The Glenwood post., 1917-04-07
Annual Meeting Proves Very
Interesting. Much VAL
liable Discussion
OFFICERS ARE ELECTED

The twenty-fifth annual meeting OF
the Roaring Fork Stockgrowers assoc
iation was held in Carbondale last Sat
srday and proved to be very inter
esting and valuable session.
President j. S. Hum of this city
S. p. Sloss, perpetual incumbent of the
secretary's office recorded the minutes.
About forty of the old members
were present and participating in the
meeting and C. NJ. Diemoz, D. 5.
James, Frank Heuschkel, A. " Harris
and Robert Sewell were accepted as
new members.
New officers were elected as follows:
Chas. H. Harris, president; Frank T.
Sweet, vice-president; S. P. Sloss sec
retary-treasurer. An advisory board
was also selected consisting Of F. E.
Sweet, Con Wald and H. c. Pattison
S. B. Mansfield was elected as assist
ant secretary, it being his especial pro-
vince to aid the secretary in the col
lection of dues and assessments.
Forest officers present were: Super
visor James A. Blair Of the White
river forest, Supervisor H. H. French
Of the Holy Cross and Supervisor
Arthur Upson and Ranger Hull Of the
sopris forest.
Each Of the supervisors addressed
the meeting, upon invitation, and the
eaes,emsn we're very attentive -asAi Ap-
peared to be very much interested in
their remarks. ....--
Supervisor French gave the latest
data on driveways to be withdrawn
outside the forest and not subject to
settlement under the 320 or $40 acre
homestead laws. He gave the limit as
to width of these driveways and Of
various lengths. The members took
great interest. in this discussion and
asked many questions.
Mr.. French stated that the chief for
ester had had an interview with the
secretary of the interior, who assured
him that he would accept applications
for withdrawal of driveways and
watering places on the public domain
by legal subdivisions, and where such
applications were made by the stock
men and recommended by the forest
service they would be granted if shown
to be badly needed.
Supervisor Blair made his initial
bow to this association and took for
the subject of his remarks matter not
especially popular with the stockmen.
He referred to the necessity of disa7-
proving a great many applications for
grazing horses, cattle and sheep on the
forest and gave the reasons why IT
was necessary for the local supervisors
to disapprove many such applications,
at least in part. This is because the
applications for permits this spring
have been in excess of the allotment
allowed for the various districts and OF
necessity the supervisors were obliged
to resort to the scaling or pairing pre-
cess. He said the task was neither
an easy or a pleasant one and asked
that those stockmen whose applications
had been disapproved in whole or in
part, should not consider it personal
matter but should understand that the
forest service must take action on
these applications according to well
defined set of rules under which they
were obliged to work, and that the per-
1onal equation did not enter into the
decision at all.
Supervisor Upson mentioned the de-
STABILITY Of having the Roaring Fork
association amend their bylaws, in .
slight degree in order that the district
forester might recognize them as ma
jority association.
Members present. appeared very
nudA interested in this matter and
anxious that their association should
Be recognized by the forest service and
BY . vote the bylaws were amended to
conform to the requirements of the SER
vice.
This action to secure recognition by
the forest service has been pending for
some time and it will be Of great value
to tho stockmen, inasmuch as il will
enable the forest officers to enforce