The Delta independent., 1908-01-10
Report of Executive
Committee

drift fence on what is known as
the Bull and Brown trail, TO assist
in keeping these cattle from drifting
back on to old range: The super
visor agreed to this and also agreed
to assist in the erection OF a drift
fence at the head of Trickle Park, to
keep the Deep Greek cattle from
drifting away from home into the
Surface Creek country, and visa
versa, to keep the Surface Greek cat
tie from drifting into the Pleateau
country.
Our requests We're granted and
the supervisor agreed to furnish all
material necessary in the construc-
tion of these fences and all others
we might. with a view to public in
terest, recommend. The supervisor
agreed to help. aid and assist us in
procuring a strict compliance. on the
part OF users OF the reserves, to the
State law in regard TO bulls and salt.
We recommend that every leniency
possible be extended towards our
members and all other users. but
where there is an actual arbitrary
refusal on the part of anybody to put
on the range his quota of bulls and
salt his permit be there and then
cancelled and no further grazing
privilege be allowed to such an in
dividual We firmly believe this rule
e. Just. and we know from our ex-
perience for the year 1907. that II
Is the only means by which you can
bring about a strict compliance with
the State law.
During our administration of your
affairs in the Battlemept Mesa For
est Reserve for the past year. we
were confronted with a striking ex
ample verifying this theory. Users
of West No. 2 were, in the interest
OF over-stocked range, compelled to
put part of their stock In an East
ward portion of No. and No. TO
Craze with other users who were
acknowledged to be grazing with
shortage OF bulls and salt. and they,
themselves. furnishing plenty of
both. thus working an imposition on
the lnw-abiding citizen by the care
less. neglectful citizen.
The delinquent was compelled to
put on his full quota of bulls and
salt This is an actual occurrence
In the joint work of your committee
and the Forest Supervisor on the
Battlement Mesa Forest Reserve for
1907. II proved effective and today
we are proud to say. is heartily com
mended even by every user who found
himself short of both bulls and salt
and was compelled to supply the
same. All alike can see the wonderful
benefit eliminating from this work,
We believe your Executive Board
iointly with the Forest Supervisors
can effect n stricter conformity to
the State law in this regard. than
a, of In RN-I
We therefore recommend that Sec
ton II of our Constitution bylaws
be amended so as TO read;
''The Executive Committee shall
through the medium of its Advisory
Board and the assistance of the For
est Supervisors see that the State
law Is strictly enforced In regard to
the number and grade of bulls
turned out. See Session Laws 1889.
pages $50, 25l and 1852.
And the Executive Board is hereby
empowered to join the Forest Sup
ervisors In establishing and inaugur-
ating any dispensary system of salt
ing the range, which may be In their
judgment he calculated to facilitate
and simplify the compliance, with
the State law on the part of those
grazing the forest reserves"
After the recognition of your COM
mittee by the Supervisor of the I'm
compahgre Forest Reserve was ac-
complished. we also reported to him
a non compliance with the State law
In regard to bulls and salt on the
part of some of the users of the I'm
compahgre Forest Reserve. and we
requested him to notify all users in
default to come up with their quota
of the same for 1908. We are In
formed by the supervisor that most
of the users found short have ex-
pressed perfect Willingness to meet
the requirements, and we are very
pleased to report that the Assocta-