The Coconino sun., 1914-07-10
WOOL GROWERS HOLD
 ANNUAL MEETING

The annual meeting of the Ari-
 zona Wool Growers Association
 was held at the court house Thurs
 day, July 3rd, 1914.
 There was no set program or
 speakers from the outside at this
 meeting which was devoted entirely to the business of the
 Association. The meeting was
 well attended and much valuable
 business was transacted.
 Reports of the officers covering
 the. work of the Association in the past year were made and approved. Some of the main features called to attention in the reports were that the Land Lease Bill and the Enlarged Homestead Act has been side-tracked by Congress for the present and a compromise measure providing for the classi- fication of public lands substituted. The proposed eliminations of Forest Reserve lands, as advised by the Commissioner of the Gen. eral Land Office would be held in abeyance until a proper examina- tion of the lands could be made. The re.hearing in the rate on sheep in double-deck cars from Arizona to California points was heard in Los Angeles June 22nd, before the Examiner for the Interstate Commerce Commission, at which President Campbell and Secretary Powers attended as witnesses, the contention of the wool growers being that the double-deck sheep cars should take the same rate as those for cattle. The evidence in this case will go to the Commis- sion for decision.
 Of special interest was the report of Vice. President C. Hess, IT,, of the committee composed of H. E. Campbell, E. A. Sawyer and him. self, appointed to go to Washing ton last August to protest against the elimination of sheepon certain ranges. The sending of this com mittee to Washington at that time was of particular interest and benefit to the Association, inas- much as it developed that the Washington officials seemed to have no knowledge of a great many matters that were disturb ing the wool growers and the direct representation of the wool growers with the Departments at Washington was of great service to the sheepmen. Quoting from the report of Mir. Hess Much of what had taken place to the detri- ment of the sheep industry never reached Washington until our arrival"
 Assistant District Forester Kerr of Albuquerque and Forest Super visor Drake of the Coconino Ma tional Forest were present at the meeting. Other Forest Supervi- sors were unable to be present. A letter from Assistant Forester Potter advised that he had re- ceived the invitation too late to be present, advising however, that it was his intention to spend the latter part of July in Arizona and that if there were any matters of importance to the Associ- ation, that the Association wishes given attention, he would make it a point to stop at Flagstaff.
 RANCH PROPERTY
 MT. Drake was called upon to discuss commensurate ranch prop erty in connection with permits on the Forest Reserve. Information was obtained that as a rule the sheepmen maintained better inn provements than the cattlemen, the latter were improv- ing in this regard. Under the Forest Service laws no transfer of permits can be made without the transfer of commensurate ranch property. This is especially es- tablished with strict regulations in Districts No. and No. 5, and there is no question that ultimately with or without a recommendation from the live stock association the standardization of commensurate ranch property in connection with permits will be put into effect. The committee selected by the Chair, composed of Messrs. Hess, Hennessy, Colin Campbell, Sutton and Judge Perkins to confer with Drake and Assistant District Forester Kerr, was ap- pointed to confer during the noon recess to report back to the Asso- citation. After thorough discus sion, it was moved and carried by