OCR Text |
Show EXCHANGE OF I LANDS OPPOSED Users of Cache Forest Fighting Transfer By-State By-State Board MALAP. Idaho, AJrll 13 A determined deter-mined fitfiu la being m tde by fh- users us-ers of land In the Cache forest reserve to prevent the state land hoard from selecting lands In the reserve for exchange ex-change for state lands in other reserves re-serves The proposed exchange. It Is declared, declar-ed, would place the state lands In compact com-pact bodies and would eliminate from the reserves state ownership of two sections in each township In the re-I serve Malad valley users of the Cache reserve re-serve have prepared petition which i will be circulated among the users of district No. 12 of th Caene forest reserve, re-serve, which Includes stock owners In Malad valley, Marsh valley and Cache I I' v Thcro are about 400 ranchers who grabc stock on this portion of of the reserve. The territory in controversy con-troversy comprises some of the best grazing land In the state. An appeal ha-s been made by the stockmen to the governor, and that official of-ficial suggests that a thorough examination exami-nation be made by an unbiased committee com-mittee which would take into consideration consid-eration the best interests of Idaho and its citizens. The stockmen hero feel that it Is un- I fair to eliminate valuable land from ! the Cache reserve In exehange for state land elsewhere. While the deal j would undoubtedly bo to the advantage advant-age of the slate, they claim that it would be a great Injury and Injustice to stockmen to have this large bod' of valuable rrrazinir land heennie Alain i school land, to be administered by the state land board .State Land Commissioner I. H. Nash contends that In thi exchanges that art being made, he Is endeavoring to make the best possible selections for the state, keeping In mind that th lieu selections are made In the intei-esls intei-esls of the public schools, and not for any Individual Mr. Nash says that it always has been the policy where select Ions of compact bodies have been made to oi-l ganlbe grabing associations and lease the land to those associations, bearing ln mind the present users and providing provid-ing that they ahull have a preference right for grazing privileges. Mr. Nash adds that the slate either Will have to select lands that will be valuable and revenue-bearing for the) benefit of the public schools of the state In the face of opposition, or select se-lect lands which are undesirable and worthless, over which no contention i will be raised. |