Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-01
President Of Wool Growers Assocl-
alton Protests.
AFFECTS 100000 SHEEP.


jesse 81 Smith ~ Layton, Utah
president OF the Utah Wool Growers
association. and Senator Artnur Brown
uf Salt Lake city are lu Denver, says
tho Neys NJ that city, on their way TO
Washington. where they expect 20 pro-
t.at Co the Interior department against
the recent order NJ the government for
bidding the pasiuHug of sheep on the
f1rsat reserve uf the Uintuh reacrva-
ton. Today they expect 10 visit W T.
s.. May upon whose recommendation
ls ln oneer of the Interior department
tho reserve was closed Co the sheep
hcfdea,
''Thr order NJ the government said
Mr. Smith. "wlH evidently made under
% mIHwprasHluu. and 10 Do our hope that
10 WIN hg uscludrl when thn depart
mrnt has the ron facts laid before lt
We think also. that Mr. May has not
understood tho situation entirely, and N
possible WD may convince him Of the
necessity uf allowing the sheep 90 craze
ON the forest reserve during this period
NJ the year, Until last fall, the sheep
growers never had any trouble with the
government but now we fear we may
meet with disaster N the sheep NJ
compelled 90 remain on the low terri
tory.
DANGER OF FOREST FIRES.
''The Forest Reserve Protective asso-
citation and others living lu the East are
largely responsible Tor the order. their
argument being that the sheep tramplc
the ground Hp aa Co prevent the melting
SHOWS from properly moIstgulnR the
soil The result b.. they say, that the
I'd IT. d.
creased. This. We contend, IN not 90.
Tor the reason that the SHOWS melt no
slowly that tho moisture has plenty "
time boo which tu soak Into the ground,
% Dr. also charged that The shepherd
urH ore tho cuuHo uf many forest fires
and the destruction OF timber ln other
ways but We are prepared 90 argue
that forest fires are started moro fro
quently hy hunters than hy any other
class. We also contend that the sheep
eat away tho small brush and the tun-
glr wood between the timber, and In
this way remove u convenient agent Tor
the spread % flames. In one Of the
Arizona reservations. where similar
order Dr. lu effect 10 has been found
that the forest fires are more frequent
thln when the sheep were allowed 20
grace there. and tho fnmUs nrr more
difficult o. vNtinHulsh Another argu-
Wuut made hY the government u that
the sheep lniuru the timber by eating
the bark. The sheep. as "a matter VI
fact, DO not nibhlc any wood except the
Zine brush and the more succulcnt
shrubs.
''Thls new order has been Issued as
an outTrnwth NJ the forest reserve or
der NJ President Cleveland. The East
erncrH do not properly understand the
situation.
WfDEgpVEAp INJURY.
"Now. ns 10 the injury this mandate
Will do to the shccp-rrowing Industry
~ the state. let me say that II shuts
out about 10000 sheep from the benefits
N pruvrudur 10 be- gained from the
higher lands uf the reservation The
sheep Industry b. the grease that runs
our state. According 60 the assessment
rolls there are about 100000 sheep In
Utah and the industry means about S.
cocoon n year 10 the State. During the
summer THIS forest reserve lH one o. the
best places iu the world for the sheep
Co ru. us 10 lH Impossible Tor other stock
Co get along there. For this reason the
UlttIrWDu NJ the State are To- hearty
sympathy with our contention. and
they will aid us lu every way to get
tho order r.Hcludcd. 40 n BE- not trouble
between tho two classes uf stock rails.
pra may hu the outcome, ns "a conflict
may occur The people NJ the state are
also greatly interested On seeing the
matter settled. and the question has al.
most become u political one
"rhu llntBh reservation q about 100
miles iu length anu eighteen miles Wide.
! ~ o. NOT settled at nll and there n no
/ reason why the Hhrnp-r1lHorH should
| not hU allowed tO PROFIT from IT,"
Nr Smith said the sheep business Ia
| Utah this year WAS quite good Tor the
| reason that good prices were being OBJ
/ inlugi Tor both wool ana mutton There
/ are frWcr lambs however than usual.
| Cor the reason that the winter was a
long one ana the ewes weak