East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-05-06

ACNVN0biC iCdcto ~ GAttNihtiS aO"e
rates. 1T would be better than own
ing the land for they would not have
to pay taxes ON IT, says one sheep
man who declares that tho measure
"smells like a Stanf.eld- Gooding af-
fair"
Oregon sheepmen are not Mack Of
the Sinnott resolution and good au-
thorities among them say the flock
masters look upon the resolution as an
improper one. They point that any
proposed range leasing law should call
for handling grazing by the forestry
service, not BY political appointees in
the iisterlof dspfsxts xtsGsseit gThey also
Tquestion the pr0priety OF giving irrc-l
Nocabie leases on government land.
The statement by Commissioner
Cannon is as follows:
Department Of Agriculture
Boise, Idaho, May /, lys2
H. II. No. 1908
BY Sinnott of Oregon
To The Press of Idaho:
BY the merest chance the above en-
titled bill came to the notice of the
Department Of Agriculture, tho it
was introduced In Congress July 25,
1891. The, substance of this bill fol-
lows:
ITO authorize and regulate the graz
ing of livestock on the public domain.
and for other purposes.
'Be It enacted by the Senate and
( House of Representatives of the Unit
ed States of America in CONGRESS as
sembled, That the Secretary of the
Interior is authorized to divide the va
cant unreserved public lands of the
United States, not irrigable at a rea-
sonable cost from any known source
of water supply, and not suitable in
their present condition for the raising
of crops other than native grasses and
forage crops, into grazing areas or
units of suitable size and to dispose of
the grazing privileges thereon as here
|. matter provided.
h Sec. 2. That the grazing areas or
units herein authorized shall be es-
tablished after consideration of the
average quantity of grazing material
produced or capable of being produc-
ed thereon, or Typographical condi-
tions. and of existing grazing use now
being made thereof by citizens of the
United States. The units, when estab-
lished shall be noted upon the records
of the local land office Of the4district
wherein the lands are situated and
shall be leased at not more than l
cent per acre in areas where the rain
fall exceeds ten inches per annum
and not more than one-half or ] pei
cent per acre where the annual RAIN
fall is less than ten inches per annum
for periods not exceeding ten years
with preferential right to those nov
engaged in the livestock business
thereupon.
Sec 8. That the. permits or pri
vileges when granted shall be irrevoc
able except that they may be cancelc'
after due notice by the Secretary o
the Interior for violation of the term
or conditions of this Act or or regu
q lations issues hereunder, and sha
not be assigned or transferred exceI
with the consent OF the Secretary
Section OF this measure proyid.
that these permits or privileges sha
be administered by the register al
receiver of the district wherein Il
lands are located, subject to appeal
the Commissioner of the General Lar
= Office and from him to the Secreta
of the Interior. 1t likewise provid
that fifty percent of the receipts sht
so to the United States and fifty pc
cent to the road fund of the sta
wherein the land is located. All 9th
matters pertaining to the bill in
printed form are confined to the u
ual mineral reservations which a
not important to this bulletin,
In this connection it might be sta
ed that the total amount Of vaea
government land in the United Stai
at the present time is estimated
212,s01.000 acres, of which 13s.7S
900 is classified as surveyed and :
$4,000 acres as unsurveyed land.
this amount there is situated in Ida