Williams news., 1906-11-24

"Whenever any live stock as sociaiion whose membership in cludes majority of the owners of any class of live stock using forest reserve or portion thereo shall ap point committee for such purpose. an agreement on the part of which committee shall be binding upon the association, such committee, upon application to the forester. may be recognized as an advisory board for the association, and shall be entitled to receive notice of pro- posed action and have an oppor tunity to be heard by the loca forest office in reference to increase or decrease in the number of stock to be allowed for any year, the division of the range between diff ferent classes of stock or their owners, or the adoption of special rules to meet focal conditions"
 We recommend that the presi dent of this association appoint representatives of this associa ton to confer with f, rest re erve super visors in order Una, caltlemrn may receive equal rights with sheepmen on the reserves
 It is the request of the Arizona Cattle Growers Association, that the committee on legislation, use their best endeavors in the passage of law Gin the next session of our legislature) prohibiting the holding of roping contests in the territory of Arizona.
 We endorse the action of the Live Stock Sal itary Board, and the territorial veterinarian as to the temporary retention of the Slaught CT fence in Cochise county. as safeguard against infection from adjoining Sonora ranges.
 The committee on legislation and the Live Stock Sanitary Board be and they are hereby requested to bring to the attention of the United States Department of Agriculture the drsira bility of testing the value of Burbank's Spineless Cactus as a cattle forage on Arizona ranges
 The Arizona Cattle Growers As sociation has had in the pas, reason to appreciate the valuable services rendered it by Honora ble Joseph H. Kibbey, then the legal adviser of the association. in ridding the territory of cattle rusllers and in I;assisting this association to sound and perma nent standing in the territory, and it has been with l pleasure and qualification that thi- assoria tion has noticed the manly and honest conduct of Govern r Kibbey since his appointment as governor of Arizona, in seeing tha the laws of the country are enforatd equitably to all lhe people O: rhe territory. irrespective of classes and especially does this aSsoriation appreciate and commend he actini, of the governor in the enfor'tmtn, of the tax laws of the territory &" that the burden of taxation may fall tquallv Y upon the large d. well as upon the small tax p*yer of th- territory; and we hereby ex end to Governor Kibbey our earnest sup port in the policy which he h s and is pursuing as governor of Arizona
 We request that ,he Arizona Liv. Stock Sanitary Board appoint the various SUI ervisors of forest rt serves now located within the ter ritnrv as live stock sanitary in ~pectors, that the cattle growers of his territory may obtain the best possible cooperation of the very effective organization of the forestry bureau
 We endnrse the practical and efficient administration of the Territorial Live Stock Sanitary Board and the energetic and thorough work of the territorial veterinarian.
 The Arizona Cattle Growers As socia tion fully appreciates the good work done by the Ranger force
  within our territory. Crime is less frequent within our territory than ever before. life and property are now almost abSolutel y secure, and he professional criminals have been driven from our territory and we are now enjoying greater free dom from crime than any state in the union, and we petition the next session of our legislature and our governor not to reduce the Ranger force at the present time.
 We heartily approve the objects of the Go operative Live Stock Com mission Company. whose opera tiol' we believe is of unqueslioned brne, fit to cattle growers
 A special feature of the play to