Williams news., 1906-02-03
Denver Stock Meeting

a association and American Stock Growers association was effected here today by the annual conven- tions of the two organizations. The American National Live Stock as sociation is the name adopted for the amalgamated bodies, which rep resents 10000 stock growers, and Murdo Mackenzie, of Trinidad, Col orado, was unanimously elected president of the new association by rising vote in the joint conven- tion of delegates of the two old asso citations.
 An important conference. which may result in settling the contro- versy over the question of using the public lands for grazing purposes. was held here today between Gif- ford Pinchot, chief of the United States forestry bureau, representing | the national government, and a committee of thirty from the Col orado Cattle and Horse Growers association. A plan presented by the stockmen's committee provides a system for governing the range, and met with the hearty approval of Mr. Pinchot.
 The plan drawn up by the com mittee provides for community rule of grazing lands, as we'll as the leasing of pastures to private indi- viduals. It favors long time lease with a permanent fee. The com munity proposition enables dozen or more owners of stock to lease acreage and gives them control through a board made up of the presidents of the local live stock associations and their secretaries and the forest supervisors. In localities where sheep graze the sheep men will be represented on the board and the land apportioned to the sheep and other herds, so that there can be no conflict.
 The sheepmen have ideas of their own concerning the modification of the law requiring cattle to be un- loaded every twenty-eight hours while in transit. The National Wool Growers association, at it's annual convention here today, adopted a resolution favoring a change in the law making the min imum running time of trains carry ing sheep sixteen miles an hour.
 Officers were elected as follows: President, Senator Francis E. War ren, of Cheyenne, Wyo., reelected; :; vice president for the west, Dr. J. M. Wilson, of Cheyenne, Wyo., chief of the state sheep commission; vice president for the east, Mortimer Lowering, of Chicago; secretary, George s. Walker, Cheyenne, Wyo, secretary of the state sheep commits sion; treasurer, A. J. Knollin, Chi cago, reelected.
 The executive committee include: J. A. Vickery and E. s. Gosney, Arizona; E. M. Emmons, J. c. John son and A. D. Ricqles, Colorado; c. M. O'Donnell, Charles Schleter, w. B. Jack, New Mexico; Richard Walsh, w. w. Turney. Capt. John Lyttle, of Texas, and Ora Haley, of Wyoming.
 Denver, Jan. 31.-The first step toward making the Wool Growers association national" in scope and membership as we'll as in name, was taken today by the executive committee of the National Wool Growers association, which reduced individual dues for membership from $1O to $5 year JsaD
 Resolutions condemning Presi- dent Roosevelt's policy of taxing stockmen for grazing on forest re- serves were adopted and a commit tee was appointed to go to Wash ington and oppose this measure and advocate railroad rate legislation.
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