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Show ! STOCKMENCONSIDER STOCKMEN CONSIDER CONSIDERl CONSIDERORGANIZING l ORGANIZING ORWILIN GA G LOCAL ' : A DISTRICTA GRAZING GRATING DISTRICT . CONTROL OF PUBLIC DOMAINTHBOUGH DOMAIN DOMAINj DOMAINd 1 1CONTROL j d THKOUGH THBOUGH CREATION OF DIS- DIS DISI DISTRICTS DIS DISTRICTS - - I ' TRICTS UNDER FEDERAL LAWS LAWSI LAWSDISCUSSED LAWSDISCUSSED I- I - IDISCUSSED DISCUSSED AT \ MEETING l\IEETING l IEETING . n nThe The creation of a federal grazing grazingdistrict grazingdistrict grazingdistrict ? . - -district district - in Grand county to protect theestablished the thel l ! established and resident stockmen kmen from fromthe fromthe fromthe the encroachment o of ! transient transIcnt or or"itinerant or"Itinerant orItinerant 4'it1nerant 4it1nerant "itinerant itinerant " ' " bands of sheep , which are areplaying areplaying areplaying playing havoc with the range , v.as vas sAs v.asconsidered sAsconsidered w . sconsidered considered Tuesday night at a meet- meet meete meeting meeting meet-ing meet ing - e ing of ot the Grand County Stockgrowers ' * association iation , held at the Moab Garage GarageAbout GarageAbout GarageAbout About 20 stockmen were present , and andlistened andlistened andlistened listened to an explanation of the graz graz- grazing grazing - ing reserve idea by Woodruff Woodntf ! Ball , ex- ex examiner examiner ex examiner - aminer of the general land office tat at tatSalt iatSalt atSalt Salt Lake City , and G G Bywater Bywatermining , > , -mining mining - engineer and field man of the theG theG theG G L 0 with headquarters at Salt SaltLake SaltLake .Jake Jake Lake ! . James H Hooper , secretary of ofthe ' the Utah Wool Woolgrowers growers ' association associationand associationand association1 associationt associationi t i and manager of the Utah Wool Wool"Marketing WoolMarketing Wool"Marketing WoolMarketing "Marketing Marketing " " association associatJon , briefly discus discus- discussed discussed discussed - sed the t.he . benefits to be derived by the thesheepmen thesheepmen thesheepmen sheepmen from organization Charles Charles"Redd CharlesRedd Charles"Redd CharlesRedd "Redd Redd " " of La I.Ja IJa . Sal , a director of the Utah UtahWooIgrowers UtahWoolgrowers UtahWoolgrowers WooIgrowers Woolgrowers ' association , , was also alsopresent alsopresent alsopresent alsopresentThe presentThe present The land difice dflce ! representatives stat- stat stated stat stated - ed that the grazing district distnct plan of ofcontrolling ofcontrolling ofcontrolling controlling the public publ1c domain Is not notentirely notentirely notentirely entirely a new idea , ias eas as it Is in fn succccss- succccss succcess- succcess succccssful succcessful succcess-ful succcess ful - ful operation In Montana and Califor CaUfor- CaUfor Caiifor- Caiifor Caiifornia CaUforDia California - nia Dia The Mizpah-Pumpkin Mizpah Pumpkin - Creek distact dis dis- dis disticfc - . ticfc tict tact in Montana was organized e < a num num- number num- num number number - - ber of years ago It was first stocked"ith stockedwith stocked "ith ith with " ft 1th 2800 head ( ) of If cattle , , and through throughproper throughproper roper proper ] ) operation its carrying capacity capacityhas capacityhas capacity"has capacityhas has " increased to such an extent that that4400 4400 head aie are al e now being ranged there thereIn , in addition o.dd1t1on odd1t1on . to several bands of sheep The Owens Valley In Califor Ca1ifor- Ca1ifor Califor- Ca1ifor'IllS Califorma - - nia 'IllS IllS ma ' is also being beingery \ery ery \ ' ery successfully op- op operated operated op operated - - erated eratedThe The < districts tistricts are organized orgamzed and con- con controlled controlled con controlled - trolled by the stockmen themselves themseh themseheswith es , with the cooperation of the depart depart- department department department - ment of the Interior . . They are set up tip tipunder upunder upunder under e existing "IStmg IStmg > " federal statutes After Aftera After'a 3 'a a ' . ' group of stockmen petition