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Show Object to Extension of Reserve. l?he following petition Is beinf, circulated cir-culated for signatures throughout tb'e oounty : IYoh. Reed'Smoot, . U. S. Senate, Vaablngton, D. 0. The uuderslgried oltfze'na of Icon, and .Washington Counties hereby petition pe-tition your aid in negativing before tho Interior department the objeot of acertaiu petition which Iihh boon olrculated uraylng for th extension of tbe Dllo Forest Reserve north to noor tho towu of Jlodoun mid we.it to tbo Nevada Btato lino. . The objections to the petitions for nn exleuBl.in of thp aforesaid forest ro?ervoaro: ' 1st. Thu petition was framed chief ly At tho Instigation of.cattlo rneu, now-afForded nroplo protection by tho reset ve. v " 2nd. Should tho objeotional petition peti-tion prevail it would close to flook', trrustors a very 'necessary Hnd' other-wlso other-wlso praoticRlly usoIobb grazing nr9a, And owing to the ugrioultural land ontrlos mado in tbo KnoaJanto vnlloy, olose tho Bontheru poiut of ingress to tho valley. 3rd. It would enforoo tbo aband on men t nf Mcdenn ns n shearing and dipping point, where from 175,000 to' 200,000 sheep are annually shorn and ' dipped, and ouuBea groat Qumiola! ' .,M'TllfllMaI'flHBSftlMBMM&lHSF5SH ViOi Blioep and wool ItulDBtry, but ta tho community of Mrdono ns well. Wn pmy, therefore, tiiat you oxeit tho Intlucuco of your blub olllco to efFectuully prnteEl nguinat tho objeo-tioDiible objeo-tioDiible petition referred to, and beg to aubsoribe nutselvos aa appreciative ami grateful constituency in advance. . -The abovo Ib being signed by all fihenp mon and wool dealers in tho southern part of the stato who would bo aoriously aifected by an exteueion to tbo Dixie Forest Rosorve. |