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Show IS ARRANGED Forest Service and State of - Idaho Agree on Exchange K. H. llutledge. district forester, and Assistant District Forester R K. Oery. ln charge of the department of lands, forest service. after havinr completed arrangements t'r the ex-Change ex-Change of lands with the state of Idaho, returned to Ogden Wednesday night By the exchange that lias been made and which completes all such land deals, the state of Idaho acquires six consolidated bodies of land lying within but adjacent to the boundaries bounda-ries of the national forests ln Idaho. Of the six bodies of land five ar) valuable only for grazing purposes and iho sixth contains about 100,000.-000 100,000.-000 feet of timber. Heretofore-, Mr. Gen' said, the state lands conslirtlng of sections 10 and 3tj in each township and which wero school lands, were entirely surrounded bv the national forests, making it x-ceedlngly x-ceedlngly difficult for the utate to administer problems In connection with thorn, nnd In many cases to reach them dae to the lack of trails and roadways. This also cut up th.-; forests, he said, making the deal that li is i ii made involving 1 10 000 : acres advisable. A number of protestants were present pres-ent at the meeting held at Boise. They came from Bancroft and Malad City and took the position that the would not receive the same protection from the state ln the jcrazlng of their stociv on the state lands thai they received from the forest service and therefore there-fore protested against the exchange bi Ing made. The state land board expressed the belief that they would bo given tho same protection and promised leg! latlon to that end |