The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-17
OVER
GU 7 CO ME-
OF TRIP
MEN AND GRAZING CHIEF IN
MEN AND GRAZING CHIEF.
Strained Relations AmIcabIy Adjusted
and Several Pcrplexing Questions
Satisfactorily Settled.

District Forester Clyde Leavitt. AS
sistant Forester l.. F. Kneipp, OF Wash
ington, ID c., and District Grazing
Chief H. E. Fem have returned from
their meetings with Idaho sheep men,
and report most successful trip.
Conferences were held at Snoshone
and Boise, and the matters discussed,
consisting largely of the grazing of
sheep In the forests of that section.
were amicably settled. The officials
are elated over the outcome of the
meetings as the relations between the
forest service and the sheep men OF
western Idaho have been somewhat
strained OF late. condition which has
now been happily eliminated by those
involved getting together and eStab'
fishing more friendly acquaintance
than has heretofore existed.
The meeting at Shoshone, January
8 and O. was attended by 46 ont of the
AZ owners VINO Craze their sheep on
the Sawtooth range. in other words, a
majority OF the owners of 335.000 sheep
were present at the conference and as
sisted In settling the several perpleX-
Ing questions at hand. a local aSso-
citation was formed which will be
known as the Sawtooth Wool Growers.
with Barlow Ferguson OF HALEY, as
president, and Charles Coon. as secre-
tary.
After perfectlng the organization. an
advisory board of five members was
appointed, consisting of Fred w Good
ing, Dr. II. S. Bettis, Hugh Spreat,
Charles owens and Jake Robson. The
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deliberations of the new board. The
forest officials stated their IDEAS on
the different matters. assuring the
sheep men that II was the policy of the
service to foster and protect the in
dustry and in every way lend assist
ance. They denied the allegation that
the advisory boards, appointed at form
er meetings at Mountain Home and
Welscr, had been ignored. and stated
that all boards of similar nature
would be given every attention pos
sible
Having come to a better understand
ing regarding the intents and purposes
of the service. the sheep men were
not slow in reciprocating in friendli-
ness with the result tnat all the mat
ters under discussion were practically
settled. avoiding the necessity of an
appeal TO Washington, D. C.
1t was practically agreed TO give
sheep owners five year lease of the
range. instead of one year as hereto.
fore; that Is, an assurance that the
contracts would be renewed from year
to year WITH a guarantee that no re-
duction In allotment would be made
ii, ,,rtr, h.. ,I,.t,
one of 10 per cent In any single year.
There have been cuts made as high as
Is per cent and even 90 per cent. All
permits for grazing above 5000 were
cut 10 per cent. All between 8 1000 and
5000 were cut 12 per cent and all
between . 500 and 5000 were cut ;
per cent. No reductions were made
below $500. Thus all allotments were
practically decided upon except few
minor decisions. which were left for
settlement wnen the board and the
forest supervisors could visit certain
districts and ascertain the exact con
ditions existing there
Five new class a owners or begin
ners" were admitted to the Sawtooth
range and allotmentS arranged aggre~
eating 7.l00- II Is to provide for and
protect these latter owners that the
cuts above mentioned are made.
Upon January IL and II, a meeting |
was held at Boise, at which practically |
the same results were accomplished |
as in the case of the Sawtooth range. |
Various matters under discussion were |
settled TO the satisfaction of all con-
cerned. A meeting of the neep men of |
tho Payette forest will be held at !
Emmett, Idaho, on the 21st of January. |
to organize a local association. and |
one will be held at Boise upon the |
18th. The Weiser forest owners are |
also arranging for a meeting in the
near future.