| Show Utah Ask to Grazing Crazing Land Members of the Utah Wool Growers' Growers who concluded their annual convention at Hotel Utah Thursday afternoon Friday were still discussing a resolution passed favoring federal legislation to purchase of grazing lands by private owners The group recommended that the lessee or licensee to whom the federal lands land are leased or r allotted under provisions of or the Taylor grazing act be given the right of ot purchase Federal lands now are being administered by bythe bythe bythe the bureau of ot land management Don Don Clyde Heber Friday began his ils nl ninth th consecutive year as president president president dent of ot the association and James A. A Hooper Salt Lake h his hb l consecutive year ear 8 as secretary- secretary treasurer Reuel E. E Christensen Ephraim was beginning his first term B as vice president Members approved a suggestion of ot Dan H H. H Hughes Hugh Montrose Colo chairman joint committee on public lands National Wool Growers' Growers and National Livestock that th the value alue of ot land be arrived at on basis of ot carrying capacity Some Sonic opposition was expressed by wool men on the grounds that the cost coat of or public J lands might be prohibitive to growers and state taxes might amount to more than double prese present t. t grazing fees Another resolution recommended that Utah big game be drastically ly reduced Others Other requested that the state legislature transfer from the rodent control fund to predatory animal control fund lund and also alao that the legislature appropriate for predatory animal control It was recommended that efforts be made to stop to state and national forest grazing lands by permitting livestock to graze before vegetation is fully matured J. J V. W. Robinson newly appoint appoint- ed director of ot range management I for the bu bureau eau of range manage mange management meet ment and former Utah Uta- con congress congressman res man who attended th the convention conven convention convention conven conven- tion commented comment d' d don on the move fa ia- purchase of ot grazing lands land and said If the land is opened for tor sale a a few large larg corporations will grab up th the best of the land Jand and Md th the small sheep heep and cattlemen will be forced out eul of business Members of oC Utah Wool Market Market- Marketing Marketing Marketing ing Corp meeting Friday Priday in Hotel Utah went on re record ord as fa- fa fa ta oring the Granger bill bUt now before the U. U S. S senate senat which provides for continuing the Commercial Credit Corp wool buying plan in force as u a a atop Stop gap measure pending g passage of ot better better better bet bet- ter legislation affecting wool producers producers producers' pro pro- in the nation Sylvester Broadbent Salt Lake director of ot the group presided at atthe atthe atthe the meeting A suggestion was made that the organizations organization's 1918 1948 meeting date be changed to co coincide coincide coin coin- cide clde with next years year's convention of ot Utah Wool Growers' Growers to facilitate discussion of ot mutual problems problem between the two groups |
