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Show FOR WATER PROTECTION To Insure protection to the headwaters head-waters of tho Logan river tho committee commit-tee on health of the Commercial-Boosters Commercial-Boosters club Is trying to secure legislative leg-islative action that will reserve from granglng lands township 14, This township covers tlio land surrounding Beaver Creek and Logan river, at the head of Logan canyon. Evpry year, it Is claimed, this land is turned over for grazing purposes resulting In a contaminated con-taminated stream from the cattle and sheep, grazing there. The commltteo wants the legislature to seo that this land is no longer leased within a dls-, tance of one mile from tho Logan river riv-er and the Beaver creek. To further keep tho land from grazing graz-ing purposes, tho Stato Land Board will bo asked to rofuso any leasing of the part of that township that touches onto tho rivers Indicated. Another An-other means contemplated to koop this land Intact from grazers is to get tho government to withdraw tho land Into the Cache Forest reBorvo. Ono of tho plans, It Is confidently believed by tho commlttoo In charge, will be successful. |