Show TRYING mm TO BEAT UNCLE SAMUEL Colorado Stockmen Refuse tox tR to Take or Pay for Grazing Privileges Special to The TIme Herald Washington ash Ins 1011 March IS The forest sen service ice issued the following notice I Stockmen who refuse to pey grazing fees may ma be denied future privileges on national forest reserves Some of the time stockmen who held permits hermits last year ar to graze gruze horses hon es and cattle on th the j Holy Hol Cross reserve in Colorado made an agreement among themselves not nut to apply appl for permits or i pay ay the tho grazing fee this year car and to make no Ho effort to prevent their stock from drifting upon the re ye reserves serves This action was taken for or the time purpose of o testing the th iii legality of the time act which authorizes the secretary of agriculture to io tomake make regulations violation of which may ma mabo be bo punished l as a criminal offense By a recent act of congress the he government is now able to carry cerr directly to the lie su atm supreme s l preme court any aimy ail criminal case CRISe decided against it under certain circumstances when the ground of the time action adlOn is B invalid ity It or Hi construction of the statute upon pon which an Indictment is founded This Tills for forthe forthe forthe the first time puts It in the power of the forester to secure ure from roam the supreme court a decision of this question and under the advice of the attorney general tire the forest officials will make such fluch arrests for graz gras grazing grazIng grasing ing trespasses on forest for t reserves as may m y be necessary ne to secure Se lIre final adjudication upon the validity of or the criminal provi provisions of the act ael Stockmen have haxe been notified that those who held lucid permits penn Its last year ear and aud have fail failed failed failed ed to make application may ma lose their i right of grazing privileges upon time the th rt re reserves serves as objection ao the payment pR of the I grazing fee 1 will not be b accepted as goOd gOMI reason for not having made application at atthe I the time proper time In Tim ease cae their stock stok en enters enters u I the Ihl reserves without permit they th wilt will willbe be required to pay damages In itt addition to the tile regular grazing fee ft e nail and unless this payment is made within a reasonable I time the ca cases es will be o referred to the r department of justice with a n request that proceedings be b commenced to secure an I injunction restraining rc them from allow allowing ling ing their st stick to graze upon the reserves I |