Show AND AT WAR OVER FOUST HANCE 7 emery and a ad counties are on tho the verse verge ot of war with uncle sam as ag referee ret ereg the trouble Is over the grazing rights ot of tho the manti forest reserve re gently ebuy the government forest service decided to cut tho number of sheep on the reservation iron fro if 2003 to immediately there arose from the sheep men of county a protest that echoed in washington and government experts camo came to utah to investigate two reasons vero were given by ly tle forest service tor for making the cut one was war that tho the grass was insufficient for tho the larger number and the other was that tho the larger larrer flocks interfered with tho the watershed ater shed ana and caused floods in emory emery county government officials first visited hanif and consulted with the sheep mon who ho made representations to the effect that the range was sufficient for tho the sheep which have been allowed on the reservation in the past they also attempted to convince the gove government reut authorities that the flocks did no damage to the watershed vatere hed the officials decided to take as hafnal final the judgment of the sheep men regarding the range but decided that tho the farm era drs downin emory should be consult ed regarding the hoods floods accordingly the seat of investigation was waa transformed to emery county and the farmers of many localities were called into consultation the result of the investigation among the farmers showed that flood floods from the reserve were not infrequent and often kuisas disastrous after spending several weeks con ducting the investigation in the two counties the officials armed with ith evidence submitted from both sides hao departed for washington and the final decision Is now up to the bead head of the service |