, 1907-05-18
Dues Of Members.


with tremendous applause. There will
be abundant use for the funds in the
association treasury.
The committee, consisting of George
Milne, Frank Yoder, John Gilland, Ed.
l.. Patrick and F. w. Foxton, appointed
to nominate officers for the first year,
presented the following names:
Association Officers.
President-George Mitchell.
Vice President-John Whitaker.
Secretary. C. Underwood.
Treasurer-Frank N. Shiek.
Executive Committee-Geo. Mitch
ell of IVA, Ed. l.. Patrick of Rawlins,
C. q. Griffin Of Phillips, William Mac.
~farlane of Macfarlane, Frank N. Shiek
OF Wheatland, John Whitaker Of Chey-
enne, Henry Mudd of Grant, John G.
Gilland and John L. Thomas Of Egbert.
The committee on resolutions, ON
sisting of Luke voorhees,, Ed. L. Pat
rick, C. E. Griffin, Peter Macfarlane
and j. ]. Underwood, presented its re-
port. The resolutions were greeted
with tremendous applause and adopted
by a unanimous vote. They are as fol-
lows:
The Resolutions.
Whereas, The cattle and horse indus
try by careful management and breed.
ing has been brought to a high state
of excellence in this county; and,
Whereas, The government has seen
fit to reduce all the fences OF the pub
lie domain that have served to make
pastures to run this high grade stock;
and,
Whereas, 1t will develop a heavy loss
upon the owners of this high grade
stock to cause the various breeds to
be inter-mixed and compelled to run
at large rel the vast areas; and,
Lands Fit Only For Grazing.
Whereas, That part of the state OF
Wyoming embraced in Laramie county
contains a large area of ~unoccupied
public lands only fit for grazing pur-
poses, such lands being located ada
cent to the land owned by the perma-
nent settlers and not fit for settlement
or agricultural purposes; and,
Whereas, The grazing lands above
mentioned are in many cases being
abused by overstocking, and are not
available to the local residents of the
section wherein located, and under
present conditions are deteriorating in
value;
System of Individual Lease.
Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That
the Laramie County Cattle n Horse
Growers association in convention as
sembled at Wheatland. Wyo., this 18th
day of May, 1907, do earnestly petition
the congress of the United States to
pass some law that will place the pub
lie grazing lands of this county in the
department of agriculture for admin
istration under a system Of individual
lease, with privileges of fencing, SO as
to enable the residents to legitimately
occupy them with their herds and to
improve the condition of the grazing
lands of the county; and be it
Some Of the Provisions
Resolved. That the following provis-
ions be incorporated in the law for
the control of the grazing lands:
First, That all leases be issued on
an acreage basis for terms Of five to
ten years, and that the freeholders
shall have the preference in leasing
the lands lying adjacent to their free
hold.
Second. That these lands be CLASH
fed and that the relative rental be
made as low as possible and not to e1-
coed a maximum of two cents per acre.
and that all net rentals be returned to
the state for. the benefit Of the schools
in the county in which it accrues.
Advisory Boards.
Third. That all the local control pos.
sible be vested in advisory boards for
each administrative district without
Gripping the administration by the dt.
vision Of responsibility.
Fourth. That all lands under lease