The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-05-27
STOCK MEN TO MEET
HERE NEXT MONTH

To determine just what the senti-
ment among the live stock owners of
the state is on the question of govern
ment control of the open range. the
| Nevada Live Stock Association, form
cd last spring, at the request of Gov
Boyle, is about to launch a campaign
Included in the campaign. plans will
be made for an appeal for member
ship. it being the desire of the organ
ization to secure sufficient members
to enable the organization to present
the claim to a gathering of live stock
men to be held at Salt Lake City in
July, that the association represents
the live stock industry of the state
quite generally.
News of the Salt Lake City meeting
was brought to Reno by Vernon Met
calf, secretary of the association. Met
calf formerly was in charge of all the
national forests in Nevada and has
been granted furlough by the sec
retary of agriculture in order to assist
the live stock men of the state
| The Salt Lake meeting will 81
held on July %, on which date tn
secretaries of agriculture and the in
terror will confer with Representatives
of the live stock industry from al
over the West The question of con
troll of the open range will be one OF
the most important to be discussed
The state live stock associations oi
Arizona, Utah, Idaho and Wyoming
will be represented at the meeting.
Metealf says that on his way tc
Reno. the trip being made by auto
mobile, he discussed the open range
subject with stock men at Elko and
Austin and found sentiment almost
unanimously in favor of some form OF
egulated grazing on the open ranges
| The executive committee of the Ne
vada association will meet at Winnie
mucca on June to discuss the sub
ject. On the committee are three men
representing the sheep industry. three
representing the cattle industry and
two who are interested in both indus
tries. j. Sheehan of Winnemucca is
the president of the association. In
discussing the live stock question to-
day. Mr.. Metcalf said:
while the association intends to
handle all matters of interest to the
live stock industry. it will expect to
more or less concentrate upon the
open range problem for the time be-
ing in order to be prepared for the
Salt Lake meeting. The time is short
and it is hoped to secure expression
as to the desires of the stockmen in
state through the local live stock or
grazing associations where these are
in existence.
II am already making tentative ar
rangements to attend local meetings
at points throughout the state and
will gladly arrange to attend meet
ings OF local associations for the pur-
pose of giving the stockmen the full
est possible understanding of the
situation and the results hoped for
through regulated grazing on the open
public domain.
This appears TO be an excellent
opportunity for the live stock men of
the state to make their wants known
as a unit Theirs is the industry upon
which Nevada must largely depend.
The government is apparently anxious
to see the live stock men of the West
given every possible benefit TO which
they are legitimately entitled. So far.
through lack of organization, repre-
sentation in national live stock as
sociations, Nevada has had practically
no voice in framing legislation gen
orally affecting the live stock business,
The surrounding states all have
strongly organized associations. These
are merged into national associations
and so far Nevada has received in
general legislation, national forest
regulation and policies. the appliea-
ton of rulings requested and recon-
mended as fitting conditions IN the