The Meeker herald., 1907-02-23

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1y the so-called "Burkett amend
ent' to the agricultural appropria-
t,pn bill now before congress; and be
tEfurther
Eesolved, That it is the sense 9f
| t}iks association that all fees for range
Privileges on the White River Forest
Reserve, to be collected for the cur
rSbt year from members of this 1850
cfAtion, be paid "under protest"
The secretary was instructed to
selld copies of the resolutions to our
sedators and representatives In con-
grdss, as well rs our state senator and
representative, and the Denver press.
Some of the vital sections of the
laws adopted are contained in the
following extracts:
| The name of the association shall
be the White River Stock Growers
association.
The initiation fee will be $l.0O and
| the annual dues $1.00 for every 100
head of stock or fractional part
thereof, and $40 will be the maxi
mum for any number of head. All
fees and dues shall be payable in adj
vance.
On motion the meeting adjourned
to meet some time in April due
notice of which will be given in the
local papers.
The executive committee met on
Monday, and instructed the secretary
to apply to the State Cattle and
Horse Growers association for adj
mission to that organization.
1 As THE HERALD has already said,
there is strength, in numbers. The
way to make the White River Stock
Growers, association strong is for
tverS Stody to Join it--the man with .
few head as we'll as the man with
hundreds or thousands of head.
Eugene Grubb was there with an
~ told you So talk and argument
for diplomacy, but as some of Grubb's
ideas didn't seem to fit in with the
small stock-growers' his advise
didn't seem to count for much in di-
recting the action to be taken. AS an
argument against decided action, he
asked how many present would be
willing to sign an agreement to stand
/ In, fI,a pafr tn IA
grazing tax, and on being answered
by strong chorus of "Here" from
the stockmen, his further remarks
on diplomacy were confined to pri-
vate conversational Telegram.
Last week at the meeting of Rifles
stockgrowers the following agree
ment was subscribed to by the MEM
bers of their association:
We. the undersigned each and all
of us, hereby agree not to pay fee
for grazing upon the forest reserves,
and If any of us have applied for per-
mits, We shall refuse to accept the
same; and we further agree that any
son of arrest or prosecution of any
signer Of this agreement for the de-
fense of same, shall be pro rated ac-
cording to the number of stock
owned, to be collected by the secre-
tary of the association in whose To-
cality the signer may reside or run
his cattle"
In the talks regarding the grazing
tax and the recent attempts to secure
legislative action, considerable feel
ing was apparent against certain
members of the recent stock growers
convention in Denver, and the fact
developed that the small stockman
was prevented from getting his side
of the question before the convention;
were juggled by the methods of the
politician in the interest of the big
stock raiser and those in favor of
leasing, and the men who went there
with resolutions setting forth the
views of the small stockgrower was
compelled to sit with the resolutions
in his pocket and listen to long dis
sertatiOns on the right or wrong of
driving bob-tailed horses, or was
inveigled to some convenient place
to ''see the pictures. with the result
that, though in the majority, nothing
was accomplished. Mr.. Larsen re-
viewed this matter to the meeting in
a manner not only amusing but con-
vinctng.-Rifie Telegram.
Maybe Mr.. Roosevelt is desirous of
taking q four years rest and then of
saving the country again in 1912.