Show petition tion to general land office tile the following petition in relation to the he cutting of timber on tile the uin tall tab vorest Ire prepared bj ba tho the committee and forwarded forward Ld to the general land office to the uon lion commissioner of the U 8 land ohice washington D C sir iho people in general and the saw mill owners in particular in awalt county utah litah havo have buen adjudged guilty of upon tile lotau I 1 1 orest fruat keat ovation of the lattur latter is i being tle le banded by tile thu fut ostry officers for tile lilt cut by them binco the cr creation cution of tt it reserve your ottra ri the citizens of comity be bej leave to present tu to yon oil the lads ut of our situation hoie and since icly ask ou to take into in to consideration aur 1 arcuni aud araut ua exemption and alief bioni incurred in ili lya 1817 pic itura imers ut of the ashley valley lit fit mado the tiido roads into tile tho tini bor dow in tills this lohorne race that thai tsuio much ineatia and labai have been expended to 10 coin pleto and 1 keep in impair the roads thus thun Opo opened llod all lum bui bet used lu in 1 and up ill the county has coi come i le from within tiit alit limits of said baid reservation reservist ion thore there bainy no other timber accessible either for sawing or building as within tho the county at tho the tho the was created letral maw mills ioro ili the iho timber none of which have heau removed or others othera established in mot inu it instanced these thebo inilla represent ill all tho the botni by then their owners who have l no other means meana of gaining it a livelihood nuno nono of t tho L 0 lumber roada made by these it u ills ilia has haa aluen alten tie taken out of thy the bounty but all las has gone to domestic husos entirely in ili ibyl C F hancock II aucock was forest dorest IN n e r lie jle angled about the nulls ills all huinker buil liner but nuver intimated that the wills beio mg by cutting lumber in 1900 mr b P 1 Dilli dillivan Dil linan nati one of our most conservative and ro citizens tiena ci acted ai ranger and nd he declares that he lecy ived no instructions to atop or interfere loter fero ich the wills in tiny any ni anner nor did lie in tile the fall of 1899 mr aar J al who owns owna and opera operated operate tei 4 the largest jwj informed by mr G F bucher that lia ha would lim liae a to obtain a permit front from the department beffie bt beginning ginning operations in the I 1 9 follo following in alay col W WT T b MB of deriver denver ni milled tho the ro re clr 0 in ili company avith mr guihn ho he tho the will tin annl I 1 rounding sm timber aud arid ex expressly presly urged mr air grif tin hn in ili the presence of witnesses to proved with his willing bulling operations as 89 tle tile people of tile the county needed the ife he further drew a form of application for mr grimn to fill fall out to submit to tile tho department mr grillie started starlet his null blied out hn hh application and for forwarded wardeLl it through gh mr air 0 1 I bucher to col may it was ic to turned fot foi blight correct fijn ahe ilie correction wai made and tho the application again sent to col may alay chiun h maj bucher and lias has never neer been heard irom from since mr griten supposed that lin application had find aten and filled by tha aud and thought thoi ight himself nathin tho the law in ili 11 1900 0 maj bucher again tho rosene no iso intimation was given that tile the mils anere ere ties passing in 1901 C A isaid was wi foiest langer ho he received no instruction its as to the wills mills being trespassers in ili tile latter part of nf tho the semon season G ll 11 haight was mado rang er on doc 1901 under instructions front from col amny INI posted notices on of the till milts Y closing them tion tho owners of other mills that were not running T were nero notified that if they be betin began tin adiong thoy they would lo be 10 reg regarded tided a as trespassers and must riot stint their nulls mills until they had bad nindo made application in due form and had obtained permission from the department tu to in jan 1902 applice irions accod panted with ith inapt or plats pints showing shoving 1 where hore the timber was to bo taken from froin wore were forwarded to col may by I 1 M V griffle an and A T J johnstun Johnst nn mr johnstons John stuns application was wag rp re turned from denver with nith the anfor mation illation that the biml pr er could not im bo I bated by maps but that lie he No donld tilI be obliged to bano tho the same saine aurnel ol 01 and desin aled bv legal leg al sious io ion n and he was anci also informed that ho qa a to quite a I 1 r go extent and that until lie had madon made n proposition position to settle on oil all proposition Fro lumber inizer that flint he be had cut aurim during 7 MR th past three vellis no would bocon bo mr nag as in formed that he be was a tnt trespasser to a mil langei lei orient than atje atti y of the others anti and that no application would be until it a proposition of settlement I 1 for back stumpage was ua to ie cell cenon ed and the suggestion tio it v atas as made I 1 that it bo at tile the i lute ate of rl 1 per al foi fo till all gapen and 75 7 i cents ali M for sill all dry lumber cut mr mir griffin uri ahn was further warned not to demoe the mill or ana nn pait of it until the matter wui tit adjusted anted in addition to the facts abone aboe set forth large amounts of dead timber logs and polloi hae baie been removed bv the fair danners in build us ug and improving their homes and until dee dec 1901 no DO question mis ter raised against them now ow 0 vo o wih wi h to confess bonfe A that the koplo lime trop trespassed passed but tile they amo bino dono done so in i ignorance and with at least the ilia ane t understanding of the ilia forestry they rhey v ish to obey and ant lie I 1 I 1 e within i it bin t the he I liars ws and regulations atit feel that under tile the circumstances abone set out that he bight ut n t to b reini reunited ted to oa inice tho the payments demanded we ve pray will cut consider isider this matter us as above set forth that ou oil will giant us such midi clemency na its bes within your power for pat an t cF and allow us to begin anew the obtaining of timber h las as been a necessity to the growth and development of tile tho country there 14 1 4 no speculation in ili it ns as tho mills milla have hane gotten it ib out lit ili a low cost and there has haa never been it surplus in ili tho the vernal precinct alone there aro are seventeen and public buildings s in ili course of construction tit at tile the present time anti there is 11 riot not 2000 feet of lumber to bo be had within the county there bus ills boon been no via naste to of the lie lumber but a great necessity fur for all and morn than has been taken from the orve miles of rough wagon road separate us 14 from the railroad so that we can call not import the lumber lain ber access to tile the forest reer beere re ere 0 is fore a nece necessity you yon will appreciate the advancement for foi the necessity for prompt action and we trust arnst you faill see bee your nay ay fear clear to exempt the people and the owners of these sawmills saw mills aiom finy any further pemley pen alty for past pasit butis of the timber regulations re upon this ic serve and thus acar ear the na a for uin the applications of the mill owners to be considered onside red and granted for the seasons work these men tire are all poor laboring laboi labo ing ting I 1 daily for a it liebi ell hood and in ili the case of mr ir Cir cirillino illin payment 1 only ie made by bj enforced ealo of ili mill wo petition you in their behalf and in ili behalf of tho ilia people of uintah county who earnestly 1 p ay for the help we trusty aro are able to grant and for thich service ou oil will please accept the thanks of a grateful community In respectfully JAM JAMES eg al committee it b COLLETI COLLET secretary committee L Jo irisoN JOHN G DAMS DAIN |