Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-05-03 | Page 2 | Groups Argue Range Action

GROUPS ARGUE RANGE ACTION Bitter Biller denouncements denouncement of each other flared lared Friday at the Utah state capol cap cap- capitol capitol capi- capi tol ol during a meeting of ot tives tive a of the states state's stockmen and big game hunt hunters rs The conference conference- had been en called by J. J M. M Macfarlane president of the Utah Horse and Cattle Growers' Growers association as as- in order to lay the groundwork groundwork ground- ground work vork for presentation to the state big game committee of at the stockmen's request t for r compensation for private ran ran- ranges ranes es harmed by deer and elk Mr Macfarlane suggested range owners omers be compensated b by the state for or actual loss oss sustained by the grazing graz- graz jog ing ng of the wild life Ue Mr Macfarlane predicted that i if something was not nol done the farmers would think seriously seriously se se- of asking the forest service to shoot hoot down the animals or they would take the matter matler into inlo their own hands lands S uch shoo shooting ling policy pOlie was bitterly att attacked by New Newell ll B B. Cook state stale fish ish and game commissioner Waller Walter F F. of ot Ogden president of ot the Utah Sportsmens Sportsmen's association suggested that advocates of ot big game in m Utah should I pay no nomore nomore nomore more for private range compensation than ban the stockmen pay for use of ot the forest area and public domain graz graz- ing ng permits Mr 1 Macfarlane pointed out that Utah stockmen have had to invest before they could get the public domain and forest service per per- mits rails The problem will wilt be presented to the he state big game committee during its ts preliminary meeting in Jul July