Williams news., 1922-06-02
GRAZING FEES TO BE
 RAISED COMING YEAR Stockmen Organize to Fight Raise.

Phoenix, Ariz., May g th.- The permittees upon tl3e nat ional forests of ArizoE have organized themselves ileaa am association for the purpose of resisting any move or attempt on the part of the Forest Ser vice to advance the grazing fees for the coming grazing season. This association was started about thirty days ago
 when twenty-five users of the forests met at the Hotel Adams in Phoenix and organized them selves into an association and adopted the name-NATION- AL FOREST PERMITTEES> ASSOCIATION, with the fol- lowing we'll known men as of ficers and directors: Chas. P-
 Mullen, Skull Valley, Arizona,
 Chairman; Fen S. Hildreth, Phoenix, Arizona, Secretary,
 Harry Kay, Phoenix, Arizona Treasurer J. H. Armer, Globe Arizona, Harry Knight, Pres colt, Arizona, Hugh E. Camp bell, Flagstaff. Arizona, c. B. Laird, Phoenix, Arizona, H. G. Babbitt, Flagstaff Arizona, Les lie Clayton, Camp Verde, Ari- zona, and J. H. Snyders, direc- tors.
 Work was immediately start ed by the association to secure all permittees upon the Nation al forests as members, and it was unanimously adopted at the organization meeting that only those who are permittees upon the forests would be eig- ible for membership and it was decided best by the directors, to incorporate the association and oniy one share of stock allowed to each user of the forests, re gardless of the size of his outfit
 This will give the small per miLtee the same voting power in the association as the larger companies. The object of the association in addition to resist ing the efforts of the Forester at Washington to increase the grazing fees will be for closer cooperation in the protection of the dominant industry using the national forests the con- servative use of the national for ests for grazing purposes; the use of the range for grazing purposes on long time lease in definite and positive terms to the end that the pernittee can continue during the life of the lease the enjoyment and the use for the full period granted without change by the forest service; the classification of all grazing lands within the forest; protection for improve ment placed thereon and such improvements that might be made hereafter; the price per head as a grazing fee under the lease to be consistent with the value of the forage obtained and not in any instance over $1.0O per head year long; the recognition of the State Water Code in appropriating and de velopment of water for stock and other beneficial purposes E within the forests; increased allowance for reserve pasture without added cost to the per mittee; certain percentage of all fees paid on each forest tot be expended in fencing of for est boundaries; of respective forests upon which the fees are paid; the recognition of estab- lished rights based on period of use prior to creation of reserve, developments of water, inprov- ed patented land and range InE limit of new ap- plicants who have no patented land on forests and the closing of permits except to those who now have permits thereon; or who through the purchase of rights heretofore estabHsheG upon the reserve; granting a. permanent preference yeaFIong for such stock as are now in for- ests under permit and raising
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