Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1911-12-17 | Page 1 | State Will Lease Big Grazing Area

STATE ML WILL LEASE BIG GR GRAZING ZING AREA Land and Board to Take Reins in irs Own Hands and Not Depend On Government MORE RANGE AV AVAILABLE One Hundred and Twenty T Thousand Acres Acre of Grazing L Land nd to Be Opened THE THE available gra n acreage of I L the state will be increased to th he rett ot of BW b u t O CO rs the of i I the action I e ext t year through uGh thee ho tho state land board board- board in Jn permit permit- ting ng stockmen to submit soiled sealed proposals for or lease on in n acres of oC f state land located In tho forest reserve This land has ha been under the supervision super of the forestry service but the 10 tate state has taken It back under the control of the land board and It Is la to tobe tobe toc be c leased out to stockmen for or grazing 0 Bids for tor leases on the ground will be the tho state received by the local office of ot land and board during th this month and willbe will wille be e opened January 5 5 1912 Bids that and are arc re satisfactory will be bo accepted the ho successful bidders will be given s GrazIng razing leases accordingly accordIng The state owns about acres ot of f grazing lands ands In the forest reserves question 88 R asto ot of f Utah There Is 18 s some to o the title to LO about acres and andall withheld from all 11 that land will be lease ease About acres of the land Isnow Isnow Is Isow now ow under lease but the tho board has decided to lease all of oC It If It the stockmen stockmen stock stock- men desire to use It and to give everyone over every I one ne a B fair chance to get the use of oC tho tholand tholand bids on decided to call for tor land and It was Vas leases eases Bids will Hl be bo received by W. W J. J Lynch s secretary of or the land board Experiment at leasing under direction direction tion ion of the board last year ear proved that and more better results ho tho state gets income b by this method through cooperating cooperating co- co operating with the government The Tho value of ot this additional gra grazing ng acreage to the stockmen of or the state i 13 3 inestimable At t present sheep present and cattlemen are arc hampered for tor lack of ot good grazing facilities facUlties o of sufficient ex- ex flocks s sand tent ent to meet the demands of ot the and herds the year car around As s a result re- re re- re suit sult man many owners of stock are forced to o drive their cattle Into adjoining states tales for Ir winter r feed and for tor grazing at other times of ot the year car