Show Uintah Stockmen Oppose 2 Year Priority Ruling D District Representatives at Salt Lake Meet Favor Year Year Five Priority Rule for Range Use Favor Land Qualified by Loca Loca- Location Loca- Loca Location Location tion Utah advisory board representatives tives S voted support to t one new reg- reg regulatIon reg urged by b the division or of grazing officials and voted down another after a day spent In de- de debate debate de debate bate at the state conference of the tho advisory board held In Salt Lake Monday Two other proposals ad- ad advanced ad advanced t ty toy y the officials were ap- ap approved proved without serious debate Approved was the proposal to grant gront preference to the land quail quail- Qualified qualified fied fled by location In relation to the range and voted down was the Oregon rule to she glue partial grazing graz- graz grazing graz grazing ing privileges on the basis of per per- permits permits per permits mits granted by the forest service The attack on the location rule sas as led by S M Jorgensen Salina pr president ident of the Utah ers ers association and by S H n An- An Anderson Anderson derson An-derson derson Salt Lake stockman who has been grazing on the Nevada strip from from a base basc property In We- We Weber We Weber ber county F R n Carpenter United States director of grazing advanced the tho arguments and explanation In fa- fa faor fa favor a- a avor vor or of the proposed modifications in grazing division rules where he proposed as a basis for foi the first pel permanent manent permits which will be issued under the Taylor act When we make these rules wr WI want to make them good ones Mr Mr Carpenter declared In Ins full discussion of or the points ad- ad advanced ad advanced T A Walters secretary of the Interior served as chairman of the meetings Early In Inthe inthe Inthe the da day he threw the discussions open In departure from rules for for- formerly for formerly merly announced to all aU men in- in interested interested In Interested In grazing whether or not ere were members of advisory boards During the day addresses were delivered ered to the stockmen by b Sen- Sen Senator Senator Sen Senator ator Elbert D Thomas Thoma and Representative Abe Murdock Regarding the forest permit rule Mr Carpenter announced that the division had deemed It advisable I to abandon Its former position would not allow forest per per- perI I mUs to be used in lieu of leased or patented property In the securing securing se- se securing or curing of grazing permits He said saidI such a n harsh rule had been op- op opposed opposed op opposed posed In other states as It subs sub sub- sub st I st s was opposed here on the grounds that It would could v disorganize I the grazing Industry In the state Neither he said was the graz- graz grazing grazing graz grazing ing ion division willing to grant the forest permit holders full rights equal to those of ot the th lessees or landowners for the reason that that would permit them to pyra- pyra pyramid pyra pyramid mid one government subsidy on another As Aa a result the director proposed the rule used In Oregon which would gl grant giant ant forest use of the public domain under the Taylor act which would be equal to the limit t of the grazing time permitted on the particular range minus the number of months of o grazing they were already allowed In the forest service permits The proposal was defeated by bya bya a vote ate of six districts against two Three dissenting districts offered variations on the Oregon rule All districts except No 8 noted I for the year two-year priority rule which grants preference to properties which were dependent on the th- range for their year round operations for two too consecutive years preceding I ling lag ing June Ju e 28 1934 or for any sany an three years In the same period District I Ne 8 recommended a year five five ear e-ear prIority rule I The mooted change in the preference preference preference rules which would land dependent by location and use one class higher than land de- de dependent dependent de dependent pendent b by bs use only v was as to take the place of the rule which ranked dependency cy t near near near near- nearer near near-cr er and nearest heretofore used Mr Carpenter explained Mr Jorgensen and Mr 1 Ander- Ander Anderson son Ander-son son contended that the location element would ruin who were In the habit of trailing sheep from summer range In northern Utah to winter whiter range in the Ne- Ne Nevada Nevada Ne Nevada vada strip Mr Anderson declared that If the Nevada ordered a cut it would tend to wipe sipc out R a investment In land on which he paid taxes I abandoned my dependency by byuse byuse use UC In Utah district No 1 before this act was as passed and established b by use In f said Mr An Anderson Now It if I amnot am amnot not granted an allotment In Ne- Ne vida Ne-vida lda because of ot this location rule Continued on pa page e four If UINTAH STOCKMEN 1 F TWO TWO-I EAR PRIORITY RULE KULE Continued from page one one I can I regain my dependency by lo- lo location location lo location cation In Utah I am only one of I I many men In this situation I IThe The question started a two hour two argument in which Director Car Car- Carpenter Carpenter Car Carpenter penter explained that Mr two two-houri Ander Ander- Anderson Anderson Anderson son could only get back in th first preference class through trad- trad trading Ins trad-Ins In ing for or buying land rand which had both kind of dependencies The fairness ness of this rule was as attacked by ny y Mr MT Jorge and other representatives who trail stock long distances and was up- up held upheld by representatives from dis- dis districts districts dis districts who ho charged that the trail trail- trailers trail trailers ers were responsible for the over over- overstocking overstocking overstocking stocking of oC the range I In the final vote ate Mr Anderson s a 1 district No 1 recommended the abandonment of the location rule I and district No 3 rEcommended Zits Its modification by requiring ran ran- ranchers ranchers ran ranchers chers with location dependencies be forced to participate te by 50 per percent percent percent cent In any cut in allotments I A new note was struck In thee the conduct of grazing district af- af affairs af affairs fairs faire by Mr Carpenters s announcement announce announce- announcement announcement I af-I ment and the board members ap- ap 1 ap approval pro proal olaf of a rule permitting ranch I owners to ch chin e their privileges on the range from one prop to another as as the property was as as ae rich or 1 rich rich- richer richer richer er in feed value balue as the one for which It was substituted The I pris- pris e would be granted he said to qualified lessees who ho had originally I fied fled leased property for grazing rights The meeting was WitS attended by I approximately persons interested Inter Inter- Interested Interested ested problems In the sta states te s grazing lems I attention A protest brought to the atten atten- tion of Mr Walters against vin n alleged abandonment of the range Improvement program for the sake of the range sun survey surrey ey was discussed con conferences r bet between een the assist assist- pm ts secretary me the iwo t two I congressional congressional al representatives and A S n I Democratic national I IOn On the floor of oC the conference Mr Walters denied that there had been any Intention or Of Ih a the improvement ement program and added if any mistake had been made It would be admitted and rectified I Further conferences on the sub sub- sub subject were in prospect for Tuesday I Both Senator Thomas and Rep Rep- Representative Representative e Mur Murdock oCk offered their services and interest In behalf half of the praised stockman s problems and ed the open discussion s is s the democratic satisfactory way av of reaching a sat sat- sat conclusion to the range allotment 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