The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-26
DIFFERENCES
NOW SETTLED
Sheepmen and Officials of For
eStry Department Reach
Agreement.
UTAH CONVENTION CLOSES
WOOL GROWERS WILL COOPER
ATE WITH THE RANGERS.

The annual convention of the gov
eminent foresters of District No.
closed last night with a dinner at the
Cullen hotel The evening was given
over to amusement The work of the
convention was completed yesterday
afternoon and was not touched upon at
the dinner last evening.
The sessions OF the foreSterS yeSter-
day were informal and given over to
general discussion of the government
policy with reference to the forest
ranges. The supervisors and rangers
present submitted the difficulties that
they had encountered, asked for inter-
pretations of certain of the regulations
and discussed the differences they had
experienced with the sheep men. The
chiefs of the different offices at WASH
ington who were at the convention ad-
vised with them and instructed them
how to overcome the obstacles.
A F. Potter assistant United States
forester, and chief of the department
of grazing, met the officers and direc-
tors of the Utah Wool Growers asso-
citation yesterday afternoon and went
over the situation with them. AS re-
suit. it was decided that the wool grow
ers would act in harmony with the gov
eminent forestry men and make an at
tempt TO arbitrate all differences.
Important Investigations Settled.
At this meeting. three important
points with reference TO the grazing on
national forest ranges were agreed
upon. One of the utmost Importance
10 the grazers was that hereafter per-
mits to Craze would be given for more
than one year. This gives the sheep
men the opportunity to estimate for
more than one year at time the num-
Der of sheep that they may be allowed
TO Craze, and can arrange their business
for term of years. Hitherto the per-
mits had to be renewed each year.
Another question that was amicably
decided was that of trespass. The wool
growers complained that the govern
ment has acted arbitrarily in the mat
ter of beginning prosecutions for tres
pass on any complaint without giving
the wool growers the opportunity to be
heard in the matter. Mr. Potter prom
Used that before any such prosecution
is begun in the future both sides VIII
be given a hearing.
The other point was the cooperation
of the wool growers with the govern
ment officials. Mr.. Potter requested that
the wool growers agree to cooperate
with the government in the improve
ment of the ranges and that whenever
any difference arose to arrange for u
conference with the cnl6IS OF TIE Du-
reau that a satisfactory adjustment
might be had. He said that the de-
partment would always be glad TO re-
ceive suggestions and advice from the
grazers. He was assured by the OFF,
GERS of the association of their support
in the handling of the forest ranges.
Grazers Get Demand.
A delegation of the wool growers of
the Uintah national forest complained
that the number of sheep allowed on
that range had been suddenly cut down
and that it worked a great hardship on
the owners. After the matter had been
discussed the request of the delegation
was agreed to and the number of sheep
allowed ON the range was increased.
Mr. Potter expressed himself as
pleased with the work of the depart
ment in Utah and adjoining states in
the past year. and said he was graft
fed at the result of the convention. He
said that through the work of the for
est rangers the forage in the forest
was greatly improved and the sheep on
the ranges showed the results in the
increased weight. He said that all of
the complaints submitted to him had
been satisfactorily settled, and he hoped
there would be no further trouble be-
tween the department and the sheep