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Show NO MISTAKE MADE. That no mlKtaHe was made In bringing bring-ing the district headquarters of tho forest service to the west Is made evident evi-dent in a statement sent out by the forest Bervice people, which declares that the removal has had the oKect of bringing tne users of tho national forests in much closer touch .with tho policies of tho service. This' Is particularly partic-ularly txue of tho stock owners, and Is borne out by tho organization during the past few months of many local livestock association, for the purpose pur-pose of co-operating with the forest service in the administration of tho grailng lands within the national for-oste. for-oste. It is tho desiro of the forest officers to profit by the experience of tho stocMmen, and meet their wishes In making range allotments Just as far as posslblo. This .can be9t bo accomplished ac-complished through such livestock associations as-sociations as aro being organized. Through an advisory' board consisting consist-ing of five members appointed by tho members of each association, as provided pro-vided under the national torest regulations, regu-lations, the stockmen are consulted with regard to any contemplated action ac-tion on the part of the forest service in all matters relating to the grazing of livestock on the national forests. Not only aro stockmen given an opportunity op-portunity to be heard on all questions affecting the use of the range, but the advisory boaid, as their repreeenla-tlve, repreeenla-tlve, also, accompanies tho Torest officers of-ficers on their annual Inspection of the range, and on tho ground suggest needed changes which would result In the Improvement and moro conservative con-servative use of the range Tho experience of the forest service is that the stockmen are more than anxious to make tho host possible use of tho range, and by reason of their experience and knowledge of local conditions, con-ditions, are ablo to suggest tho proper prop-er methods of range management which should be carried out under forest service supervision. Through the advisory board the Ideas of th stockmen are presented In concrete form affecting the forest as a wholq which enables the forest olhcers to acf more comprehensively than if sugges Hons were offered individually. Thus far the results of the plan have been mo9t gratifying to both stockmen and forest officers, and as a consequence a better understanding than ever before be-fore exists on both sides. The forest ollicors of "District No. 4," with headquarters at Ogden, have progressed rapidly toward tbe adjustment adjust-ment of the grievances of the stockmen stock-men using tho national forests within with-in tho district. At the present time there aro twenty active local livestock associations, of which ten have been organized in southern Idaho, where heretofore tho greatest complaint has existed against the forest service administration. |