Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-01-08
WOOL GROWERS
MEET TOMORROW
Annual Convention of Idaho
Association to Be Held in
Rooms of Boise CONNER
cial Club.

The annual meeting of the Idaho
Wool Growers association will con-
vene tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock In
the Boise Commercial club rooms for
session Of two days. No set program
for the convention has been arranged
and 1t is not expected that 1t Will DO
largely attended although big delega-
ton Of Idaho wool growers will go to
Salt Lake for the national convention
which win be in session Jan. II. IL and
IS.
Hugh Sproat, president Of tho Assoc |
citation, will deliver his annual address
tomorrow morning. L. p. Kneipp, dis
trict forester who is here from Ogden
for the meeting, will speak on the
topic, utilization Of the Forest Re-
sources" Joel L. Priest, general agent
OF the Oregon Short Line. Is scheduled
for an address.
Another speaker in whose remarks
sheep raisers will be greatly Interested,
Is William Smith Of Chicago. Mr..
Smith is a commission dealer, who
handles large number of the sheep
from Idaho shipped to the Chicago mar
keI. "A. bultcTllciu VI w CioCh 20 ~
speak on Feeding and Fattening
Lambs" he having fed the carload Of
lambs which won the grant champion
ship at the International Livestock
show.
FOR COOPERATIVE BUYING.
One Of the important questions to
come UP for discussion will be the OBJ
tanning OF better prices for cotton seed
and corn through cooperative buying.
1t Is believed plan will be put through
whereby sheep men will buy cotton seed
and corn direct in large quantities at
big saving.
Officers of the association extend an
invitation to all owners Of sheep wheth-
er on the range or ranchmen to attend
the meeting and take part In Its de-
| liberations
| Among those already here for the
convention are r. p. Chattin and Dan
w. Latimore of Mountain Home; e. A.
Van Sicklin and A. G. Butterfield OF
Weiser; Andrew Little of Emmett;
Hugh Sproat president Of the assocla-
ton of Mayfield; L. D. CLEARWATER CT
| Midvale; James Hunter of Chilly, re-
presenting the Lost River sheep men,
number Of whom will attend the ma
tional convention at Salt Lake.
CONFERENCE HELD.
The advisory board of the Idaho
Wool Growers association met today
with the forestry officials to discuss
problems OF mutual interest l.. r.
Kneipp, district forester. and Homer
\ E. Fem. assistant district forester, are
here from Ogden, while the supervis-
ors of the different reserves are In
attendance.
| Mr.. Fem presided at the meeting and
spoke of matters in which both the
stockmen, using the reserve, and the
| forest officials were interested. He
said the government was developing
new water supplies and doing other
development work. While. in the past,
he stated, stockmen had spent thou
sands of dollars for the development OF
water supplies on the range, he felt
that IL the advanced price for grazing
was charged, the stockmen would look
to the government to develop water. He
i told Of the carelessnes sof some herd
| ers in destroying tie trails. and de-
clared that the forest officials propos-
ed that such damage must stop. He
cited one trail built at a cost of $40
per mile, which, he said was obliter-
ated because q herder mad driven sheep
over 1t for many miles.
The service, he stated. had decided
to make the owner of the sheep repair
any damages done in the future, and
for a second offense. 4 reduction OF 10
per cent in the number OF sheep to be
grazed. would result.
TO USE DRASTIC MEASURES.
Mr.. Fem also pointed out that dras-
tic measures were to be used to pre-
vent grazing in small closed areas,
which the government saved for use OF
forest officials and parties travelling in
the hills. Signs. he stated. were placed
upon these, but they had been dlsre-
garded. but strict enforcement was to
be followed in the future.
A change in the regulations OF graz
ing permits, he said. would make 1t inn
peratlve that the small stock men who
, secured temporary permits in 1918,
could not be granted permanent per-
. mits this year. as was provided at this
time, but that they would be cared for
in another way.
J After the talk by Mr.. Fem dealing
on problems of the range. an adjourn
ment was taken until this afternoon.
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