Show GRAZING PRIVILEGES WILL BE EQUALIZED Tho The Plea Pica of ot UIntah Basin Sheep Raisers Rais- Rais 18 ers cis has Hns Been Heeded b by Secretary Secretary Secre Secre- tary Houston of the Department Department Depart Depart- mc ment t of Agriculture Equal grazing privileges In the I Uintah basin forest reserve were promised by the secretary of agriculture agriculture agriculture agri agri- culture D. D A. A Houston to M M. A. A SmIth Smith James A A. Hooper and Robert Jones a a. committee sent by the Uintah UIntah UIn- UIn tah Forest Growers' Growers association an organization of or to WashIngton Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington to protest against the tho restrIctions restrictions restrictions made against sheep grazing Inthe in inthe inthe the reserve and the seeming latitude all allowed wed to cattle growers Our complaint Is th that t the sheep growers have been discriminated against by orest reserve authorities authorities ties said Mr Jones In 1905 1906 before before before be be- fore the reserve was established I sheep and cattlemen had equal grazIng grazing grazing graz graz- ing privileges When the forest au au- authorities authorities took charge they ruled that the sheep would be bo allowed on the range only from July to the last of ot September Cattle were permitted to graze from May to the first of November The explanation made that the sheep injure the grazing grounds Is untrue as much more harm Is 18 wrought by bythe bythe the cattle which destroy more than the they cat Because of this ruling sheep owners have been compelled to mortgage their properties to buy feed for their stock and In many cases have rented spring feeding grounds from the cattlemen after the cattle have been heen moved onto the reserve The of such a system Is slowly ruining the sheep growers and anda a remedy was necessary Mr Houston Houston Houston Hous Hous- ton listened to to our plea pica and agreed with us He lIe promised his assistance and we believe that by the time the reserve opens we will have secured a permit to enter the feeding grounds at the same time timo as the cattle grow grow- ers |