The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1911-07-06
BIG LOSSES AVERTED
Modification Of Forest Reserve
Order Is Boon.
sn Of Utah, Threatened With
"" Given Permission to Craze
Animals As Formerly-Seek
4 Another Hearing.

Salt Lake City, Utah.-Besides saw
Ing the Utah sheepmen losses that
would amount to hundreds of thou.
sands of dollars, the modification Of
the order governing grazing on the
national forest reserves in Utah, by
Chief Forester Henry s. Graves, fol.
lowing q conference with a commit.
tee appointed at the Utah Wool Grow
ers' State convention, gives the Utah
aheepmen foundation for hope that
they will be granted another opportu-
nifty Of presenting their views to the
forestry service, according to Secre.
Itary G. B. Stewart Of the Utah Wool
Growers association.
Utah sheepmen," he said, have
not as yet presented the forestry peo-
pie with a fair view of the situation.
The modification Of the orders means
more time in which to seek another
hearing. It means that the sheepmen
win be awakened as to the serious
ness Of the situation, which Will re-
suit in their working together to fight
Tor their rights. This means that q
Thorough investigation will be made
by the sheepmen, and II another hear
ing IL granted, new light will be shed
'on the proposition, which will prob
ably result in a permanent modit1ca-
ton Of the orders governing the num-
;ber Of sheep to Craze on forest. re-
serve.
Besides giving the wool growers
IN opportunity to present their case
more fully, the modification. giving
them an additional year in which to
adjust their flocks, averts a direct
loss Of many thousands of dollars"
The reduction Of $1,000 head OF
sheep on the Manti reserve, Mr.. Stew
art said, would have meant that the
sanpete county sheepmen would have
been deprived of at least 10000 lambs
By having to sell their stock IN the
spring. which alone would have caused
Z loss Of 100000. The loss on wool
would have been even greater thar
this, 100000 being conservative es
innate.
III the order had gone into effect
Mr.. Stewart said, "the entire sheep IN
dustry in Sanpete county would nave
been ruined, according to the claims
of the sheepmen from that section o.
the state. The last order, they say
was the breaking straw.
when they appeared before the
state convention, Dsseubsr 81, many
Of the sanpete wool growers said y
the order went into effect they woule
have to go out Of business, assertion
being made by many that they hat
already been compelled to reduce
their flocks from 700 to 200. A still
further reduction of II per cent, the
said. meant disaster. Sheep men o.
the Karibab and St. George reserve
also complained that they were bean
forced to the wall. Some OF the sheel
men from that part Of the stat
olaimed that their fiocks have bee
IS reduced from 10000 to 5000. wit
still further reductions in sight"
On the showing made to the CO.
vention BY these sheepmen, a COZ
mittee composed Of E. H. Caiis1e
nresideut Of the Utah Wool Grower
association; w. D. Candland, cna'
man OF the board of land commiss'o
ers. and L. R. Anderson, chairman
the state board Of sheep commisslo
err, was appointed to confer VII
Chief Forester Graves. After the su
iect was thoroughly considered.
agreement was reached by which U
chief forester agreed to suspend u
order for one year, which means IN
the Utah sheepmen will be aiioWt
to craze the same number OF sheep
formerly on the forest reserves.