The Delta independent., 1910-01-28
REPORT OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

Delta, Colorado, January 90, 1910.
To the President and Members of the
Delta County Live Stock Association:
We, your Executive Committee, re-
spectfully submit the following report
of all business transactions of the as
sociation intrusted to our board and
the Advisory Board chosen from orr
body for the year 10 9.
After our appointment at the last
annual meeting of the association on
January End, 1909, we met and elected
/ c. K. Mower as chairman and George
c. Wilson as secretary, for the year.
Taking up the business of our asso-
ciation and considering the subjects of
most Importance to the members as
outlined by the association, we insti-
tuted plans for the regulation of all
matters of vital interest to our industry,
such as grazing rights in the Forest
r serves, the legal supply of bulls and
salt by the users of the ranges, and
also matters of drift fences, gathering
pastures, corrals and other conveniences
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the ranges.
Having mapped out the work of our
advisory board we proceeded at once to
renew our business relations with the
Supervisors of the Uncompahgre and
Battlement National Forests. This
was accomplished without delay i n
districts numbered /, 2, 8, 4, 5, 6 and
of the Uncompahgre Reserve, and il
districts numbered and 3 of the
Battlement Forest Reserve. and jointly
with The Delta County Cattle and
Horse Growers Association in district
numbered 5 of the Battlement Forest
Reserve. We are very pleased to state
that this business relation which was
established in 1908 with considerable
difficulty was renewed with every as
surance by the Forest Service of its
great Importance to a practical admin
istration of the Forest Reserve grazing
resources. On March 22nd the advisory
board of the Battlement Mesa Forest
Reserve held its regular annual inter
view with Supervisor, David Anderson.
in the City of Delta. All applications
for grazing permits were gone over
with considera !, care. and Il ere a.
pearing no perceptible discrepancy in
the authorized allotments by the Forest
Service and the applications for per
mits in these districts, the grazing per
mits were easily agreed upon and every
user protected in his rights.
In enumerating the number of bulls
owned and supplied by each applicant
for grazing permit, it was found that
each one had sufficient number of
serviciple bulls with his herd to meet
the requirements of the state law.
The delinquents in furnishing the
legal amount of salt in 1908 adjusted
their salt accounts and furnished their
proportionate amount of salt on the
range for 1909; and we are pleased to
report general disposition of the users
of the Battlement National Forest
grazing resources to supply their legal
amount Of salt and the legal number of
bulls.
There were applications made by
some of the users for permits to build
corrals and gathering pastures. We
recommended that the same be allowed
and the supervisor granted such permits
without delay.
Owing to the naturally congested ac-
cumulation of cattle in the west por-
tion Of district numbered 3 of our
reserve, we advised the removal of
some of the stock to the Ward Creek
portion of said district. This was done;
and, We are pleased to state. resulted
in the Improvement of the forage con-
ditions of West Number 8. and a better
condition Of the cattle in all portions of
the district as well.
We are glad to report that the year
1909 marks harmonious and prosper