Show YOUR GRAZING FEES there are so many users of the national forests in iron county that whatever affects them personally has las a great influence on the whole county so natu raly everyone will be e glad to know that the grazers glazers have lave been given until august in in which to pay their grazing fees the grazers glazers are sadly in need of this leniency on the part of the government ern ment in this connection it might make some bf the grazers glazers feel still better about having to pay grazing fees if they knew just how the money is expended after uncle sam gets hold of it in the first place 25 per cent of it one dollar out of every four and mind you is turned back to the county in which the forest is located to be divided between the roads and the schools of the county close to one hundred thousand dollars was secured by the state for schools and roads out of this fund last year this money is spent by the county itself on its schools and roads in the way its officials see fit to spend it another slice ten per cent is spent on the roads of the forest in which the fees are collected this ten per cent is opening the forests to auto travel and making available to the world the valuable forest products mineral deposits and the priceless scenic marvels locked away among the mountains of the west of the remaining sixty five per cent of the fees the greater part goes for fire protection on the forests this expenditure saves the nation millions of dollars each year that would otherwise go up in smoke besides fire protection forest money is also spent on corrals and drift fences ec es and to develop springs for the use of grazers glazers gra some of the rest goes to exterminate lions coyotes and cats that prey on the stock the grazer who has looked up the spending of this mon money taken from him annually will come to realize realize that itis it is spent for his benefit it is is an investment in his bubines as a stock grower and not merely a tax for the support of the government the home owner and citizen with the medium sized lierd herd of stock is parti particularly fortunate in holding a grazing cr right outside of the forests these men are soon crowded off the range by large corporations some of them controlled oled by the packers but the forest service protects these smaller holders who are residents of settlements near the forest and so helps build up the nearby communities so your grazing fee sir air graz er is is merely an investment that will bring you a return in due time and not a wicked seizure of your cash by a cruel government |