Show MINUTES OF MEADOW CREEK FOREST USER ar abc tS ING lG the annual meeting ot of the Meado 96 forest users association was held ir fr meadow district school at P A january 14 1922 meeting ele ting was called tp order by J C B li eckstrand president ot of the above named association the roll call showed 14 users pre sent representing 8 proxies thi the board and members agreed to go ga sufficient numbers present for or maj arity the reading ot of minutes ot of drevlou prey lou annual meeting was dispensed will as secretary elmer J duncan hat bai not brought them the financial statement for or hero hera ing and handling stock on the pores fores showed a def deficit felt of 2 2045 0 4 5 the system used in collecting th assessment for or the herd fund proved 0 0 be deficient the method used w wa a 0 0 have the sign a note ft he amount due subject to collect lo ic n labor or cash when called for b 1 he association secretary the sat sal secretary would mark them pal hen the note was duly signed an am le livered to him ranger jensen informed the mee ng that when the secretary of 0 association sends work to the lo 10 0 supervisor that assessment has lice bee laid the permit Is released wad arid a of the forest koivu it ranking making the collection Is release released relea sei is s we can only insure the asso ciatto ol lection or cancellation of 0 perm ilien hen the permit tea la is not marke aid by the secie tary moved byj A Be beckstrand ekstrand th the board be instructed to lev in n assessment to coyer cover this deficit t e collected before permit Is issue or 1922 motion carried membership tee fee collected disbursement stamps stat lonar ionar ind post cards the financial report approved ur ini business for ensuing year 1922 tho thi ne orning board was instructed by thi d embers present moved by J A Be beckstrand ekstrand tha xe we proceed to collect herding ani an bandling ot of stock on the spring ani an ummer ranges within he forest an all hajt such assessment becomes due when nhen called tor for by the foreman ii if harge of 0 the unit it if not worked ul 14 y november 15 1922 the assess abut is due and payable in cash t he secretary ot of the association or the forest supervisor will be asked 0 enforce the collection or cancella conof pe brinit amit approved Z moved by J A beckstrand Beeh strand tha he a association be instructed to pur par fie hase s e and distribute the salt on the bleadow creek division tor for the seaon 1922 under a plan ot of allowing allowine ermit tees tl tb carry out the salt sail in an ecelle a refund tor for such labor the vision being divided into three uns una tor for salting sailing the low spring range eigher spring range and the summer ange A stated price per pound lor for ich unit will be made and the refund baide according to the work of ig the salt the plan adopted by halk creek forest users association be adopted carried unanimous fence the incoming board was instructed 0 sign up the agreement with the halk creek forest users asoula lon ion on the poison area benca IP bi meadow and chalk creek dl di talons which Is two ales of fence to be c instructed ot of ead and green aslen asien lra the incoming board was instructed i negotiate terms with the tha forest ervice to keep tho the iron post tence fence instructed by the forest service in 8 present place as it Is answering it ii gh eh purpose and as soon as meins means in bis be provided the association will undertake rider take the extending of the fence I 1 however lo wever the present program tor for 1 Is to extensive to take this matter ip pA train f moved by J J bennett that the oard be instructed to complete or I 1 construct a trail up meadow creek canyon during the season ot of 1922 and that they negotiate with the forest service for some assistance in the construction of said trail acred Cc red unanimously comment ot of bitang er cr this trail trad will be approximately 2 21 miles in length and it built los in a class A trail will cost it class ID W class C the meeting went on record as s ming mine opposed to excess stock on the division ranger jensen them of the tie new procedure in bealli dealwis de aliis g with trespassers stating that suca trespasser would bind the trespasser over to the federal cour and audit them to liall ball it the trespasser was wai unable to furnish bail he may I 1 lo 10 a cum coci emitted to jail pending the sitt sitting ng of federal court it was waa moved that a committee ot oi three men be appointed to set at and aad post a line between the cheop and cattle attle range on the meadow C ee ce t division that said three men con i the he forest range one man and cne cattle man it was wag moved and carried that the sheep men using the common use range ot of meadow creek Divis division loi 1 lia be allowed to join the associate l a to have a voice in the association and handling ot of the range the sheep i men being slightly opposed because they wanted to be relieved from any expense ot of improving the range i however it was pointed out that it if there was a decrease in stock for or range protection all would suffer butler the he decrease whereas it if an increase was made in the both sheep and cattle would receive sai sa i it if this increase was waa due to additional development ot of range all sho she id be interested the sheep men present then looked at the matter biti dl dit iv y the following board was eo ee ted 1 C beckstrand president B E I 1 bennett vice president orvill deck beek arand advisory board cattlemen writ wm 11 II bennett elmer J bodik 1 an advisory board sheep and cattle very sincerely yours james jensen forest rani lanct f T |