Show V c At the National Capital Gossip of People and Events Gathered in Washington FORESTRY BUREAU RULES OVER MILLIONS OF ACRES lhl v r GOyIRtINENi ICs GaAtlna LANDS + UNCIC SaM t IJ rI f r i Jl i I I I t iII J WASHINGTON forestry Hit rcau which now administers more acres of land than any other Institution in the world and In 1 the landlord branch of the Federal Government Gov-ernment has just compiled Its report ovurlng statistics of grazing on the public lands of the groat West The figures will glvu soma Idea of the scale an which Uncle Sum has gone Into the land business and are very comforting comfort-ing because of their very nlz6 for If the existing policy Is unmolested the vast areas of forest and mountain now embraced In reserves will for all lime bo administered In the Interest of the entile people There are now more than 160000 300 acres of land In the national forests for-ests Grazing Is permitted but under strict regulations made In order that the grass may not bo destroyed by overfeeding This by the way Is what has caused most of tho friction In the West Ownors of flocks and herds In that section of the country for years have been accustomed to grazing without restrictions of any kind Many of them In time camo to look upon the public domain mi their very own in an important sense and they wore quick to resent any effort on tho part of tho government to con servo cither forest or grazing land Hut this friction is rapidly disappearing disappear-ing as tho western people see that without such conservation the range and forest In tlmo will bo destroyed A glance at the regulations governing govern-ing grazing on the government forests will give the render n very good Idea of tho government forest policy and how It is being administered Stockmen Stock-men who desire to make use of the t range apply for permits stating the kind of stock thfcy have the quantity of It and tho location of the range they want The forest ofllcers then proceed to make allotments apportioning the available pasture among the applicants appli-cants on as equitable a basis as practicable prac-ticable Sometimes stockmen who live neat forests or have stock near them allow that stock to drift across lines If this Is done carelessly or wilfully It Is considered con-sidered trespass and tho offender is subject to a fine and may also bo sued for damages The number of trespass tres-pass cases last year was 1S3 of which 163 were settled out of court The Bum collected for these trespasses aggregated ag-gregated 5576 These trespass cases have been another source of friction between tho government and the grazers It is dllllcult for tho west to realize that the country now being thickly populated It is no longer possible pos-sible to maintain tho old time free range without destroying that range The entire system of permits and feeb Is for the purpose of enabling the government to know that tho range within the reserves Is not being oyor fed e p t You Cant be tc t CarefulI I In the selection of a Ranse je or HuUr weather ii nearing why not Belo r gating now Come lout now wmf and a dock of beautiful doses awuno7 coming Or can we net call on Jhl Vial to meet you to our mutual ifimj for we feel thai a careful inipeclioi J famous STEWART Stores will tit Nre s your becoming one of our mini I icu i-cu tomer of STEWART Stores 110 tad rout r-out u Consolidate d Irli ero is Wagon Mac i P h Ore ar Company s p beasot I ha Leading Implement Dealer Utah uj I hllbar George T Odell General Mitia I b sun tloattj at Sail Lake Orfn Lt f and laws h Idaho Falls and Mcnlnllr + maljn cacaos BE ON TIME hao feltha Hue your Welch torn risky or get MI lit ill d mad tiptrti will either Cia veer to kp ice tr timer you one rid will Our stock It 10 Urn id M tieboo rmaaaMe thai you null coaiider Item Sfynj Ide b 10 one money to tier E ESTABLISH < 11 this 1062 elsethr 9 bent a Is Jt hen it by I 1 MAIN SALT LAKE CITY UT I |