The Coconino sun., 1920-07-23
THE FARMS AND THE RANGES
OPEN RANGE LEAGUE FORMED
 TO FIGHT RELEASE POLICY
Edited by
Edited by Francis A. Chisholm, County Agrcul tural Agent

At the coming primary, we, the settlers and small cattlemen intend to vote for those public men only who are in favor of the open range for use of the public generally, settlers, stock men and returned soldiers" This is the attitude taken by the Open Range league of Florence, which has gone on record as opposed to the perpetual land lease policy" of the state land board.
 Their stand is set forth in letter to Senators Smith and Ashurst in which they express their thanks for the efforts being made in Washington to try to keep certain range grazing lands open for the use of the public"
 Making complaint that one family has 240,000, while others have from 50,000 to 100000 acres held by leases and dummy leases, the Open Range league protests against the big cattle interests grabbing up all the land." The league charges them with at tempting to make this country like Mexico, one of large landed es- tates, and asserts that they can not complain if the Mexican remedy is adopted
 The petition which they sent to Ari- zona's representatives in Washington bore the signature of 40 men who are trying to secure some of the grazing lands which they allege five big cattle men are attempting to grab"
 In letter of thanks to the sena- tors for their cooperation they are informed by the league that at the June meeting of the land board Gov ernor Campbell condemned the policy in that itgave "no opportunity for new men to run cattle" The letter fol- lows in part:
 "At Flagstaff, July 8, at called
 meeting of the big stockmen, Gov. Campbell again took up the side of the people, i. e., settlers and small cattle men and returned soldiers, saying the state lands should be used for the best interests of the people at large and not for those of any one group of people, And he forcibly told the big stockmen, you are riding to fall if you insist on tying up the heritage of the people for your own purposes
 "On the goth of July is the next meeting of the state land board rela- tive to the renewal of leases, and dum- my leases, by the big interests, and of acres of public grazing lands of the state may be lost to the public generally, j. e., settlers and small cattlemen and returned soldiers, and grabbed up by the big stockmen who are seeking to make this country like Mexico-on of large landed es- tates. They can't complain if the 1 Mexican remedy is adopted
 "At the meeting of the state land board one poor stockman who owns and controls 240,000 acres of grazing | lands in Arizona came whining in and | raised a howl because he could not | grab 55 more sections. The poor un- fortunate creature had 240,000 acres and wanted 35 ,000 more, actually cried | because he could not get it, and he's hired a lawyer to plead his case. That's some pasture when so many Ameri- l ans are landless.
 'eHow long are the people of Ari- zona going to be ruled with the mug zle law called the emergency clause 2 The abuse of the emergency is de- 'troying the constitutional right of franchise guaranteed by the state and federal constitutions.
 eve believe in 1922 law will be initiated that will practically clean up his present ease law or at least rend- ,r it nullity and abolish the emer- ,ency clause. e."-Republican.
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