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Show APPLICATIONS FOR GRAZING LANDS IN UINTAH The supervisor of the Uintah national fofeat has received letter of authorization from the secretary of agriculture authorizing him to allow the grazing of 19,300 head ot cattle and toreee', atrd 270,106 head of sheep on the Uintah national na-tional forest during tin grazing season of 1000. Tbe Uintah national fomt hai been re-dietrlcted. Whit was formerly district No. 20 Is now No, 1) 10 la now No. 2; 18 la now No. 3j 17 is now No. 4 12 is now No, 5) 11 is now No. 0; 10 is now Noifffl is now No 8;8imow No. 9; 6 and 7 la now No. 10 and 18 and I f i now No. 1, Tile summer grazlijg season will cover the same time as in past seasons. sea-sons. There will bef no changes in the fees charged for cattle and Iiofefed. Beginning with tlid' esison of 1009 the sdpervisor has been authorized auth-orized to approve applications for 5-year, permits; fees to bo paid annually. an-nually. These applications will be subject to ten per cent reduction annually to provide for new grazers. graz-ers. All permits for sheep grazing during the season of 1009, for 1 to 2400 herd will be renewed without reduction in number; all numbers tor 2400 head and over will be reduced re-duced tin par cent. Owing to the fact that tha range within the Uintah national forest is now fully occupied and that it has alrrady been necessary to make heavy reductions on the permittees allowed large bands of sheep, it is not deemed fair to approve tne Applications Ap-plications of new owners who will enter Into the stock business in competition with the present holders hold-ers of permits, except they be bona fide settlers who will feed thrir stock during the winter on the products pro-ducts of the cultivated lands, |