Show I MONTICEllO CONSIDER RANGE RIGHTS RIGHT Special to Times Independent MONTICELLO Oct 16 The Monti Monti- Monticello Monticello cello Farmers and as association held a special meeting at the the county court house Saturday night The purpose of the meeting was to of ef- ef effect feet a permanent organization and la lay plans for caring for their rights whet when the federal administrator of the grazIng act meets with county stock stock- stockmen stockmen men here bere in January President Claud L Young presided He opened the meeting by going over ove the dIfferent phases of the grazing situation in the county as related to tc the farmer and domestic stock owner and gave a resume of the action taker taken by the government representatives in inI it handling the matter at at the meeting I held m in Glenwood Springs Colo re re- re recently During the talk he explainer explained that at that me meeting It had been de- de decided do tided to classify range rote into three classes A B Band and C putting own owners ers of domestic stoc in the class A Alist A Alist list At the close of his remarks the mat mat- matter matter ter of whether or not the assoCIation should effect a permanent organization tIon by adopting a constitutIon and by laws Ras as put up to the meeting the decision beIng unanimous m in favor of making It permanent A committee consisting of H LloYd Hansen J T Pehrson Mose Jones and H E Blake committee to draw were ere named as a up a constItution and set of by lags s to tobe tobe be presented at the next meeting of the association The matter of electing new officers for the associatIOn was brought up I unanimously decided to and it was continue the present board of directors I in office until the annual meeting next I year During the discuSSIon on range privileges the question of summer I rights on the La Sal forest came up i It was made clear to the meeting that grazing on the national forests was entirely foreIgn to grazing on the pub pub- public lic he ranges under the Taylor act the being administered under entirely two t different departments of the govern govern- government government I ment This also brought out the mat mat- matter matter ter of grazing rIghts on the forest of I Istock stock owned by cItizens and com mum mum- ties bes adjoining It which in turn brought up the matter of procuring permits for summer grazing on the forest To get geta a more Intelligent knowledge of these rIghts It was decided to appoint a committee to go into the mat matter r thoroughly to procure a copy of the forest conservation act and to look up the records of permits granted during dur- dur durIng Ing the past twenty years an If pos pos- possible possible sible find out Just how it happens that the rights of citizens and farmers ad- ad adjoining joining the forest have all been lost and find whether or not they could rould be recovered George W Dalton J G Nielson H Lloyd Hansen K D Wll Wil hams rams and J T Pehrson were named as is such committee They were ele m- m instructed to go to Moab on Saturday next there to dig out all the fact they theyan can an obtain relatIng to the matter in i del or-del thit th the association may be in- in informed formed ormed of oC conditions before the meet meet- mg ng of 01 the fore forest t officials with the users which takes place in Ogden in n November There v were ere 47 stockmen and farmis farm elS is present at the meeting Several new members joined bringing the total otal membershIp of the association up to 0 While the association IS known M s the Monticello Farmers and Stock Stock- I growers rowers a association its membership memberships of the county IS s drawn from all parts and end Its a a on 0 ed intention IS that of to the end that the priority rIghts of the cattle owner and andI smaller mailer owners shall be pro pro- protected I and ed for posterIty Before adjournment it was decided to o hold the next meeting on November 15 5 at the county court house at 7 30 P i m At this meeting It IS hoped the appointed sill III be able to report progress ess made and that plans can an be matured for handling the mem- mem members bers ers interests at the meeting of the adminIStrators of the Taylor Graying Act pct and the range users which will be I hEld field m in Monticello on January 22 1935 |