A few happenings in the sheep industry found in the Williams News. Most of these are about sheep raisers in the northern portion of the state but one deals with the Prescott area.

In one story found in the January 12^th Williams News a group of nine sheep raisers purchased a section of land for a sheep driveway. The land was located 16 miles northwest of Prescott near the Cooper ranch (one of the purchasers) and four miles beyond the American ranch. It cost them $2,880 which in 2023 dollars would be $50,578.42. Unfortunately, more research will be needed to find how many acres were bought and the exact location for the trail.

Those part of the land deal included Nathan Bankhead, R. E. Daggs, Lou Charlebois, Charles E. Burton, George Campbell, R. F. Cooper, M. I. Powers, Peter Espil, Simon Pacquette and the Howard Sheep Company.

Some other information were sheep raisers visiting Williams:William Pitts and Mr. R. E. Diahl who had interests in the Howard Sheep Company. Finding these little tidbits gives me names of sheep raisers I might already know but sometimes it is a new one.

In 1923 there was the announcement of 10-year permits for stockmen who desired to graze cattle and sheep on National Forests ranges. This would take place in 1925. Permits of the past have only been for 5 years. But in an effort to help stockmen recover from the period of depression that it had suffered the past few years after World War I, they (the Federal government) felt that the increase time would help stockmen secure financial aid to carry on their grazing operations. New rates for grazing will also take place in 1925 occurring simultaneously with the new 10-year permits.

There are other mentions about sheep for 1923 in the Williams News which will be posted in the next day or so as I have the time to organize it. One will be about the range conditions for the year as it seemed that that changed very quickly from favorable to unfavorable.