The Delta independent., 1909-01-08

| Inc banquet. toasts and responses
occupied the time from 1890 to p m.
The Forrest orchestra provided ex.
cellent music. Between speeches Mrs
I. X. Seaton sang The Cowboy
Girl' and Mrs. Bernice Haley Forrest
dang Il Love You" Both songs were
exquisitely rendered and enthusiastic.
ally applauded.
A short afternoon session completed
the business of the meeting and the
ball at night was the crowning event
of this most harmonious and interesting
event.
REPORT OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Delta. Colo. January ., 1909.
TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEM
BERS OF THE DELTA COUNT
! LIVE STOCK ASSOCIATION:
We. your executive committee. re-
spectfully submit the following re-
port OF all business transactions OF
the association intrusted to our
board and the advisory board chosen
from our body. for the year 1908:
After our appointment at the last
annual meeting of the association
on the ith of January. 1908. we met
and elected c. E. Mower as chair
man. and George c. Wilson as secre-
tary for the year.
Taking up the business of our as
ISOLATION and considering subjects OF
n,oct impnrfapca o., tho ,,ap,hars ,.
outlined by the association, we In
stituted plans for the regulation OF
| all range matters. such as round-ups
| grazing rights with the forest super
yisors. and the supplying of bulls
and salt on the range by users. We
| especially urged upon our advisory
| board the Importance of enforcing
| the salt dispensary system as adopt
/ ed by the association on the 4th OF
/ January. 1908. whenever any action
might become necessary: also the i'm
portance of seeing that the state law
was complied with in regard to the
, supply of good serviceable bulls upon
the ranges; matters of drift fences.
gathering pastures. corrals and other
conveniences for the users of the .u-
ferent portions of the range were also
considered in detail.
Having mapped out the work of
our advisory board we proceeded at
once to establish business relations
with the supervisors of the Uncom-
pahgre and Battlement Mesa Re-
serves. This was accomplished with
out delay in districts numbered |. ..
3. 4. 5. 6 and of the uncompahgre
4 Forest Reserve and in district num-
bered 3 of the Battlement Mesa sTor.
est Reserve. and Jointly with the
Delta County Cattle and Horse Grow
ers' association. in district numbered
OF the Battiement Mesa Forest Re.
serve. But we found that our ssJ-
citation did not have majority of
tho users OF district numbered , OF
The Battlement Mesa Forest Res
erve as members: and according to
the Use Book of the forest service.
we were barred from business rela-
tions with the Forestry Department.
The secretary OF our association be-
Ing apprised of this condition pro-
ceeded at once to procure an increa-
sed membership in that district. and
through his efforts and by the as
sistanca Of the people of the HANNAH
Creek country our membership was
increased 80 as to show majority OF
the uA. rs OF said district numbered 9
OF the Battlement Mesa Forest Re-
serve. and our business relations
thus established with Supervisor An
derson. We recognized the great
Importance OF first establishing this
business relationship, because va
have long since learned that the
very life or death OF our business
depends upon every administration
affecting It: and 1: should be our
every endeavor to see that all our
range rights and privileges are more
closely defined and our business
made more substantial by the guar
antee OF forage. which is unauestion-
ably the mainstay OF the industry.
On February goth the Advisory
Board of the Battlement Mesa Forest
Reserve held it's regular annual in
terview with Supervisor Anderson in
the city OF Delta. All applications