The Glenwood post., 1921-03-19
BULL CONTROVERSY
SETTLED AMICABLY


a meeting of the advisory board of the
Grand Mesa Livestock Association,
held on Monday afternoon of this week
at Supervisor Blair's office, over the
controversy regarding the enforcement
of the registered bull rule which wa,
passed by the association last year
and which threatened to disrupt the as.
sociation.
At the annual meeting of the asso.
citation, held on January 10, 1920
a rule was unanimously adopted
requiring that only registered bulls
could be turned on the range controlled
by this association, beginning with
1921, and this special rule was ap'
proved by the district forester.
At the annual meeting of the asso.
citation, held on January 8, 1921, it was
voted to amend the rule by permitting
the members to run the bulls they had
on hand at the present time for an
being referred to the district forester
failed to receive his approval, since il
was not the unanimous desire of the as
sociation to thus amend the rule, and
since a considerable portion of the
members of the association had al.
ready complied with the requirements
of the registered bull rule passed a
year previous
A meeting of the advisory board of
the association was held on March 2,
in an effort to reach some agreement
which would be acceptable to both sides
of the controversy, but without avail.
Another meeting was held on Mon
day of this week, and after having
considered the question fully, the advis-
ory board adopted the following reso-
lutions:
RESOLVED, That the amendment to
the registered bull rule which was
Iassed by the association at its
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considered null and void owing to the
controversy which has arisen over the
question, and on account of the fact
that the district forester did not feel
free to approve the proposed amendment
owing to the division of the association
on the. question and on account of the
fact that the registered bull law which
was passed by the association a year
ago was passed by a unanimous vote
of the users present and number Of
permittees had already complied with
the rude by disposing of their grade
bulls and replacing them with regis
tered bulls.
RESOLVED, further, That where a
permittee using range in the territory
covered by the Grand Mesa Live Stock
Association runs but one bull on the
range, he will be permitted to run the
bull he now has on hand for the year
1921, providing the animal has not been
on the range to exceed two years and
is not more than five years of age; and
provided, further, that he is acceptable
to the advisory board of the associa-
ton.
Further, that where permittee runs
two or more bulls on the range, Mt
least so per cent. of his bulls must be
registered bulls during the season of
1921, and that the balance must be
registered beginning with season Of
1929.
PROVIDED, further, That the bull
rule now in effect in the territory COW
cred by this association shall not be
changed or modified during the next
three years.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That
the registered bull rule of this asso-
citation shall not be enforced on the
new territory on the north and west
sides Of Basalt Mountain and on lower
Cattle Creek as far south as the north
fork of Cattle Creek, until 1929.
It is foregone conclusion that the
district forester will give his approval
to the agreement which has been
reached by the members Of the advis.
ory board, and it is source Of consid.
cradle satisfaction to the members Of
the association and to the forestry off
cials to thus secure an amicable settle
ment to a controversy which threatened
for while to disrupt the association