Emery County Progress | 1907-01-26 | Page 4 | Sheep Men Don't like It

SHEEP MEN DON LIKE IT gifford pinchot presents president roosevelt s ultimatum regarding forest reserves salt lake city one thousand sheep men representing the immense sheep industry of the western states in convention assembled locked horns with the united states govern ment in the person of gifford pinchot chief forester of the united states de apartment part ment of agriculture who Is here at the head of twenty five government forest reserve agents over the proposition advanced by president hoose velt in his last message to congress of the national government assuming control of the four hundred million acres of grazing lands in the west that message as read by mr pin chot at the convention is as follows that in the judgment of the dent government control of the pub lie range is eventually coming and coming soon that it is right that it should come that the president believes it is for the best interests of the public domain including the livestock men and that it should come soon that as government control of the public range Is one ol 01 the fixed policies of his administration he would be glad to get the advice of this assoria alon and of the american livestock association as to the form it should take tor the best interests of all con berned