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Show I RULING STIRS UP THE PEOPLE1 i . j Sanpete People Are Divided On The Forest Question- j i j ! Other Important Newsy Articles j FOREST RESERVE POLICY CAUSES DISCUSSIONS When the fact is considered that the people of Castle Valley are both users v of the water and users of the range on J the reserve, and the amount of interest ' being taken in the matter of the recent cut in the number of stock by the people peo-ple of the other side of the hill, it is a I wonder that the people here do not take I some action one way or the other in the j matter. j When the cut was announced the sheepmen got busy and by petitions ! and sending delegations to the forest i officials and to Washington made a j most vigorous protest against the cut. j They have been at work for some time. : Now the farmers have held a meeting ! and are going after the sheepmen and sanding a protest after their petition. Their meeting was held at Ephraim and the report of it reads as follows: "Ephraim, Jan. 15. The Sanpete Equitable Forest Reserve Grazing association asso-ciation met in the Ephraim Opera house yesterday afternoon and evening, a large represen cation of the farmers and cattlemen cat-tlemen being in attendance. The object of this meeting was to protest against the action of the sheepmen in circulating circulat-ing a petition against the action of the department of agriculture and forest service in ordering a reduction of sheep and cattle upon the Manti national forest. for-est. ( During the early history of the Manti national forest it was urged, the grazing graz-ing privileges were monopolized by the sheepmen and until about one year ago when the farmers met in this city in convention con-vention to protest against this unjust allotment. The forest officials were invited in-vited to come, and about the 28th day of May, 1910, Henry S. Greaves, chief forester, Washington, D. C, met with the people in convention in this city, and also made a trip to the canyon to view the damage done by floods; later Mr. Fern, assistant superintendent of grazing, came upon the forest during the months of July and August and spen twenty days in riding the forest and examining ex-amining conditions, and after his return and upon his recommendations and other forest officials', this reduction was recommended. rec-ommended. A reduction of 15 per cent on sheep above 200 and 10 per cent on cattle above 20 head. On account of this cut, committees were appointed by the sheepmen and each town was can-vessed can-vessed and many people, not knowing the object and purpose of the cut, were induced to sign said petition. The farmers in their convention yesterday yes-terday denounced the action of the sheepmen in circulating said petition and endorsed the action of James Wilson, Wil-son, secretary of agriculture and the forest service in general. The association yesterday adopted the following resolutions: Be it resolved, first, that it be the sense of this meeting that we heartily endorse and approve the directions and orders contained in the letter dated November 28, 1910 and addressed to Forest For-est Supervisor C. L. Smith, Ephraim, Utah, and signed by E. A. Shearman, district forester. That we heartily endorse en-dorse the said letter in every feature and in every detail and recognize that it is drafted along and pursuant to the proper lines and consistent with the best interest of the great masses of the people residing in the valleys adjacent ad-jacent to the Manti national forest. Second, that we denounce the methods meth-ods employed to procure signatures of farmers and residents to a certain petition peti-tion addressed to the Hon James Wilson, Wil-son, secretary of agriculture, Washington, Washing-ton, D. C. |