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Show SHEEPMEN SEE J BETTER TIMES W C. N. Woods of Forest Ser- ll I vice Says Idaho Situa- J f tion Improves. Stockmen engaged In th sheep industry in-dustry or- taking A more optlmlrt Ic view of that Industry. This was the romensu of opinion among the pron -I incnt woolgrowen of Idaho that at- LA tended the lectins at Shoshoni r- recently of the sawtooth VPoolgro- k era' association according to I Woods, ox'.iistant district forester. M S. Benedict, supenjsbr of the Baw-i.,oti Baw-i.,oti national forest also attended the meeting. The war finance corporation has aided the stockmen to a considerable extent. It was said at the meeting, but it was also pointed out that many 1 stockmen were so heavily Involved that they wore unable to take advantage advant-age of the offers of the v.ar finance corporation because they were unable to put up the prill -edged security demanded de-manded by the bankers' that act as middle men between the stockmen ana the war finance corporation. The aid offered bj the war finance . orporatlon has strengthened the cat-tic cat-tic and the sheep market but tne .heep market has derived more benefit bene-fit it was said. Sheep aro commanding command-ing almost as good j.rlrcs at present as received before the war and this IS noi the case with cattle. That the stockmen engaged In rals ft. I nB both cattle and sheep are Still in L financial BtraltS, is indicated, accord- m n. to Mr. Wood by statements re- Wt celved from all supervisors In the na- K llonal forests of district four, which Br how that on Decemher 81. 1821, there WC as due for gracing fees on the natlon- Wf - ft forests approximately $90,000 from m approximately .ooo permltees grazing rfe slock on the national forests. Thc IE fees, he said, were due to the govrn- h men't on December 1, 1921. and he IT added that 11 per cent of the grazing mt fees for the 1921 season were unpaid Wa -presenting about 13 per cent of the E permittees that had not paid up. |