Gunnison news-champion., 1906-01-19
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Roosevelt aud seai by him IA a
message To congress These regs
lst,eas We're discussed at the Gusni
soa Ssock tsrOwers gseetsng Saturday
last and viii come up for aston at
the coming meetings IN Dsaver
Ii Is up TO stockmea ~ stsdy them
and be ready 10 vote, for ~ Senator
Ammons, president OF the Colorado
Cattle aud Horse Growers assocIs-
tion, says IN making the call. 1T Is
your last opportunity to he heard IA
relation TO the public Lands question.
and If yoa iall TO speak now and
make your desires known you mast
forever after bold your peace.
/. Public lands IN the ARID land
states to be occupied for grazing
purposes under government permits
only.
, The government permit svs-
TEN 10 be put into effect on any area
only when such area lies within a
grazing district established by pro
clamation of tine President.
}. Pri0r 30 the prucla nation Of
grazing district the lands proposed
to be included in the district o. he
classified, so as TO Distinguish those
suitable for agricultural purposes
from those chiefly valuable Tor graz
ing purposes aud not suitable for
agriculture, the latter to he called
grazing lands
Note -lrrigable lands would IN
general be classll fed as agricultural,
but an area of ARID land which the
government proposed To Irrigate
only at the expiration Oi a period ui
wears would meanwhile be classified
as grazing land
4. Lands classified as agric A.
tural TO be occupied for grazing
purposes under annual permits and
to be subject TO homestead entry.
5. Lands classified as grazing t.
be occupied for grazing purposes
under limited perennial permits, the
period Of the initial permit ior any
area not to exceed five years
Note For lands which shall have
been demonstrated by later experi-
ence to be beyond the possibility ol
utilization for irrigation or for dry
agriculture, grazing permIIs for ten,
or even fifteen, years may prove de
sIrable, but 1t lis not considered ad
visable that the first permits should
be for a longer period than five
years.
8. An area classified as grazing,
covered by a permit. and ui only
single range homestead apactty not
to be subject to homestead entry
during the period Of the permit
Note BY an area OF range home
stead capacity Is meant an area OF
grazing Iald equivalent, Ia ITS Ca
pacity to support family, to 100
acre homestead of good agricultural
land. The acreage would vary ac-
cordlng to the carrying capacity of
the land and its situation relative To
a market for stock. Under ordinary
conditions, however, it woult mean
from four to eight sections (2,56O to
5,l2O acres.
Z. An area classified as grazing,
covered by permit, and of greater
than single range homestead capacity
to be subject TO homestead entry,
provided that onl y such pprtion may
he so entered as shall, after official
examination IN response to the APP
plicatlon OF the person declaring
intention to make the entry, be re.
classified as suitable for agriculture
s. The permits to be issued with
exclusive pasturage rights to lndi-
viduals where practicable, but when
local range conditions make il nee
essary with rights for several indi-
viduals in community pasture.
g. Lands to be SUBJECT to reclas-
sification at the termination of the
permit period, especially in response
TO applications for the Redistribution
Of particular tracts originally classl-
fed as grazing, but believed by the
applicants to be suitable for agri-
culture.
To- After reclassification new
permits to be issued as before on the
basis of the new classification, pro-
vided that before the new permits
are issued for lands classified as
grazing, and of greater than range
homestead capacity, such lands shall
be open for short period to home
stead settlement, one settler to each
tract of range homestead capacity.
Note-The settlement that would
take place under this provision
would consist, not of farms, but of
small stock ranches. The settler