Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-22
Little Owners Refuse to Come in
With Big Flock
PosseSsorS.
WANT FAIR REPRESENTATION.
Feel Incorporation as Planned is Not
For Them 10 Push, SO
Stand Pat.

The scene Of battle now on between
small and large sheep owners of the
Uinta national reserve shifted from
the cullen hotel to the Commercial
club this morning. The front recep-
ton hail was filed, in the neighbor-
hood of 1875 hock-owners being pres
emit, and while the large owners and
those AFFLICTED with an Incorporation
formed not loug ago. almost pleaded
for harmony. there was no harmony.
Finally towards noon the dove flew
from the rooms and wouldbe peace
makers gave UP in despair. The only
real move made was the selection Of
three men from each faction to meet
together at noon and report AT l
o'clock before a reconvened general
meeting.
COMMITTEE NAMED.
The small flock of owners selected
j. r.. Allen, j. O. Duke and j. r. Raw
Inns to represent them and the incor-
poration men chose; George Austin,
Enos Bennion and Albert Smith. After
listening to suggestions by their re-
spectiye aggregations, the various
committeeman went into session and
with only an hour to patch up big
INCORPORATION PLANNED.
In order to understand the present
trouble a bit of recent history must
be repeated. In the neighborhood of
30 of the ga sheep owners having
fiocks on the Uinta national reserve
recently formed the uinta Forest
Gra2ers company. 1t was planned to
make this an Incorporation and papers
were drawn up n few days ago. The
avowed purpose of the Incorporation
was to afford all sheep owners of the
Uinta reserve strength in unity, etc.
The capital stock was placed at So
900, with shares at the par value Of
81 each: 100 sheep emitting man
to one share.
ARRANGEMENTS PLANNED.
1t was further arranged that flock
owners with any number Of sheep UP
to 500 should elect one director, up
TO 1000, three directors: up to 1000.
four directors; thus giving the "snall :
owner, or the man owning anything be-
low 1000 sheep eight out of 10 direc-
tors. While this offer of the incorpoia-
ton was voted fair enough in a way
by the small men they felt what the
majority put out to them was not great
enough and voted 1t down, refusing to
come into the Incorporation. 1t was
pointed out by one small flock owner
that the small mems individual flocks
total 100000 sheep and over. Compared
to Il total of 129, 900 sheep possessed
by the various heavier owners. the lars
eli total should get a bigger majority
vote in the Incorporation than one
argued the small men and on that ar
gument they stood without budgins.
SMALL MEN ScEPTICAL.
Eloquence was of no avail, the
small owners feeling confident there
was a "nigger In the woodpile,' as
one OF them expressed II. The legality
of the interpretations offer was ques-
toned and several present asserted
that 1t would not be legal to arrange
votes as was proposed in an incorpora-
ton where every share of stock is en-
titled to voice the sentiments OF its
owner, The proposition dwndled down
to deadlock between small and large
owners with the former declaring they
would not enter the incorporation I'M
less some better guarantee of equal
representation could be offered them.
A tired delegates suggested appointing
two committees to get together and
thereupon the two factions took separ-
ate rooms and named their men.
INCORPORATION MEMBERS.
George Austin acted as chairman OF
the general meeting and George ID.
Piper, as secretary. Mr.. Austin Is
also president of the Uinta Forest
Grazers' company. Other officers are:
Albert Smith, vice president; c.
b. Stewart secretary and treasurer;
George w. Piper assistant secretary
and treasurer. Fifteen directors were
elected, as follows: George Austin, Al
bert Smith, c. b. Stewart, j. Il. Aus
tin, Thomas Austin, a. NJ. Austin, j
e. Jensen. b. r. Fitzgerald, David
Smith, j. n. Davis, Thomas Chapman
Enos Bennion, Thomas Webb, Joseph
Murdoch and David Morgan.