the gov- gov govrnment government gov--ermnent gov ermnent - - - rnment ernment for-Hhe for Hhe forlthe for'4he for4he - ' creation of a . distnct district districtthe , the general land office conducts a acareful acareful acareful careful Investigation to determine who whome whoare whoare me are the established and bona fide fideusers fideusers fideusers users of the range in question The Theallotment Theallotment Theallotment allotment of the range mnge is based on the thevest thevested thevested vest vested d rights of the stockmen to the thearea thearea thearea area For instance , if a . stockman has hasused hasused hasused used a certain range for years and has hasmade hasmade hasmade made improvements , such as bUIlding bUIldingresenpirs buildingreservpirs buildingreservpirs resenpirs reservpirs , , developing developmg water holes hoIes and andbuilding andbuilding and"building andbuilding building " corrals , he has a vested right rightin rightin rightin in the area , and he will be protected protectedregardless , regardless of \ whether hether shether \ or not he asks asksfor asksfor asksfor for the creation of the district After Aftera a district Is established , , the land 1and of- of offlce office of office - fice flce examiners exammers will determine rletennine howmany how howmany howmany many head of stock it will w11l support supportand , and allotments will be made accord accord- accordingy accordingly accordingly - ingly ingy ) Th Thin Thinovergrazing Thus over-grazing over grazing - - , , caused causedprincipally causedprincipally causedprincipally principally by the influx of foreign foreignsheep foreignsheep foreignsheep sheep , can be haltedThe halted haltedThe The land office < representatives stat- stat stated stat stat- stated stated - ed that seven applications for Utah Utahgrazing Utahgrazing Utahgrazing grazing districts dlstnots have already been beenfiled beenfiled beenfiled filed , and nine more are in the forma forma- formative formative formative - - tive Stage One district asked for in- in includes includes in includes - cludes the Book mountain area ot of otGrand ofGrand ofGrand Grand county The proposed utah utahdistricts Utahdistricts Utahdistricts districts Involve approximately 18,000- 18,000 18000 18,000000 18,000000 18,000-000 18,000 18000 000 , , , - 000 acres of ot public pubhc domainIt domain domainIt It was pointed outTat out iat 1St Tat the meeting meetingthat meetingthat meetingthat that as districts are established , it will willbecome willbecome willbecome become increasingly important that thatother thatother thatother other public domain range be also or- or organized organized or organized - ganized for tor self-protection self protection wIt-protection wIt - , since tran tran- tranitmt transtentjtock transient - stentjtock sient itmt riock jtock barred baITed from districts distncts will willllatur willnaturally willnaturally llatur naturally 1ly turn to unorganized areasNo areas areasNo No action was taken by the stock stock- stockmen stockmen stockmen - men present looking to the creation creationof creationof creationof of a local district , but the matter will willbe willbe willbe be considered carefully . and I3.nd I3nd it is alto alto- altogether altogether altogether - gether probably that the public 'Public ' do- do domain domain do domain - main in the vicinity of Moab will be beplact'd beplaced beplaced plact'd plactd placed ' in a district shortly . . Messrs Ball , Bywater By-\\ater By ater - \ , Hooper and andi andRedd andRedd andBedd i Redd left following the meeting for forBlanding forBlanding forBlanding Blanding , where they addressed a ameeting ameeting ameeting meeting of 'Of ' the San Juan Wool Woolgrowers Woolgrowers'association Woolgrowersassociation growers ' association The San Juan stockmen stockmenhave stockmenhave stockmenhave have been considering the creation of ofa ofa ofa a grazing district for some time , and andsteps 4 \ 'Steps Steps ' were t taken ken at the meeting ask- ask ask1ng asking ask asking - . ing 1ng that a 3 ' . reserve be established there |
