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Show i Grazing ControlUpheld Control ControlUpheld ControlUpheldby Upheld Upheldby by Courl Court CourtAuthoritl _ Authority Authorlt Authoritl } of the United Unitcd State States Statesdepartment Statesdepartment ; department of the interior mterior to pro promote promote promote mote conservation conser'atlon conseratlon conseration ' % of natural resources re resources resources sources through prevention oovergrazing of ofovergrazmlj ofovergrazin overgrazmlj overgrazin ? on 120000000 120 000 000 acres o of offederal offederal federal range hnd hud has been uphcli upheld uphold upheldby upholdby by the federal courts in the first firstcrlffim'1.1 firstcrimmil firscrimmil crlffim'1.1 crlffim1.1 crlffim11 crimmil ' . case Involving involvlllg trespass on on onthe 01the , the public domiin dom\m dom m domimn ' \ Secretary Harold HaroldL HaroliL L Ickes todayas today \ was \\as as isas advised adviscd by F R H RCarpenter HCarpenter RCarpenter Carpenter director of the dlVlslon division dlVlslonof divisionof divisionof of grazing grazingTried JohnI Tried before Judge T D Johnson John Johnson Johnson I son in the federal district court a aSalt at atSalt atSalt Salt Lake City the case involveccharges involved involvedcharges involvedcharges charges of trespassing filed fied ] by the thedivisIOn thedivision thidivision divisIOn of grazing grazmg against SandaII Sandall SandaIIFmdley SandallFmndley SandalFindley Fmdley Fmndley foi fom his failure to ro compi comply complyith complyuith : \ with \\ith ith uith the rules and regulation regulatlOns regulations regulatlOnsg'ovellung regulationsovemning ; goveimng g'ovellung govellung ovemning ' grazing grazmg dlstlictsDunng districtsDuring districts dlstlicts districtsDuring During Dunng the course of the proceed proceedings proceedings proceedings ings Judge Judgc Johnson was forced to toI toissue toissue toissue I issue a benchanant bench \\anant anant isarmant \ wan ant to secure secureFindley's secureFindley's secureFindleys I IFindey's Findey's Findeys Findley's Findleys ] ' ' appearince appeannce appearsnce in court and andlater andlater I Ilater later oldered oidered attachment attachmcnt and saleof sJ.le sJle sale sJ.leof saleof . of the cattle it if necessary to Insurepayment insure insurepament insurepa3ment pament pa3ment } of the $200 200 $ fine Imposed ImposedPleading imposedPleadmg imposedPleading Pleading Pleadmg guilty to the chargeFindley charge chargeFmdey chargeFmndley Fmdey Fmndley ] \ was ssas as alleged to have grazed grazedappro'Clmately grazedapproximately grazedapproximately appro'Clmately approClmately approximately ' 200 cattle cattJe on the thefedelal thefedemal thefedeial fedelal fedemal lange unge mange without license in indisregard indisregard indisregard disregard of grazing regulationsRecords regulationsRecords regulations regulationsRecords Records in the case show that thatFmdley thatFindley thatFindley Fmdley Findley applied for a license to tograze tograze tograze graze 200 head of cattle in m 1936 1936which 1936which 1936which which application appllcatlon v . ' was 'aas aas as glanted gianted glantedPayment giantedPayment giantedPayment Payment on this license licenseas was \\as as 'isas isas \ ' neverleceived never neverI I ece1\ ece1 eceis ece1ed \ ed however ho hois " e\ e em eer \ er en and therefore thelicense the theHcense thelicense Hcense license was "as as sas " not issued He failed theI tomake to tomake tomake I i make application foi grazing pnvileges pnvi privi pnvileges privileges leges in m the spring sprmg of 1937In 1937In 1937 1937In In August 1937 it was d1sco\ d1sco d1scoered d.iscoiered discoiered d.iscoieredthat discoveredthat . \ ered eredthat that Fmdiey Fmdley Frndley had stock grazing grazmg on onthe onthe onthe the federal range and a trespass trespassnohce trespassnotice trespassnotice nohce notice \ was ugs \ as transmitted to ro him It Itas Itis Itwas \\as as is \ as ascertained ascertamed that he had made madeno madeno madeno no effort to remove the stock or to toapply toapply toapply apply for a license and mvestlga mnvestiga mvestlgatlon mnvestigation investigation tlon tion by the division d1vision of grazing grazingdeeloped grazingdeeloped grazingdeveloped de\eloped de eloped deeloped \ % that he was grazing grazmg 166cattle 166 166cattle 166cattle cattle and 2 horses on the Tiopicunit TloPlc Tiopic TloPlcunit Tiopicunit unit of Utah grazing district No 5with 5 5with 5with with 65 head of the 166 live 11e liie 11\ 11 \ e tocktrailing tock took tocktrallmg tooktrailing ! trallmg trailing to Utah Grazing Grazmg Distnct District DistnctNo DistrictNo DistrictNo No 4 4The 4The The case u " was as referred to the thedivislOn thedivision thedivision divislOn division of ins investigation m\estigatlon m estigatlon \ estigation United UnitedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States department of the intenor interior intenoron interioron interioron on October 5 and after thorough thoroughimestlgatlon thoroughinsestigation thoroughnvestigation imestlgatlon insestigation the matter " was "as as uas turn turned turned turned ed over o\er o er oiey \ to the United Umted States at attorney attorney atomey atomeyTrial torney torneyTrial ; Trial and conviction resulted onFebruary on onFebruary onFebruary February 12 |