Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-06-27
FOREST USERS
HAVE ORGANIZED
At MAGDAlENA
Nearly a Hundred Ra0chmen
Gather at Socorro County
Town to Discuss Matters
With Forest Service Officials

Especial Correspondence to Morning Journal
Magdalena, n. M, June 25.-One OF
the largest and most satisfactory gath
erings of stockmen ever held in the
county occurred here June 81, when
the users of the Datil national fores'
met in conference with the Forestry
service officials. The official MN
utes of the meeting are as follows:
Pursuant to special call, dated June
.. 1909. issued by forest Supervisor
w. Fl. Goddard, as mailed to all users
of the forest. and as posted in con-
tiguous postoffices Of the district, and
as published in The local public press,
the conference meeting of forest users
and officials convened in the *. of T..
hail, Magdalena, n. NJ june list
1903, at 1870 p. m.
With an attendance of from seven
ty five to one hundred users, and OF
Mr. John Kerr, District Assistant Chief
of Grazing, the meeting was called to
order by Forest Supervisor w. III. God
dard, who, in a full address, outlined
the administrator of the new Datil
addition, and supplied the stock men
and other users present with all per
tinent information. Mr.. Justiniano
Baca of Magdalena. translating pro-
ceedines into Spanish. After the work
before the meeting was generally un-
derstood. formal organization was ef-
fected, by the users, with David FAIR
in the chair, and e. \. Clemens as
secretary. by direction of the assem-
bly,. the chair appointed a credential
committee of Jose %Ignacio Aragon. =
A. Goesling. and w. r. Morley, and a
recess was ordered while the commit
tee considered the voting plan appro-
pirate to the meeting and the claims
there under of all present
Upon RECOMMENDING at 4:40 y. NJ
the report Of the above named COM
received full consideration, ana
comprised an important part of the
work. The committees list of
accredited attendants was subjected to
challenge and to additions, and in a
perfected form was finally adopted 10y
the meeting as a basic list of users
md applicants entitled to considera-
ion by the forest service, subject to
amendment by the local forest
said list is attached here
% exhibit A.
The forest addition here concerned
consisting of a west division and an
asst division. the meeting then order
ri that two distinct grazing commit
ees of nine members each Zone com
for the west division and the
committee for the east division)
be elected which was then done
With a resulting membership for the
'ommittees as follows,
West division committee: Pat Gam.
lack Herbert. Jose l.. Aragon. NJ :
'ino Jose Maria Baca, Frank \. Hub
,eli. Frank Romero, Charles Chad
wick and Francisco b .Chaves.
East division committee: John w
ok. J. w Medley. Jose Chavez V Baca
Davis. Eligio Gutierrez. Louis
icRae. W r Morley. Lorenzo p. Gar
ia. sam Jones.
Each committee was then supplied
nth maps. stationery. and needed data
the forest office. and was direct
d by the meeting to organize and get
work before eight o. m. and to con-
nue. such work in adjourned meetings
I behalf Of the entire convention until .
Re claims of all prospective users
ere considered. Voting thanks to 1
he presiding officer. and to the local 4
orest officials, and with further in !