Show i DISCOVERED It ft IN Bill r. r iF j. j x IT t and an d T Trading ra d. d M Measure fi ft r Aro Arouses v ses Opposition of f t s So Ida Idaho o People t POCATELLO CATELLO March Match 1 Pocatello I. and other communities of ot Idaho are much ex- ex I f- f Red aed over oyer the passage of ot the measure wn as II IL R R. 77 71 77 as it Is said to carry I a sot joker decidedly Inimical to the land l Interests of ot the state The measure passed i passed both senate and house and is now up to the president nt and protests to his are pouring In from all sections sec- sec of ot Idaho At oAt a a. mass meeting held In Boise the unanimous vote of ot present was re recorded recorded recorded re- re corded against the measure and the po- po was taken that tl I. I This legislation conceals its real purpose which Is a scheme to acquire i and control range rights in south southern rn Idaho I i 2 oA A single private ate corpor corporation Uon has an option to buy for an acre acres proposed to be Included In these national forests in order to avail Itself of ot the right to select range land and In lieu thereof 3 3 The Interests holding this option originated H lL R. R 77 4 4 The right to select In strategic lo locations locations lo- lo acres of ot public land Including in- in springs and aid watering places will wille create e a practical monopoly er of the right gf T to range g livestock In southern Idaho h to the disruption and Incalculable damage of ot I the livestock industry 5 This h selection privilege g makes It T I PO possible lb to render valueless the h holdings of small ranchers and livestock men by absorbing their adjacent public range and watering places That the long settled settled set set- tied policy polley of ot the state encouraging the building of ot homes and protecting protecting- the malI email farmer and livestock s man as embodIed em- em bodIed 1 in the f two mile limit t law is abrogated abrogated abro abro- gated tl and aad d annulled II by this legislation i which has p passed both houses of congress without the knowledge or without the opportunity to be be heard on the part of ot the people most affected This resolution has been sent to the congressional delegation with the request that it be laid before the president t to- to Induce him to veto the bill Behind the measure It is said Is la a strong combination of ot livestock and packing interests that first secured options options op op- op- op on the acres and engaged an agent to float the same with the stipulation sUp sUp- ul that he be paid 10 cents an acre for the flotation The bill carries a vicious joker jolter In that It is possible to trade the cut over Northern Pacific lands In the northern part of Idaho for Valuable grazing areas in the south southern rn part of the state and in such sich selection It Itis itIs is possible to o choose alternate r sections ec faO bi gI 1 ot of land thus u ue e enabling the smooth operator operator oper oper- ator to control three sections while tradIng trad- trad Ing or two By fly alternating e in the e selection r 01 tWi P lf rile s tion It t Is it therefore r manifest It Is claimed that to all practical purposes exactly twice the amount of grazing land traded for would come under control of oZ the corporation Governor Davis to whom Is given the credit for discovering the purposes of ot the bill bilI states that if it Mr Gooding and his associates will agree to assign their option op op- op- op tion lIon I will call a n. special session of the legislature to obtain these lands make malte the exchanges and pass such a law as Is Isici of necessary ici the lieu to lands a allow t by for the the state Tat distribution ISi land ut de department de- de thereby giving everybody an opportunity to get these lands The profits of or the sale transfer or exchange of public domain belong to all the people of the commonwealth and not to Individuals individuals Indi I or a small group of Individuals |