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Show who are most concerned. The solo object of the forest service In admin isterlng the grazing business on tho national forests Is to han.lle this business busi-ness In such a way as to bo frr tho best permanent g.Iod of the largest 1 number of people. Thus the Intorest ( of tho service in this regard is McntK. cal with that of the stockmen as a whole, and thero Is no rensnn why complete agreement should nnt bo reached if the two parties latcreatel will only get together and discuss matters mat-ters In "a friendly way, as was don at the Kern merer meeting. The forest for-est service has already demonstrated l ha'. It Is willing to meet the stool,, men half way on this proposition, and in a great many instances during tho (past four months the stockmen hao also shown that they are willing to take the same attitude." BACK FROM' . KEMMERER WY0MIN6 ' DISTRICT FORESTER AND ASSISTANT ASSIST-ANT GRAZING CHIEF. Organization of Wool Growers' of That Section Completed Great Work Being Accomplished. District Forester Clyde Lcavitt and Assistant Grazing Chief A. C. McCain returned-from Kemmerer, Wo., yes- j terday, whero they went to assist In j the organization of a local wool growers' grow-ers' association for that section. The two forest officials -were joined by Su- , pervisor John Raphael of the Wyoming Wyo-ming national forest, stationed at Af ton. and met In conference with forty-one forty-one sheep owners of that diitrlct. This number out of a total of fifty-eight sheepmen who graze their Hocks on the Wyoming forest was a representative representa-tive attendance, and a number of important im-portant details of co-operation were worked out by discussion. The organization formed will be j known as the Wyoming Xatlonal Forest For-est Wool Grow'ers' association, of which the following officers were elected: elect-ed: President, Joseph C. Kinney, of Cokeville; Ice president. Parley Anderson, An-derson, of Border; secretary-treasurer, Frank Pfeiffer, of Kemmerer. The following were r-hnsen nlso ns .in a.l- stocked, and in order to provide for new men it Is necessary to reduce tho permits of tho older users of the forest, for-est, many of whom have large holdings hold-ings of ranch property and have used the' range continuously during a long period of years. The moral right of these men to every possible consideration considera-tion is fully recognized by the service. However, the necessity of making provision pro-vision for new men, in order to assist In assuring the maintenance of their homes, is also recognized. It Is felt, therefore, that reductions on the older users should be gradual, and that these reductions should be mado only to provide for tho small nearby settler who actually needs the range In order to assure the maintenance of his home. The number of sheep at which such men may be started with permits on tho Wyoming forest has beet set at COO. Prol.-lon Is made for gradually Increasing thpse men up to 1.500 head or a one-herd basis. The establishment establish-ment of this protective limit of 1,500 head Is held to define who may be considered as a class 'A' beginner. In other words, a man who ow ns more j than 1,500 head is not considered a1 "small" owner, and the assignment of range pn the forest Is not essential to the maintenance of his home. Tho service does not feel Justified In cutting cut-ting down the ol.Ir users to provide range for men the maintenance of whose homes Is already assured. "By at once eliminating from consideration con-sideration the non-holders of Improved ranch property, the men who winter their sheep on the desert instead of feeding them on the products of their ranches, and the larger owners of sheep, the complexity of the problem confronting the advisory board was greatly reduced. Of course, the men whose applications for permits were not approved naturally feel disappointed. disappoint-ed. This, however, was Inevitable In view of the fact that only a very small percentage of the applications could I V. 1 . . I. n Thn r. A i.l rrt t-x . board gave full consideration to every man's claim for consideration, most of the applicants being present either personally or by representatives. "The next meeting of the association associa-tion will be held at Cokeville. Wyo. Dec. 1. The Uintah County Wool Growers' association will also hold Its regular annual meeting at the sam timo and place. At that time will bo considered the advisability of merging the two associations Into one, since the membership of the two associations associa-tions consists to a very considerable extent of tho same men. and some of them foel that the maintenance of two organizations Is unnecessary. At the December meeting will be received the report of the advisory board on the condition of the range in the Wyoming Wyo-ming foresL It is expected that tho I board will make a personal Investigation Investiga-tion of range conditions at tho end of the grazing season In company with I the supervisor. On the basis of the I information thus derived will be de-I de-I terminal the number of sheep to be allowed on the forest during tho following fol-lowing year. It 1 expected that the co-operatlon between the forest service and the stockmen thus inaugurated on the Wyoming forest will result in a vast amount of good to both parties vlsory board: Frank C. Man, Llge Chrlstonsen, Frank Stoner and P. W. Olson of Cokeville, and M. N. Hill, of Big Piney. There were 207,000 sheep grazed on tho Wyoming national forest last year. A grazing allowance, however, of 200.-000 200.-000 was issued by the secretary ot agriculture ag-riculture for the current season, and it was this fact, together with various other questions which made advisable a conference with the forest officials. In speaking of the meeting and what had been accomplished through tho organization of the sheepmen's association. asso-ciation. Forester Lcavitt said. "The supervisor had received applications appli-cations for 170,000 head of sheep more than the number authorized by tho secretary of agriculture. Room for but 3,000 of these could be mado by the admission of five new claas 'A' beginners begin-ners at 600 head each. In sifting out these applications and deciding upon which ones should be approved the following principles were observed: "First Preference should be given to the owners of Improved ranch property. prop-erty. This Is for the reason that the property owners are the men who are most interested In tho country and its permanent welfare, and are" building build-ing It up. "Second-Prcference should also be given to the stockman who feeds his sheep during tho winter on the products pro-ducts of bis ranch, rather than to tho one who winters his ptock on the desert. des-ert. This Is for the reason that the man who Is building up the country should be favored, and In many cases the development of ranch property is Impracticable unless the owner can market his hay by feeding It to stock. At the low rates per ton and tho uncertainty un-certainty of being able to sell on the market, many ranches could not be maintained except by feeding the produce pro-duce to sheep during the winter. In order to make this possible, summer range niuel be provided and many ranches are so located that this can only be secured on the national forests. for-ests. The owners of such ranches are the ones whom the forest service Je-slres Je-slres to aid in every way postdble.- "Thlrd The range la already fully , |