Show mm CATTLEMEN ENTER RANGE PROTEST several cattlemen from this section odthe of the country went to salt lake city to attend the convention of the utah cattle and horse growers association for tle the purpose of entering a protest against the proposed plan 0 of making house rock valley and the sandhills Sand hills into a buffalo and antelope preserve the range in southern utah and northern norbern arizona where thousands of cattle and sheep have previously previous ranged is all being made fiade into parks or national reserves and alie the cattlemen of the section feel tnt ajit atts it 18 high time for them to protect their rights and at least attempt to reserve house ro rock c k v valley al ley and the sandhills Sand hills for range purposes J M macfarlane president of the jhb asso association lalon recently made a trip through this territory and found that the situation had bad become very serious the cattlemen of southern utah and northern arizona are forced to take the stand they are taking because twenty two lions clubs cluba Cham Ch ambera berb of commerce and other organizations of the country are urging that the sand hills and house rock valley be ba made into thir game preserve A large area of the best grazing land was taken away from the stock men when the indian reserve at moccasin and the pipe springs national monument were made this together with the talk of enlarging the kal bab deer preserve have forced the stock owners of the country to action in this section there Is little land that can be brought under irrigation and people depend entirely upon their range for teed feed tor for livestock it if much more land is le taken away and made into iame game preserves tile the men declare it will be int possible impossible tor for them to remain in the business IL at to 1 are preserves national parks and play grounds in the united states but it should not be carried so far as aa to the main industries of tile the country |