White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-10-28
CREEK MEN WIN
CONTROL OF COMMITTEE
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How about the Schell creek
range asked Mr.. Bnundy with a
sardonic grin.
Mr.. Metcalf said a vote by balloi
better be taken and it gave a result
of eight to five against the ticket,
with the family equation as the is
sue.
Then it took 3 long time to linz
chings up and to agree on a possible
plan. Jim Robson spoke several
times in behalf of a membership by
districts. and nominated his brother
Doyle. who is also his partner, as the
member for the Snake mountains. AS
Mr.. Metcalf, who took up the pre-
siding job for several minutes, was
trying to force a vote on him, An
drew Boundy arose and said:
Its not the district: it's the fam
lily. We don't want three of one
family to control this board"
AS he sat down Mr.. Boundy added
in IN undertone:
I'm not a talkcr. IT l was only
a talker Id tell 'em a few things
I'm sorry / was elected presi-
dent" said jim Robson after this
outburst.
Finally it was agreed that the size
of the outfit govern the selectiins. Mr..
Eager's choice as representing the
class having more than 5000 sheep,
was automatic, he being the only one,
and met with approval. In the next
class three to five thousand, there
were Bert Robson and Mr.. Swallow
only, and that made it a forced choice
between two members of what was
referred to as the II family.
The Schell creek bunch had their
necks bowed to clean them both, but
were shy a candidate, 60 they threw
their votes to Swallow and elected
him. In the third class of between
1000 and 5000 the Schell creek fell
lows nominated Jim Doutre as a con-
tender against Doyle Robson, and
Mr.. Doutre landed it on a count of
the slips. For the class between one
and two thousand r A. Yelland was
chosen without opposition, and this
sort of padified Jim Robson, for
while Mr.. Yelland is not in the Snake
range he is in the Mount Moriah
group, which is near. In the below
1000 group L. Snyder was about to
have the glory thrust upon him when
he withdrew and Albin Kirkeby land
ed the, persimmon, another Snake
range man, but not a Robson.
The board is supposed to have con-
siderable power, such matters as
range allotments, boundaries thereof
and disputes arising from either be-
ing within its scope.
Mr.. Eager, Thomas r. King and
James Robson were chosen as dele
gates to a meeting to be held at Elko.
The stockmen listened with great
interest earlier IN the day to an in
structive address by Dr.. w. H. Hits,
a high class veterinarian in the en-
ploy of the state. He advised strong
ly Kidding the ranges Of cows that do
not produce calves, showing that it
was a disease that could be shown
in blood tests. He explained how to
draw a sample OF the blood and urged
sending it to the state university for
testing.
Mr.. Metcalf addressed the mem.
lers at length on various matters.
Ono Of them was tina; of changing
the government plan of range usage
from a privilege to a right. so that
II night be used as security in Dor
rowing money, might be sold with
the land and become q part Of the
stockman's assets He claimed such
ranges had been paid for, or at least
the grass on them had been paid for
several times over, and they were be-
ing taxed as if they were in fact the
property of the stockman.
He was emphatic also on the sub.
1ect of cattle taxation. He said it
was not the policy of Nevada to tax
crops; that hay, grain. potatoes and
even wool and lambs were not taxed.
but that steers were the only CROP of
cattlemen and they we're bound to
be taxed not once but at least three
times. He said the time to sell a
steer at best advantage was at the age
thirty months, yet in that time he
must be reported to the assessor
three different years If a steer were
held till he were seven years old he
would have paid taxes at $32 a year
on a total of 1924.
Taxation of transient nonresident
sheep, stock killed by railway cars,