Show tf KMEN MEET TO CONSIDER DOMAIN GRAZING lAW older tb I Olie fG 01 GRAND T GRAZING ASSOCIATION BEING HELD be DA Y TO DISCUSS PLANS FOR PROCEEDING a abe rO i iDA UNDER TAYLOR ACT Cst CAt L iT d f of the Grand up or t held today It was Vas d to send a large delegation un 14 that Salt alt Lake LaLe City conference two Nine stockmen including commissioners were to represent the count counts W D Hammond G O 0 U n James Somerville Don I A A J Turner 0 H Newell II H G Green Robertson and john hn A John John- johnr Today's meeting was well about 65 stockmen being r del der ways and means of ad- ad the Taylor public domain t which became a law on meeting of Grand county I Is being held today at the Most of the stock stock- he county are In attendance ary purpose of the on sendIng representatives to be held at Salt Lake f 23 which will consider tely tel for or the administration of the The Salt Lake meeting will ded by representatives of the roVes d k department headed by Oscar n assistant secretary of the hes heg IM I'M PA fA number of such confer confer- th stockmen are being held heldt POut t the est iest before the gay gov- gayre formulates final plans for re 4 f tOr yO ring the Taylor act en interested in plans for You vou of the public grazing ive ve been Invited by the Inter Inter- COllie I to attend the regional regionald and present their views a ad d to t tand 0 l t tor or informally It is the do- do Ices Secretary of the Interim Ickes t n the views of the stockmen e public domain and Others td d in the matter in order that willI plans may be formulated that will I bet beet serve the combined public private I and state that are Involved An application for the creatIOn of a grazing district covering most of the land I land in Grand county has been I filed with the InterIor department About a ago a meeting of Grand county stockmen was held and th the Grand Glazing association was organ organ- organized with Don Taylor as president W WD WD I D Hammond as vIce presIdent and W R McConkie as secretary treasur er These officers have called today s a meeting to take further action m in pro pro- promoting I mating the organization of the dis- dis disI I The boundaries of the dIstrict I as tentatively agreed on include all allI public domain north of Cane Springs I ash vash In San Juan county including all of Grand county south of the Book I Cliffs Another district covering all of San Juan county south of Cane I CaneI Springs wash has been requested by byI I San Juan stockmen I Stockmen of southeastern Utah are I Intensely Interested In the question of on the public domain and un- un unI undoubtedly I aU all will be active in the or- or organization organization of the proposed districts I under the new law It Is realized that I ovex grazing and erosion are rapidly ruining the livestock Industry of this I part of the state and unless grazing n cm be regUlated and the range pro pro- protected the cattle and sheep men will willbe be put completely out of business The I Taylor grazing act seeks to protect the stockman and prevent his beIng cro ded out by transient herds which In the past have denuded the ranges It is hoped that every citizen who owns any livestock even if only I a few head which he grazes on the bUc donam will affiliate with the and lend his support to a fair and administratIon of at atthe the new act |