Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-01
President Of Wool Growers AssOcl-
alton Protests.
AFFECTS 100000 SHEEP.
Eastern Lack Of True Information u.
Responsible for what u Held
to be Great injustice.

Jesse ~. Smith Of Layton, Utah
president of the Utah Wool Growers
association. and Senator Afinur Brown
of Salt Lake city are ln Denver says
tho Nrus NJ that city, on their way 10
Washington. whore they expect 10 pro-
tsst 10 the Interior department against
tho recent order ~ the government for
bidding the parturlue or sheep on the
forest reserve " the Uintnh ruacryn-
ton. To-day they expect TO visit W T.
s.. May. upon whose recommendation
as at officer Of the interior department
tho reserve was closed 20 the sheep
hcfdrfa
''The order Of the government said
Mr. Smith. 'wuH evidently made under
u mlamproaailu. and 30 ia our hope that
10 WIU hn frHrlndol when the depart
mpnt has tho full facts laid before No.
We think. also. TINT Mr May has not
understood the situation entirely, and n
possible We may convince him or the
necessity NJ allowing the sheep 90 rrazg
1n thc forest reserve during this period
0f 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 No
compelled 90 remain on the low terri
tory.
DANGER or FOREST FIRES.
"Tho Forest Reserve Protective assoc
citation and others living ln the East are
largely responsible Tor the order. their
argument being that the sheep tramplc
tha ground poo ua 60 prevent the melting
SHOWS from properly molateuing ne
soil The result o., they Say, that the
danger NJ forest fires iH greatly In
creased. This. We contend. ~ not no,
f1r the reason that tho SHOWS melt NO
slowly that tho moisture has plenty u
time iu which Co soak into the HrOund,
10 lH also charged that the Hh7rpshrrd-
vr are the cause uf many forest ilrca
and the destruction ~ timber in other
ways but we are prepared 20 argue
that forest nraH are started more fire.
puently hy hunters than by any other
class. We also contend that the sheep
cat away the small brush ana the tau-
gle wood between the timber, and 10
this way remove u convenient agent Tor
the spread % flames. In one ~ the
Arizona reservations, where q similar
order b. iu effect q has been found
that the forest fires are more frequent
than when the sheep were allowed 10
Craze there. and the flames ARE more
difficult 60 distinguish. Another argu-
mrut made hy the government it that
the sheep iniurp the timber by eating
the bark The sheep, aH % matter "
fact, do not nlbhle any wood except the
nnr brush aud the more Hucoulent
shrubs.
''ThIs new order has been issued as
an outgrnwth u the forest reserve or
der ~ President Cleveland The East
orncrn do not properly understand tho
situation.
WIDESPREAD INJURY.
"Now. as 60 the Injury this mandate
viii do IN the Hhoep-FrowinE Industry
of the state lot me say that II shuts
out about 300 600 sheep from the benefits
NJ pruyUudor 60 be- gained from the
higher lands VI the reservation. The
sheep Industry IL the grease that runs
our State. According Ga the assessment
rolls there are about 1000 900 sheep In
Utah ana the Industry means about S..
100000 year tp the State. During the
summer this forest reserve is one of the
best places iu the world Tor the sheep
60 Hu. HH it lH impossible for other stock
to got along there. For this reason the
Unttlemru uf the State are ln hearty
sympathy with our contention. and
they viii ala Ne iu every way 10 got
the order reHCludDd. ~ it Do not trouble
between tho two GLASSES NJ Htock-rnls-
crH may hr the outcome. us conflict
may occur The people uf the state are
also greatly interested in seeing the
matter settled. and tho question haa M.
most become u political one
1.-THE lluinh reservation f. about 100
miles in length ana eighteen miles Wide.
u o. NOT settled nc 900 and there lH mo-
reason why the rhrpp-rllaprH should
not ho allowed tp pfUnt from H."
Mr. smith said the sheep business IN
Utah this year was quite good, Tor the