Show like Hike in n Grazing Fees In n Prospect for Stockmen Higher grazing fees may be beIn In hi ri prospect for stockmen using the he western ranges Director Marion Marlon Clawson of the bureau of land management said Monday Monlay Mon Mon- day lay at Washington DC D.C. No definite date has yet iet et been made nade for the raise however C stated Cla Clawson son announced that Gerald M. M Kerr 55 will wilt take oMi office e Jan 31 as chief of the bureaus bureau's grazing division His appointment was iwas anno announced Monday by J. J A. A Krug secretary secretary secre- secre tary ary of the interior He will succeed J. J Will Robinson 64 former ormer Utah congressman who Is s retiring Clawson said the question of ofa a hike In grazing fees may mayome come ome up at the next meeting of th he the livestock advisory commit commit- commIttee tee ee at Salt Lake City Jan 17 A few years ago a possible increase in I grazing fees was a ahot ahot alot hot lot issue Clawson said Now in n view yIew of high livestock prices pric- pric es s it Is no longer controversial The bureau and stockmen in general jeneral are more concerned these hese days with preventing tres tres- pass on the range w water a ate t e r improvements and guarding against placing more livestock on the range than itcan Itcan it itcan can feed i The fee was raised two years ago from Sc to Be per head lead of cattle Meanwhile livestock livestock live live- stock prices and federal salares salaries salar- salar ies es and other costs have been going up so that it is not Inconceivable in- in conceivable that another fee increase may be ordered Clawson said the raise if it materializes probably will be effective for the grazing season seas season sea sea- s son n starting May 1 I |