The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-11-15
FIFTY PER CENT
GRAZING INCREASE

With another meeting of stock
men to be held in Winnemucca next
month, at which the paramount
question probably will be centered
about the proposed increase to be
charged by forest officials for graz
ing sheep and cattle on national
forest reserves, the announcement
hat the increase will amount to APP
proximately fifty per cent more
than is now charged will come as
interesting news to Humboldt coun-
ty stockmen. This was brought out
at meeting of stoekmen held in
Ell<o last Saturday, attended by for
est officials, the governor, and sew
eral Humboldt county men interest
ed in livestock matters, including
Senator j. Sheehan, acting for the
Nevada Bankers Association, and
+. B. Stewart, H. Hansen Jr., A. V.
Schwartz, John Case, c. f. Lye
and Gerhard Miller Jr. Concern
ing this meeting the Elko Free
Press says:
A splendid attendance was pre-
sent at the court room last Satur-
day in response to the call of the
Forest officials to the stockmen of
this county, when the proposed
grazing fees were to be made pub
lie which are to supersede those
now in effect. In 1919 an agree
ment was entered into between the
stockmen and the forest officials, it
being understood that the rates
then adopted would remain in
effect for a period of five years, and
as this period expires next year, the
stockmen were given the proposed
grazing fees in order that they
might investigate and suggest
changes to the Forest before the
first of the year.
During the afternoon session of
the meeting it was addressed by
Governor Scrugham, who went into
the matter from the viewpoint of
the state, and said in effect that
under the existing conditions the
stockmen would be given every con-
sideration, and went on record as
strenuously Directing to CONNER
eializing the grazing fees; that the
conditions in Nevada differed from
those in other states in that the
public ranges, including both the
forest and open range government
lands were necessary to the success
of the Nevada stockmen.
In the afternoon there was gem
eral discussion on the proposed
grazing fees on the different ma
tional forests, the forest officials
taking up in detail the many queries
and objections at the close of which,
a resolution was adopted leaving
the matter in the hands of a com
mittee of stockmen who were to
take the matter up with the forest
department after a thorough investi-
cation had been made.
The following figures were given
out by the Forest officials as the
new grazing fees that would be in
effect the first of the coming year.
In all the forests, except the Hum
boldt and Ruby the present rate is
ten cents for cattle and two and
one-half for sheep; on the two lat
ter forests the fees are twelve
cents for cattle and three cents for
sheep.
Nevada forest-White Pine, cat
tie 15.4c; sheep 4.3c; Quinn canyon
CATTLE 12.2c; Shell creek cattle TO-
4c; sheep 4.9c; Mt. Moraja cattle
15.4c; sheep Ate; Snake division
cattle 15c; sheep 4.7c.
Toyabe Forest-Paradise cattle,
12.Sc; Shoshone cattle 15.4c; sheep
4.9c; Monitor, cattle 15.6c; sheep
&c.
Humboldt forest cattle 1850;
sheep 5.4c; Santa Rosa cattle 17.7c;
sheep 5.4c.
Ruby Forest cattle 17.1c; sheep
SIC.