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Show Krug Sees Brighter Future FutureFor FutureFor For Grazing ServiceThe Service ServiceThe The problem of fees for graz grazIng grazrng grazing Ing rng districts is now nearer def del defmIte delmite defmite mIte settlement than at any anyt t me duringthe duringi durmg .the the . , the 13 years since sincethe sincethe sincethe the passage of the Taylor graz grazmg grazrng grazing mg rng act 1J iJ LI A Krug secretary secretaryof of the interior mterlor stated last week weekm weekin weekin m in a press conference at Salt SaltLake SaltLake SaltLake Lake City Just before adJourn adJournrnent adjournbent adjournment rnent bent congress passed the Bar Barrett Barrett Barrett rett bill Krug stated whIch whIchprovIdes whichprovides whichprovides provIdes for a different dlstrlb distrib dlstrlbuhon distribution distnbution uhon ution of the receipts from feesfrom fees feesfrom feesfrom from grazing grazmg lands admmlster administer administered admmlstered ed by the bureau of land man management management management agement The bill makes aVail aVailable available available able a larger percentage of ofgrazing ofgrazing ofgrazing grazing receipts to fmance finance fmancegrazing financegrazing financegrazing grazing adminlstrat admlnlstrat administrat onT4Ie onLie on onT onie T4Ie Lie T -ie ie - new act provides that 2 2a 2aper 2oper ; ) per ' cent C'ent of the fees collected collectedI collectedwill collectedwill I will be used for range Improve Improvements improvemeats improvements ments meats 12 121 % per cent of the re remainder I ImaInder Imainder maInder WI will ! be returned to thel thelstate the thestate thestate state and the remaining por portlon portion portion tlon tion of the fees will go into mto porI the thefederal thefederal thefederal I federal trea treasury ury and thus be beavaIlable beavailable beavailable avaIlable for appropriations to topay topay topay pay those costs of admimstra administra admimstratlon administratron administration tlon tron which should be borne by byhte bylate byhte hte late livestock industry mdustry the sec secretary secretary secretary retary saIdThe saidThe said saidThe The Barrett bl bill ! cuts from 50 50per 50per 50per per cent to 12V- 12V 12'f 12f 12,6 126 12Vper 12,6per ' . ' , - per 12er cent the theamounts theamounts theamounts amounts turned over to dIStriCt dIStriCtadvIsory districtadvisory districtadvisory advIsory boards in m Utah to be beexpended beexpended beiexpended expended for lange Iange range Improve Improvements improvements improvements improvementsKrug ments mentsKrug Krug said the passage of the theBarrett theBarrett theBarrett Barrett bill representb tepresenh represents the fIrst fIrstprmclpal firstprincipal firstprincipal prmclpal principal step m in putting mto into mtoeffect intoeffect intoeffect effect the plan worked out outJomtly outjointly outjointly Jomtly jointly last fall by ReL Rex Re\ Re Rem ' \ . L Nlch Nich Nlcholson Nicholson Nicholson olson at that t me a special as asslstant assistant assistant slstant sistant of the secretary and andrepresentatives andrepresentatives andrepresentatives representatives of the llvestock livestock llvestockmdustry livestockindustry livestockindustry mdustry industry The Nichol&on Nicholon Nichohon Nicholson & plan plancontemplates plancontemplates plancontemplates contemplates an increase mcrease m in mgrazmg ingrazing ingrazing grazmg grazing fees from live five cents to toeIght toeight to'eight toeight ' eIght cents per cow month H It Halso Italso Italso | also recommended that 70 per percent percent percent cent of the administrative costsl costslare costs costsare ) | are chargeable to the l1vestock livestock l1vestockIndustry livestockindustry livestockindustry livestockindustryCongress Industry IndustryCongress Congress before adJourn adJournment adjournment adjournment ment provided a total of $698 698 $698000 698000 $ 000 for field administration admmlstratlon for forthe forthe forthe the grazing grazmg service Th s b is i e\ e epected e ex"ected exected ' \ . pected " to provide a district gra Izier I zler and a clerk for every graz grazmg grazing grazing mg ing district although approxi approxr approximatelv approxrmately approximatelv matelv mately 10 of the 60 districts w 11 11have 11have 11have have to be consolidated for ad admInistration administration administration mInistration with others ThIs ThIsstaff Thisstaff Thisstaff staff will wIIl be able to do essen essentlal essential essential tlal tial adjudication and g ve ye gen general general general eral supervision but will have haveI havelIttle havelittle havelittle lIttle time for extensive fIeld fIeldwork fieldwork fieldwork I work on trespass and other otherrange otherrange otherrange I otherI range admmlstI admimstiation administration atlOn However HoweverI Howeverbecause Howeverbecause Howeverbecause because fees collected will mah.e mahe make mah.ethe makethe makethe . I , the administration admlmstratIon essentially essentiallyself essentiallyself essentiallyself self supporting by ne next t year It ItIS itis itis IS expected that congress will willprovIde willprovide willprovide provIde for adequate adm ms nrs mstratIon nrstration nistration tratIon based on the NIChol NICholson Nicholson Nicholson son report the secretary be belleves believes lleves lieves |