With a new Congress, Senator Hayden received a petition in February from the Fredonia Farmers, Stockmen, Grazers Association, wanting the north boundary held below the south line of T34N. As the debate went on over the next year, there would be many details, but in summary, the arguments were over a band ranging from three to six sections deep in between the FFSGA line and Tillotson's NPS line(see map below).