Gunnison news-champion., 1907-06-07

The msetsns d GunHisoa S.u,k
Growers Saturday wss very lafosay
attended aud oaue SApassass basi-
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this ora~a,xsssoa. saAss sAs st,lr
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Gillsss~y ksd gvosa 10 We 0ee Il
The most powerful sacx sasGsessoss
in the sss,e. DasiAg the si1a
twelve mesahsss - Aisd. sd fossy-
o.e lsea ss.psaAeA for sna-pey-
sasst Of dass cad osAss cssse. bst
the thirty slGAs nSw uss0bsss sAdsd
bro~ght the srsad ssssl sp TO PA
nAasss.
After saissass wese psed. cO3
saittsss appointed, ssc. tie psssadea'
anve = short bet sarEess sddVsss
telling of TIE gro~tA # the sssoci
tio., the thing it hsd accomplished
for its usembeFu ssA the country
and espscislly of its trisnphs Oh
Csttlemen's hay sHd Estrsy Day
two unique gatherings invented by
the association.
Taking up the matter Of dele
gates to the public lands conven-
tion at Denver, 7. W. Gray was
made chairman and the rest of the
committee consists Of A. T.. Hyzer,
W. l.. Bennett, +. A. McGreeor and
W. A. Gillsspey
Prof II. NJ CottrelI, spoke for a
Farmers Institute. and it was
decided TO have it September, per
haps with the celebration. A brand
book was again discussed and acted
upon favorably.
The committee on resolutions
brought in the following report:
Resolved-That while we uphold
and endorse the idea OF conserving
the timber Of our country, of con-
serving the water supply by care Of
the timber and d careful manage
meat Of the raase, We favor that
policy Which will msak ePssdly
tsin9 ~ ssnspspisA psAaic 1hs1u
uaAsr psivaae ownsrship ssd cSlti.
vatioa by actsd ssttlem.nt.
Resolved-That from csrefal OBJ
servatioa of the results OF irrigation
in the upper Gunni-'m valley tor 3O
years, we believe that the seepa9e
return flow is . positive aid to the
stream flow in low water months of
July, August and September, and
that agriculture in the higher
mountain sections should receive
the earnest support and aid of the
Forestry and Reclamation bureaus
instead of, ~ at pr ssent, being
tacitly discouraged under the false
and misleading theory that The
water is more valuable lower down.
Resolved-That we favor the
American doctrine of local self gov
eminent carried TO the utmost prac-
teal limit. We believe that the
citizens of Colorado are among the
most intelligent and enlightened in
the world, that they can best man-
age their own local affairs without
interference from distant states and
cities, that they best understand the
local conditions on unoccupied gov
ernment land surrounding their
homes and can Judge better OF
desirable rules and regulations than
can outsiders; and in consequence
we favor a system of local control oI
public grazing.
II. +. LAKE Jr.
T. w. GRAY,
II. p. MERGELMAN.
The above resolutions were car
ried unanimously, but the next res
olution Mr.. Gray refused to concur
in and the matter was warmly dis
cussed ON the floor
Whereas, 1t is the announced
purpose of the forest reserves to be
an internal improvement for the
benefit OF the entire country; and
whereas the Honorable Forester
Clifford Pinchot, has declared his in
tention TO make the reserves self
supporting" and that he intends by
1917 to derive a revenue OF six mil
lion dollars q year from the reserves
from the sale of grass, timber
water for power. etc; and whereas
the last congress passed river and
harbor bill appropriating above
eighty millions Of dollars for inter
nal improvements the direct benef
ciaries of which are not asked to pay
a cent: Therefore, be it resolved
that the policy of exploitation of tn.
pioneers who happen to live upor
or near the reserves by charging fo'
all products of tho public lands j.
uncalled for. unjust. and should b