Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1922-12-27
'sTocKMEN HOLD MEETING
IN RENO

i With the adoption Of numerou
resolutions 81 importance to the
stockmen and the election Of officers
the Nevada Land and Livestock Asso.
citation brought to close Saturday
its fourth annual convention, termed
by President George Russell, jr., the
most satisfactory cattlemen and sheep
men ever held in The State Of Nevada,
says the Reno Journal.
Russell Re Elected
! President Russell, who halls from
/ Elko, and the secretary Vernon Met
calf, of Reno, were reelected, Three
new names appearing on the director
ate are r. H Cowles OF Reno; Thad
Holcomb OF Reno, w i. Dressler
Of Mindcn. They succeed C. F..
Day Of Simpson. R. c. Jensen Of
Reno and /. A. Strosnider. Other
names appearing OH the directorate
are John b. Carat Of White Rock
In. c. Turrittin of Constantia, Call,
lie. w. Griswold Of Elko, John G..
Taylor Of Lovclock, w. N. McGill
Of Ely and H r. Dangberg Of Min
den. Danberg is first and McGill
second vice-presidcnt.
There was no contest of any sort,
t was announced, the directorate be-
| ing selected on the basis of the best
territorial representation.
II believe this to have been one
II the largest. most successful and
most beneficial meetings that our
Association has ever held" President
Russell said just before adjournment
If the convention proper. The sheep
nen met aftcrdards to consider the
Mexican labor problems.
Notsbles Speak
AT the morning session Congress
ran-elect Richards invited the visi-
-ors to bring their problems direct
10 him; President M. H. Joyce OF the
Pacific Coast Joint Stock Land banks
Explained i'll detail the system of his
Organization whereby loans are made
+ to stockmen and farmers; Governor
Emmett D Boyle gave interesting
figures as to the distribution Of the
F tax burden throughout Nevada, and
gGovernor-elect iScrugham asked for
committec-which was provided
1 to deal with water rights held ex-
! clusively for stock-raising purposes.
The question of taxation was
dwclt OIL at length by Governor
Bowie and he strongly recommended
| the amendment Of the constitution
| to permit OF classified taxation.
which, he declared. had not met with
favor heretofore because of resistance
rom the mining industry. He stated
that if the people of the state saw TIT
to leave the mining tax as 1T now
stands, which he thought had been III
dicated by the failure of the resolu-
tions in several sessions of the icgis-
laturc which considered the question,
there still existed need for the APP
plication of the principle OF classiflca-
ton of all other classes if workable
statute which would not compel the
public officer to pcrjurc himself or go
broke is deemed desirable
Among the leading speakers OF the
afternoon were Fred A. Ellcnwod
Of Red Bluff, president of the Cali
fornia Wool Growers Association,
who told of steps taken to align the
interests of the clothing retailers
more closely with those OF the pro-
ducers of woods: c A. Norcross OF
Reno. w. C. Pitt Of Lovelock. w. II
Moffitt of Reno-;.ll on technical mat
.ers of interest to the visitors.
| Much Business Transacted
a large amount of business was
transacted by resolution and the APP
continent of committees.
The convention went on record as
indorsing. the present system OF selling
products OF the range.
A committee will wait on the next
Nevada legislature and ask it to pro-
vide a tax on livestock for the sup
port OF the present organization
which carries on the cattle and sheep
business of the state for members as
vel, as on-members-with the cost TO
he allotted in proportion to the bene-
fits
| The "Capper till' providing sub
| stitute for the passing war finance
corporation in the particular OF hand
ling farm credits, was indorsed. ~
| committee will see what can be done
70 prevent losses to stockmen on
rights-ofwaNs.
| Another will cndeavor to provide
.o+ec,,or from sentimental ,resera-