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Show - - CITIZENS ORGANIZE TO 10 PROTECT WINTER RANGES r GRAND COUNTY STOCKMEN ORGANIZE ASSOCIATION ; WILL 'VILL VILL ' PETITION CONGRESS FOR CREATION CREATIONOF | OF GRAZING DISTRICT EMBRACINGTHE EMBRACINGTHE EMBRACING ; THE MOAB AREA . Resident stockmen of Grand Grond county countmet countymet * met at Moab last night mght and organized organizedan organize'an organizean ' an association whose purpose it will w111 bto be beto to protect the winter ranges of thMoab the theMoab Moab area Officers were elected and andinstructed andinstructed aniInstructed instructed to petition congress for the thesegregation thesegregation thsegregation segregation of a federal grazing d15- d15 dis- dis d15trict district dis district - - trict trictIf If the petition is grant granted d , the associ- associ association association - - ation will allot the public pubhc domain domainranges domainranges domaiiranges ranges embraced in the district chstrict to the theestablished theestablished thestablished established users in a manner that wm will wmprevent willprevent wi : prevent over-grazing over grazing over-gr.azmg overgr.azmg gr.azmg grazmg - . and tend to bullup build buildup buildup up rather than ruin rum the range rangeThirty rangeThirty rangeThirty Thirty stockmen attended the meet meet- meeting meeting - ing , which was called by Don Taylor Taylorpresident , , presIdent , and W R McConkie McConkle , secretary sec- sec secretary secretary - retary , of the Grand County Stockgrowers Stock- Stock - Stockgrov Stockgrowers - grov growers ' . ers ' association Mr Taylor callethe called calledthe calledthe : the meeting to order and acted as aschairman aschairman achairman chairman After a general dIscussion dIscussionof discussloiof of the range situation , a . motion was waspassed waspassed wapassed passed unanimously that the stockmen stock- stock stockmen stockmen - men present proceed to organize aiassociation an anassociation anassociation association and ask for a federai federa federaL ! . , 'graz- 'graz graz graz- 'grazmg grazing ' grazing - - mg ing districtThe districtThe district districtThe The range to be included in the dIs- dIs dIstrIct district distnct - trIct was the subject of some ome discus d1scus discus- discussion discussion . - sion , and the chairman appointed thfollowing the thefollowmg thefollowing followmg following committee to submit its itsrecommendations itsrecommendations itrecommendations recommendations as to the proposed proposedboundaries proposedboundaries proposeiboundaries boundaries of the the- thereserve - reserve W D DHammond . , Hammond , James Somerville , D L LGoudelock LGoudelock LGoudelock Goudelock , Sid Pace and Lester Tayloi Tay- Tay Tay1101 Taylor - 1101 lor This ThlS committee met immediately immediatelyand immediatelyand immediateand ! and agreed on the boundaries botmdarles of the thedistrict th thdistrict ' < district 1strlct , and its reports was accepted acceptedunammously acceptedunanimously acceptciunanimously unammously unanimously by the meetmgThe meetingThe meeting meetmg meetingThe The Grand Grazing Grazmg association assoclal1on wa'chosen wachosen was waschosen waschosen ' chosen as the name of the organization organIza- organIza organIzatIon orgamzation - - tIon and the following officers were wereelected wenelected elected Don Taylor , president , W D DHammond DHammond Hammond , vice president , and W R RMcConkie RMcConkie RMcConkie McConkie secretary-treasurer secretary treasurer ecretary-treasurer ecretary - Thesethree These Thesethree three officers v . were ere made members of ofthe ofthe ofthe the executive committee , and they the theswere iwere were \ \ ere authorized authorlZed to appoint appomt four other othermembers othermembers othermembers members of the committee They an- an announced announced an announced - nounced the following additional com corn- corn - mittee appointments appomtments James Somerville Somer Somer- Somerville Somerville - ville , A E Ekker , H G Green and SId SIdPace SidPace SidPace SidPaceThe Pace PaceThe The executive committee was author author- authorized authorIZed authorized - ized to draw up a constitution and by- by bylaws by bylaws . - laws These are now being bemg drafted draftedand , and the committee will act on them themtonight themtonight themtonight tonight Those Th-ose Th ose - desiring df'SIrlng dfSIrlng ' to join the theassociation theassociation theassociation association may do so by signing theconstitution th the theconstitution constitution and by-laws by laws - and paying payingthe payingthe payingthe the membership feeThe feeThe fee feeThe The stockmen attending the meet meet- meetI meeting meeting meeting - I ing were ? Ron Ion pon Taylor , W D Ham Ham- HamI Hammond Hammond Hammond - mond , W R McConkie McConkle , James Somer-vilte Somer vilte Somer- Somer Somerville Somerville - I ville , Birt Dirt AUred Allred , H S Rutledge , C SThomson S SI SThomson SThomson I Thomson , F B Hammond , Andrew AndrewI AndrewSomervIlle AndrewSomerville AndrewSomerville SomervIlle , M L Burdick . , D L LGo LGoUdelock LGoudelock I GoUdelock Go delock , Lester Taylor , H G . Green GreenH , H J Holyoak , Lester LesUr ! Walker Walke WalkerMilton MiltonE Milton I IH E Johnson , George W . Johnson , BryanLoveridge Bryan BryanLoveridge BryanLoveridge Loveridge , Jessc Jesse Holyoak , Earl Dalton DaltonNewell , Newell Dalton . , A L Murray Mumy , A E . Ekker , H E Baty , L A Woodruff , A AM AM AM M Robertson , Clarence Holyoak Holyook , , ArnelHolyoak Arnel ArnelH01yoak ArnelHolyoak H01yoak Holyoak , Glen Holyoak and R L.Holyoak LHolyoak L.HolyoakThe L . Holyoak HolyoakThe The boundaries boundar1es of the grazing district dis- dis district dis district - - trict , as approved by the meeting , fol- fol follow follow fol follow - - low ' Beginning at atl atlthe ' ' the mouth otLockhart ot of otLockhart ofLockhart Lockhart draw , running up said drawto draw drawto drawto to Hatch Point rim , thence northeast northeast- northeasterly northeasterly northeasterly - erly to mouth of Cane Springs Sprmgs wash washthence , . thence up Cane Springs wash to tomouth tomouth tomouth mouth of Hatch wa.h wah wash . . , up Hatch washto wash washto washto to Hook and end Ladder draw , thencenortheasterly thence thencenortheasterly thencenortheasterly northeasterly to La Sal Forest boun boun- boundary boun- boun boundary boundary - - dary on Lackey creek , thence follow follow- followmg following following - ing mg the forest boundary line brie west and andnorth andnorth andnorth north and east to state line . , thence thencefollowmg thencefollowing thencefollowing followmg following state line to Dolores riverthence flver river , thence following fol1owmg Dolores river to toColorado toColorado toColorado I toI Colorado nvei rlvel river . , thence up Colorado ColoradoI Coloradoriver Coloradoriver I river to Sagers Slgers wash thence along alongSagers alongSagers ! Sagers Sagers"ash \ wash \"ash "ash ash aash " to state highway high\\ay high ay \ \ , thence thencealong thencealong thencealong along slid s'ud sud said ' highway htghway to Valley Cit C1t Cittlience City , , tlience thence down Ten Mile \ wash \ ash to theGreen the theGreen theGreen Green river riper rh er , , thence along Green flyer river flyerto riverto riverto to the Colorado nver river thence up Colo Colo- Colorado Colorado Colorado - rado nver river to the mouth of Lockhart Lockhartdr.aw Lockhartdraw Lockhartdraw dr.aw draw . , , the place of beginning |