Show ELATED V OVER OUTCOME OF TRIP CONFERENCE BETWEEN SHEEP SHEE MEN AND GRAZING CHIEF IN MEN AND GRAZING CHIEF Strained Relations Amicably Adjusted and arid Several Perplexing Questions Satisfactorily Settled District Forester Clyde Leavitt As Assistant Assistant Assistant Forester Forestor L F Kneipp of Wash Washington WashIngton ington D U C and District Grazing Chief Chloe H B E Fenn have returned from their meetings with Idaho sheep shoop men anti and report a most moat successful trip Conferences were held at Shoshone and Boise and tho the matters discussed consisting largely largel ot of o the grazing ng of sheep in the forests of that section were amicably settled The officials are arc elated over the outcome of or the meetings as the relations between the tho I forest service and the sheep men of western Idaho have been somewhat strained of or late hate a condition which has now been happily eliminated by those t Involved getting together and establishing lishing a more friendly acquaintance than has heretofore existed The Tue meeting at January JanuaryS 8 S and fi I f was attended by 4 U 1 out of or the 17 47 owners who graze their sheep on tho the Sawtooth range In other words a majority of the thi owners of sheep I were present at the tho conference and an as assisted assisted In settling the several perplex perplexing ing questions at hand A local lo al asso asio association was formed formell which TV will ill be bo known as the Sawtooth Wool Growers with Barlow Ferguson of Hall as president and Charles Coon as secre secretary tary tar I After perfecting the organization tion an advisory board of five members was appointed consisting of Fred i ed W r Good GoodIng Gooding Gooding Ing Dr II IVI S Bettis Hugh Charles Owens Ow ns and Jake Jako Rolfson The I second session was taken up Ill with the I deliberations of the new hoard board The T forest officials stated their thou ideas on Ott the different matters assuring tho the sheep sheen men that It was the tho policy of the tho V service to 10 foster and protect the in industry and in every ever eer way wa iua lend len assist assistance assistance assistance ance They Thoy Tile denied the tite allegation that the advisory boards appointed at form former er meetings at Mountain Home and Welser had been Ignored and stated that lint all boards of a similar nature I would be given every attention pos lios i s sible V VV V Having come to a better belter understand understanding ing lug regarding the Intents and Ind purposes of or the service the sheep men cre not slow In reciprocating h hi lii friendliness ness with the result that t tat all the mat matters tots under tinder discussion were w re practically settled avoiding tho th necessity of or an all appeal to Washington D Ii C CIt Ct V VIt It t was practically agreed to she give sheep owners a n five year rear lease of the lie range Instead of one year yeat as horde fore Core that tha t is an au assurance that hat the th contracts would woul he renewed from year roar lo to year ear with a guarantee that no ito re ue reduction r ducLion In allotment would be marIe made during the five years greater greatel than one of 10 per cent In any an single year yeal eau There have been cuts cults made malic as high as aR 15 per cent and antI even 20 per pel cont cent All Ai permits fOI for grazing above wore were NO cut cult 10 per pel cent All between and were vere cut 7 12 per Cent tent and all between 2500 and were cut 5 per cent No reductions were made maele below helow 2500 Thus TInts all allotments wore ivore practically decided upon except a few fow minor decisions which were wore left lert for settlement when wion the board hoard and tho the forest AI supervisors could visit certain districts and ascertain the exact con existing there Five now new class A owners or oi begin hogin beginners beginners ners were wore admitted to the Sawtooth range rane and anti allotments arranged aggregating aggregating aggregating gating It fl is to provide for and protect these latter luttel owners that the tue cuts above mentioned are made Upon January 11 and 12 a meeting was as held at Boise at which practically practical the same results wore accomplished as in the case ca e of the tho Sawtooth Sa tooth range Various matters under discussion wore were settled to tho the satisfaction of all con concerned concerned concerned A meeting of tho the men fluell of or orthe I the lie Payette forest will be bo held lucId at Emmett Idaho on the of January Januar lo to organize a local association and aud audone andOne one will be hold held at Boise Bolso upon the tho The forest owners arc are also for a meeting In the near future |