Show Secretary Hitchcock is said to now be opposed to the leasing oC the public lands for gazIng purposes though last year he approved it We are not surprised sur-prised at his change of position The fact iu that the leasing idea looks alluring allur-ing and one would naturally be captivated capti-vated by It as offering a solution for shecp and cattle wars and as returning to the public some revenue for the forage for-age consumed by private herds But i when the job of framing a law to carryout carry-out the Idea I is 1 undertaken it seems Impossible Im-possible to do I the evils that would follow any draft or such n measure HO far made are HO serious that they destroy de-stroy the wellmeant provisions I is not likely therefore that any grazing lease law will be enacted |