Weekly journal-miner., 1922-02-01
NOTES WILL BE
 TAKEN FUR FEES
New Arrangement Announced by Forest Service to Tide Over PerrnitteeS Unable to Meet Deferred Payment on Grazing.
From Tuesday,s DaiIyl

CFrom Tuesdays Daily
 Notes will be accepted by the United States forest service in lieu of cash payment of grazing fees due the service from permittees grazing cattle on the national forests This information came Monday to the local forest service, and was made public by H. B. Wales, Prescott for est supervisor.
 4,e4O Men Owe
 An announcement by the Arizona Cattle Growers association recently that notes would be accepted was voided by information from Wash ington saying notes would not be ac- ccpted The department has now worked out a scheme whereby pay ment can be made under several ar engagements. There are 4,940 forest permittees. in the United States whose grazing fees to the sum of $379, ,926 are delinquent If the Prescott for est be taken as a criterion, this is less than 10 per cent of the total number of permittees, Supervisor Wales said. On the Prescott forest, there are eight permittees who have not paid their delinquent fees, and 10 others who have failed to pay one or two installnents.
 Penalties Cut
 Under the new plan of the depart ment of agriculture, all payments up to January 31 of this year, for graz ing fees due December 31, 1922, will be accepted as full payment. That is, there will be no penalty for the delay.
 Settlement for fees for the period from December 1 to March 1, will be allowed between February and March 1, but in case this allowance is taken up by permittees instead of payment being made at once, an add ed sum will be required of per cent of the amount due (figured on a basis of interest at the rate of 6 per cent per annun), plus the estimated cost to the forest service of handling the deferred payment for the three month period.
 If permittces find it absolutely im- 4I, | Maj oh l, an opportunity will be given the stockmen to submit to the forest service a proposition or set tlement on the basis of the full amount of grazing fees due Decem- Der 1, plus interest at the rate of one-half of one percent for each month or fraction thereof, from De cember to the date of payment. To this will be added per cent of the amount due, to cover the extra ex- penSe to which the government is put in preparing and handling tres pass reports.
 Arrangements have been made to accept notes for the amount under this latter plan, these notes to bel payable not later than June 30, 1922, in the event of full payment of the fees, including the additional sums, by that date. In case this final ar rangement does not produce pay ment, suit will be instituted in the federal courts, on a trespass basis, to collect the full value of forage consumed from December 1, at the trcspass rate for forage, which is figured three times the grazing fee rate.
 No grazing applications for 1922 or thereafter will be approved, if at the time of considering the applica- ton, fees for 1921 have not been paid. It is provided, however, that where pcrmittecs are unable to pay the fee to March 1, but wish consid- eration of applications for permits for the next year, forest supervisors are authorized 10 approve the appli- cation if no other obstacle exists. provided that inc pcrnittees shall have signed propositions of settle ment of trespass for the grazing year 1921 and attached thereto his note.
 The forest service. Supervisor Wales said, in making public the ar engagement, realizes the situation of the stockmen, and does not like to take up cases under the trcspass laws One instance was cited of stock man whose grazing area was on the edge of the desert. He gathered over 1,200 cattle and grazcd them in the Salt River valley until late in August. The cattle were just about wiped out.
 Situation Forced, Says
 "Wc hate to take any action to de- privc the stockmcn of permits" Su- pcrvisor Wales said, Out the condi- ton was forced on Us by congress, when it passed legislation extending