Show ARIZONA'S BIG RANGE BADLY OVERSTOCKED I j Sheep and Cattle Men Approve Government Control as Best Remedy Inspector Benedict of 01 the forest serIce service service ser ser- vice Ice who has recently returned from froman an extended trip through the Arizona strip reports a rather peculiar condition condition condition condi condi- tion of ot affairs there thero In regard to the live stock business Mr Air Bene Benedict let says sas that this range ranle which consists of 01 over two million acres acie of ot grass and white sago salO lands suitable for cattle the year ear roun round and for Cor sheep during the winter has suffered more from Crom o over grazing than any range e of or similar character he tie has ever seen It has been used for tor a cattle range for tor tormore more than 10 40 years ears and by sheep for Cor 15 years and has been grossly overstocked overstocked over over- stocked by both boLh kinds of ot stock for tor the thelast thelast last ten year years From ten to twenty thousand cattle use the range throughout the tho year rear an and during tho the winter It supports from 76 to sheep so that no part parl of 01 tho the ran range go ever ha has an opportunity to recuperate As s a result neither the I or tho cattlemen can bring stock through the winter In good gond condition condition condition con con- and ns os neither is Js able to drive e the other off tho the range us would bo ho bothe I Ithe the case caso It If the sheep could stay on the range ranle tho year or If the tho cattlemen cattlemen cattlemen cattle cattle- men could control all the tho water during the winter sinter both tho sheep an and cattlemen cattlemen cattle caUle- men mn have come como to the conclusion that tho only mod rE for tor or the present condition condition condition condi condi- tion Is to have the government ICo take complete charge charKo and fix the rights of 01 tho the antI and enforce proper methods moth moth- of or handling the sheep an and cattle so that the range can recover Its former Cormer fertility an and permit the stock to thrive |