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Show 1 i IMPROVEMENT WORK ON ONRANGE . RANGE NEARS COMPlETION COMPLETIONWithin Within six months mcnths after PresIdent PresIdentRoosevelt PresidentRoosevelt PresidentRoosevelt Roosevelt has signed tho the Taylor Tay'or Tayor Tay'br Taybr ' graz ing lag grazing grazlag act setting settmg up a new system of ofadminist.cnng ofadministering ofadministering administ.cnng administcnng administering . the public domiain domain , I range mge development rangedevelopment mgedevelopment in Utah with FER F E R A Afunds Afunds Afunds funds under the terms tenns of the act had hadprogressed hadprogressed hadprogressed progressed to the extent ex-tent ex tent - that the the$200000 the200000 $200 200 $ 000 allocation from the FER F E R A Afor Afor for Improvement of the public pubhc domain domainis domaini is all aU under contract , and a consider consider- considerlable consideriable considerable - able lable iable part of the work wort has been completed com com- comiPleted completed - pleted iPleted pletedThis This is in substance the finding fmding of ofH ofH ofH H C Jessen , chief cruef engineer , wOlks works wOlksd1vISion worksdivision wolksdivision d1vISion division , FER F E R A for Utah , after a asurvey asurvey asurvey survey of the situation made at the therequest therequest therequest request of Governor Henry H BloodThe BloodThe Blood BloodThe The president signed the bill June June28 28 , 1934 Under date 'O O ' of ! Monday , Mr MrJessen MrJessen MrJessen Jessen reported to the governor In Inpart inpart inpart part ' In accordance with the recommen re-commen- re commen recommen- recommendaboll8 recommendations recommendations - - - dations daboll8 of the executive committee comnuttee of ofcattle ofcattle ofcattle cattle and sheepgrowers . , , the program programhas programhas programhas has been carried fon\ fon forward"Contracts forward fonard forward"Contracts \ ard "Contracts Contracts " for 52 wells have 'been been 'beenav.arded beenawarded ' beenawarded av.arded avarded awarded . , , spring sprmg and seep develop develop- developments developments developments - - ments and pipe lines are being install install- installed Installed installed - ed , and reservoirs constructed"The constructed"The constructed constructed"The "The The " v . wells ells will w111 be provided with withwmdm11ls withwindmills withwindmills wmdm11ls windmills if there is sufficient wind windmovement windmovement windmovement movement , , and if II not , , gas engines and andpumps andpumps andpumps andpumps"The pumps pumps"The "The The " complete well unit umt consists of ofwell ofwell olwell well , pump . , 4000 gallon storage tank tankand tankand tankand and 2000 gallon trough capacity Spring Springand Springand Springand and seep units urut5 umts also will be provided providedVith providedwith'Stor provided\vith provided vith . \Vith Vith with'Stor withStor \ \ ' tol 1ge { age age'tanks agetanks ' ' t tanks * ks and troughs"The troughs"The troughs troughs"The "The The " present status of the work is isas isas isas as follows"Wells follows"Wells follows follows"Wells "Wells Wells " laompleted l2ompleted Completed , , 8 , spring sprmg , seep and andpipe andpipe andpipe pipe hue lme line developments started , about aboul50 50 per cent complete comp1ete , ' 74 , reservoir reservoirs reservoirscomp1eted reservoirscompleted ; completed comp1eted , 2 , reservoirs started , about about30 30 per cent complete , 2 This prcgram program prcgramwill programwill programwill will exhaust e'IChaust eIChaust ' the present allotment of offunds offunds oifunds funds " The object of the Taylor grazing grazmg act actMr , , 1\fr 1 fr Mr \ Jessen notes , "is is " to control , pollee police policeimprove , . improve and develop deve10p the public domain domainfor domainfor domainfor for the purpose of of- ofstxbr1LLimg o . - _ cfcabiiiz.uig cfcabiiizuig ba.blHz.UIg bablHz.UIg bablHzUIg stxbr1LLimg $ . , . . the l1ve- l1ve live- live l1vestock livestock live livestock - ! stock Industry ind\1try ind 1try \ . : ) depending aepehdmg aepending on the pubhc public publicrange rnnge range It also provides for the wIth wIthdrawal withdrawal withdrawal drawal from entry cntry tof of f public lands No Nofunds Nofunds Ncfunds funds were provided in the act for the thecontemplated thecontemplated thecontemplated contemplated Improvements"Owmg improvements"Owing improvements improvements"Owing 1 "Owing Owing "Owmg Owmg " to the severe > 'drought drought ' condl condo condlbons condotons conditions I . bons tons it . was v.as vas felt imperative that im- im tin- tin tinmediate immediate im immediate - mediate steps be taken to provide water waterfOl waterfor watelfoi fOl for sheep and stcci steely-capecialls steely capecialls stcc1.cspecla11 stcc1cspecla11 . . . , . , . . - especially ' on the thetraIls thetrails thetrails traIls bet\\ bet between beten \ \ en summer sununer and wmter winter wmterranges winterranges wmtelranges ranges The greatest loss to sheepmeris sheepmenIS sheepmen IS the trailing traillng from the winter wmter to the thesummel thesu thesumrnei summel su mmeo ranges ronges This can 1n ' be mmimlzed minimized mmimlzedgleatly minimizedgreatly minimizedgicafcly gleatly greatly by providing proVldmg water at reason reason- reasonab1e reasonabie reasonable - able ab1e abie intervals"Accordmgly intervals"Accordingly intervals intervals"Accordingly "Accordingly Accordingly "Accordmgly Accordmgly " on October 13 you m'1de m1de made m'1deapDUcatIon madeapnlication nndeapniication ' apDUcatIon apnlication to the FER P F E R A foi for $200 200 $ 000 000for 000for OOCfor for improving improvmg public domain domam About Abouttwo Abouttwo Abouttwo two weeks later the check . was v.as vas re- re received received re received - ceived ceived"On "On On " October 23 a general meeting meetingwas meetingwas meetingwas was held ' by 'by representatives represeTllrotives of the live h\e- h e hestock bestock livestock \ - stock industry to make male plans plan for the theImprovement theimprovement theimprovement Improvement in m the event the funds fundsrequested fundsrequested fundsrequested requested by the governor were forth forth- forthcommg forthcoming forthcoming - coming commg It was d decided Ided that the state statebe statebe statebe be divided into mto two t\\O t O \ sections , , east and andwest andwest west \ \ est and that an executive execubve committeeof conunltteeof conunlttee committee of livestock producers be named to top1.n1 topLn tcplum p1.n1 p1n1 pLn p1.n1m . , in m a general way , location and andt andtype andtype t type "PC PC " of improvements SubcommIttees Subcommitteeswere Subcommitteeswere SubcommItteesv v . were ere to be appointed specifically speclf1call to lo- lo locate locate lo locate - cate and approve the various proJects proJectsfor projectsfor projectsfor for each of the idistricts districts " . Thus the construction . work v.ork vork accom accom- accomplIshed accomplished accomplished - plished to date has been d'Jn dJn done ' in m Just Justabout justabout justabout about two months of actual aotual ! field ie1d work |