Gunnison news-champion., 1908-03-06
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Ii "a. q batter dose 10 nsne ieuths
IL the s,ock growers. but after care
f1l study Of the question and a state
men, OF the law facts by Senator
SApp. the a.secsa;lnns attorney. IT
wss decided at the spec.a. nesting
Saturday 10 pay the tax, rather than
run the risk Of lawsuits ani having
the fose-try department import sheep
and cattle to desposl our range
The resolution adopted read as
follows: Resolved, thai while the
Gunn,soa Ccunty Stock Growers
Association objects 10 the require
nsent by the government Of graz
iRG lee - unjust, vet as matter oi
local policy, we believe 1T to he ior
our best interests TO comply with the
regulations until sach time as We
may get them changed
The meeting was called at the
court house for two O'Clock aud by
two-thirty there were fifty in the
room. President Il H. Andrews
stated the object Of the meeting as
being to determine whether we
would pay this unjust tax or not aud
rue the risk of dangers, among them
having our fall range entirely de
stroyed
This indeed is where the forestry
department holds the whip hand 1t
WAS y cleverly constructed scheme
TO bring the western country entire
ly 10 the leasing system, ss the man.
Hest unfairness Of charging some
people for grass on their accustom-
cd range while neighbors escaped
wosld, the forestry people and the
leaserS behind them hoped, induce
everyone to ask for general leasing,
or what is worse, 50 called govern
ment control" However, sentiment
is setting rapidly against the whole
system, and by another congress we
will be strong enough to put Pin
chot out of business. Instead of all
paying the range will be free again
II. +. Lake. Jr. read some clip
pings explaining the Thos. Shannon
grazing case o! Montana recently
decided by the cicsit court OF ap-
psais asd alss the FseA EUhe CO.
In the latter the forestry department
10 gsilty Of mort fragrant disregard
of facts and violation of its own
agreements, the which is not espec-
tally new for Pinchot and his gang
~ they have notoriously y broken
every agreement they ever made,
whenever there was dollar in
sight Action in the Fred Light
case, however, is the worst on rec
ord and would make maverick bull
blush in disgrace.
Senator Sapp discussed the ques-
tion Of paying the tax from all sides
We could fight and perhaps win a
great victory. but if we lost, the
Lord help us. lie believed the tn
tire Pircbot Policy was an outrage
and fundamentally wrong, but to go
up against the whole administration
at this time was dangerous, as they
might bring in sheep to eat us ont
OF house and home The supervis-
or might promise but what did he
know about it, He is only clerk
I. W. Gray and l.. II. Easterlv
spoke along the same line. Otis
Moore explained the poison weed
situation in the West Elk mountains
and seemed to prove his point about
early grazing in the high wet sec
Iions being very dangerous. c.
Rouviere also talked on the grazing
question 1t was decided to pay
the grazing tax under protest
The East Ohio Creek Range Asso-
citation got a pretty good agreement,
only taking out permits on thirty
per cent of their herds. This was
because of the large amount of open
range around Flat Top and Red
mountain. There are others who
will take out no permit at all and it
is hundred to one that nothing is
done about it. The only thing. it is
not playing fair with your neighbors
to eat out the low range, usually re-
served for fall feeding.
T. w. GRAY proposed resolution
to the effect that all members of the
association over two years in arrears
should be dropped from the associa-
ton. but this was amended by SEN
ator Sapp to give thirty days notice,
and was then passed.
The second annual banquet and
ball was set for March 9th at La
Neta. Tickets will be Sl50 per
plate. which includes everything
Only members and their families
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