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Show EXCELLENT COOBSE OF llllll i " Forest Ranger Orange A. Olsen has been sclera d or a six , eclcs detail to iln Jiistrici Ot'.icj sign shop !at Ogdeii. lie has been ins'-.-ueted to report for duty at Ogden on January The eleventh session ot the rang-V rang-V er school of the University of Montana Mon-tana will open January 5 anj .continue .con-tinue for twelve weeks. ' Young men expecting to enter the Forest Service will find that an excellent course of instruction is given at the Missoula school. They have now added more courses and 'other special spe-cial work in Grazing 'and; student's will be given an opportunity "of specializing in that branch of forestry.- ... -Ranger Williams reports thai the gnow is now 14 inches deep at Clay Springs and 4 2 inches at the Larson Reservoirs. These - 'measurement's were taken by him at- the time he was repairing the Mayfield-Ernery telephone line. lie states that' "it was impossible to get to the top of the divide at the head of -Muddy reek. On December 9 letters were sent to nine individuals who are reported V as having grazed stock in trespass on the Maivti" Forest the past season. I In each case the premittee has placed a number of unpermitted rams on Iheh Forest after filling his regular permit number with stock sheep. Hereafter the Supervisor is authorized authori-zed to apply a 10 per cent reduction for the first offense, for second of-1 tenses heavier reductions and "or re-' peated offenses cancellation of grazing graz-ing preferences of permittees who place a larger number of stock on the Forest than their permitted ' numbers. I Our grazing allowance letter for( 1921 was received on December 6 22,600 head of cattle and horses and 128,200 head of sheep are authorized authoriz-ed for next season. This is the same mumber authorized for 1920. Five-year-permits for the remainder' of the present five-year term, which expires at the close of the 1923 .grazing ..period, - are authorized be- ginning next year. Term permits will not be issued to non-land-own-I -ets nor' for permittees above the j maximum '. limit. The maximum limit for sheep is 1400 and for cattle lis 140 head. ! Under the new law we are not :.aut,horized to advertise in local papers pa-pers .as hereto relative to the final date, on which grazing applications Will: be received. However each 'permittee will be mailed a notice giving him information, and new ap-! ap-! plicants will have to depend on ( ' getting their information from post-I post-I ed notices. We are not authorize to make any reductions on present sheep per-j mittees for the purpose of making .-.wards Vj new applicants, and individuals indivi-duals w:u secured permits for their sheep o:j a feeding basis who fail to feed their sheep on the" products of their ranches during the winter months will be denied permits for 1921. Mr. Earl V. Storm of the Great Basin Experiment Station left Eph-raim Eph-raim on December 13 to spend the holidays with relatives in Milton, Oregon. It is reported that a bunch of five Elk are wintering in Bill Allred's Canyon North and East of Ephraim. One of the livestock Associations recently asked whether or not the Forest Service would ( divide the moneys collected because ' of tres- 'pass on their range where the asso- ' oiation assisted the Forest Officers in getting the necessary evidence, providing pro-viding the association's part of the fund were spent in making range ''improvements on their grazing unit. 'The assistant to the Solicitor, after j looking the matter over carefully, has advised that the Regulations do not allow of any such procedure. ; Another year the Supervisor is authorized au-thorized to make as much as 10 per 'cent reductions in the permit nuni- ' bers of any permittee who injures the range through mismanagement ' of stock whether damage is due tc shadowing up bedding more than 3 nights, holding stock in one place rail! Ill ilTprrltTVlTMITFITUIinilMFiMirllMnillllMI'MCirMSlll-llll'rililll'linll'lMfM'l'lJllU" until the range is injured, or to improper im-proper salting methods where it can be seen that the range has been damage. All we have to know is who did it. Ranger Olsen reports that on the evening of December 11 a number of the .Fairview sportsmen met and organized or-ganized the Fairview Gun Club. The purpose of the organization is to a'd the protection and propagation of fish and iame.. Any member who J violates the game laws will be sus-! sus-! pended from the club and is liable j to a club fine not' to exceed $50.00. |