Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-01-22

ne was scarcely a sheep in the 2rea
he mountain ranges 81 the west, ever.
its fali me forests we're abiaze Will
~ fires ard our valleys we're cloadet
-. with smoke. BAT. since the sheer
be base been grating these mountsiT
ranges. eating doEn the vegetation
ye which formerly formed fuel Tor the
"a SfiEes Il has practically pas q stop %
10 large forest fires. Yet the Forest
~ Service claims sole credit for this
Is result, 3 bile the facts are that fhe
Is great forest fires we're practically
4 stcrpe1 ter Years before We had a
Il forestry Bureau 50 ! say sheep
> are today preserving the forests a
3 thousand times better than all the
Z forest rangers 10 the employ 81 f5aa
+ rores7rg Bureau
II wOgl1 De worth millions Of dol
{ Jars ~ the agricultural Interests 81
flir arid states II portion Of fhe
MONEY noW appropriated for the FOi
esfry Bureas. and collected from the
stock men or the west, we're used. In
s5ead, IN TIE construction of dams
and reservoirs TO retain the flood
waters o. the spring and thrs con-
troll the peak 81 the flood aad pre-
vent the destruction and loss in the
valleys below. retaining the water
Tor irrigation later IN the season
There are thousands Of places In <
these mountains where al small ex-
pfnsc large reservoirs can be made f
FMS would BE- doing some good for
the present as well a. for future gen
erations
Ia this connection Il II well 10 re-
member that sheep have given I,
commercial value 10 one Of the great
ea1 natural resources Of these states
iiie grasses. Before the sheep
roaeed oyer these mountain tops
these resources we're total loss 70 /
the nation.
Another good illustration OF the
iuefficicncy 81 = Washington bureau
20 manage an enterprise which de- I
Wanda an Intimate knowledge OF 3
purely local conditions Is Ia the re- 4
ciamAtipn service. In Lincoln c0uD- a
81. idaho, Is a government irriea- 4
Sion project known as The Minidoka n
project Almost without an e1cep- :
ton the people there are poorer To- 1.
dag than when they entered these 81
aDds almost live years ago. A few Il
miles TO the west Of them lies the %
twin Falls Carey Act project, man n
tged by private capital under ztate
'ontrol. It's citizens are all prosper m
jug and satisfied The project has N
,een success 10 every detail ia
This contrast Of results between a,
va irrigation projects having prac- IN
icaily identical natural conditions. as
ne under control OF The reclamation an
urean. the other under the benefi- IN
ent control Of private capital direct ( ri
q BY the state. Is given 10 call your III
ttention 70 the principle OF state do
onirol as against national control OF All
ff4Irl that al "a
atgTc. M,
The bureau OF Animal Industry IL
nder the department OF agriculture In,
le same as are the forestry and re- 20
bureaus. Everywhere the ia
aOple have come In contact with an
Their Of the two latter mentioned enl
ireaGs there has been friction and
VIII engeBdrred Everywhere the xe.
ficials OF these two bureaus pur- Nv
e tie same attitude towards eitf- by
MS with whom they come in con MOI
&. Every where the same bureau thr
attic and tyranical methods pre- out
inmate. Such a spirit Is contrary est
the inception % our form OF gov
nment. On the other hand, the an
reau Of Animal Industry has gone we
Opt It's work SO quietly and has In
'rkea SO harmonlonsiy with the Inv
tNAV FtAtf ANtAtAttitr as W Hldftt-
call attention or the public to its bav
Silence ~ an. fet " has done a ives
81 amount or good in It's line. The has
k Of friction Ia It's operation arises ever
n the fact that. like the Carey WOO
ifrisailon projects II 70 under men
te control for
would suggest that congress be NOV
uced 10 ask the governors OF each grcs
these western states wherein the n
ional forests lie. 70 appoint com. nsu,
tee OF good reliable business men NOR
llliar With western conditions, to retb
kc q thorough investigation and M
ori on these national forests and In n
Iamatlon projects. / ana quite troll
G that different report would 9f a
forthcoming than Is now being and
lived at Washington. WOOL
he National Wool Growers asso- eond
ion, rs has been stated is the ment
,est stock organization Ia the start
ted states. Bat J fear we are and
sNIiieiently Wen organized to 20 lei
. Ahout the best results for this and
y industry which We represent. porti
- On age OF organization and these
'ehtratioh OF business interests for S
for this reason. II for not other.
time the wool growers OF the
ed States We're getting together
an organization instead OF mere
a association OF Interests. work
one Tor all and all for one. No
er reason can be given for this Sales
ssity than the wool conditions OF
spring
arly last spring the western A
try VAS filled with wool buy. aaslo,
who were, apparently. well or
ted. They We're offering but little my
Z than half as much for clips as office
had paid the year before. fumes
no apparent reason for the re- ,oa o.
ion other than the buyers had
rently agreed among themselves y cor
J What they would pay They that
loss OF money from the pur- merrl
: of the wools OF s07 aud they ne 9.
1sfd buying orr cliF GA 1908 at
rice sufficient 10 compensate o'' '"'
for their loss OF 1897 This Illinoi
$ who dictates the nf-tre ~ wool T thaeoo