The St. Johns herald., 1899-08-12
Rules Governing t!2e Admission Of Sheep b ti?G Forest
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Show Low, Ariz.,
 Aug. 7th, 1899.
 Tie Editor of St Johns Herald,
 St Johns, AriZ.
 Dear Sir:--
 The following letter was received by me from the Forest Supt.
 Copy of Dept letter April 21, 1S99 Department of the Interior General Land Office.
 Washington, D. C.
 April 21, 1899.
 M II. Rowe,
 Forest Supervisor.
 Show Low, A. T.
 In some eases where 1t has been fete mined 10 consider appli- cations for Sheep Grazing privelegas within the reserves the Forest Supervis- ors are sending up the applications one at time. as made. The decision of this office to recommend the opening of certain reserves to Sheepgrazing is bas- ed on the proposition that only num- Der of sheep which will not prove in- furious 10 the reserve shall he allowed to enter the reserve, and such nnmher shall De kept at the minimum, having reference 10 the number ranged on spec flied areas Ill the reserve last season. the number, for the coming season 10 be smaller, rather than larger thon the us- ual number that have in the past, occu- pied the Reserve. If sheep are allowed to enter the reserve tue number must. therefore, be limited; and the reserve being opened to the sheep, every man who desires 10 occupy the reserves has an equal right with others, to keep the sheep within the number to be allowed in the reserve. then, She number must be appO!tiCncd among those desc rving the privilege and to this end the sheep men oug!t, in their own interests, to get together ahd agree upon the number each man will include in lis application Ii the total of these applications does not exceed the total number which will be allowed in the re eryc, permits will be recommended
 It is tl!e duty of tue forest officers 10 see that all of the above stated require- ments are fulfilled before sending up the applications; and th,s cannot be ac- complished by considering one applica- at a time the reason being that the FIRST application might, to state an ex- treme illustration, be for the total num- Der of sheep which is 10 be allowed in the reserve. Again. the first man who makes application to pasture his sheep the reserve may express desire, there by indicating his intention, to range his sheep upon certain described lands, and one or more subsequent applicants may also express a desire, and thereby ndi- cate THEIR intentions, to occupy the SAME ground. The presentation of these would be prima facie eyid- ence that there w&s an intention to overcrowd and injure that particular part of the reserve. It would, therefore, be maniiesly improper to approve sev- eral applications, EACH ONE of which de- clared desire, or an intention. to range the same number of sheep on a given tract this season that were grazed there on last season. Before any applications are approved, all those matters of de- sire, or intentions as to the grazing ground should be reconciled, by the ap- plicants themselves, when yOuare satis- fled that all who desire to use the reserve have made their applications, and that they conform to the rules laid down herein, you can approve and forward all the applications at one time.
 Very Respectfully,
 w II. Buntain.
 Forest Superintendent ! In another letter he says: Every sheep man owning sheep and grazlng them on Black Mesa Reserve must se- cure permit for grazing thereon. The grazing perIod on the Black Mesa ! Reserve is from March 1st to November i lst, and there are no excluded areas. The sheep men MUST agree among them selves, then state, in their applications, he land each desires to use; which, presumably; will be the land agreed up- )n.
 There must be an estimate gwen of .he number ot sheep grazed OH THAT and last season, and tIle number to be yrazed thereon THIS season.
 Very Respectfully.
 " H. BCNTAIN,
 Forest superintendent. If the Philippine question is made m issue in the next National Cam oaIgn there wifi be hundreds of demo :rats in New York vote for Mckinley. The anti-expansion idea is not a strong me. There are few who call them elves or are styled anti-eXpansionists, ,ut they amount to very little in New iork," is the substance of remark ccredited to x-Mayor Strong.