Show RAMBLING THOUGHTS OF A by frank silvey r A number of people ask the rim rocker how he be thinks the taylor grazing act is going to pan out I 1 do not know but I 1 hope it will be of great benefit to all interests if carried out as planned at washington although though I I 1 differ with nith some of the plans for instance it is a mistake as I 1 see it id to set up two sets of 0 administrators of our ranges as we now have it the forest service service and i taylor grazing act should be under one head as there will always be a i conflict until they are consolidated mild and administrated all along the line down to the range riders on a cooper 1 active basis under ono one administrative head by all means place local administrators istra tors and range riders in charge who are practical men and an know na ture and local conditions that means then rhen elected or appointed from each grazing district that knows their business and are in a measure willing tr coc cooperate with all in order to bring about justice and fairness to the majority regardless of how man many sheep or cattle are owned by individuals vi As to district lines now laid out on state county and district lines I 1 do not think will work as there will always be wrangling over tress bassing by both cattle and sheep ow owners ners why not have natural boundary lines such as rivers canyons and other natural boundary lines regard less of imaginary lines like our state and coun county i ty borders where stock of all kinds is bound to stray over lines abu thus s drawn and cause much trouble 1 range riders would from time to time have to keep tress passers in i control let us investigate in an impartial artial wiy way the open ranges of the western slope of colorado and east I 1 utah western colorado is generally known as mountainous with many millions of acres of summer grazing for sheep and cattle while the so called winter ranges are limited in extent eastern utah is just the re verse as it has many millions of acres of winter ranges wath a very limited summer range thousands of utah sheep summer on the ranges of the western slope of colorado while I 1 1 during the winter months many thou 1 sands of sheep from colorado winter in eastern utah as their winter ranges are are very limited I 1 with state lines closely drawn and effo enforced r c e d how in fairness to both cold colored Col orad 1 rado 0 and utah stockmen stoc kmen can this I 1 be adjusted it would mean few I 1 utah herds of sheep would be allowed i to summer in colorado and would mean few colorado sheep would be allied to winter in utah it would mean that tt utah sheep herds if confined f to 6 utah would have to be cut down lh r lumber at least 50 per cent ana and at that would be compelled to run a part rt of their theil herds in summer on 0 rl 0 air 1 r winter vinter ranges thus stamping oui out ae growing grasses and forage I 1 which should be protected tor for winter pasture castri colorado stockmen stoc kmen would also have to cut their herds down at least 50 per cent in order to provide feed lor for the winter months although a consider considerate abe tonnage of hay is raised in western colorado it would only last a short time and they would have to ship hay in from outside points which would be expensive this would not be a rehabilitation of our as I 1 see it under the S lor 14 J zing act and would cause 1 0 asi a hardship to the stock stack instead and 4 IV IWO build id up the country for the ho homesteaders or the erg |