Williams news., 1906-01-06
AGAINST JOINTURE
Action Taken on the Public Land
 Grazing Question

Hotel Adams and adopted strong resolutions against joint statehood, elected new officers to serve the en- suing year, selected an official organ, and named a delegate to go as representative of the associa- ton to the National Live Stock Growers meeting at Denver next month. In addition the association disposed of several minor matters and adopted several resolutions.
 James Bark called the meeting to order as vice president in the absence of President McKittrick and was elected the chairman. D. B. Heard was chosen secretary. The meeting had been in session only few minutes after an organization was effected when the discussion of the statehood question was taken up. All opinions were the same and all favored some prompt and decisive action to be taken by the association. Resolutions bearing on the matter were presented by MT. Bark and were unanimously adopted. They were signed by all the members of the association with their addresses and the whole doc ument was communicated by tele- graph to Delegate Smith at Wash ington. Copies of the resolution were ordered printed and will be mailed to the different members of congress at once.
 Bulletin No. 62 issued by the public land commissioner was taken up. After brief discussion it was apparent that those present favored the per capita tax against the acre. age tax for grazing privileges on public lands. It was some time ago stated that MT. Pinchot, the author of the bulletin, would be present at the national meeting of cattlemen in Denver and desired to have the different state and terri torial organizations send delegates instructed as to the feeling of the cattlemen in regard to the public land grazing question. MT. Bark was elected to go to Denver as del gate and to carry out the wishes of the association in the matter. J.J. Riggs of Dos Cabezas was named as alternate. Along, the same line and for the same purpose Dwight B. Heard was made an accredited del egate of the association to work at Washington on the land question and on statehood. He will shortly make trip east for that purpose.
 The election of officers was taken up and resulted as follows: J. E. Bark, president; G. L. Coffee of Globe, secretary; J. J. Riggs, first vice president; N. w. Bernard. sec- ond vice president, and o. H. Chris ty, treasurer. A resolution of thanks was voted Wm. Speed, an inspector of cattle at large and the Arizona rangers. The Arizona Range News of Wilcox, edited by s. N. Kemp, was by resolution made the official organ of the cat tlemen. A resolution was also passed requesting the different sheriffs of the territory to make a a special effort to secure fair and honest iurymen to try cases where cattle stealing is the charge. The reward for the arrest of any cattle thief and his conviction was re- newed for the, year by a resolution. The reward in each case amounts to $1OO. The next meeting will be held in Phoenix at the call of the president.
 The following are the resolutions bearing on the statehood situation adopted:
 Resolved, By the Arizona Cattle Growers association, in meeting as- sembled at Phoenix, Arizona, on