The border vidette., 1925-02-07
ARIZONA STOCKMEN WILL MEET

lers' Association. will be held in
Phoenix. on February 10th and
11th. The board of directors
will bold a meeting in the asso
citation Office at 500 o'clock on
the evening Of February 9th.
| Matters of very great import
ance will be discussed by men Of
prominence, and action will be
taken by the association on all
matters effecting the cattle in.
dustry of this state.
| Mr.. Fred Fl. Bixby, president
of the American National Live
Stock Association. who is serv.
ing as a member of the Presi,
dents Association, in Washing
ton, will attend the convention
and tell about the results of his
work on this Commission. Cat
tlemen are expected to receive a
lot of help from the action of
the Agricultural Commission and
every one will be interested in
learning first hand from MIR.
Bixby about this work by the
Commission.
/ Mr.. John T. Murphy. of the
u. S. Land Office at Santa Fe,
New Mexico, has been invited
to speak to the convention about
the proposed removal of fences
on public domain. This is a
matter of vital Importance to the
cattlemen of Arizona. and it will
be to the advantage of all of
those interested in fences on the
1 public domain to attend the con
vention and confer with Mr..
Murphy.
Forest Reserve matters will
be discussed by District Forester
Frank G. w. Pooler, of Albu.
querque, New Mexico. Cattle.
men of Arizona are greatly in
terested in the proposed reduc-
tions for range protection mat
ters and also in the new grazing
| fees which have been determined
upon, as result of the appraisal
which has been made by forest
| officials during the past three
| years. Appropriate action will
be taken on these questions by
the convention.
| The proper financing of the
cattle industry will also be thor.
oughly discussed at the conven.
ton. Mr.. A. G. Williams OF
Washington. D. c., the head OF
| the Federal intermediate Credit
Banks, and man of great ex-
perience in cattle finance, has
been invited to attend the con.
vention and discuss the forma
ton of an Arizona cattle loan
company to work with the Inter
mediate Credit Bank in handling
cattle paper with a long term
maturity.
| Mr.. r. j. Kinzer, secretary OF
the American Hereford Associa.
ton, is also expected to be pres
ent at the convention, and to dis.
|cuss the monetary value of bet.
ter breeding in range cattle.
| Mr.. Kinzer is a man of vast ex
perience along the lines of thor.
oughbred cattle, and it is ex.
pected that his address will be
of great value to Arizona cattle
men.
| Mr.. w. W. Turney, ex. presi.
dent of the Texas and South.
western Cattle Raisers' Associa.
tion, and q cattleman of wide ex
perience, will address the con
vention on possible solutions oi
| some of the cattlemen's prob
lens. Mr.. Turner is a speaker
of national prominence and it is
expected that his suggestions
will be very helpful to the cattle
men of Arizona.
All cattlemen in the state are
urged to attend the convention
and take part in the discussions
which it is hoped will lead to q
solution of some of the problems
facing the industry.
!, The program will be of grea
educational advantage to all o.
J those interested in the industry
and the officials of the associa
ton feel that it will be worth
while for every cattleman to take
the time to attend the annua
convention.
HENRY G. BOICE,
President.