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Show Chief Forester Meets With Grazing Board .Heels Willi Alpine, American Fork and licaMiiit (Jnne (Jrnzliig Hoards All of Wmiiii liepiirt a Most Sue cessful Year. Mr. J. F UruliiH was visiting this week the different grnzlng boards who contracted the several sections of forest reserves In this locality. He met with the Alpine board Wednesday, Wednes-day, American Fork Wednesday even. Ing and Pleasant Grove Wednesday afternoon. Thursday he met with the gra7ors lu i'rovo Valley. J. V. Man-will, Man-will, assistant to Mr. Hrulus mid rang, or In charge of tlieac districts, was also present at the meetings. All the cattle mid horse owners were well satisfied with the supervision super-vision this year and nre thoroughly converted to government supervision of the ranges This year Alpine grazed COO head of cnttle and horses and were given permission to ndd f0 more head next year. American Fork this year grnz-ed grnz-ed KtuO and Pleasant Grove 1100 bend These were deemed sufllclent for the area to be grazed and will not be Increased till the feed Justifies It. Ile-sldes Ile-sldes this American Fork grazed lfi.OOO head of sheep and Pleasant Grove 4,000 head. Tho Wasatch district over which Mr. Hruln has supervision grazes 70,000 head of Bheep nnd 15,000 head of cattlo and horses, mid hns more permltees tlinu all the other government govern-ment forest reserves lu Utah. Dur. lug the past ?enr the stock has done remarkably well, particularly so lu Pleasant Grove, where they are reported re-ported to have como out looking better bet-ter than any previous year. Also there wore fewer lossea, fewer killed by bear. Mr. Hruln also gave penults during the past year to cut $20,000 of timber, Hi per cent or which goes to the sup-poit sup-poit or the state schools |