ment. If such is the case it is likely neither an acreage tax nor per capits tax will be charged but in their stead the grazing allowed only by the lSSu'
 ance of permits.
 In such a case the oldest settler vii
 have the first right to a permit ant
 the forestry officials will have tn
 making of the rules fixing the numbel
 of head of stock to be permitted tC
 graze, the time they may graze, owe
 what area and at what cost to the.l owners. Without extra expense to th' l cattlenen the present corps of fOres
 rangers will have the immediate sup
 ervision of seeing that whatever rule
 are made are adhered to.
 The plan as explained by MT. Barl
 will work little hardship on any one
 The price of a grazing permit will b.
 made after local conditions are care | fully considered and if the cost of run
 ming cattle Is high then the grazing
 permit will be low in price and if tn
 cost of running cattle is low the graz
 ing permit will be at a slight increas